Our Expertise
While we are organized into practice groups,
we are best known for crafting multi- disciplinary solutions
to our clients’ specific needs.
Legislative Lobbying
To have a successful impact on the passage, amending or
stopping of legislative
proposals you need to know the issues and how best to communicate
them. The
bipartisan relationships we have nurtured over the years
give us credibility to
present our clients’ cases to decision makers.
On your behalf we will provide counsel in the following
areas and others as
needed:
- Sponsor Recommendation
- Coalition Support
- Testimony Preparation
- Legislative Monitoring
- Calendar Management
- Process Education
- Press Relations
- Meeting Facilitation
Regulatory Affairs
Lobbying Departments of State requires a unique skill set.
One needs to know the
people, practices and protocols of each Department and Authority. We have
an
unparalleled familiarity with and respect for regulatory processes and
the people
who implement them.
Counsel to clients is provided in the following and other
areas:
- Drafting rules and regulations
- Responding
to promulgations and adoptions
- Applying for permits and licenses
- Appealing regulatory decisions
- Negotiating compliance,
fines and fees
- Representing entities before
regulatory boards
Strategic Communications
Communication of a client’s position relative to a legislative and/or
regulatory
outcome requires strategists who are experts in this discrete sector of journalism.
Our media advisors are skilled in the crafting of messages, education of
messengers and selection of media outlets to reach and impact targeted audiences
in the most effective and cost efficient manner.
Selected Services we offer are:
- Speech Writing
- Editorial Board Preparation
- Op-Ed Writing and Placement
- Crisis
Management
- Press Conference Facilitation
- Feature Article Writing and Placement
- News Release Preparation
- Multimedia Design
Governmental Marketing
Marketing products and services to government is very different
from such
activities in the private sector. Processes in place to protect
the public interest are
designed to result in the best product, at the lowest price, achieved through
impartial means. Laws, rules and procedures change often as administrations
attempt to balance the public’s interest and a responsive procurement
system.
We advise clients on:
- Interpretation of procurement requirements
- Response to RFPs,
RFIs, RFQs
- Compliance with contract awards
- Monitoring of government’s needs
- Protests of contract awards
- Introduction of clients’ goods
and/or services
- Vendor certification
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