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Fine, Geddie & Associates, Inc. is a well established governmental affairs and legislative services firm located in Montgomery, Alabama. The firm represents a cadre of blue chip corporate clients and business interests before the Alabama legislature and various departments of state government. Fine, Geddie clients are among the nation's most successful businesses. The firm provides a coordinated and reliable approach to issues which contributes to their clients' success and profitability. Each principal and associate has a thorough understanding of issues, process and procedure and gives personal and prompt attention to all clients at all times.

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Fine, Geddie and Associates has been an active force in legislative and governmental issues during the last decade. Areas of expertise and experience include legislative lobbying, regulatory and agency advocacy, research, assessment and monitoring, procurement, local government lobbying and economic development. Through excellent research capabilities, the firm can enhance its clients' knowledge of voting patterns, constituent groups, and political contributions to provide a reliable approach to governmental issues.

BOB GEDDIE grew up in Elmore County and attended public schools in Robinson Springs and Wetumpka. After graduating from Marion Military Institute (A.A.) and Auburn University (BA), he joined the Washington staff of the late U.S. Senator John Sparkman as Sparksman's legislative assistant. He later coordinated Sparkman's Alabama offices. Geddie served for four years as Legislative Liaison and as Executive Assistant to Governor Fob James. He was the Governor's representative to the National Governor's Association, Interstate Mining Compact and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Commission. Prior to forming Fine Geddie & Associates in 1985, he was Director of State Governmental Affairs for Alabama Power Company.

BENJAMIN PATTERSON

(Alabama)

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I have been in government relations for 25 years. I am a partner in a multi-client firm with a broad spectrum of clients in every major sector. Prior to joining Fine Geddie I worked in the Finance Department of both Republican and Democrat governors, where I oversaw procurement, information technology and fiscal/financial legislation. I have worked in the financial services sector in government relations and for the state' largest business association. I have successfully managed a wide array of legislative, regulatory, economic development, and procurement issues in state and local government.

Fine Geddie was established in 1984 as the first contract lobbying firm in the State of Alabama. We are an ethnically, age, gender and disciplinarily diverse firm. We are bipartisan. Our six partners have over 200 years of combined experience in government relations. Fine Geddie has been integrally involved in most every significant legislative issue in Alabama the last 36 years. Our growth has been fueled by consistent results and successful outcomes. The most prominent businesses with a presence in Alabama rely on Fine Geddie as their most trusted advisors for navigating government relations.

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We are available to discuss past achievements in many areas of government relations.

We work across branches and across all agencies of state government.

Ben Patterson grew up in Florence, Alabama. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama where he taught seminars in State and Local Government and American Politics until 1996.

Prior to joining Fine Geddie in 2004 he served as the Deputy Finance Director for the State of Alabama under two governors and helped guide both administrations' legislative efforts on fiscal issues. He also held the position of Chief Information Officer, overseeing the state's technology acquisitions in the late 1990s. During his tenures in state government, he gained a thorough understanding of government operations, procurement, information technology, state budgets and controls, and the complexities of Alabama's tax structure.

Ben Patterson also served as the Director of Government Relations for the Alabama Bankers Association from 2000 until 2003 where he was the principal advocate for the state banking industry. He began his lobbying career as a Manager of Legislative Affairs for the Business Council of Alabama in 1996.

Clients:

ARTHUR SKIN EDGE

(Georgia)
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JOHN TRIP MARTIN

(Georgia)
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SHALAMAR PARHAM

(Georgia)
Clients:

1) 3M Company

2) ABM

3) Acciona Concesiones S.L.

4) ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc.

5) American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

6) ATL Airport CIDs- Airport West CID, Airport South CID

7) Barrow County Board of Commissioners

8) Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

9) Cintra US Services LLC

10) City of Roswell

11) City of Warner Robins

12) CleanSpark Inc.

13) Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

14) Council of Municipal Court Judges

15) CVS Health and Affiliated Entities

16) Decatur County

17) Decide DeKalb Development Authority

18) Delaware North Companies, Inc.

19) Development Authority of Bainbridge and Decatur County

20) Development Authority of DeKalb County

21) Development Authority of Fulton

22) DIRECTV LLC

23) DLRdmv, LLC

24) EBSCO Information Services

25) Encompass Health

26) Envolve Communities

27) Equifax

28) Erlanger Health

29) Excellence in Education National, Inc., d/b/a Excellence in Education in Action

30) FreedomCare Georgia

31) Gainwell Holding Corp.

32) Georgia Agribusiness Council

33) Georgia Automobile Dealers Association

34) Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association

35) Georgia Bio

36) Georgia Economic Developers Association

37) Georgia EMC

38) Georgia Hospital Association

39) Georgia OBGyn Society

40) Georgia Pest Control Association

41) Georgia Power Company

42) Georgia Senior Living Association, Inc.

43) Georgia Society of Hearing Professionals

44) GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group

45) Google LLC and its Affiliates

46) Henry County

47) Independent Pharmacists of Georgia

48) Intuitive

KATHERINE RAYNOR

(Georgia)

JAMES JAY ROBERTS

(Georgia)
Clients:

DANIELLE SPINKS

(Alabama)