Full Name
Robert Harmala
Job Title
Founder
Company
Telegraph Advisors
Speaker Bio
For thirty years Mr. Harmala has represented clients before legislative and administrative bodies at the Federal, State and Local levels. Areas of representation include – Native American issues, Online Gaming, Tax, Financial Services, Intellectual Property, Advertising, Telecommunications, and Defense/Homeland Security. Mr. Harmala also has first hand experience with the laws of the European Union.
Mr. Harmala was a Partner at Jenner & Block, where he was the head of the Government Relations practice and counseled Native American tribes, international organizations, the cosmetics industry and defense contractors in their relationships with the US federal and California state governments.
Prior to Jenner & Block, Mr. Harmala was a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend and before that of Counsel to the law firm of Venable. Mr. Harmala utilized his extensive knowledge and network of contacts in lobbying the US Congress, the California Legislature and Attorney General’s Office, as well as the cities of Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Oakland, CA. Mr. Harmala has also represented foreign governments, including Taiwan, Turkmenistan, the Netherlands Antilles, Ukraine and India, before the United States Congress and the Executive Branch.
From 1995, when he left the House International Relations Committee as a Counsel, until joining Venable in 2001, Mr. Harmala maintained a successful solo lobbying practice splitting time between Washington, DC, Sacramento, Oakland, CA and the Hague, Netherlands.
- Founder, Telegraph Advisors · 2011 – Present
- Principal, Law Offices of Robert C. Harmala · Aug 2022 – Present
- Partner, Jenner & Block · Jul 2020 – Aug 2022
- Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton · Jan 2008 – Jul 2020
- Managed the Government Relations practice and had responsibility for both client service and
business development. Managed the Government Relations practice and had responsibility for both
client service and business development.
- Of Counsel, Venable, LLP · 2001 – 2007
- Attorney, Law Offices of Robert C. Harmala · 1995 – 2001
- Practiced as a sole practitioner as both a lobbyist and attorney representing telecommunication
companies, Native American Tribal Governments, defense contractors, individual plaintiffs in
asbestos litigation and criminal appellants. Offices located in Washington, DC, Oakland, California
and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Counsel, US House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, International Operations
Subcommittee · 1993 – 1995
Mr. Harmala was a Partner at Jenner & Block, where he was the head of the Government Relations practice and counseled Native American tribes, international organizations, the cosmetics industry and defense contractors in their relationships with the US federal and California state governments.
Prior to Jenner & Block, Mr. Harmala was a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend and before that of Counsel to the law firm of Venable. Mr. Harmala utilized his extensive knowledge and network of contacts in lobbying the US Congress, the California Legislature and Attorney General’s Office, as well as the cities of Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Oakland, CA. Mr. Harmala has also represented foreign governments, including Taiwan, Turkmenistan, the Netherlands Antilles, Ukraine and India, before the United States Congress and the Executive Branch.
From 1995, when he left the House International Relations Committee as a Counsel, until joining Venable in 2001, Mr. Harmala maintained a successful solo lobbying practice splitting time between Washington, DC, Sacramento, Oakland, CA and the Hague, Netherlands.
- Founder, Telegraph Advisors · 2011 – Present
- Principal, Law Offices of Robert C. Harmala · Aug 2022 – Present
- Partner, Jenner & Block · Jul 2020 – Aug 2022
- Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton · Jan 2008 – Jul 2020
- Managed the Government Relations practice and had responsibility for both client service and
business development. Managed the Government Relations practice and had responsibility for both
client service and business development.
- Of Counsel, Venable, LLP · 2001 – 2007
- Attorney, Law Offices of Robert C. Harmala · 1995 – 2001
- Practiced as a sole practitioner as both a lobbyist and attorney representing telecommunication
companies, Native American Tribal Governments, defense contractors, individual plaintiffs in
asbestos litigation and criminal appellants. Offices located in Washington, DC, Oakland, California
and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Counsel, US House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, International Operations
Subcommittee · 1993 – 1995
