Jason Torchinsky is a partner at Holtzman Vogel, specializing in campaign finance, election law, lobbying disclosure and issue advocacy groups. In addition to his practice counseling clients on compliance with campaign finance, ethics laws, lobbying disclosure and election laws, Jason has served as lead counsel in a number of litigation matters dealing with First Amendment freedoms and election law and redistricting issues.

Jason has filed numerous cert petitions, jurisdictional statements, and amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court.  At the Supreme Court, Jason has won a summary reversal from a redistricting case out of Michigan, and was counsel in a rarely granted petition for cert before judgment in another redistricting matter.  His amicus briefs on behalf of the NRSC and NRCC was cited in the Court’s opinion in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. Jason has also represented candidates across the country during post-election canvass and recount processes.

Clerkship/Government Experience
  • Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice
  • Deputy General Counsel to Bush-Cheney ’04
  • Deputy General Counsel to the 2005 Presidential Inaugural Committee
  • Robison v. Ardoin (U.S. Supreme Court) (Cert before judgment granted in redistricting matter, case currently held in abeyance)
  • Chatfield v. League of Women Voters (U.S. Supreme Court) (summary reversal in a redistricting matter)
  • Pursuing America’s Greatness v. Federal Election Commission (D.C. Circuit) (challenging an FEC regulation)
  • Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission (D.C. Circuit) (defending an FEC regulation)
  • Martins v. Pidot (Second Circuit) (prevailing after a district court ordered a special primary)
  • Edwards v. Vesilind (Va. Supreme Court) (success represented bi-partisan group of Senators in legislative privilege claim arising from a redistricting lawsuit)
  • Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (U.S. Supreme Court) (representing Arizona’s Secretary of State)
  • Arguments before the Supreme Courts of Virginia, Arizona, Nevada, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania
  • College of William and Mary School of Law, IRS and Political Campaigns, Adjunct Professor
  • American Bar Association Foundation, Fellow
  • American Association of Political Consultants, General Counsel and Board Member
  • Chambers USA, top “Political Law” attorney
  • Politico, “50 Politicos to Watch”
  • Campaigns and Elections Magazine, “Rising Star of Politics”
  • Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation
  • National Conference of State Legislators, Presenter
  • Republican National Lawyers Association, Presenter
  • Federalist Society, Presenter
  • American Association of Political Consultants, Presenter
  • National Constitution Center
  • Stanford Law Review

Related Practice Areas
  • College of William and Mary School of Law, J.D.
  • College of William and Mary, B.A., Government and Public Policy
  • Virginia Bar
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th and D.C. Circuits
Jason Torchinsky