She worked for 12 years under Attorney General Robert Abrams and ran the attorney general's Westchester regional office.

Although many of these companies have headquarters elsewhere, it pays to have Westchester offices to cater to an obviously receptive market.

The Westchester office, Mr. Kolbert said, gives the company local representation.

Westchester's too close to Manhattan geographically to make a Westchester office necessary.

She continued: "The top producers in our 13 Westchester offices not only have computer proficiency, but many are fluent in a foreign languages.

Current plans call for most employees to be redistributed to the company's other Westchester offices.

As a result of this change, our Westchester offices currently are underutilized.

A publisher since 1992, he recently moved his Westchester office from the basement of his house when, he said, "we hit a million in annual sales."

The Fee agency's eight Westchester offices will take the name of the larger firm.

But environmental officials say she is qualified and is doing a good job in the department's Westchester office.