He joined Williams & Jensen as a partner in February 1997. Prior to that, he was a partner at Holland & Knight from 1993 to 1997. He has served as counsel and staff director to the secretary of the Republican Conference to the U.S. Senate, as general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and as Republican chief counsel for the Committee on Rules and Administration of the U.S. Senate. Mr. Canfield earned his B.A. from Denison University and his J.D. from Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law.