Elizabeth Colombo Garvey

Elizabeth “Beth” Garvey assists clients in government relations and regulatory matters in a variety of areas including real estate, gaming, health care, procurement and economic development. Clients turn to Beth when they need help navigating government processes and procedure including budgetary matters, and complicated multi-agency approvals.

Beth draws upon her deep government experience having previously served in a number of high-level governmental positions, including as acting counsel to the New York State Governor, senior vice chancellor for Legal Affairs and general counsel at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Albany, and counsel to the State Senate majority.

In the Governor’s Office, Beth was responsible for all legislation and policy, from State of the State initiatives to crafting and negotiating the Executive Budget, to negotiating bills with the State Legislature of importance to the Governor. In addition to overseeing General Counsel and agency counsel staff, all regulatory and Executive Orders were also under her purview to advise the Governor.

While at SUNY, Beth managed all legal aspects of the SUNY operation, from Federal and State law compliance, labor and employment across SUNY’s 64 campuses, procurement matters, as well as litigation. She worked with outside regulators to manage inquiries from enforcement entities, in addition to assisting in responses to audits.