The National Law Journal is pleased to honor Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck founder and chairman Norman Brownstein with an NLJ 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Over the years of his career at the intersection of law and government, he built relationships with political leaders, including Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi. We sat down with him to talk about some of the highlights of his career and his strategy secrets.

This interview has been edited for length.