Lawrence J Tabas

Mr. Tabas’ health care legal experience includes the representation of physician group practices (single and multi-specialty), hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment companies, licensed health care providers and medical management service organizations. His practice includes representation of health care clients in connection with compliance matters, laws and regulations governing health care, third-party payor requirements, population care management and care management programs, acquisitions of medical practices by hospitals, group practice formation, and managed care organizations. Mr. Tabas maintains an active and extensive practice in Election Law (federal and state) and election law litigation. He has over 36 years of experience representing federal, state, and local candidates; candidate committees; political party committees; political action committees; and governmental bodies in election law matters. This representation places special emphasis on campaign finance law (federal and state), nomination petitions and ballot access, recounts and election contests, regulatory matters, corporate and association sponsored political action committees, voting equipment and systems, conduct of elections, First Amendment issues relating to political speech, referendums, compliance with HAVA, and redistricting. His clients include candidates for the President of the United States (Counsel to President-Elect Trump and Vice President-Elect Pence in connection with pre- and post-election litigation matters in 2016; Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Legal Team for Romney-Ryan in 2012, Chair of the Pennsylvania Legal Team for McCain in 2008 and Chair of the Litigation Team in Pennsylvania for Bush-Cheney 2004), the U.S. Congress, Pennsylvania Governor, the judiciary, the Pennsylvania State Legislature, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Mayor of Philadelphia, city-wide, county and local offices. In addition to representing candidates, he also represents political parties and political action committees (including those sponsored by corporations and associations), and government bodies. Mr. Tabas is currently the General Counsel of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania ("RPP"). He also served as counsel to the Tom Corbett for Governor Committee and he is counsel to the Pennsylvania House Republican Campaign Committee. He previously served as counsel to the Pennsylvania Joint Senate/House Committee on Election Reform, 2001 – 2002 (appointed by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives). He was an At-Large Delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 2008, 2012 and 2016, and a Member of the Conventions' Rules Committee in 2008 and 2016. Mr. Tabas was the Republican candidate for City Council-at-Large of Philadelphia (1991); City Controller of Philadelphia (1985); and the State House of Representatives (1980). In 1997, he was elected to a four-year term as a school board director of the Lower Merion School District of Montgomery County. Georgetown University Law Center (JD '78) University of Pennsylvania (MA '75) University of Pennsylvania (BA '75)