Adams and Reese Partner Rob Rieger has been elected to the 2025 Board of Directors for SCG Legal, a global network of 123 independent law and lobbying firms providing legal, regulatory, and public policy services in 63 countries and every U.S. state.
Rieger is a leading member of the Adams and Reese Government Relations team and a Partner in the firm’s Baton Rouge office. For more than 35 years, Rieger has crafted coordinated strategies for and counseled corporate clients in front of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, and related litigation matters in both Louisiana and Washington, DC.
The SCG Legal board was elected during SCG Legal’s 2024 Annual Meeting on Sept. 19 in Los Angeles. Each board member, serving a three-year term, was chosen from among the network’s more than 12,000 attorneys and is a recognized leader within their firm and practice area.
“The new board brings together a wealth of experience and vision, positioning SCG Legal for continued growth and innovation in an ever-evolving legal and public policy landscape,” said SCG Legal CEO Alina Gorokhovsky. “I am confident that this leadership team will steer the network toward greater global collaboration and increased value for our members, clients, and communities.”
Rieger joins the 2025 SCG Legal board with the following members: Celeste Bruce, Partner, Rifkin Weiner Livingston (Chair); Fabio Guzmán Saladin, Partner, Guzmán Ariza (Vice Chair); Tom Pickthorn, Partner, Mills & Reeve (Secretary); Susan Wissink, Director, Fennemore (Treasurer); Paul Plunkett, Shareholder, Larkin Hoffman (Immediate Past Chair); Kenneth Baldwin, Partner, Robinson+Cole; Mariano Batalla, Partner, Alta Batalla; Hayley Buckley, Partner, Wynn Williams; Erika Carrasco, Partner, Field Law; Heather Harris, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg; Frederik Kromann Jespersen, Partner, Skau Reipurth; Eugene ‘Matt’ Mathews, Partner, McGuireWoods; Stephan Menzemer, Partner, Graf von Westphalen; Melissa Salhab Sykes, Partner, McGinnis Lochridge; Yongchang ‘John’ Tang, Senior Joint Partner, Beijing DHH Law Firm; Steve Tugend, Director, Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter; and John White, Managing Partner, Beauchamps.
Adams and Reese is a proud member of SCG Legal, and Rieger has long been involved in the national organization. Most recently, Rieger helped organize the SCG Legal 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, bringing together premier thought leadership and speakers from across the world to discuss matters that are top of mind for in-house counsel and clients.