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

Grant Consulting

       Grants and other sources of revenue provide important resources for our clients.                       Researching opportunities and developing successful submissions require consultants               well versed in the grant writing processes.  Our grant writers have the skills and         experience necessary to research, develop submissions, administer awards and

       provide  funding support for opportunities with State, Federal and Private entities.

       Services we offer include:

• Grant and Revenue Research
• Submission (application) Development
• Administration of Awards
• Funding Support Services