# Chris Kise A Florida lawyer and former Florida solicitor general who joined [[Donald Trump]]'s legal team in 2022. In 2025 he joined the defense of [[Julio Herrera Velutini]] in the Puerto Rico bribery case. That June, the Justice Department agreed to drop the felony counts in exchange for a single misdemeanor plea, and Trump pardoned Herrera Velutini in January 2026. See [[Herrera Velutini Pardon]]. His firm, Chris Kise & Associates, P.A., is the named client on [[Ballard Partners]]' 2026 lobbying reports "on behalf of" [[Bancredito Holding Corporation]], the holding company of Herrera Velutini's former bank. See [[Bancredito-Ballard Partners Lobbying Retainer]].