Education | | J.D., 1969, Columbia University | | B.A., 1966, with honors, University of California at Santa Barbara |
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| | Supreme Court of California | | U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | | U.S. District Court, Central District of California | | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California |
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Distinctions | Distinguished Alumni Award, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lifetime Humanitarian Award, Armenian Eyecare Project |
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Memberships | | California Bar Association |
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Community Involvement | Editorial Advisory Board, Campaigns & Elections Magazine
Advisory Board, Armenian Eyecare Project
Board of Directors, California Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors, California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance
Director, Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation
Trustee, University of California Santa Barbara Foundation |
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| Mr. Khachigian is a Senior Partner in the Orange County office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and a member of the Government Relations and Natural Resources groups. His practice includes a range of high-level environmental and government relations matters, particularly where legal, government and public issues intersect.
Mr. Khachigian possesses more than 30 years of strategic expertise in governmental affairs, complex business litigation and public service. He has represented companies in diverse industries including energy, telecommunications, real estate, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and waste management as well as several public agencies. Mr. Khachigian is widely regarded throughout California for providing exceptional counseling in government relations, crisis management and strategic problem-solving. He has led successful negotiations of major litigations and disputes for private and public agency clients.
Mr. Khachigian began his distinguished public service career in the White House immediately after law school, rising to Deputy Special Assistant under President Richard Nixon. President Reagan commissioned him Special Consultant to the President in 1981, where Mr. Khachigian served as Chief Speechwriter and senior White House adviser. Beginning with President Reagan's first inaugural address, Mr. Khachigian collaborated on dozens of major and historic political and policy speeches throughout the President’s two terms in office. Mr. Khachigian served the Reagan-Bush campaign as Director of Issues and Research, senior adviser and chief campaign speechwriter and was one of only two campaign aides who accompanied President Reagan aboard Air Force One throughout his 1984 landslide re-election effort.
Mr. Khachigian was also a key adviser and strategist for President George H. W. Bush’s successful 1988 election campaign, for California Governors George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson, California Attorney General, Dan Lungren, and Supreme Court Justice, Ming Chin, as well as directing several other statewide campaigns. He served as national senior adviser and California campaign director to presidential nominee Robert Dole in 1996 and to Senator John McCain in 2000. He is widely quoted in state and national publications, has appeared on prominent cable and network television programs and frequently lectures before businesses and associations on government affairs and politics. |
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