RALEIGH, NC—Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Bradford Sneedenhas joined the firm’s Public Affairs Group as a director, continuing growth of the team based in Raleigh. Sneeden most recently served as legislative counsel for North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and previously was a policy advisor to the governor of North Carolina.
Sneeden joins Raleigh-based public affairs directors Cameron L. Henley and Towers Mingledorff, along with counsel Canaan Huie, who partner with clients at the state and federal level in Raleigh, Charlotte and across the Carolinas to strategically support their government relations needs.
As legislative counsel to the state’s attorney general, Sneeden was responsible for the attorney general’s legislative agenda and representing the attorney general and the state’s Department of Justice before the North Carolina General Assembly. He helped lead the legislative committee of the North Carolina Governor’s Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, served as legislative counsel as part of the attorney general’s team working on the national opioid crises and worked with bi-partisan leaders to pass significant legislation in criminal justice and public safety.
In his previous role as policy advisor to the North Carolina Governor, Sneeden helped develop policy proposals while initiating and supervising working relationships with executive branch officials, agency directors, elected officials, legislative staff, and legislative liaisons, as well as councils, task forces, businesses, and community groups. In addition, he counseled the governor on alignment of initiatives with the administration’s mission, goals, and priorities.
