TBWA\C\D's Seifert to Take Leave Before Trial

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NEW YORK Shona Seifert, president of the New York office of Omnicom Group’s TBWA\Chiat\Day, is taking a leave of absence to prepare for her trial on federal charges that as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy account at Ogilvy & Mather, she and a former colleague overbilled the U.S. Government.

In a statement issued today, Seifert said: “I have never committed any wrongdoing at any point in my life and I am facing a February trial on charges of which I am confident I will be exonerated.

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