Eric M Wachter

Director, Finsbury Glover Hering

Eric M Wachter, a director in Finsbury Glover Hering’s Washington, DC office, brings nearly two decades of experience as a practising attorney and strategic adviser to help clients solve complex problems and tell their stories. He specialises in developing communications solutions and strategies for organisations facing high-stakes crises, sensitive issues, significant litigation, government investigations and public policy and regulatory challenges. He has worked with companies, non-profits and trade associations in the healthcare, automotive, education, retail, media, technology and industrials sectors, among others. Previously, Eric worked as a litigation and government affairs attorney at King & Spalding LLP. His litigation practice focused on high-exposure consumer fraud, product liability, toxic tort, commercial and administrative cases, including class actions and attorney general actions. He also helped guide clients through Congressional and governmental investigations and worked in appellate practice and crisis management. Additionally, he was associate director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Washington, DC regional office, where he led communications and media relations, government advocacy and operations. Eric received a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in ethics, politics and economics from Yale University. He was law clerk to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is a member of the Georgia and DC Bars.