Arent Fox Announced Today That Stephen J. Northrup Has Joined the Firm's Government Relations Group
Posted on: Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 15:00 CST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Arent Fox announced today that Stephen J. Northrup has joined the firm's Government Relations Group as senior government relations director in the Washington, DC office.
Northrup joins the firm from his recent position as health policy director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, chaired by U.S. Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.), where he helped Chairman Enzi author 18 new healthcare laws in the Committee's jurisdiction during the last Congress. Northrup managed the Chairman's agenda and led staff negotiations on a wide variety of issues, including medical device user fees, post-market surveillance of drugs and dietary supplements, biodefense preparedness, health insurance reform, electronic medical records, patient safety, autism awareness and research, and the reauthorization of critical laws governing HIV/AIDS treatment and the National Institutes of Health. Northrup also served as Senator Enzi's health policy advisor upon joining his office in January 2003.
Prior to his years on Capitol Hill, Northrup was the Executive Director of the Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance (LTCPA), where he coordinated and led LTCPA's federal and state advocacy efforts on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacy services and other government initiatives that affected the profession and business of long-term care pharmacy. Additionally, Northrup has served as the Executive Director of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), the national voice for the entrepreneurial sector of the medical device industry, and the Director of Government and Community Relations for Loyola University Medical Center.
"We are very excited that Steve is joining us at Arent Fox. His extensive experience in health care will greatly enhance our already significant health and food drug practice groups and will be extremely valuable to our life sciences manufacturer clients as well as our health provider and supplier clients," said Marc Fleischaker, Arent Fox chairman.
Northrup received his master's of public administration from George Mason University and his bachelor's degree from Hamilton College.
About Arent Fox
Arent Fox PLLC (http://www.arentfox.com/) -- a dynamic, diversified law firm with 26 practice groups -- is a recognized leader in areas including intellectual property, real estate, health care, life sciences and litigation. With nearly 300 lawyers, Arent Fox has a wide range of expertise in corporate securities and transactions, financial restructuring and bankruptcy, government relations and regulation, labor and employment, finance, tax, corporate compliance and the global business market. The firm provides services to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, trade associations, foreign governments, long-term care facilities, start-up companies and other entities. Arent Fox has offices in Washington, DC and New York.
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