Harrison J. Kaplan
Senior Vice President
State Government Relations
Mr. Kaplan is a partner with McGuireWoods LLP, and also leads McGuireWoods Consulting LLC's Raleigh office. For the consulting group, he serves as a senior vice president in the state government relations group and focuses his practice on government relations, infrastructure and economic development, and regulatory matters.
He represents a diverse group of clients in many industries on a wide range of issues including health insurance, pharmaceuticals, transportation, construction, education and the environment. He has extensive experience representing those clients at the legislature and before state agencies, boards and commissions.
Kaplan previously ran his own legal and lobbying practice in Raleigh for more than a decade. He has been recognized consistently over the course of his career as one of the top lobbyists at the North Carolina General Assembly. He was ranked the 9th "Most Influential Lobbyist" of the 2009-10 Legislative Session by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research in their annual survey of legislators, lobbyists and Capitol Press Corps members.
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D. 1984
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A. 1981
Professional Affiliations
- Past President, North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys
- North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
- North Carolina Forum for Research and Economic Education
- North Carolina Professional Lobbyists Association
- North Carolina State Bar
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, Health Law Section
Appointments
- Assistant Director, North Carolina Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Lt. Gov. Robert Jordan, 1986-88
Community Activities
- Food Bank of North Carolina
- Board of Directors, 1995-2001
- Legislative Counsel, 2001-present
Past Positions
- Principal, Harrison J. Kaplan Attorney at Law PA, 1997-2007
- Director of Government Relations and Counsel, Kaiser Permanente’s North Carolina region, 1990-96
- Attorney and Contract Lobbyist, Zebulon D. Alley, PA, 1988-90
- Contracts & State/Local Procurement
- Economic and Infrastructure Development
- Executive and Legislative Affairs
- Local Government Relations
- Multi-state Government Relations
- Regulatory Solutions
- State Government Relations
