Clients

The Twenty-First Century Group represents telecommunications companies, pharmaceutical companies, a venture capital telecommunications company, public interest groups, a debt collection company, a disability training and education company, and a county.  All benefit from our many years of experience, our keen understanding of the political process, and our extensive contacts in government and business.

  Liberty Mutual

For more than 90 years, Liberty Mutual Group has protected companies and families from the risks they face.  Today, Liberty Mutual is a leading global insurer.  With more than 38,000 employees in nearly 900 offices throughout the world, Liberty Mutual offers a full range of products and services, including commercial multiple peril, commercial automobile, general liability, workers compensation, global specialty, group disability, assumed reinsurance, fire, surety, personal automobile, and homeowners.
 

www.libertymutual.com

  Manatee County

Manatee County is located on Florida’s western coast on the southern edge of Tampa Bay. The county seat is located in Bradenton, Florida. As of 2004, the population was close to 300,000.

www.co.manatee.fl.us

  Qwest Communications International, Inc.

Qwest is a large internet and telephone provider with 40,000 employees, nearly 1.5 million DSL customers, and 4.778 million long-distance customers. Qwest is the premier provider of full-service communications for people at work, at home or on the move. Qwest’s competency reaches across America, drawing on the Spirit of Service at the heart of its heritage as they effectively steward their shareowners’ investments and provide outstanding service to the customers they serve. Qwest continually evolves its broadband applications and services and geographical reach to meet the demands of businesses, government agencies and consumers.

www.qwest.com

  sanofi pasteur

Sanofi pasteur, the world’s largest influenza vaccine manufacturer, also produces vaccines against more than 20 different diseases.  Worldwide, they produce more than 1 billion doses of vaccines annually.  The company, which employs more than 9,000 employees worldwide, is headquartered in Lyon, France.  Sanofi pasteur’s U.S. operations are located in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, at a site where vaccine has been produced for more than 100 years.  Influenza vaccine has been produced in this facility for more than 30 years, and 95 percent of this vaccine is used exclusively to supply the United States (the remaining 5 percent goes to Mexico and the Caribbean).  This is the only domestic source of injectable influenza vaccine.  Sanofi pasteur also has an influenza vaccine production facility in France that supplies other markets.

www.sanofipasteur.com

  Schering-Plough

Schering-Plough is a global science-based health care company with leading prescription, consumer and animal health products. Through internal research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies to meet important medical needs. Schering-Plough's vision is to earn the trust of the physicians, patients and customers served by its more than 30,000 people around the world.  Their net sales total $9.5 billion dollars with over 10 percent of those sales being reinvested in research and development. They conduct research in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, central nervous system disorders, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, oncology, and respiratory diseases.

www.schering-plough.com

  Taxpayers Against Fraud

Taxpayers Against Fraud (TAF) is a nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to combating fraud against the Federal Government through the promotion and use of the Federal False Claims Act and its qui tam provisions. Qui tam is a unique mechanism in the law that allows persons and entities with evidence of fraud against Federal programs or contracts to sue the wrongdoer on behalf of the Government. The qui tam provisions include strong incentives both to report fraud against the Government and to participate in the resulting litigation. Overall, qui tam actions have returned over $7.8 billion to the Government since Congress amended the False Claims Act in 1986. TAF works directly with qui tam plaintiffs and their attorneys to develop and successfully litigate qui tam cases.

www.taf.org

  Telecommunication Development Fund

The Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF) was established pursuant to an amendment offered by Congressman Ed Towns in the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  Based in Washington, D.C., TDF is a specialized venture capital fund, focused on seed, early stage and select later stage investments in communications. The investment team at TDF brings over 60 years of operational and investing experience from previous assignments at AT&T Ventures, JPMorgan Capital, NEA, Spectrum Equity, Crosspoint Ventures, AT&T, Bell Labs, Nextel, and McCaw. TDF is a venture capital firm with $50 million under management in two funds for preferred equity investments between $500,000 and $2.5 million. The fund is focused on investment opportunities in the Communications Sector.

www.tdfund.com

  The Sierra Group

The Sierra Group, Inc. is a rehabilitation engineering consulting company that was founded to educate and train individuals with disabilities who are seeking employment. Sierra uses assistive technology to drive employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities – even severe disabilities.

www.thesierragroup.com

  United Collection Bureau

United Collection Bureau, Inc. (UCB) has provided debt collection and accounts receivable management services to creditors since 1959.  Founded by Harold S. Rickard, Jr. in Toledo, Ohio, UCB has grown to service the national marketplace of Healthcare, Credit Card, Utilities, Telecommunications, Commercial, and government creditors.  Today, a dedicated management team of experienced collection agency executives utilize state-of-the-art technology and telecommunications resources for optimum results.  Through the 43,000 square-foot corporate offices and call center in Toledo, UCB receives over 85,000 accounts placed per month from a variety of creditors throughout the United States.  Satellite offices in Kalamazoo and Utica, Michigan, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Ohio, Ft. Lauderdale and Miramar, Florida enable UCB to pull collection talent and support with additional production resources.  

www.ucbinc.com

  Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of communications services. Verizon has a diverse work force of 217,000 in four business units: Domestic Telecom provides customers with wireline and other telecommunications services, including broadband;  Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 51.3 million voice and data customers across the United States; Information Services operates directory publishing businesses and provides electronic commerce services; and International includes wireline and wireless operations and investments, primarily in the Americas and Europe.

www.verizon.com