HillCo in the News

Since its founding in 1998, HillCo Partners has consistently been the top-rated and most successful public affairs firm in Texas.

Accolades for HillCo Partners

Texas Monthly

“In 1998, Buddy Jones and Bill Miller formed HillCo Partners, which has been at the top of the lobby pyramid ever since.”

“A talent-laden consulting firm that does issue campaigns, lobbying and public relations.”

Capitol Inside

“HillCo Partners has been a groundbreaking enterprise that’s become the blueprint, essentially, for the teamwork principle.”

“HillCo Partners has been the premier lobby shop in Austin since Jones and fellow hall-of-famer Bill Miller founded it around the turn of the century. With Jay Howard as another top 10 member of the contract lobbyist list, HillCo has been in the middle of every major fight in the Legislature with a Rolodex of marquee clients”

Southern Political Report

“HillCo Partners named as the top ranked lobby firm in Texas in the 2015 Summer publication of the Southern Political Report.”

Individual Accolades

Buddy Jones

Twice named among top 25 most powerful people in the State of Texas (Texas Monthly)
Included in the “Lobbyist Hall of Fame” (Capitol Inside)
Ranked as a “Top Hired Gun” (Capitol Inside)

Bill Miller

Twice named among top 25 most powerful people in the State of Texas (Texas Monthly)
Named as a Texas Lobby Legend and the only person in a “League of Their Own” (Capitol Inside)
Ranked as a “Top Hired Gun” (Capitol Inside)
Included in the “Lobbyist Hall of Fame” (Capitol Inside)

David Anderson

Ranked as a “Top Education Lobbyist” (Capitol Inside)
Sandi Borden Tribute to Texas Children Award (June 2021) from TEPSA “For a history of distinguished and exceptional service to children and public education in Texas Schools…”

Kelly Barnes

Ranked as a “Top Hired Gun” (Capitol Inside)

Jay Howard

“Howard commands the kind of respect and admiration that transcends partisan politics as a truly consummate professional and gentleman.” (Capitol Inside)
Ranked as a “Top Hired Gun” (Capitol Inside)
Ranked as a “Rising Lobby Star to Watch” (Capitol Inside)

Nelda Hunter

Ranked as a “Rising Star” (Capitol Inside)

Marsha Jones

Ranked as a “Rising Lobby Star to Watch” (Capitol Inside)
Ranked as a “Top Hired Gun” (Capitol Inside)
Ranked “Best in Health Care Under 40” (Austin Under 40 Awards)