Overview
Leveraging a potent blend of senior level experience in both the public and private sectors, Greg Zerzan helps businesses navigate regulatory, legal, governmental and public relations challenges.
Greg helps businesses comply with federal, state and local labor and employment laws by developing creative strategies for dealing with government-related challenges, including liaising with legislative and executive branch officials to help shape policy. He also assists in responding to government inquiries and preparing for hearings and appearances before Congress and federal agencies and in devising effective communications policies and strategies.
A skilled negotiator and problem-solver who has testified before Congress many times, Greg has extensive, first-hand-experience with the difficult issues businesses face and keenly appreciates how the interplay of the legal, legislative, and regulatory processes can impact a company’s bottom line.
Formerly Principal Deputy Solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Greg previously oversaw high-profile federal rulemakings on environmental and natural resources policy while also working to favorably resolve numerous congressional inquiries and investigations.
Greg’s background also includes tenures counseling members of congressional committees in connection with weighty, high-profile public issues involving financial policy, energy, technology, and natural resources; managing government affairs and compliance matters for one of the world’s largest privately owned companies; and serving as Head of Global Public Policy and Counsel for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
He also has held a key policymaking position for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and served as a senior attorney for three separate United States House of Representatives committees with jurisdiction in the areas of financial services, consumer privacy, interstate commerce and agriculture. Most recently, Greg was General Counsel for a publicly traded energy company where he managed legal and corporate affairs.
Greg is a frequent contributor to business television programs and published in newspapers and magazines, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Forbes, and others.