Armando P. Paolino, III has extensive experience at the Connecticut state capitol and brings a wealth of knowledge and bipartisan contacts to the Halloran & Sage Government Affairs lobbying team. Mr. Paolino has been active in state and local political campaigns and has lobbied on behalf of private sector and non profit clients for more than two decades.

Mr. Paolino has served in many capacities as a lobbyist and political advisor. He has developed a special expertise in representing business interests. He has a great deal of experience and knowledge in presenting the business perspective in government and has successfully represented and advised businesses and organizations both large and small on political resource management. He has worked in a wide array of issue areas in Connecticut's legislative and administrative arena, such as: asbestos, Alzheimer's disease, bonding, brownfields, insurance, water resources, electric power, pesticide regulation, chemical industry, banking, occupational & professional licensing, labor costs, health care, hospitals, telecommunications, nursing homes, golf, taxation, farmland preservation, housing, arboriculture, tobacco, sewage treatment, pharmaceuticals, liquor control, higher education, contract procurement, job-training, motor vehicles, technology, tourism and manufacturing, to name a few.

Mr. Paolino speaks regularly before groups and organizations on legislative issues and politics. He is a regular participant on behalf of clients in many issue coalitions. He has been quoted in local and national newspapers and radio including the Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio.

Mr. Paolino has served on the White House Conference on Small Business Advisory Board. He has been an advisor to the Connecticut Delegation to the 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 Congressional Small Business Summits.