
Alexander Hecht
ML Strategies - Executive Vice President & Director of Operations
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Alex is Executive Vice President & Director of Operations, ML Strategies, Washington, DC. He is an attorney with more than 10 years of senior-level experience in Congress and trade associations.
Alex assists clients with their legislative and regulatory needs on a wide range of issues, including health care, telecommunications, cybersecurity & privacy, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), technology, energy, and federal procurement. Prior to joining ML Strategies, Alex served for over six years as chief counsel for Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) on the US Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. He was the lead policy counsel for Senator Snowe on health insurance market reform, individual and employer-based insurance, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and health care tax incentives. He worked on numerous bills, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Small Business Health Fairness Act, and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act. He advocated for health care legislative and regulatory issues before Senate Finance, HELP, Commerce, and Homeland Security Committees, as well as the US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor. Along with health care policy, he advised Senator Snowe on energy, financial services, innovation, and technology matters.
Alex is regarded as one of the leading congressional staff specialists on the regulatory process and how federal agencies promulgate rules and regulations. He has developed numerous bills and amendments reducing the regulatory compliance burden of business.
Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Alex was a legislative analyst, with a focus on health and environmental regulatory issues, at the National Multi Housing Council. He was also a research clerk at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, studying Medicaid reimbursement and long-term health insurance planning. Alex was also the chief articles editor for the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center.
viewpoints
OMB Releases Draft Guidance to Agencies on Implementing Biden’s AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report
November 9, 2023 | Advisory | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the OMB’s draft memorandum providing guidance to agencies on how to implement President Biden’s executive order on AI, the UK’s AI Safety Summit, and the Bletchley Declaration that emerged from the summit in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence — AI: The Washington Report
October 31, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
President Biden issued his long-expected executive order on AI addressing workforce training and modernization, privacy, equity and civil rights, safety and security, competition and consumer protection, R&D investments, and government use of AI. Mintz Antitrust Practice Co-chair Bruce Sokler, with ML Strategies’ EVP and Director of Operations Alex Hecht and SVP Christian Fjeld, cover this development in their latest weekly update on AI-related activity in Washington, DC.
AI and Chips: Biden Admin Announces New Export Controls on AI Chips — AI: The Washington Report
October 27, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about Biden’s recently announced restrictions on the export of AI chips and chip manufacturing equipment to China in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Foreshadowing Biden’s AI Executive Order? — AI: The Washington Report
October 20, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read emerging insights on an AI-focused executive order expected from the Biden administration sometime this fall in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Financial Protection and Autonomous Systems: Recent CFPB Actions Focused on AI — AI: The Washington Report
October 12, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about recent CFPB actions focused on AI in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
FTC Chair Lina Khan: No AI Exemptions — AI: The Washington Report
October 6, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the FTC’s recent “Creative Economy and Generative AI” roundtable discussion, which featured professionals from a variety of creative fields, in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Continue to Watch Out for the FTC — AI: The Washington Report
September 29, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about FTC indications of its intent to regulate AI and a recently introduced bill that would boost the agency’s authority and resources to regulate the use of this technology in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Leader Schumer Holds the Senate’s Inaugural AI Insight Forum — AI: The Washington Report
September 21, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the inaugural AI Insight Forum held on September 13, 2023, in the US Senate and congressional AI hearings held during the same week in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Announcing the Mintz Federal AI Legislation Tracker — AI: The Washington Report
September 13, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
In this edition of AI: The Washington Report, read about Mintz’s Federal AI Legislation Tracker, which tracks bills pending in Congress that primarily concern AI regulation or that would institute significant regulations, policies, or programs concerning AI.
AI Regulation is Here. Are you Prepared? (Part 1: Unfair or Deceptive Conduct) — AI: The Washington Report
September 8, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
In the first of a multi-part series, our team examines trends in AI regulation and the impact it will have on businesses that use it.
News & Press
JD Supra has recognized ten Mintz attorneys in its 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards recognize attorneys and firms whose articles on the JD Supra platform were most read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals during 2024.
ML Strategies Boss Steve Tocco Hands Over The Reins At Lobbying Shop
January 30, 2023
The Boston Globe covered the change in leadership structure of ML Strategies. The article highlights the promotion of Steven Baddour to Executive Vice President & Director of Operations in the Boston office.
Mintz Named Top Firm in Energy and Eleven Attorneys Featured in JD Supra’s 2017 Reader’s Choice Awards
March 20, 2017
ML Strategies Vice President of Government Relations to Speak at 2016 PACE TCPA Washington Summit
September 13, 2016
Telemedicine Momentum Picking up Steam as New Legislation Introduced in U.S. Senate
February 29, 2016
podcasts
Health Law Diagnosed – The 2024 Election and Health Care Policy
January 16, 2025 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller, Alexander Hecht
Host Of Counsel Bridgette Keller is joined by Alex Hecht, ML Strategies Executive Vice President & Director of Operations, Washington, DC, as they dive into potential health care policy changes on the horizon following the 2024 election and what stakeholders can expect in 2025.
Events & Speaking
Telehealth Regulation & Enforcement: 2021 Year in Review & 2022 Outlook
Mintz & ML Strategies
Online Event

Telehealth: Keeping Up with the Fast-Moving Federal and State Regulatory Landscape During the COVID-19 Pandemic
View the Webinar Recording

Health Care & Cybersecurity: A Powerful Combination
ML Strategies, 701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
ATA Annual Telemedicine Meeting and Trade Show
American Telemedicine Association
Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
Recognition & Awards
JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award, Top Author – Artificial Intelligence, 2025
JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards: a Top Author on the Affordable Care Act (2016)
Champion of Small Business Innovation: "For Exemplary work on behalf of America's SBIR Community" - Presented by Small Business Technology Council and National Small Business Association (2012)
The Council for Excellence in Government: Cutting the Red Tape Excellence Award
