Eve O’Toole is a managing director in Manatt’s Government Advocacy & Contracting practice in Washington, D.C., where she works on government advocacy efforts with a focus on representing states, cities, counties, public sector agencies and public-private partnerships. Eve brings more than two decades of experience in local government and public sector advocacy, including appropriations, regulatory and policy development, and in building and executing grassroots campaigns, coalitions and national positioning strategies for state and local officials.

Her practice spans transportation and infrastructure, water, energy and environment, housing, community and economic development, public safety and homeland security, technology and innovation, workforce development, public health and human services, education, and tax and local finance.

Eve also created and manages advocacy for several national coalitions, including mayors and CEOs, for U.S. Housing Investment, the first and leading group of bipartisan mayors and business leaders focused on the national level on affordable housing, homelessness solutions and housing stabilization.

Previously, Eve was a senior policy advisor and helped create and co-lead the Local Government Advocacy team at a global law firm. She also served as senior vice president and director of the Intergovernmental Group practice at a federal relations consulting firm and as a government affairs representative at another global law firm, where she served as head of the Washington, D.C. office for the League of California Cities.

Currently, Eve serves on the board of the California State Society and John Burton Advocates for Youth.