Randi F. Hutchinson

Randi F. Hutchinson focuses her practice on government law and policy matters across wide-ranging industries, including agriculture, construction, education, healthcare, and transportation.

Randi’s long bipartisan career includes roles as Legislative Director in the House, State Director in the Senate, leadership roles in the Executive Branch, and over 16 years in private practice. In 2018, Randi served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development/Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and from 2017 to 2018, she served as Chief Counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

From 1993 to 1997, Randi was Legislative Director to U.S. Representative Tim Hutchinson. While directing the congressman’s staff and overall legislative program, she had certain legislative responsibilities in the areas of infrastructure, environment, transportation and welfare reform. Randi was involved in the 1996 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, several of the Water Resources Development Act bills, and the 1996 Welfare Reform Act legislation. Upon the congressman’s election to the U.S. Senate, she moved to Little Rock, Arkansas to work in the state office. From 1997 to 1998, Randi continued as a senior advisor to the senator, including serving as State Director. There, she had responsibility over all the senator’s state offices and continued her work on infrastructure and environmental projects.