Government Affairs, Lobbying,
Media Relations & Consulting

Evergreen Public Affairs LLC is a lobbying and government affairs organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington. We provide a variety of services to help you through the maze of the public arena. 


For a look at what we do, click the “Success” tab at the top of this page.



Evergreen’s Bob Cooper (left) was thanked by Governor Jay Inslee as he signed the Fair Chance Act to “ban the box” asking about convictions on job applications.


Over the last several years, we've been successful in

  1. ✓Mandating employers not ask about arrests or convictions until determining someone is otherwise qualified for the job;

  2. ✓Working with a coalition to mandate school breakfast be served after the bell in high-poverty schools, so all kids can start the school day properly nourished;

  3. ✓Completely rewriting laws governing therapeutic courts (drug court, veteran’s courts, mental health courts, etc.) to encourage more such courts be created to divert people from the criminal justice system. (SB 5107 - 2015)

  4. ✓Raising state-funded public defense attorney salaries to be closer to prosecutor salaries, while previously having prevented budget cuts in public defense & drug courts as the state slashed $10.6 billion in spending

  5. ✓Removing the threat of automatic deportation for legal aliens who commit petty offenses

  6. ✓Expanding incentives for people who want to go into the teaching profession

  7. ✓Assuring all teachers entering the profession meet the same high standards

  8. ✓Shaping state-level education “reform” policy

  9. ✓Strengthening oversight of the state crime laboratories

  10. ✓Restoring the right to vote for people who’ve paid their debt to society

  11. ✓Protecting whistle blowers from retaliation in the workplace

  12. ✓Change in state policy regarding nuclear waste

  13. ✓Advancing the concept of state-controlled medical decisions

  14. ✓Re-including people with felony drug convictions in public assistance, and

  15. ✓Fighting for the rights of public employees called to military service. 


For details, click  here.

For a list of our clients, click here



Our Mission

Evergreen Public Affairs, LLC, provides strategic counsel, lobbying, and public relations services at a fair price.



Our Company


Bob Cooper, owner of Evergreen Public Affairs, LLC, has two decades of experience in the public policy arena – first on staff at the state Senate in Washington, then as a registered lobbyist working on food & poverty
issues, and now as the Managing Partner of Evergreen Public Affairs.


Mr. Cooper has lived in Seattle, Spokane, and Vancouver, and travels frequently across the state, giving him a whole-state perspective.

In addition to the legislation detailed on the “Success” page, he has prompted creation of a state advisory committee, was elected by his peers to chair another state advisory committee, and has been a member of a national policy advisory committee for a major hunger relief organization.

His work has generated millions of dollars in new funding.

He has also created and helped execute major public relations campaigns; managed or collaborated on major research projects; and is an award-winning former journalist.

You can put all of this to work for your cause or organization

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