Scott A. Sinder is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is Chair of the Government Affairs & Public Policy practice and a member of the Appellate & Supreme Court practice, focusing on government relations, insurance, and appellate litigation. Mr. Sinder represents clients on a spectrum of issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts, in state legislatures and Congress, and before regulatory agencies. He also consults on issues related to the political process, including election financing law, campaign finance, and political law generally. He counsels clients on privacy law, and the constitutional/appellate practice, and is an experienced commercial and public law litigator. His work in these areas has included Constitutional, class action, antitrust, copyright, redistricting, and other complex civil litigation cases. Previously, Mr. Sinder was a member of The Scott Group and before that, Collier Shannon Scott, chairing the trade associations practice and working with the litigation and government relations and public policy practices.