Varoon Modak has joined Olson Remcho, California’s leading campaign and government law firm. Modak most recently served as Senior Counsel to the Kamala Harris for President campaign.
Modak joins Partner Andrew Werbrock, who anchors the firm’s growing federal campaign practice. Olson Remcho represents numerous incumbent members of Congress, candidates for Congress, political parties, federal PACs and has advised candidates for President.
“Varoon brings deep experience and expertise on federal and state campaign matters to the firm and we are thrilled to have him rejoin us,” said Richard Rios, Managing Partner of Olson Remcho. Modak was an associate with the Olson firm early in his career. “I am excited to be joining such a strong group of election lawyers at Olson Remcho and look forward to helping build the firm’s federal practice,” said Modak.
While serving as Senior Counsel on the Harris for President Campaign, Modak was the campaign’s primary attorney responsible for all campaign finance and ballot access-related matters. Prior to joining the Biden/Harris campaign, Modak was an attorney in two of the nation’s largest political law practice groups at the Elias Law Group LLP and Perkins Coie LLP, where he advised a broad range of clients including presidential, Senate, and House campaigns, federal and state PACs, and the three national Democratic Party committees. He has represented clients before the Federal Election Commission, Fair Political Practices Commission, Office of Congressional Ethics, and House and Senate Ethics Committees, as well as in ballot access litigation and recounts.