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McKenna Snags Howard Dean for Government Affairs Practice
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| Last Edited | COSDem Mar 09, 2009 02:14pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 4, 2009 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | McKenna Long & Aldridge has landed Howard B. Dean III, the former Vermont governor, Democratic presidential candidate and, most recently, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for its national government affairs practice.
Dean will be based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office as an independent consultant, and will serve as a strategic adviser to its health care and energy clients, said Eric J. Tanenblatt, who heads McKenna's national government affairs practice. "He won't be full time, but he will be spending quite a bit of time in the Washington office," said Tanenblatt, who has held various leadership positions in the Republican Party, including chief of staff to Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Tanenblatt said Dean will not lobby on behalf of the firm's clients. Instead he will provide more "big picture" counseling. "Someone who has served as governor understands how government agencies work and their interaction with the federal government," he said.
Tanenblatt said the massive federal stimulus bill was not the impetus for bringing Dean into the firm, but added that it was an area where he can be helpful to clients. "Given that the stimulus bill is so vast in the amount of money and the scope, I think he can be a very valuable resource," said Tanenblatt. |
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