Honorable Dennis Hertel, Partner

Honorable Robert L. Livingston

Career Summary

  • Partner, The Livingston Group L.L.C.
  • U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan
    • Armed Services Committee
      • Chair, Investigation and Oversight Subcommittee
      • Ranking Member, Research and Development Subcommittee
    • Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
      • Chair, Oceanography, Great Lakes, and Outer Continental Shelf Subcommittee
      • Coast Guard Subcommittee
      • Panama Canal Subcommittee
    • Select Committee on Aging
      • Health Subcommittee
    • Vice Chair, Democratic Study Group
    • Democratic Caucus Regional Whip
  • Michigan House of Representatives (three terms)

Education

  • Wayne State University School of Law, Juris Doctorate
  • Eastern Michigan University, Bachelor of Science

Dennis Hertel is a Partner at The Livingston Group and a six-term former Democratic Member of Congress from Michigan. Since retiring from Congress in 1993, Mr. Hertel has engaged in government relations and private law practice, representing clients on a wide array of legislative matters including energy, the environment and natural resources.

During his congressional tenure, Mr. Hertel served on the Armed Services Committee for 12 years. He was Chair of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Research and Development. Mr. Hertel was also Chair of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and Outer Continental Shelf for six years, as well as serving on the subcommittees on the Coast Guard and the Panama Canal. He served on the former Select Committee on Aging and its subcommittee on Health. Mr. Hertel was elected vice chair of the Democratic Study Group and was a Democratic Caucus Regional Whip. He represented Congress as a NATO Assembly delegate.

Before his congressional service, Mr. Hertel served for three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. While in the state legislature, he was Chair of the Judiciary Committee and on the Joint Committee on Michigan Port Development, the Special Committee on Child Abuse Prevention, and the Michigan Crime Prevention Task Force. He remains active in Michigan and national Democratic political campaigns.

Mr. Hertel is a founder and Vice President of the International Election Monitors Institute, is President of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, and has served as vice president of the National Environmental Policy Institute. He is a member of the board for the Congressional Hunger Center and the Council for a Community of Democracies.

Mr. Hertel is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor of science degree, and of Wayne State University Law School.

Significant Associations, Activities and Accomplishments

  • Co-Founder and Vice President, International Election Monitors Institute
  • President, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress
  • Board Member, Congressional Hunger Center
  • Vice President, National Environmental Policy Institute
  • Board Member, Council for a Community of Democracies
  • Represented Congress as a NATO delegate

Practice Areas

  • Cybersecurity
  • Defense/Technologies and Homeland Security - Lead Partner
  • Energy, Environment and Natural Resources
  • Transportation, Shipbuilding, Shipping and Ports - Lead Partner
  • Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

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