28 May 2002 :Eaton Peabody forms Consulting Group
Eaton Peabody has announced the formation of Eaton Peabody Consulting Group, LLC.
Eaton Peabody Consulting Group will provide a range of services including political and government relations consulting, marketing, public relations, fundraising and capital campaign management and trade association management. The new subsidiary will be based in the firms Augusta office.
Edith A. Smith of Winthrop, Maine has joined Eaton Peabody Consulting Group as its Executive Director. A 1981 graduate of Bowdoin College, Ms. Smith has over twenty years of experience in political consulting, marketing, public relations, fundraising, capital campaign management and association management. She formerly was president and chief executive officer of Maine Directions, a consulting firm providing consulting and marketing expertise to small Maine businesses and trade organizations. Ms. Smith served for five years as the Executive Director of the Maine Funeral Directors Association. Her recent political and legislative activities include a successful campaign to defeat the physician-assisted suicide referendum; assisting with the passage of Maines first end-of-life care legislation, including Medicaid coverage for hospice services; increasing Medicaid funding for dental services; and maintaining Medicaid coverage for ambulance services.
Eaton Peabody Consulting Group will work closely with the Government Relations
Practice Group of Eaton Peabody, which includes attorneys
Bill
Ferdinand,
Doug
Smith and
former legislator and Congressional staffer Angela Aloupis.
The needs of our clients are becoming ever more complex, said Eaton Peabody President
Dan McKay , and they often extend beyond the scope of traditional legal services. With the addition of Eaton Peabody Consulting Group, we can offer an expanded array of services to our clients. We are very excited about this new venture, and we are delighted to have Edie Smith join our team in this new capacity.
Eaton Peabody is one of Maines oldest and most widely recognized law firms, serving businesses and individuals since 1917.
Eaton Peabody Consulting Group can be reached at (207) 622-9820 or via email
esmith@eatonpeabody.com