Josefiak successfully represented the appellants before the US Supreme Court in a Maryland redistricting case organized by the Fannie Lou Hamer Political Action Committee which brought African Americans and Republicans together . The appellants in '' Patricia Fletcher , et al. , v. Linda H. Lamone et al. '' opposed the Democratic-passed 2011 plan . Prior to joining HoltzmanVogel , subsequently renamed HoltzmanVogelJosefiak , Josefiak was of counsel at the RNC and of counsel to the 2008 Republican National Convention . Josefiak served as the chief counsel of the RNC from 1995 to 2007 after serving in various legal positions at the RNC beginning in 1992 . In 2012 , Josefiak was reported to be a legal adviser to American Crossroads , the Super PAC established by Karl Rove . Josefiak served as general counsel for Bush-Cheney '04 during the 2004 presidential election , where he was responsible for all of the campaign 's legal matters . Following the election , he served as general counsel to the 55th Presidential Inaugural Committee . At the conclusion of the United States presidential inauguration , Josefiak returned to the RNC as chief counsel
2008 Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
Thomas J. Josefiak