Government Relations Events

In this Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar, Vorys attorneys presented the most timely and relevant topics as businesses and organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A team from Vorys and Vorys Advisors presented a webinar to Heritage Ohio members on practical considerations businesses need to make following COVID-19 related closures and stay at home orders. 

Our third multi-disciplinary webinar on the various business and legal implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic took place on Thursday, April 2, 2020. 

Vorys attorneys representing various practice areas and disciplines came together to share their considerations as businesses navigate the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar on March 26, 2020. This was the second webinar on this topic.

Vorys Partner Tom McDonald spoke at a Council on Foreign Relations seminar titled, “Turbulence in Energy Markets” on March 17, 2020.

Vorys Partner Tom McDonald introduced Minnesota United States Senator Tina Smith at the 2020 Annual University of Minnesota Capitol Hill Reception on March 9, 2020.

Vorys Partner Tom McDonald participated in a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Conference Call: Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan on February 19, 2020.

Vorys Partner Elizabeth Smith was a panelist at Representing the State sponsored by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on February 11, 2020.

Vorys Partner Scott Ziance spoke at One Columbus’s 2019 Economic Development 411 (ED411) on December 6, 2019.

Vorys Partner Scott Ziance spoke at the 2019 Property Tax Symposium on November 12, 2019.

Vorys Partner Scott Ziance spoke at the Ohio Municipal League (OML) Annual Conference on October 23, 2019.

Vorys Attorneys Erin French, Elizabeth T. Smith and Mairi Mull spoke at the Ohio Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Conference on October 18, 2019.

Vorys Partner Dave Cook spoke at the Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati Annual Gala on October 17, 2019.

Vorys Partner Scott Ziance spoke at the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA) 2019 Annual Conference on October 11, 2019.

Vorys Partner Dave Cook was a panelist at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Ohio Chapter Fall CLE Conference on October, 11, 2019.

Vorys Attorney Mike Griffaton spoke at the Council of State Retail Associations (CSRA) on September 17, 2019.

Vorys Attorneys Nelson Cary and Mike Griffaton spoke at the Ohio Bankers League (OBL) Cannabis Banking Conference on August 20, 2019.

Tom McDonald, partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, attended Foreign Affairs LIVE with George Packer on June 6, 2019.

Vorys Partner, Tom McDonald, presented at the University of Cincinnati College of Law event, “Law and Business in Sub-Saharan Africa,” on April 9, 2019.

On February 14, Tom McDonald, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, moderated the roundtable discussion on the importance of diverse voices in California politics at the State Capitol.