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JOSEPH E. SANDLER
sandler@sandlerreiff.com Joseph E. Sandler is a member of the firm of Sandler, Reiff & Young, P.C., in Washington, D.C., concentrating in campaign finance and election law matters. From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Sandler was an associate with the firm of Arent Fox Kintner Ploktin & Kahn in Washington, D.C., concentrating in legislative matters, international trade and commercial law and litigation. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Sandler served as staff counsel for the Democratic National Committee, with responsibility for delegate selection, campaign finance, federal and state election law matters, including campaign finance legislation and rulemakings, and legal oversight of political operations. He was general counsel of the Rules and Credentials Committee for the 1988 Democratic National Convention. From 1989 until 1993, Mr. Sandler was a partner of Arent Fox, handling campaign finance and election law matters for Democratic national and state party organizations, Members of Congress, candidates and campaigns. He served as general co-counsel of the Association of State Democratic Chairs, as general counsel for the Democratic Governors' Association and as counsel to several state Democratic parties. From February 1993 until May 1998, Mr. Sandler served on the staff of the DNC as general counsel. He continues to serve in that position through his law firm. In this capacity, Mr. Sandler has been responsible for all legal matters affecting the national party, including campaign finance, election and ethics laws and rules at the federal, state and local levels; proposed campaign finance legislation and regulations; the legal structure for national and state party operations and programs; corporate and commercial matters; and other issues affecting the party in the fields of voting and civil rights, communications and taxation, among others. The 2007 edition of the Chambers USA guide to U.S. law firms names Mr. Sandler as one of eleven leading attorneys practicing political law in the country. He is the author of chapters on congressional ethics and the Foreign Agents' Registration Act for The Lobbying Manual published by the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association. He chaired the task force on reform of FARA for the International Trade Committee of the ABA's Section on International Law; has served on the Executive Committee of the Election Law Committee of the ABA's Administrative Law Section; and currently serves on the Advisory Board of that Committee. He has spoken on numerous panels on campaign finance law and campaign finance reform sponsored by bar associations, colleges and universities and advocacy organizations. Mr. Sandler graduated from
Harvard College summa cum laude in 1975 and from Harvard Law
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