Bob Horn counsels corporate, nonprofit and international clients on energy, environmental and public policy matters, as well as state and federal regulatory and legislative matters. Mr. Horn represents major corporations before Congress and the administration on issues involving energy policy—such as policy related to the aftermath of the August of 2003 blackout in the United States—as well as how best to secure and maintain government contracts, and developing strategies that enable companies to effectively enter the federal marketplace.

During his extensive career in the public and private sectors, Mr. Horn has held numerous high-level positions. He brings a broad range of domestic and international experience in legal, operating, financial, and government relations areas.

Prior to joining Patton Boggs, Mr. Horn served as assistant vice president of Federal Affairs for the Detroit Edison Company, where he led the company in all federal matters, representing DTE Energy, Detroit Edison and its subsidiaries in all federal interactions with the Congress, the executive branch and the administrative agencies. In 1988, he was elected a corporate officer.

Mr. Horn also has a great deal of experience in both federal and state government, having served in the White House as executive secretary of the Presidential Clemency Board under President Gerald Ford. He served as special assistant to the assistant secretary of Housing Management for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assigned to the Office of the Secretary, where he authored two major studies published by HUD.

Subsequent to his White House tenure, Mr. Horn became director of the state of Michigan's Washington Office under Governor William G. Milliken, where he held sub-cabinet rank. His colleagues from the other state offices elected Mr. Horn chairman of the Washington Representatives of the Governors. Governor Milliken also appointed Mr. Horn as a board member of the Michigan Energy Research and Resource Association, an industry, state government and academic coalition organized to promote technology development in the state of Michigan.

In 1987, President Reagan appointed Mr. Horn to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He was re-appointed in 1992 by President Bush and allowed to serve an additional two years under President Clinton. During that time he was involved in the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum serving on the Content and International Relations committees. When the museum was completed, he was elected to the Executive Committee and chaired the Governance Committee that supervised the internal management of the museum. Mr. Horn became a member of the negotiating team that obtained restitution for the double victims of the communism and nazism in Eastern Europe.

Mr. Horn serves as chairman of the Republican National Lawyers Association that he helped create when he was the executive director of Lawyers for Reagan and Bush ‘84. Since 1980, Mr. Horn has held various positions as counsel and/or parliamentarian to each successive Republican National Convention. He eventually served on President Ronald Reagan and George Bush's transition teams. During the 2000 election, Mr. Horn helped organize and develop a cadre of lawyer volunteers nationally in support of President George W. Bush’s presidential campaign. He traveled extensively on behalf of the campaign both during the primaries and the general election, he served as a lead attorney in Broward County, Florida during the recount.

Additionally, Mr. Horn has traveled abroad for the U.S. Information Agency as part of its AMPARTS program and for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung lecturing on international economic, energy and environmental issues. He was an adjunct professor of law at American University Law school, where he taught legal research and writing. Mr. Horn has also been a guest lecturer on a variety of topics—including international, economic, environmental, and political issues—at the University of Michigan, Georgetown University and the American University, the Sorbonne and the University of Jena.

Mr. Horn is honorably discharged from the United States Army Reserve and has a reading and speaking knowledge of German.

Professional Affiliations:
Co-chair, Subcommittee on Free Trade Areas of the Americas of the American Bar Association's Section on Dispute Resolution
Vice chair, American Bar Association, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, Subcommittee on National Security