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:700 Thirteenth Street, NW <br>Suite 400<br>:Washington, DC 20005<br>:Phone: (202.) 347.-0773<br>:Fax: (202.) 347.-0785<br>:Email: info AT cassidy.com<br>:Web: [http://www.cassidy.com/ www.cassidy.com]
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'''Cassidy & Associates''' is a Washington D.C headquartered lobbying and public relations company that was formed in 1975.
==Cassidy EU Employees jump ship, organize first EU law & lobby firm==
Cassidy's European work took a hit in April, 2007 when it was reported that six top lawyers had left the firm to set up a new company, [[Alber & Geiger]]. "Former Advocate General of the [[European Court of Justice ]] [[Siegbert Alber]] and former CEO of Cassidy in Brussels [[Andreas Geiger]] set up Alber & Geiger, a specialist government lobbying law firm in the [[Belgium|Belgian ]] capital last month. Founding partner Geiger said: 'We're the first lobbying-focused law firm in Europe and we're following the lobbying law model from Washington [DC]. It wasn't possible for us to have this set-up under the umbrella of [[Interpublic]], which owns Cassidy & Associates."<ref>Julia Berris, [http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=125252&d=122&h=24&f=46 Cassidy splits to form Brussels lobby firm], The Lawyer, 16 April 2007.</ref>
==Working for Philip Morris==
A 1993 internal budget review document for the [[Philip Morris ]] group of companies had Cassidy and Associates with a preliminary budget allocation of $78,000. Describing the consultants, the documents states, "Jack Brennan is a former Massachusetts state Senator who has excellent ties with members of the Massachusetts legislature. He is especially close to the Senate President Bolger, who maintains significant influence over the activities of the legislature. Mr Brennan is an experienced lobbyist who is familiar with KGF's solid waste issues, and has been retained to defeat MassPIRG's continued efforts to boycott KGF's products. Mr Brennan is also charged with representing KGF in the upcoming MassPIRG ballot initiative on expanded bottle bill legislation".<ref>Philip Morris, "[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wqq02a00 Corporate Affairs: corporate cost review], Bates No 2046996735, July 1993 (estimated), page 5.</ref> (KGF is the acronym for Philip Morris subsidiary, Kraft General Foods.)
Brennan is not listed on the company's website as a current employee. (Accessed November 23, 2003).
==Contact information==
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===References===
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===ArticlesExternal articles===
*Robert G. Kaiser, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300799.html The Power Player: How the Rise of One Lobbying Firm Helped Transform the Way Washington Works]," ''Washington Post'', March 4, 2007.
*"[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118179249620835009.html Informed Reader: Writer Sneaks a Look at Ways of Lobbyists]," ''Wall Street Journal'' (sub req'd), June 14, 2007.
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