Dwight A. Fettig

Dwight A. Fettig is a Partner of Porterfield, Lowenthal & Fettig, LLC, a government relations firm based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the firm in July of 2009, Dwight served as Senior Policy and Legislative Advisor at Arnold & Porter LLP from April 2008 to June 2009. During his tenure, he developed and implemented legislative strategies for a number of clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Dwight played a key role in the firm’s legislative and public policy practice with a focus on financial services issues, providing his clients with a legislative response to the turmoil in the financial markets.

Before joining Arnold & Porter LLP, Dwight was Senior Director of Government and Industry Relations at Freddie Mac, where he provided strategic advice for Senate Democrats and advised senior management on a range of issues on Capitol Hill, including corporate governance, Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) regulatory restructuring, insurance issues, anti-predatory lending and affordable housing legislation.

Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Dwight served as Legislative Director for Senator Tim Johnson from 1997 to 2003 and from 1995 to 1996 when Mr. Johnson was in the House of Representatives. In this capacity Dwight advised Senator Johnson on many legislative issues, including financial services, housing, appropriations, taxes, healthcare and energy. Fettig had particular focus on legislative issues within the Senate Banking Committee, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, federal deposit insurance reform and the Check Truncation Act to allow banks to exchange checks electronically. Before becoming Johnson’s Legislative Director, Dwight worked as a Legislative Assistant and as a Committee staff member on the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural Development on a variety of issues including economic development, transportation and rural water projects.

A native of Bismarck, North Dakota, Dwight graduated with a B.A. degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead.