25 Feb 2026
Adam G. Suess Joins Squire Patton Boggs as Principal in Washington, DC
"Adam G. Suess joins Squire Patton Boggs as a principal in its global Environmental, Safety & Health Practice Group in Washington, DC, focusing on public lands, energy and regulatory matters."
Mr. Suess previously served as Senior Counselor to the United States Secretary of the Interior and as Acting Assistant Secretary at the US Department of the Interior. At the Department of the Interior he guided major legal, regulatory, and policy initiatives and oversaw key land- and energy-related agencies, working closely with the Administration, Congress, states, territories, tribes and external stakeholders. He therefore joins Squire Patton Boggs from the US Department of the Interior, where his prior senior roles included Senior Counselor and Acting Assistant Secretary.
He brings extensive experience across senior in-house roles, governmental affairs leadership, high-level public service and law firm practice. In the private sector he has held several senior executive positions with Fortune 200 and other leading companies directing government affairs, external relations, customer experience and legal strategy. He also served as a judicial law clerk for the US Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida and as an Assistant State Attorney in Florida. Mr. Suess earned his JD, cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and a BSBA in Economics from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business.