Julia Richardson is a government relations advisor in King & Spalding’s Government Affairs & Public Policy Group. Julia specializes in developing and implementing policy and advocacy strategies in the legislative and executive branches and third-party policy engagement. She also focuses on building and maintaining relationships with congressional and executive branch offices, businesses, trade associations, advocacy coalitions, and other groups. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Julia served as counsel and policy advisor to the Chairs of two Federal agencies: the Federal Election Commission and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). She also served as the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the CPSC. In addition to spending six years as the director of advocacy for a national trade association, Julia also previously worked as senior counsel for the United States Senate Rules Committee and as an aide in the Florida Legislature.