David Urban joined the American Continental and transactional matters. Mr. Urban’s experi- Group in 2002. Mr. Urban has been referred to ences in the law range from complex director by the New York Times as a “prominent … and officer corporate liability matters to multi- Republican lobbyist,” a “Mover and Shaker” by million dollar revenue bond financings for Campaigns and Elections Magazine, a “Top industrial developments. An active member of Influencer” by Politics Magazine and a “high- the Pennsylvania Bar, Mr. Urban is admitted to level Washington Republican lobbyist” and practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme “influential Washington rainmaker” by the Har- Court, the United States District Court for the risburg Patriot News. Roll Call identified “Urban Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Unit- [as] a member of Washington’s community of ed States Court of Appeals for the Third Cir- influential Republican moderates and pragma- cuit. tists.” In a profile of Mr. Urban, Philadelphia E: [email protected] Magazine said that “when [Urban] talks, Mem- From 1986 through 1991, Mr. Urban served as P: (703) 376-8993 bers of Congress listen.” an artillery officer in the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division headquartered at Fort Immediately before joining American Continen- Campbell, Kentucky. Illustrative of his distin- tal Group, Mr. Urban served for five years as guished record of consistently high perfor- the Chief of Staff for United States Senator mance during his time in uniform, Mr. Urban Arlen Specter (R-PA). Acting as the Senator’s was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meri- senior advisor on legislative, political, media, torious achievement while engaged in combat and administrative matters in Pennsylvania and operations against Iraq during Operation De- Washington, Mr. Urban was Senator Specter’s sert Storm. direct representative to the Senator’s Pennsyl- vania constituents as well as other Members of Mr. Urban earned a Bachelor of Science from Congress, senior executive branch officials, the United States Military Academy at West ambassadors and other officials of foreign Point, a Master of Government Administration governments. Mr. Urban represented Senator from the University of Pennsylvania and a Specter as a part of the Senate Republican Juris Doctor from the Temple University LinkedIn Profile: leadership and oversaw the Senator’s interests School of Law. Mr. Urban has lectured at vari- before the Judiciary, Appropriations, Veterans’ ous universities, most recently serving as an Affairs, and Environment and Public Works adjunct professor at the H. John Heinz III Committees. School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. From 1994 through 1997, Mr. Urban was an attorney in private practice focusing on litigation.