Washington, D.C. – The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) is pleased to announce that its ninth annual Robert J. Horn Chairman’s Award was bestowed upon renowned election lawyer Gineen Bresso during the 24th National Election Law Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee on August 16, 2025.

RNLA Board of Governors member and former FEC Chairman Matthew Petersen and RNLA member and former EAC Chairwoman Gineen Bresso, both currently attorneys with Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, wrote in The Hill about how Democrats in Washington are trying to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to federalize election administration and overwrite many state laws, systems, and rules before the election this fall.  They describe how important our decentralized election system is: