Our Team

Carl Thorsen has been working on and around Capitol Hill for his entire 35+ year career. In addition to an extensive background operating in the legislative and political processes and a developed strategic ability he maintains a comprehensive set of bicameral and bipartisan relationships. His experience from Capitol Hill and the Department of Justice and demonstrated legislative and legal expertise provides clients with an influential resource. Carl has been named by The Hill newspaper annually as one of the profession’s “Top Lobbyists” for over a decade.
Before entering the private sector, until 2005, he served as General Counsel to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. He was the Majority Leader’s top legal advisor and also advised him on Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee issues before Congress.

In 2004, he spent six months with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, Iraq, as Senior Advisor for Border Enforcement to the Civilian Policing Advisory Training Team, working with Coalition military officials primarily responsible for rebuilding the Iraqi Police & Border Police.

Prior to that service, Carl served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs. During this time, he was one of the Justice Department’s key liaisons with Congress. Carl received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, the Department’s highest commendation, for his work on The Patriot Act of 2001.

Before his tenure at the Department of Justice, Carl served as Counsel to the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, and, as Legislative Counsel to Representative Frank LoBiondo (NJ).

Prior to co-founding Radius Advocacy, Carl has been representing clients for over 20 years at other firms, including one that he co-founded.

Carl earned a Bachelor of Science in political science with a minor in English literature from the University of Scranton, and a Juris Doctor from the Temple University School of Law. Carl is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.