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  • What We Do
    • Crisis Management and Mitigation
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        Crisis Management and Mitigation A crisis is not an opportunity, it’s a distraction. Let’s get you back to business.

        From risk assessment and pre-crisis planning and preparedness, to strategic counsel and hands-on mitigation and management, to reputation repair in the aftermath of a crisis, we navigate our clients through it all, so they can get back to business.

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    • Public Affairs and Issues Management
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        Public Affairs and Issues Management A marketplace assault isn’t a coincidence, it’s a deliberate attack.

        Whether it’s a challenge with local, state, federal, or international regulators and legislatures, or a combination thereof, Dezenhall develops and launches spirted, forward-focused, strategic campaigns to help our clients win.

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    • Litigation Communications
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        Litigation Communications Using high stakes lawfare to defend reputation and leverage the court of public opinion in complex litigation cases.

        Dezenhall works with some of the nation’s leading legal teams to advocate for our clients’ positions, protect their reputation, and achieve a winning legal outcome during complex litigation.

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    • Executive Advisory
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        Executive Advisory Helping leaders maximize value, minimize risk and successfully navigate today’s ever-changing environment.

        In times of both peace and war, to be a good leader, executives must be effective strategists and communicators. Dezenhall’s strategic advisory service offers executives a unique, bespoke and coordinated approach to executive advisory that is nimble, practical, experienced, and unfailingly honest.

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    • Research and Insights
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        Research and Insights Using competitive intelligence to drive narratives, create cover, increase adversarial risk, and create winning campaigns.

        Unlocking the value of in-depth research to shape sound strategy.

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    • Creative and Digital
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        Creative and Digital Persuading audiences through compelling, creative, and multi-channel data-driven targeting.

        An online world demands increasingly savvy and focused online solutions to both ongoing and acute crises. We strategically execute campaigns that deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time and on the right platform to digitally inspire change and action in the real world.

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  • Who We Are
    • The Team
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        The Team Our veteran team yields decades of experience in solving complex challenges.

        We are former investigative reporters and producers, management consultants, congressional press secretaries, White House and federal agency advisors, political campaign managers, and trade association and corporate communicators.

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    • The Firm
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        The Firm Since the 1980s, we’ve been behind the scenes shaping outcomes.

        Dezenhall Resources, Ltd. is one of the most trusted public affairs and crisis management firms and first practitioners of the crisis management discipline.

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  • News & Insights
    • News & Insights
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        News & Insights Expert analysis, fresh perspectives, and practical guidance on today’s most pressing issues.

        Read our unique and often contrarian perspective on the news of the day, along with practical and actionable recommendations, from the crisis management and communications experts at Dezenhall Resources.

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    • Reputation Nation Podcast
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        Reputation Nation Podcast The podcast that pulls back the curtain on corporate crises and reputation management.

        Join our hosts, Stacy Bratcher – a savvy corporate lawyer and Anne Marie Malecha – a seasoned crisis management expert, as they dissect the headlines, scandals, regulatory actions, and cultural headwinds shaping today’s business landscape.

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Dez Reads. Written by Humans, for Humans. Dezenhall Resources September 4, 2026

How much does the core idea matter? Wall Street legend Stanley Druckenmiller is forcing that question on a big stage this week, when he made major news in the WSJ…

Dez Reads. Chick-Fil-A & Cocaine. Dezenhall Resources August 21, 2026

If you aren’t already delirious from the late August heat, you may be after reading some of these stories. Katie Davis once again here to introduce you to this week’s…

Dez Reads. What We’re Reading, Watching & Thinking Dezenhall Resources August 7, 2026

I’m not sure how many of you have been to see Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the Odyssey, but for the movie buffs here at Dez, we’re very focused on it….

Dez Reads. Eat Less Veggies and Read More Books. Dezenhall Resources July 24, 2026

We cover the hottest stories of the summer this week. By now, everyone knows that lettuce is to be avoided for the time-being. My kids have attempted to use this…

Dez Reads. Trash on the Ballot. Dezenhall Resources July 10, 2026

Nobody understands the farce of electoral politics quite like the Brits. England is a country that is near and dear to my heart. I have mixed feelings about UK politics,…

Dez Reads. The Euros Are Starting to Get It. Dezenhall Resources June 19, 2026

America turns 250 years old in a couple of weeks, and while Anne Marie and I are headed to Cannes on Sunday night to talk advertising and persuasion, we’re happy…

Dez Reads. You Can’t Pay Escrow in Vibes. Dezenhall Resources June 5, 2026

This week, we’re talking about four things Americans take seriously: branding, Bay Area real estate, email etiquette, and blondes. Our very own Anne Marie Malecha kicks us off with a…

Dez Reads. The Season of Inebriation. Dezenhall Resources May 22, 2026

With Memorial Day weekend in tow, Dez wants to start off by saying thank you to all those who have served. It’s Katie Runkle here, taking the pen while Josh…

Dez Reads. Decimal Points and the Gates of Hell Dezenhall Resources May 8, 2026

There are two kinds of people in the world – those who trust the process and those who immediately question why the speed limit is suddenly 17.3 mph. Mark Emerson…

Dez Reads. Beach tests the limits of our HR department. Dezenhall Resources April 17, 2026

I don’t think there is a newsletter in Washington that generates the kind of whiplash our first two Dez Reads submissions do this week. Sam zooms out on modern sports…

March Madness’ Million Dollar Moments Dezenhall Resources April 14, 2026

Nothing quite captures the greatness of sports – sacrifice, ambition, competition, achievement, pain, glory – quite like March Madness. As two sports fans from the Heartland leading a firm with…

Dez Reads. Cockroaches & Culture Dezenhall Resources April 3, 2026

Just another week where reality outperformed fiction. Mark Emerson here with the pen. There’s a lot to unpack this week. Let’s get into it. Anne Marie kicks us off with…

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