Quentin Whitwell, a founding partner of The Talon Development Group, LLC, serves his firm’s clients by providing unique and diverse legal and legislative talents, powerful grassroots organizing capabilities and effective regulatory advocacy, all complemented by his experience as an attorney and a leading government affairs specialist in various State Capitols and at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Whitwell formerly worked on Capitol Hill, and knows his way around the halls of Congress.

• Whitwell’s key strengths include directing and consulting businesses in their efforts to grow and developing and executing strategies to improve the political landscape for his clients — and to defeat unfavorable initiatives against them. Whitwell’s negotiation skills and fierce loyalty serve as strong tools for achieving the results his clients need.
  
  
• Whitwell has significant expertise in working successfully within state agencies to achieve client objectives; his key contacts and intimate knowledge of the appropriations process on the State and Congressional levels ensure success in funding special client initiatives.
  
  
• Whitwell enjoys renown for his ability to protect the interests of client corporations, associations and industries as their attorney and lobbyist — a unique combination of professional capabilities not found in most government/public affairs firms.
  
  
• He brings legislative and regulatory strategies and solutions to the table to benefit clients of The Talon Group, while offering legal solutions in risk management and litigation.
  
  
• Whitwell has served as legal counsel and lobbyist for the Mississippi Association of REALTORS®, emerging as one of the state’s premier real estate and land use attorneys. During his tenure, every bill the association had an interest in passed and was signed into law by the presiding Governors.
  
  
• Working with a number of municipalities on important ordinances to meet constitutional standards, yet effectively serve to protect the health and welfare of the citizens they represent, Whitwell has become an expert on numerous public policy issues.
  
  
• A respected attorney, Whitwell provides traditional traits of dedication to client service, hard work and political savvy with a superior knowledge of the law, while constantly considering “out of the box” solutions for his clients.
  
  
• Appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to serve as Chairman of the Mississippi Tort Claims Board


• Whitwell has become known as an authority in the State on real estate policy matter (click here to view one example) having experience in legislative and legal issues at the State, Local and National levels. He was recently named Executive Director of the Mortgage bankers Association of Mississipp.