Allison Tuck helps clients navigate Washington by combining deep experience in election law and campaign finance with a practical understanding of how government works. She counsels companies, nonprofits, trade associations and individuals on managing political risk and compliance obligations while advancing their policy and business interests. Allison focuses on matters where policy, politics and procedure converge, advising clients on the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, federal and state lobbying and pay-to-play laws, congressional and executive branch ethics rules and Senate investigations, confirmations and financial disclosure requirements.
As Republican Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Allison developed a close understanding of the legislative process and the formal and informal rules and procedures that govern the Senate. She advised Senators and staff on campaign finance and election administration legislation and Senate institutional reform, as well as oversight of the legislative branch, Federal Election Commission and Election Assistance Commission. Allison led Senate efforts on key bipartisan initiatives, including the extension of the FEC’s administrative fine program and passage of the Confirmation of Congressional Observer Access (COCOA) Act and shaped Republican strategy for some of the Senate’s earliest hearings on artificial intelligence.
Allison also served as counsel to the Chairman and two Vice Chairmen of the Federal Election Commission and played a central role in the FEC’s first major rulemaking in over a decade, regarding regulation of internet political communications. She began her career as an associate at a leading international law firm, where she advised on the full range of political law compliance and represented clients facing congressional and executive branch agency investigations.
