The Directory

In political and public affairs consulting our knowledge and experience helps clients establish a path through the CT General Assembly processes, in dealings with regulatory agencies and with Municipal and State executive offices.

Express Strategies provides strategic communications and public policy consulting, with particular expertise in advocacy writing, project management and media relations and an acute understanding of the public implications of the policy decisions made by an organization.

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Rome Smith & Lutz is a full-service government relations and lobbying firm, providing representation at all levels of Connecticut government. With decades of public sector experience and deep relationships with key decision-makers on both sides of the aisle, the team at Rome Smith & Lutz delivers results for their clients.

At Sindland Strategy, we keep it simple. We handle all the work and give you the personal attention your company needs to produce a successful and dynamic campaign including web design, content creation, videos, professional photography and strategic communications

With political elections centering on partisan gridlock and discontent with the “old ways of doing business,” lobbying and policy advocacy are undergoing dramatic changes. In today’s environment of hyperscrutinized decisions and actions, the 24-hour news cycle, and ever-present social media, only the most politically savvy lobbyists are succeeding. Getting your voice heard above all the noise requires an experienced advocacy team that can expertly execute targeted government relations campaigns.

The CRA is the only restaurant industry trade association in Connecticut. Representing hundreds of restaurants and affiliated businesses, we are committed to improving the business environment through legislative efforts, providing affordable insurance for our members, offering educational opportunities, saving you money on utilities and a host of other benefits.

The Yankee Institute for Public Policy is Connecticut’s oldest state-based think tank. Our mission is to improve lives through freedom and opportunity, and we are committed to developing and promoting policies that will foster free enterprise, prosperity and liberty throughout Connecticut.

CT Community Nonprofit Alliance includes providers of day services and group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities, substance abuse and mental health treatment, education, anti-poverty and employment services as well as cultural programs. The Alliance advocates for proper funding and policies to best serve half a million people who utilize community services every year.

Council 4 union members provide the vital services that make Connecticut happen.

COST is a member-driven organization committed to giving Connecticut’s smaller communities a strong voice in the legislative process. COST champions the interests of member municipalities at the state Capitol and provides resources to help municipal leaders meet the challenges they face as chief executives of the state’s 139 smaller communities.

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Since 1946, The Association of Retired Teachers of Connecticut (ARTC) has been a retiree organization exclusively representing Connecticut’s retired teachers, and dedicated to securing and protecting our pension and health insurance benefits.

Throw out the old paradigm. In fact, throw out the word paradigm – and anything else tired, trite, sluggish or slow. Powered by over 240 lawyers in key financial centers, including New York, London, Paris, Boston, California, and Washington, DC, Brown Rudnick is a law firm designed for speed and performance.

Our advice is practical and business-driven – not abstract or opaque. And our progressive operating model takes collaboration to a new level – benefitting like-minded clients who want muscular, integrated service, timely delivered.

Communication Strategies is a communications firm that partners with marketing, media, and government relations firms in the region to provide strategic planning and public relations and media production services to individuals, candidates, and organizations. With a strong background in politics and journalism, Communication Strategies specializes in campaign-style approach to both long- and short-term public relations planning and implementation.

We get a bigger bang for your media bucks.

User Focused Design + Development
We are a small, agile design & development team that produces agency-quality results.

CACIL is the advocacy and support organization for Connecticut’s Centers for Independent Living (CILS), which empower people with disabilities to take control of their lives. CILs serve people with all types of disabilities in all age groups, and work to remove barriers and prejudices in society so all individuals can live, work and enjoy all that communities have to offer. At least fifty-one percent of the staff and boards of CILs are people with disabilities.

Digital Campaign Solutions provides critical media strategy, digital video content and targeted online distribution for progressive causes and candidates.

The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association is a non-profit association dedicated to creating and maintaining a more just society by preserving individual rights within the civil justice system to:

CCM is the state’s largest, nonpartisan organization of municipal leaders, representing towns and cities of all sizes from all corners of the state, with 158 member municipalities.