Todd R. Steggerda Partner

Todd Steggerda serves as deputy managing partner for strategic development for McGuireWoods, a leading law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys nationwide. Mr. Steggerda previously served as the deputy managing partner for litigation, where he oversaw and managed the firm’s litigation departments and roughly 500 litigators in the U.S. and the UK. He is the former chair of the firm’s Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Department, which Law360 selected for its prestigious “Practice Group of the Year” award during his period of leadership.

In a dynamic practice spanning 25 years in Washington, Mr. Steggerda has resolved a diverse range of high-stakes government investigations, regulatory enforcement and litigation matters, including dozens of matters investigated by the civil and criminal divisions of the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and numerous other federal and state agencies and investigative bodies. Recognized by Legal500 as a “Name to Note” in the investigations and enforcement arena, his representations involve key industries at the crucial intersection of business, law and politics.

In the aerospace and defense sector, Mr. Steggerda leverages his background as a former Navy pilot with a deep understanding of advanced weapons systems on matters covering the full range of investigations, enforcement and litigation.

In the political sector, building on his earlier experience as Chief Counsel to a presidential campaign, Mr. Steggerda handles a diverse set of matters for corporations, national party committees, national campaigns, senior political operatives, candidates, and other clients in politically-charged litigation and investigations under the jurisdiction of the Federal Election Commission, DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, and various U.S. Attorney’s Offices and congressional committees.

Mr. Steggerda is a 1987 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering. Following graduation, Mr. Steggerda earned a designation as a Naval Aviator and subsequently served as a Navy Flight Instructor and an F-18 Pilot aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). Transitioning from his naval service in 1994, Mr. Steggerda returned home to the Midwest to attend law school at the University of Iowa College of Law where he graduated “with high distinction” with an appointment to the Order of the Coif and was selected by his peers as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Corporation Law.