Governmental Relations Governmental Relations Businesses and professionals today can seek to change laws and rules, not simply accept them. We have had the honor of serving as counsel to a wide range of clients, including multinational corporations, the state's largest clay mining operation, the largest public hospitals in Florida, and various industry and professional associations. Our extensive experience in both government and politics gives our firm its strategic edge. Government itself often calls on our firm.
Nothing demonstrates better our firm's thorough familiarity with government operations.
The State turned to our firm's founder to conduct its largest-ever investigation of state agencies, and to our firm initiate new state programs such as the State's prepaid tuition plan, and NICA, a compensation fund for neurologically damaged infants. We represented the State in its efforts to resolve its problems when it implemented the largest integrated public assistance computer system ever developed for a State governmental agency. Our services ranged from overseeing the administration of the agreement between the State and its contractor, to representing the State in negotiations related to contract disputes. We, under contract with the Florida Department of Education, have been instrumental in assisting the Department's Bureau of Student Financial Assistance in the procurement of services related to the collection of delinquent Federal and state student loans. Our legal work, advice on issues of strategy, understanding of the State's competitive procurement process, and knowledge of state contract requirements led to the successful completion of contracts between the Department and several vendors, without any contract award protests.