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Chris Gober

Partner and Chief Executive Officer, LexPolitica

Topics: Administrative Law & Regulation • Campaign Finance • Constitution • Election Law • First Amendment • Politics • Security & Privacy • Telecommunications & Electronic Media • Free Speech & Election Law

Chris Gober is a trusted legal adviser and problem solver for the toughest political, public policy, and regulatory challenges faced by ambitious and high-profile changemakers. His national practice is focused on constitutional and political litigation, government investigations and enforcement actions, and providing strategic advice and guidance to elected officials, companies, industry trade associations, and high-net-worth individuals.

Gober has previously served as General Counsel to the Republican Party of Texas, General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Deputy Counsel to the Republican National Committee, and Counsel in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2005-06, he worked on the team that prepared Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito for their confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gober is a 7th-generation Texan whose family fought in the American Revolution and the Texas Revolution against Mexico. Raised in the rural communities of Throckmorton (pop. 727) and Graham (pop. 8,372) in the “Big Country” area of Texas, Gober went on to attend Texas A&M University and earn his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2004. He has been married for 17 years to Dr. Mary Beth Gober, a psychologist, and they are the proud parents of two daughters, ages 15 and 12.

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