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Article: Mayor's crisis manager a veteran of high-stakes cases.(News)(Kwame Kilpatrick)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
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- May 12, 2008
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Byline: Robert Ankeny, Bill Shea
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's crisis manager for public relations has a track record of dealing with thorny issues.
Past and present clients of Judy Smith and her Washington, D.C.-based Impact Strategies L.L.C. include former presidential intern Monica Lewinsky, the family of slain congressional aide Chandra Levy and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, last week named the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player.
Kilpatrick's usual image handler is Bob Berg of Detroit-based Berg Muirhead & Associates.
But in March, Kilpatrick announced he'd hired Smith's firm. She accompanied him March ...