Roundtable Participants Policy

Originally Published MX September/October 2004

GOVERNMENTAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS

Tom Connaughton, JD, is vice president of legislative affairs for the medical device and supply company Cook Group Inc. (Bloomington, IN), serving in the firm's Washington, DC, office, which he opened in 2003. He has been engaged in public policy efforts in the capital for more than 30 years, first as Senator Birch Bayh's chief of staff and then as managing partner of a law firm that represented medical device and pharmaceutical companies, including Cook, regarding legislative and regulatory matters. Between leaving his law practice in 2000 and joining Cook last year, Connaughton served as president of the American Association for Homecare. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].