About us
Capitol Square Strategy is a full-service government relations and consulting firm. We develop innovative strategies to help our clients address legislative, regulatory, policy, and communications challenges in Arkansas. Our focus is on addressing the needs of our clients by advocating for statewide solutions.
Why Capitol Square?
At Capitol Square Strategy, we develop fast, efficient solutions to address our clients' priorities. Our strategies are based on leadership, communications, and deep local knowledge. We are a lean, effective team that provides our clients with unique policy, legislative, legal, and communications strategies that achieve results in a competitive environment.
Fields of Expertise
- Innovative Strategies: Capitol Square Strategy partners work directly with our clients to develop fast and efficient strategies that deliver results.
- Political and Legislative Strategies: We have developed transformative political strategies in Arkansas. We have designed successful legislative campaigns on tax, regulatory, financial services, and energy issues.
- Advocacy: We have developed and built relationships in all areas of state government to achieve results for legislative, appropriations, and regulatory issues.
- Advisory: We have advised Arkansas and national companies on communications, political, and information strategies.
Our clients
We represent clients looking for solutions on tax, regulatory, healthcare, financial services, energy and technology issues.A list of our clients can be found at sos.arkansas.gov
Our Team
Michael Lamoureux (Partner)
Michael works with clients trying to navigate the federal legislative and regulatory process. He also assists entities working at the intersection of federal and state policy making and helps clients interact with Governors’ offices, Attorneys General and the state legislative and regulatory process.
Until 2014, Michael was President of the Arkansas State Senate. He then became the Director of Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson’s transition team. After running a successful transition, conducting hundreds of interviews and a full review of the State government, Gov. Hutchinson named Michael as his chief of staff. He held this position until May 2016. In 2017, Michael formed Capitol Square Strategies.
John Goodson (Partner)
John was born and raised in Texarkana, Arkansas. John is a founding partner of Keil & Goodson, PA and currently serves as Of Counsel. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas (B.A. 1987) and University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D. 1989). He is licensed to practice in all State Courts in Arkansas, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern District of Arkansas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit.
Mr. Goodson served as a member on the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees from 2010-2020, serving as its Chairman from 2018-2020.
Amy Martin (General Counsel)
Amy has been a licensed attorney for over twenty years representing clients in civil, criminal and complex business and class action litigation. She has previously been involved in representing corporations in complex litigation matters and in class action cases as in-house counsel with two Fortune 100 companies. She also has experience representing plaintiffs in class action cases in private practice.
Ms. Martin graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law, with Honors, in 1996 and before entering private practice served as a law clerk for two United States District Judges for the Western District of Arkansas. She is licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Washington D.C.