The old silos of law, policy, and communications no longer apply. Today, advancing and defending progress requires a strategy that leverages all three at once.
That’s why Evergreen Legal — in partnership with Evergreen Strategy Group — brings together world-class legal counsel, policy insight, and strategic communications so our clients can make a difference when it matters most.
Corey is a lawyer and policy expert with experience on a range of issues, including gun violence prevention, democracy and legal reform, and the economy. He has worked at the local, state, and federal levels helping clients and elected leaders develop executive action proposals, challenge unlawful government actions, and design legal advocacy campaigns to advance progressive policy.
Prior to joining Evergreen Legal, Corey helped found Democracy Forward, a legal nonprofit that defends against harmful and dangerous executive branch policies. He has also served as senior policy advisor to then-Senator Kamala Harris and as a policy advisor to Secretary Hillary Clinton and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Corey started his career on then-Senator Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign. Corey earned his law degree from New York University Law School. He is a partner at Evergreen Strategy Group, and lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Lily and son Teddy.
Karianne is a litigator and legal strategist, with expertise in administrative and political law. She has represented clients in courts across the country and advised on a wide variety of legal matters: from litigation strategy, to legal communications, to matters of local, state, and national policy, to issues of in-house legal compliance.
Prior to joining Evergreen Legal, Karianne worked on the Biden and Harris campaigns, where she managed all litigation impacting the campaign, the candidates, or the Democratic National Committee during the 2024 election cycle. She also worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget, advising on the federal regulatory process, federal grantmaking, and government-to-government Tribal issues. In 2017, Karianne left private practice to join Democracy Forward to sue the Trump administration for unlawful executive branch action.
Karianne earned her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. Karianne clerked for the Honorable Duane Benton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Grace is a litigator with expertise in constitutional and administrative law.
Prior to joining Evergreen Legal, Grace served in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel. Before that, she litigated in federal and state courts of all levels as a member of the Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Group of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, and clerked for Judge Randolph Moss on the District Court for the District of Columbia and Judge Pamela Harris on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Grace earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from Duke University. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two (small, weird) dogs.
Dan helps leaders find their voice and develops engagement strategies that turn legal action into social impact and political progress. He has served in the U.S. Senate, at the State Department, in the White House, and on multiple presidential campaigns. He is a longtime advisor and speechwriter for Hillary Clinton, and was her principal collaborator on three #1 New York Times bestselling books.
Dan has taught speechwriting at George Washington University and the University of Southern California. He is a senior fellow at the USC’s Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy.
Dan is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Evergreen Strategy Group and lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife YJ and their sons Theo and Jamie.
Nick has spent over two decades in government and politics. He worked on two presidential campaigns, served in the State Department, and has been a close adviser to Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for over 15 years — by her side through nearly every state and 80 countries.
At Evergreen Legal, Nick guides law firms, businesses, and nonprofits through a rapidly changing media landscape. He has designed thought leadership campaigns for national litigators, developed communications strategies for legal advocacy campaigns, and prepared clients for Congressional testimony and investigations.
Nick is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Evergreen Strategy Group and lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife Valery and two daughters, Eleonora and Lia.
Evergreen Legal combines legal expertise with compelling storytelling and a sophisticated understanding of rapidly shifting political and regulatory dynamics.
We help clients defend their values and make progress toward a cleaner, safer, fairer, more prosperous world.
We think creatively across disciplines to develop strategies that work – designed to leverage a variety of legal tools and infused with our political and communications expertise. Whether it’s building a litigation strategy, a government-facing strategy, or risk-mitigation strategy, we help our clients build plans and get results.
Our team of experienced litigators can help at any stage of litigation development – preparing background research, developing litigation strategy, or conducting plaintiff outreach. We also represent clients in litigation of all kinds, in federal and state court.
We analyze complex policy and regulatory issues at all levels of government and identify creative ways for our clients to take action. We evaluate legal and policy vulnerabilities, draft impactful public comments, prepare litigation, and develop advocacy strategies to effect policy change.
We help clients translate their advocacy goals into concrete legislative proposals — combining our legal and policy expertise to transform progressive values into real, impactful solutions.
Our team of lawyers and communications experts provide our clients with media strategy and execution that generates high-impact results and shapes narratives around complex cases and policy issues.
From world-class speechwriting and high-impact op-eds to owned content like LinkedIn and newsletters, we help the nation’s leading legal voices share their vision and sharpen their voice.
We build partnerships and coalitions across the legal and policy landscape, helping our clients mobilize stakeholders and raise awareness.
