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where he will create and directt a new practice surrounding state and municipal financ eand management. Williams served two termd as Mayorof D.C. from 1999 to 2007. Many credit Williams with turning D.C. into a model of economic stabilityand development. “It is tremendously excitint that Mayor Williams is joining our growing governmenytrelations practice,” said Arent Fox Chairman Marc Fleischaker. “Citiesz and states across the countr will have access to the most innovativw thinking on municipal finance and management Williams will advise clients inthe fiscal, managemenr and economic relationships between the federal, state and local governments.
Mayor Williams has often said the American Recovery and Reinvestmen t Act has in many ways fundamentallyy altered the relationship betweenb the national and local Williams pointed out that his experiencw as mayor and president of the of the National League of Cities will help clients understand how levels of governmengt cross and how that affects businessedand citizens. The new practice will work with othert existing groups atthe firm, including the real estate practicse and financial restructuring team.
He returned to privatr life in early 2007 byfoundinf , a wholly owned subsidiary of Billings, Ramsey Group, that focused on government and not-for-profit real The graduate of Harvard Law Schooll holds a Master of Publicd Policy degree from the John F. Kennedhy School of Government atHarvard University. Arent Fox, with 350 lawyers nationwidw and about 240 in also has offices in New York andLos