Focused Advice, Generalist Vision
Smith
Dawson & Andrews represents a variety of clients—for-profits
and nonprofits, small businesses and multinational corporations.
Over the past two decades, we've tackled legislative challenges
for every kind of organization—including a few that
have been with us since our beginning. Following are some
of our specialized practice areas, along with sample clients
in each.
Practice
Areas
International Trade
Health Care and Pharmaceuticals
Transportation
Economic Development and Public Finance
State and Local Governments
International Trade
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SDA saved the member companies of the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones millions of dollars by spearheading legislation to eliminate customer user fees on domestic merchandise used in foreign trade zones.
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Our services in this arena include customs' funding, automation
and regulation; duty-suspension legislation; bilateral trade
negotiations; foreign trade zone operations, and export
controls.
Sample Clients
Avecia, Inc.
Boston Redevelopment Authority
City of Houston Aviation Department
Embassy of Japan
Haarman & Reimer Corporation
National Association of Foreign Trade Zones
San Francisco International Airport
Valent USA
Health Care and Pharmaceuticals
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SDA identified new sources of federal funding for medical research at the Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Seattle.
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We advise clients in such areas as pharmaceutical pricing
and regulation, telemedicine, HCFA reimbursement, hospital
financing and pediatric health care. Specifically, we advise
clients with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appropriations
and oversight; Hatch-Waxman legislation; Medicare; Medicaid;
National Institutes of Health (NIH) appropriations; State
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and Health
Care Financing Administration (HCFA) regulation.
Sample Clients
Bone Care International
Neopharm, Inc.
Seattle Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Association
Transportation
Smith Dawson & Andrews' areas of expertise include appropriations
for mass transit, international aviation, highway safety
and airports, along with bilateral trade negotiations, Federal
Highway Trust Fund, international aviation negotiations,
Airport Improvement Program, transportation technology programs,
intelligent transportation systems, metropolitan planning,
and budgeting and appropriations. SDA's experience also
includes airport funding, international aviation negotiations,
Federal Aviation Administration regulation, airport noise,
and environmental mitigation.
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SDA
secured $5 billion
in discretionary funding for the New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Sample Clients
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Ansaldo
Certified Automotive Parts Association
General
Electric
George Washington University
Aviation Institute
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Houston Airports Authority
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
Lane Transit District, Oregon
Litton Industries
Long Island Railroad
Metro-North Railroad
New York Metropolitan Transportation
Authority
San Francisco International
Airport
Economic
Development and Public Finance
Clients come to us for advice regarding funding, oversight,
regulation, and intervention involving the Economic Development
Administration, the Army Corps of Engineers, tax-exempt
financing, and housing.
Sample Clients
Council of Development Finance Agencies
Hillwood Development Corporation
Illinois Diversatech
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
State and Local Governments
Our services encompass budget appropriations, regulation and grants assistance in the areas of transportation, housing, economic development, environmental protection, conservation, and more.
Sample Clients
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Eugene, Oregon
Fontana, California
Georgia, State of
Lane County, Oregon
Sacramento, California
Springfield, Oregon
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