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  • Washington, D.C.
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  • George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1973

    George Washington University, B.A., 1970

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John Ray, whose government experience spans nearly three decades, advises private-sector clients on regulatory and public policy matters in the federal and municipal government arenas. His practice focuses on zoning and land use, health care, banking and real estate.

John’s record of government service includes roles at the local and federal levels. For 18 years he was an at-large member of the District of Columbia City Council—as acting chairman and chairman pro tempore of the council; chairman of the Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Committee; and member of the Judiciary, Economic Development, and Housing and Human Services Committees. There, he addressed issues including consumer protection; business, insurance and health care licensing and regulation; housing regulation; public utilities; and banking.

While on the council, John drafted and steered legislation establishing the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking as a cabinet-level agency. He also authored some of the District’s most progressive and wide-ranging reform legislation, including a major overhaul of its system for licensing and regulating health care professionals and HMOs; significant revisions to laws governing corporations and partnerships; and revisions to laws affecting government regulation of corporations, rental housing and the insurance industry.

At the federal level, John served as law clerk to Judge Spottswood W. Robinson, III of the United Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as counsel to the Senate Antitrust and Monopolies Subcommittee and as an attorney-advisor with the Office of Legal Counsel of the DOJ.

In addition to John’s government service, he has been an active member of the Democratic Party, including serving as chairman of the District of Columbia delegation to the 1980 Democratic National Convention and as a member of the Democratic National Committee’s Mid-Atlantic Finance Committee.

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

The Best Lawyers in America, 2005–2022

Memberships

Memberships

Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States District Court of the District of Columbia and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Member, District of Columbia Bar Association

Member, Washington Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors, Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy

Member, Federal City Council

Member, District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Member, Greater Washington Board of Trade

Member, Board of Directors, DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Member, Board of Directors, University of the District of Columbia Foundation, Inc.

Former Member Virginia Board of Directors, First Union Corporation

Former Member, Mid-Atlantic Board and Advisory Board, Wachovia Corporation

Former Member, National Board of Directors, YMCA of the USA

Former Member, Board of Directors, Washington Ballet

Former Member, Board of Directors, YMCA of Metropolitan Washington

Military

Served five and one-half years in the United States Air Force

Publications

Publications

John regularly publishes articles on public policy issues in the commentary sections of The Washington Post, The Washington Times and other publications.

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    Seventy-six Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2021 edition of the Best Lawyers in America report, which recognizes the nation’s leading...

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    Best Lawyers in America Names 64 Manatt Attorneys to 2020 List

    Sixty-four Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of the Best Lawyers in America report, which recognizes the nation’s leading ...

  • 08.15.18

    64 Manatt Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers in America List

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