It also has sizable market research and public relations divisions.

The firm formed a public relations division in 2006.

Ms. Fodor-Gernaert, 51, had been head of the public relations division.

Many departments had, however, established public relations divisions, and were reluctant to give this up to central control.

Cramer-Krasselt is forming an autonomous public relations division after 14 years of having public relations staff members work as teams within the agency.

And after a dust-up with senior executives at the public relations division that Cordiant owns, the executives left.

Its public relations division was known as Reputation Mercatus.

Evans/McLaughlin, also a Baltimore agency, is known as being highly creative and having a strong public relations division.

Until 2006 he was head of the public relations division of the party.

In 1948, he was a special consultant to the education and cultural relations division of the United States military government in Germany.