JASON D. KAUNE (Marin County office) is a partner who specializes in political and initiative law in California and the ethics, election, lobbying and campaign laws of the fifty states, local and federal governments. He advises corporations, advocacy groups, individuals and governments, with a focus on establishing and maintaining national political law compliance programs. He has served as counsel and professional treasurer on ballot measures on issues ranging from land use to taxes.

Since 2000 he has been a co-author and faculty for the Practising Law Institute's course on "Corporate Political Activities." Mr. Kaune also authors an annual national compendium of campaign finance law and litigation developments for the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws. He has provided commentary for KTVU (Fox) on election law issues and has represented clients before the California Fair Political Practices Commission, the Federal Elections Commission, and numerous other state and local agencies across the country. Mr. Kaune has worked in the private and non-profit sectors, as a speech writer for a national political party in Washington, D.C., and for the presidential exploratory committee of a former state governor.

He graduated from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (with a masters in public policy), University of California, Hastings College of the Law and Yale College, cum laude.  Mr. Kaune has published articles and written studies on lobbying regulation in Russia, public contracting, local campaign finance laws and the administration of ethics laws by the White House Counsel's office.