Stephen E. Hershkowitz represents political parties, party committees, campaigns, PACs, donors, and non-profit organizations before the Federal Election Commission and in other regulatory matters.  He is intimately familiar with all facets of election law and the workings of the FEC.  As FEC Assistant General Counsel for District Court Litigation from 1991 through 2004, he litigated numerous federal cases for the Commission.  He was on the management team of the defense of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 and represented the FEC in many other pivotal cases involving federal campaign finance law.  From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Hershkowitz enforced the federal savings and loan laws as an attorney and eventually as Deputy Director of Enforcement with the Office of Thrift Supervision (then the Federal Home Loan Bank Board).  He also worked for nine years in the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  A distinguished practitioner of administrative law, Mr. Hershkowitz is uniquely positioned to assist political clients in a wide variety of election law and regulatory matters.

Admissions
District of Columbia
Virginia

Education
George Washington University, National Law Center (J.D., with honors, 1975)
Hofstra University (B.A., with honors, 1966)

Affiliations
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University School of Public Admission, "Federal Regulation of Society," 1991.
Past Chairman, Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Past Chairman, Fairfax County Substance Abuse Steering Committee
Past Chairman, Governing Board, Northwest Center for Community Mental Health
NASD Arbitrator
U.S. Army Electronics Command, 1967-1969, Lieutenant, awarded Army Commendation Medal