Thorn Run Partners is a bipartisan government affairs firm that offers its clients the professionalism of a large lobbying firm with the personalized service associated with a boutique agency. With over 60 years of combined policy experience and a proud track record of success, Thorn Run Partners understands that hiring a government relations firm is an investment... and we strive to keep long term relationships with our clients by delivering solid returns.

National Journal: Ramblin' Man -- Gary Palmquist Joins Thorn Run

national journal logo The July 2 National Journal featured a story on Thorn Run's new Vice President, Gary Palmquist.

Gary Palmquist, a 20-year veteran of Capitol Hill, is the new vice president of Thorn Run Partners and will run their Los Angeles office. Most recently manager of legislative affairs at the National Federation of Independent Business, Palmquist has served as legislative director for Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., and former Reps. Bob Clement, D-Tenn., and Ken Bentsen, D-Texas, all three of whom belonged to either the Blue Dog Coalition or the New Democrat Coalition.

Thorn Run Partners Grows Again, Adds 20-year Capitol Hill Veteran Gary Palmquist

Former legislative director to Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) to share time between DC and new Los Angeles, California office

For immediate release: July 1, 2010
Contact: Andy Rosenberg, 202-247-6301

Thorn Run Partners announced today the addition of the newest member of its team, Gary Palmquist, as well as the opening of an office in Los Angeles, California. Thorn Run Partners is one of Washington, DC's newest bipartisan lobbying shops and earlier this year opened an office in Portland, Oregon.
Palmquist, who will share his time between Washington and Los Angeles, brings twenty years of legislative and political experience to Thorn Run Partners. He enjoys extensive knowledge and expertise in many of the crucial policy areas of the day, including small business issues, taxation, health care, foreign policy and international trade.

Nat'l Journal: Daniel Bates Joins Thorn Run Partners

national journal logo The March 13 National Journal featured a story on Thorn Run's newest Partner.

Daniel Bates is the newest addition to Thorn Run Partners, a lobbying firm launched in January. The bipartisan venture is the joint effort of Democrat Andy Rosenberg and Republican Chris Lamond, who left Ogilvy Government Relations to start their own shop. Bates will be a partner, dividing his time between Washington and Portland, Ore., where he most recently served as the city's chief lobbyist. Before that, he spent five years in the legislative practice group at Patton Boggs.

Suite Talk, March 10, 2010

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By BECCA MILFELD & SEUNG MIN KIM | 3/10/10 5:06 AM EST

Bates to Thorn Run

Thorn Run Partners has added Daniel Bates as a partner, and he’ll split his time between the firm’s Washington office and a new one in Portland, Ore. Bates had been director of government relations for the city of Portland and worked in the legislative practice group at Patton Boggs in Washington.

K Street Moves

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By Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
March 10, 2010, 12 a.m.

Thorn Run Partners is branching out to Portland, Ore. The recently opened firm has hired Daniel Bates, a former director of government relations for the City of Portland, to open the office. Bates, who previously was a lobbyist at Patton Boggs, will also spend time in Washington, D.C.

Thorn Run Hires Portland Lobbyist

March 8, 2010

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Daniel Bates, the government relations director for the city of Portland, Ore., is joining Thorn Run Partners.

Bates will split his time between Portland and Washington, he said Monday, adding that "my sense is that, as Congress is in session, I'll wind up spending a majority of my time [in Washington], and we'll follow the clients." He starts with Thorn Run on April 1.

Thorn Run Partners was founded at the beginning of the year by Andrew Rosenberg and Christopher Lamond, formerly of Ogilvy Government Relations. Bates is the first new hire at the firm. Rosenberg said he thinks the Portland presence will "be an interesting selling point for our firm. But I think a stronger selling point is Dan's experience." Rosenberg and Bates worked together at Patton Boggs earlier this decade.

Bates' clients at Patton Boggs included cities, states and other public sector entities—the state of Wyoming and the city of Philadelphia among them. Bates said he expects to work with public clients again. Rosenberg said Bates' ties to Thorn Run will also "provide a beachhead for Dan in Washington, a way for him to market to all the Pacific Northwest companies he's developed ties with."

Thorn Run clients already include Roche Diagnostics, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association, and Millenium Pharmaceuticals.

Thorn Run Partners Names Newest Member, Dan Bates

-- Former Patton Boggs lobbyist to share time between DC and new Portland, Oregon office --

For immediate release: March 8, 2010
Contact: Andy Rosenberg, 202-247-6301

Thorn Run Partners announced today the addition of its newest partner, Daniel S. Bates, as well as the opening of an office in Portland, Oregon. Thorn Run Partners is one of Washington, DC’s newest bipartisan lobbying shops, and the first Washington-based firm to open an office in Portland.

Bates will share his time between the two offices, starting on April 1.

Dan Bates, who hails from Canby, Oregon, comes to Thorn Run Partners from his position as Director of Government Relations for the City of Portland. But Bates is no stranger to Washington. Before taking the Portland job, Bates spent five years in the nation’s capital as a member of the legislative practice group at Patton Boggs LLP, the city’s largest lobby shop.

At Thorn Run Partners, Bates will focus his practice in the areas of local government representation, transportation and water infrastructure, energy and environmental policy. During his four years as the City’s head lobbyist, Portland blazed the way in innovative federal partnerships. The City was frequently cited for its award winning quality of life and has been recognized by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood as the model for the nation on transportation policy. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar has gone so far as to recognize the City’s approach to transportation as the “template.”

During Bates’ tenure, the City became the first municipality to have a streetcar project qualify for federal small starts funding. The City’s success at reducing carbon emissions while growing its economy and becoming a hot bed of clean technology innovation received national attention and was the subject of Congressional hearings. Portland’s leadership in green infrastructure has proved a model for EPA best practices in green approaches to addressing stormwater run-off.

As chief lobbyist for the second largest city in the Pacific Northwest, Dan brings a unique perspective to Thorn Run Partners – an accomplished lobbyist who knows how to get things done -- as both a professional big city manager and a private practitioner.

In addition to his federal practice, which will be shared with fellow Thorn Run Partners Andy Rosenberg and Chris Lamond, Bates will be developing an Oregon state government relations practice. Bates will counsel clients on strategic approaches to achieving legislative goals and lobby the state legislative and executive branches on client priorities. During his leadership at the City, Bates lobbied the state government on an extensive set of issues.

Dan Bates is a graduate of Houghton College in western New York and the University of Virginia School of Law.

Founded in January, 2010, by veteran lobbyists Rosenberg and Lamond, who previously served as staffers to Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Fred Thompson (R-TN), Thorn Run Partners draws its name from Rosenberg’s farm located in West Virginia.

For more information on Thorn Run Partners, please visit www.thornrun.com.

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Politico: Lobbyists Run Thorn Run

January 13, 2010

The Hill logoAndrew Rosenberg and Chris Lamond, who worked together at Ogilvy Government Relations, have launched Thorn Run Partners, a bipartisan government relations firm that gets its name from Rosenberg’s farm in West Virginia.

Rosenberg is a former aide to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), serving on the staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Lamond was an aide to then-Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), serving on the staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Rosenberg is a former aide to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), serving on the staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Rosenberg has focused his lobbying work on health care and disability policy.

Lamond was an aide to then-Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), serving on the staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He also was an adviser to Thompson’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Roll Call: "Ex-Ogilvy Lobbyists Launch Thorn Run Partners"

roll call logoThe January 5th edition of Roll Call features an article by Kate Ackley on the founding of Thorn Run Partners.

Democrat Andy Rosenberg and Republican Chris Lamond are setting up Thorn Run Partners this week. Thorn Run, named for Rosenberg’s West Virginia farm, is launching with more than a dozen clients...

You can read the whole article on Roll Call's website.