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Roland Spies is the General Counsel for State Farm Insurance Company.[1]
Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Spies is also on the corporate ("Private Enterprise") board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as of 2011.[2] In August 2011, he was given ALEC's 2011 Private Sector Member of the Year Award.[3]
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- ↑ FindLaw, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, online legal profile, accessed July 10, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Private Enterprise Board, organizational website, accessed July 5, 2011.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
