For more than 15 years Reginald N. “Reggie” Jones has directed the combined legislative efforts of Virginia’s design professionals. His firm, Williams Mullen, announced in September that Jones was named the 2013 Richmond Government Relations Practice “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America.
Jones works with the legislative consortium of the Virginia Society AIA, the American Council of Engineering Companies/Virginia, and the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers in preparing and presenting its issues before the General Assembly.
Under Jones’ guidance, the consortium has advanced the professions’ positions in the Virginia General Assembly and helped maintain the strength of existing laws protecting the public. For example, the Virginia Public Procurement Act routinely is targeted by politicians because they claim it takes too long to procure professional services. Studies throughout the country prove that the qualifications-based selection of professionals required by Virginia’s law — and more than 40 other states’ laws — protects taxpayers’ investment better than any other method.
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