Trevor Potter is a member in Caplin & Drysdale's Washington, D.C. office, where he leads the firm's Political Law Practice. He is one of the country's best-known and most experienced campaign and election lawyers, and a former Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Election Commission. He has been described by the American Bar Association Journal as "hands-down one of the top lawyers in the country on the delicate intersection of politics, law and money." He is also the founding President and General Counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, a Washington, DC non-partisan non-profit that has focused on campaign finance issues, beginning with the Constitutional defense of the McCain-Feingold law. Mr. Potter served as General Counsel to John McCain 2008 and 2000 presidential campaigns. He also served as Deputy General Counsel to the George H.W. Bush 1988 campaign. Mr. Potter now represents Stephen Colbert and his SuperPAC and 501C-4. He advises Mr. Colbert on campaign finance issues on The Colbert Report.