He established an office at the corner of 15th Avenue and High Street and named his firm Todd Tibbals and Associates.

C3 also named Richard French & Associates, Raleigh, N.C., for public and investor relations and Lobsenz Stevens, New York, for an international investor relations program.

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants in Clearwater, Fla., named Eric Mower & Associates in Syracuse to handle its account, with billings estimated at $7 million.

Van de Kamp's Inc. in St. Louis has named William Eisner & Associates in Hales Corners, Wis., to handle advertising for its frozen-food products.

Nestande left politics in 2000 and started a political and government relations firm named Nestande and Associates.

Regulators also named Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, the management company founded by the two executives, in their complaint.

The Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Wash., has named Landor & Associates in San Francisco to create packaging for its software products.

The Maryland State Lottery yesterday named Eisner & Associates in Baltimore to handle its account, with billings estimated at $60 million over a five-year contract.

Originally named Pendleton Dudley and Associates, the firm's masthead was changed to Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy in 1946 after Thomas D. Yutzy and George Anderson joined as partners.

It was named for Henry Kennedy, who was Deputy Director of the Peninsula System for Antarctic Services, and also worked for Antarctic Support Associates.