Mark R. Weaver —
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Mark Weaver is a battle-tested attorney and crisis communications expert with three decades of experience advising clients in more than 30 states and at the highest levels of national government and corporate America. He counsels public and private sector clients on crisis communications, social media challenges, and high-profile litigation communications. NBC News in Charlotte, North Carolina called Mr. Weaver “one of the nation's foremost experts in crisis communications.”

Mr. Weaver is the author of the award-winning book “A Wordsmith's Work,” (now in its fourth edition) which examines the most modern and effective strategies for crisis communications and powerful persuasion. The book is available here. 

Prior to founding Communications Counsel, Mr. Weaver was the Deputy Attorney General of Ohio, where he was responsible for crisis management, strategic counseling, and all communications for an office with 1,400 employees and a front-page legal issue every week. He also served on the Attorney General's four-member Executive Staff and acted as a senior policy advisor and chief spokesman. 

His past professional assignments include serving as the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the U.S Department of Justice, Public Information Director for a large Pennsylvania municipality, and Vice President of a national communications firm in Washington, D.C.  

He has two decades of experience as a criminal prosecutor, litigating felony jury trials and arguing appeals to put or keep murderers, child molesters, and violent criminals in prison. He’s served as a special prosecutor in more than a dozen Ohio counties, including handling the successful death penalty prosecution of an infamous serial killer. 

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