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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. 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…

The Other Side of the Bracket – DraftKings Isn’t Wrong to Push the Line Dezenhall Resources March 31, 2026

The NCAA filed a temporary restraining order against DraftKings for using “March Madness” and “Final Four” in connection with its betting products. The legal argument is straightforward. The strategic argument…

Your Brand Isn’t a Cultural Vibe. It’s Intellectual Property. Dezenhall Resources March 30, 2026

Every March, thousands of marketers commit a completely avoidable legal error. They slap “March Madness” on a promotion, send it out the door, and assume that because the phrase is…

Dez Reads. AI Brackets & Pound Cake Dezenhall Resources March 20, 2026

I still fill out my bracket the old-fashioned way. Gut picks, a little overconfidence, and just enough conviction to be completely wrong come Friday afternoon. It’s Mark at the helm…

Dez Reads. Personal Pan Pizzas Are Back. Dezenhall Resources March 6, 2026

By. Josh Culling, Anne Marie Malecha, William Kim, Nathaniel Beach, and Madeline Nagler My childhood was built on pizza and The Boxcar Children. Every book I read earned me a…

Dez Reads. Mostly Sports. Dezenhall Resources February 13, 2026

At Dez, we love a good scrap. In our day jobs, I mean entering high-pressure situations and often punching back on behalf of our clients. On the couch, for many…

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Dezenhall Resources Adds Starbucks’ Sam Jefferies as Senior Vice President, Leveraging Deep Corporate Crisis Expertise Dezenhall Resources February 9, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. — February 9, 2026 — Dezenhall Resources, a leading crisis management andstrategic communications firm, announced the the hiring of Sam Jefferies, who rejoins the firm…

Dez Reads. Spouse, or Co-Founder? Dezenhall Resources January 30, 2026

I’m not sure my wife knew what she was getting into. When I made the move directly from a filthy group house into her pristine condo upon our engagement, it…

Dez Reads. Alright, Alright, Alright. Dezenhall Resources January 16, 2026

Happy New Year from Team Dez! We’re moving Dez Reads to every other Friday in 2026. I look forward to continuing to curate, read, and learn from what the team…

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