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V O L . X X I X N O. X X I X 80 BO O K O F L I S T S 2 0 24 S A L A R I E S Maine's highest-paid lobbyists Ranked by compensation reported to the Maine Ethics Commission 1 1 For lobbying year Dec. 1, 2021 through Nov. 30, 2022 2 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for Maritimes & Northeast 3 Former partner at Portland's Preti Flaherty, who founded Resolve Government Relations in February 2022; fiscal year 2022 data represents work at Preti Flaherty and Resolve Government Relations combined. 4 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for Maine Occupational Therapy Assoc. and Theater Owners of New England 5 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for Scientific Games Corp. and Scientific Games LLC 6 A wholly-owned subsidiary of Portland's Verrill Dana LLP 7 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for Deloitte Consulting LLP and Visa USA Inc. 8 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for Centene Corp. 9 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for Packaging and Environment (AMERIPEN), Carpet and Rug Institute, Elevance Health & affiliates, Flexible Packaging Assoc., International Sleep Products Assoc. and Personal Care Products Council 10 Listed as a lobbyist but received $0 compensation in fiscal year 2022 for IDEXX Laboratories Inc., Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Assoc. and Merck & Co. Inc. This list was compiled by Heide Martin and previously unpublished in Mainebiz. N O T E : Jon Mandel, former managing associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Washington D.C., filed compensation reports to Maine Commission of Governmental Ethics & Election Practices totaling $68,851; his clients were Bally's Corporation, BetMGM LLC, DISH Network LLC, DraftKings Inc., FanDuel Group Inc. and FBG Enterprises Opco LLC. As of October 2023, Mandel serves as senior vice president at Bose Public Affairs Group in Washington, D.C. S O U R C E : Maine Commission of Governmental Ethics & Election Practices