Rick Spees

Rick Spees is the author of Capitol Gains, a finalist in the 2024 American Book Fest Competition for satire/comedy novels. Both Capitol Gains and Capitol Losses build on his forty years of experience as a Washington insider in the legal and lobbying professions. Rick also spent eleven years working in various positions in the US Senate. He knows the underbelly of Washington. He previously wrote a biographical chapter on his political mentor, "Paul Laxalt: Man of Political Independence," in the book The Maverick Spirit: Building the New Nevada. Rick received his bachelor's degree in economics at the University of California, Berkeley and his law degree at Georgetown University. Rick is an international traveler, a biker, and a swimmer.