BGR Group Welcomes Caitriana Corkill as Vice President with Texas Office
Washington, D.C. (September 12, 2025) – BGR Group, a premier bipartisan government affairs and strategic advisory firm, announced today that Caitriana Corkill has joined BGR’s State and Local Advocacy as a Vice President. Based in Austin, Texas, Caitriana brings over a decade of legal and policy experience in the Texas Legislature, where she has directed Senate committees, advised lawmakers, and shaped landmark state legislation on judicial reform, constitutional law, health policy, and education.
“We are thrilled to have Caitriana join the growing BGR Texas team,” BGR Principal and Texas State Director Jerry Strickland said. “She brings a wealth of experience with the Texas State legislature and has been involved in several critical policy battles. Caitriana will be a tremendous asset to BGR in Texas and beyond.”
“Caitriana Corkill is a talented lawyer with a thorough understanding of the legislative process and strong relationships with the people who make it work,” Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes said. “She is ethical, disciplined, organized, and she cares deeply about others. We will miss her. “
Caitriana most recently served as Committee Director for Chairman Hughes over the Texas Senate Committees on State Affairs and Jurisprudence, where she managed policy agendas, provided legal counsel, and facilitated the drafting and passage of high-profile legislation including the establishment of Texas’ business court, clarifications to the state’s abortion laws, and reforms to the judiciary. Previously, she served as Deputy Committee Director for the Senate Committee on State Affairs. Earlier in her career, she was General Counsel to Senator Charles Perry, providing legal advice across multiple Senate committees and drafting Attorney General opinion requests, in addition to policy and legal roles with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, U.S. Representatives Sam Johnson and K. Michael Conaway, and the office of Texas Senator Donna Campbell.
Caitriana holds a J.D. from Liberty University School of Law, where she concentrated in Constitutional Law, and a B.A. in International Relations and Global Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, with a Certificate in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. She also studied French language and culture at the Paris-Sorbonne University. She has been licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since November 2018.
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