Ed Pagano

Practice Areas

Ed Pagano provides advice to clients in the artificial intelligence, antitrust, communications, small business, privacy and emerging technology, among others. He has a profound understanding of the federal government’s inner workings, given his tenure with the Obama administration as Senate liaison and deputy assistant to the President for legislative affairs and with Sen. Leahy and the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 20 years.

Ed began his professional career as an associate at a large law firm before moving on to serve as a field director for the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign in 1992. During college, he played power forward for four years for the Vermont Catamounts basketball team. He remains active at the University of Vermont as a member of the board of trustees and through alumni and student engagement.

Professional Memberships

Board Member, Legacies of War

Member, Board of Trustees, University of Vermont

Member, University of Vermont Presidential Search Committee

Career

Senate Liaison and Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Obama White House

Chief of Staff, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Senior Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee

Legislative Counsel, Sen Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Personal

J.D., Fordham University School of Law

B.S., University of Vermont