CA Speaker Emeritus Robert Hertzberg Joins Fleishman-Hillard Los Angeles.News Editors/Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 Further expanding its capabilities in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and around the world, Fleishman-Hillard announced today that the former Speaker of the California Assembly, Robert Hertzberg Robert Myles Hertzberg was born on November 19, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, was an attorney and businessperson, and served in the California State Assembly from 1996-2002. , has agreed to serve the firm as a senior consultant. Hertzberg, a partner in the government practice group of international law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, will offer Fleishman-Hillard clients senior counsel benefiting from his years of high-level government experience in Sacramento and intimate knowledge of the emerging issues in Los Angeles, California and the nation. "Bob is a great friend of Los Angeles, and will bring tremendous value to the firm locally and throughout the state," said Fleishman-Hillard/Los Angeles General Manager Doug Dowie. "His understanding of the municipal, county and state legislative processes and dynamics, combined with his close relationships within those bodies, will provide our clients with unparalleled counsel." Hertzberg was first elected to the assembly in 1996 and quickly rose through the ranks to hold leadership positions. He was Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety from 1997 to 1998, Chairman of the Assembly's powerful Rules Committee from 1998 to 2000, and then was unanimously elected Speaker in 2000. While Speaker, he supported reforms to the state's foster care system, expanded health insurance coverage for low-income residents, and protected the rights of farm workers. Hertzberg led the state's lower house during California's energy crisis and during his final months in office, immersed himself in statewide water issues, taking a lead role in negotiations for the distribution of Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. water rights. "Fleishman-Hillard is perhaps the most respected communications firm in the world, has the leading public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. practice in Los Angeles, and possesses an impressive client roster throughout California and the nation," said Mr. Hertzberg. "I am looking forward to working with the Fleishman-Hillard team to help its clients reach their communication objectives." A graduate of the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Hastings College Not to be confused with University of California, Hastings College of the Law. The Hastings College campus is situated on 109 acres. Within that space sits 40 buildings, spanning from the traditional McCormick Hall built in 1883 to the gleaming Osborne Family Sports Complex/Fleharty of Law, Hertzberg will become available to Fleishman-Hillard's clients effective immediately. About Fleishman-Hillard Fleishman-Hillard Inc., one of the world's leading public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most firms, has built its reputation on using strategic communications to deliver what its clients value most: meaningful, positive, and measurable impact on the performance of their organizations. The firm is widely recognized for excellent client service and a strong company culture founded on teamwork, integrity, and personal commitment. Based in St. Louis, the firm operates throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, and South Africa through its 84 owned offices. For more information, visit the Fleishman-Hillard Web site at www.fleishman.com. Fleishman-Hillard is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : OMC OMC Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (French: WTO) OMC Organización Mundial del Comercio (Spanish: World Trade Organization) OMC Organização Mundial do Comércio ), a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, direct and promotional marketing, public relations, and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. |
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