(609) 209-7780
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
Princeton Public Affairs Group, the largest government affairs firm in New Jersey, is a multifaceted organization specializing in government relations and communications in New Jersey. We have offices in Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. with an unparalleled network of contacts throughout the state. The strength of our firm derives from the diverse backgrounds of the firm's partners and associates which include a former President of the New Jersey Senate, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Counsel to the Governor, Chief Counsel to the General Assembly and several former Directors of the Legislature.
Firm Specialties:
An accomplished bipartisan staff between our Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, DC offices ensures that our clients are well represented on both sides of the political aisle and at all levels of government. The mix and wealth of experience among our professionals provides for expertise in all areas of public policy.
Whatever the task: working our way through the permitting process, delivering a change in a regulation or orchestrating the introduction and passage of major legislation, we've done it.
Wherever the setting: before a Legislative Committee or in the Office of the Governor, we've been there.
Whomever the players: the Commissioner of a State Department, a key Committee aide, the Legislative leadership or the Chief of Staff, we know them.
And each and every one of our clients is assured the benefit of that expertise. You see, at the Princeton Public Affairs Group, our philosophy dictates that each of our clients works with a firm partner. There are no junior executives. This is one of the qualities which separates us from other firms. It gives our clients the best we have. And it works.
DAVID A. SMITH is a partner in the Princeton Public Affairs Group, is a veteran of the public affairs arena and has successfully managed public affairs campaigns impacting auto insurance, life insurance, tort reform and environmental legislative initiatives. Mr. Smith received national acclaim when he was honored with a ""Pollie Award"" by the American Association of Political Consultants and named to their United States ""Public Affairs Team of the Year." Mr. Smith was also named one of the most influential players in New Jersey's Healthcare arena by the Annual HealthSense Listing. Since 2005, Mr. Smith has been a Commissioner on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (nominated by the Governor for two separate four year terms and confirmed by the NJ Senate) and currently serves as an Officer on the Commission (Secretary). Mr. Smith serves on the National Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council, and was one of the few contract lobbyists in the Country to be appointed to a National Task Force charged with creating ethical standard for lobbyists throughout the United States. Mr. Smith is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProtectingAmerica.org, an advocacy organization Co-chaired by James Lee Witt, former Cabinet member under President Clinton and Admiral James Loy, Deputy Director of Homeland Security under President Bush. Mr. Smith also serves as an Officer (1st Vice President) of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors and also serves on the Executive Committee (Secretary) of The Advocacy Group (TAG). Finally, Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors as an officer (Treasurer) of the State Capitol Insurance Company RRG, the first professional liability company for lobbyists headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mr. Smith has appeared on television and radio stations representing clients' interests, authored dozens of articles on politics/policy issues in New Jersey and is a frequent guest speaker/lecturer at national and state conferences, legislative hearings, meetings and seminars. He has been a consultant to statewide and legislative political campaigns and is a member of the Executive Finance Committee of the Assembly Democratic Leadership Committee as well as the New Jersey State Democratic Committee. Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Mr. Smith served as Director of Policy and Planning for the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Office. In that capacity, Mr. Smith supervised the partisan staff of all Assembly Committees and Task Forces while serving as senior staff aide to the insurance and commerce legislative committees. He was a Director with the New Jersey Dental Association from 1985 to 1990 and served on several national and state health care and insurance advisory committees.
Mr. Smith was awarded a Master of Science in Financial Services (MSFS) Degree from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of The American College. He is a Graduate Fellow of the Public Affairs Institute, a three year educational program of the Public Affairs Council located in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith also graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College.
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
1155 F Street NW, SUITE 1200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
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3) APOLLO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP
10) Atrium Health
12) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC (fraCaesarsEntertainmentOperatingCompany,Inc.)
13) Cengage
14) CLEAR
18) Equity Office Management LLC
20) KGL Logistics
21) Leonard Green & Partners, LP
22) LifePoint Health (f.r.a RCCH HealthCare Partners)
23) Marriott International, Inc.
24) NAREIT (fra National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts)
26) Pyramid Management Group, LLC
28) Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
29) Simon Wiesenthal Center for the Museum of Tolerance (fra SWC Museum Corporation)
30) T-Mobile
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
1155 F Street NW, SUITE 1200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
1) AdvaMed
3) Anthem, Inc.
6) Baxter HealthCare Corporation
7) CareDx, Inc.
1155 F ST. NW, 1200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
1) ABBVIE
2) AdvaMed
3) Anthem, Inc.
7) Baxter HealthCare Corporation
8) Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
9) Cengage
12) Crowell & Moring LLP obo Cogitativo, Inc.
13) Emergency Nurses Association
15) Go LIVE Together
16) JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.(f.r.a. JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHARED SERVICES, INC.)
17) KinderCare Education, LLC (formerly reporting as Knowledge Universe)
18) LifePoint Health (f.r.a RCCH HealthCare Partners)
19) National Collegiate Athletic Association
20) National Head Start Association
22) PathemaGX
25) The Early Care and Education Consortium
26) The Federation of State Medical Boards
27) The OrthoForum
29) University of Phoenix, fra Apollo Education Group, Inc.
30) Valley Children's Healthcare
31) Walgreen Co.
(512)4998826
1604 San Antonio St., Austin, TX, 78701,
2022164871
1155 F St. NW, 1200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
1) ADT LLC
2) AdvaMed
3) Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage, LLC
4) ALAW
10) American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
11) American Gaming Association
12) American Petroleum Institute
13) American Public Power Association
14) American Tower Corporation
15) amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
16) AMP Robotics
17) Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
18) Anthem, Inc.
19) APOLLO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP
20) APOLLO MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS
22) ArcBest Corporation (formely reporting as Arkansas Best Corporation)
26) ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI S.p.A.
27) Association of Equipment Manufacturers
28) Athene Holding
29) Atrium Health
30) Auterion Government Solutions, Inc.
32) AXA
33) Baxter HealthCare Corporation
34) Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
35) Beep, Inc.
36) Blackfeet Tribe
38) Brandtotal
39) Brentwood School
40) Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc.
42) Cadiz, Inc.
43) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC (fraCaesarsEntertainmentOperatingCompany,Inc.)
44) Cannabis Trade Federation (fra New Federalism Fund)
45) CareDx, Inc.
46) Cars.com
48) Cengage
50) Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD)
51) Chrysalis Holdings, Inc. (d.b.a. NewDay)
52) CHS, Inc.
55) Clean Affordable Reliable Electricity Coalition (CARE Coalition)
56) CLEAR
57) Coalition for Business Development
58) CoBank
59) Coinstar
62) Cook Group, Inc.
63) Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL)
65) Credit Union National Association, Inc.
66) Crowell & Moring LLP obo Cogitativo, Inc.
67) Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
68) Delaware North Companies Inc.
70) Dominion Voting Systems, Inc.
72) Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC)
73) Emergency Nurses Association
75) Equinor US Operations LLC (fra Equinor Gulf Services, LLC)
76) Equinor Wind US LLC (fra Statoil Wind US LLC)
77) Equity Office Management LLC
78) Ericsson Inc.
79) Exelon
82) Forest County Potawatomi Community
83) Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association
86) Friends of the National Museum of American Jewish History, LLC
87) Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd
88) Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
92) Go LIVE Together
93) GovPredict
94) Guaranteed Asset Protection Alliance
95) Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc.
97) Hudbay Minerals (fra Rosemont Copper Company)
98) HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
100) iConstituent
101) Immigration Hub
102) Infinera Corporation
104) International Foodservice Distributors Association
105) International Hearing Society
106) Intralot USA
107) Intrepid Potash Inc.
108) J.R. Simplot Company
109) Jackson Family Enterprises
110) Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
111) Jake's Fireworks
112) JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.(f.r.a. JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHARED SERVICES, INC.)
113) Jordan Cove Energy Project LP
114) JW Aluminum
115) Kabafusion
116) Kalorama Group, LLC
118) KGL Logistics
119) KinderCare Education, LLC (formerly reporting as Knowledge Universe)
121) Kyle House Group obo Consensus For Development Reform
123) Leonard Green & Partners, LP
124) LifePoint Health (f.r.a RCCH HealthCare Partners)
125) Ligado Networks LLC
126) Lilly USA, LLC
127) LISCR LLC
128) Management and Training Corporation
129) Maridose LLC
130) MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
131) Marriott International, Inc.
132) Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
134) McWhinney Real Estate Services, Inc.
137) Motor Vehicle Protection Products Association (f.r.a. Motor Vehicle Ancillary..)
138) NAREIT (fra National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts)
140) NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION
141) National Collegiate Athletic Association
142) National Confectioners Association
143) National Electrical Contractors Association
144) National Head Start Association
145) National League of Cities
146) National Mentor Holdings, Inc.
147) National Stone Sand and Gravel Association
148) Navajo Nation
149) NMAC (on behalf of the HIV/STD Partnership)
150) Novartis
152) One Call Corporation
155) Ontario International Airport
156) Oracle America, Inc.
157) Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
158) Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP
160) Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
161) PathemaGX
162) Pinterest, Inc.
163) Plastics Industry Association
164) Policy and Taxation Group
165) Power Design, Inc.
166) Precision Castparts Corporation (f.r.a. TIMET-TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION)
167) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
168) PureStar Group
169) Puyallup Tribe
170) Pyramid Management Group, LLC
174) RELX Inc.
175) Resource Management Service, LLC
176) Rocky Mountain Industrials fra RMR Industrials
177) Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
178) Salesforce.com Inc.
179) San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District
180) San Diego County Water Authority
183) Sentrillion
184) Service Contract Industry Council
185) Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation
186) Simon Wiesenthal Center for the Museum of Tolerance (fra SWC Museum Corporation)
187) Skydio
189) SoundExchange
191) Starbucks
192) Sun Country Airlines
193) T-Mobile
194) Talos Energy
195) Teal Drones
196) Telecommunications Industry Association
197) Tenaska Inc.
198) Tencent America, LLC
200) Textile Rental Services Association
201) The Early Care and Education Consortium
202) The Federation of State Medical Boards
203) The Institute for Legal Reform - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
204) The Northeast MAGLEV, LLC
205) The OrthoForum
206) Tom Vukota
207) Total Community Options, Inc. d/b/a InnovAge
208) Town of Tusayan, AZ
209) Tribal Communications Solutions
211) Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
212) Tyson Foods Inc
215) Ubicquia
216) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
217) University of Phoenix, fra Apollo Education Group, Inc.
218) Valley Children's Healthcare
219) VECTOR GROUP, LTD
220) VenueScreen
221) Visionary Integration Professionals
222) Vox Global LLC obo GLEIF Americas
223) Walgreen Co.
224) WEconnect Health Management
225) WESTERN UNION
227) White Mountain Apache Tribe
228) Wildlife Conservation Society
230) Wilmer Hale (on behalf of Purdue Pharma L.P.)
231) Wolters Kluwer
232) WPX Energy, Inc.
234) Yelp
1155 F ST. NW, 1200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
1) ABBVIE
2) ADT LLC
3) AdvaMed
7) Auterion Government Solutions, Inc.
9) Baxter HealthCare Corporation
10) Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
11) Brandtotal
13) CLEAR
15) Ericsson Inc.
16) HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
18) JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.(f.r.a. JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHARED SERVICES, INC.)
23) NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION
24) National Collegiate Athletic Association
26) Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
27) PathemaGX
28) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
29) Skydio
32) T-Mobile
33) Teal Drones
34) Telecommunications Industry Association
36) Ubicquia
37) University of Phoenix, fra Apollo Education Group, Inc.
38) Wilmer Hale (on behalf of Purdue Pharma L.P.)
39) Yelp
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
609-396-8838
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,
