Novak is an attorney at this corporate law firm, which counts Big Tobacco among its clients. He specializes in municipal law, serving as the solicitor for several local governments. He also chairs the Pennsylvania Republican Party. One of its state committee principles reads: “The forced redistribution of wealth and the over regulation of the free enterprise system—even under the guise of law for the purpose of advancing misguided notions of social or economic justice—is destructive of the fabric of society, and must not be tolerated.”