As co-chair of Brownstein's Government Relations Department, Mike coordinates the firm's lobbying and public policy work in multiple states and integrates the state work with the firm's Washington, DC office. In Colorado, he provides representation before the legislative and executive branches for clients such as FedEx, Comcast, SAS, Colorado State University, Corrections Corporation of America and the Colorado Auto Dealers Association. At the federal level, he leads the Brownstein team providing representation for the City of Aurora, Colorado and Jefferson County, Colorado. Mike served in the Colorado State Senate from 1993 to 2001 and was selected by his caucus to serve as the Senate Minority Leader for seven of his eight years in office, from 1994 to 2001.