Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies (CPS) announced that Jessica I. Monahan — a transportation policy expert who has secured federal funding for a range of nonprofits, local governments, Fortune 100 companies, emerging businesses, and government contractors — has joined its Washington D.C.-based lobbying team as a senior principal.
While the fundamentals of advocacy are the same on the local, state, and federal levels, success in the tight-knit world of state capitols and city halls cannot be achieved by putting a Washington lobbyist on the occasional red-eye out of Reagan National - and expecting results.
We know that truly effective state and local representation requires day-to-day, on-the-ground, face-to-face respect and engagement. That takes advocates who know the history, politics, and culture of the local jurisdictions they serve; those who have earned the trust, confidence, and respect of local officials.
Our team members at Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies have been working in state capitals and major cities for decades. Many have held top in-house government affairs positions with major corporations and associations. They know how government works because they have served – as high-level appointees in Republican and Democratic administrations, senior staff to members of Congress and congressional committees, advisors on presidential and gubernatorial campaigns and transition teams – and as elected officials.
The public voted for them long before our clients did.
Through strategic hiring and smart collaboration, we have built the capacity to serve clients in all regions. We have a well-developed national network of consultant relationships. We are an affiliate of an Am-Law 100 law firm – Cozen O’Connor – with 31 offices throughout the U.S and Canada, and a nationally renowned State Attorneys General practice with a 50-state reach.
Our advocates offer services as diverse as our clients’ needs: policy analysis and monitoring; legislative and executive lobbying; coalition building and grassroots advocacy; and all manners of crisis management.
We also participate actively in key organizations, including the Republican and Democratic Governors Associations, United States Conference of Mayors, National Conference of State Legislatures, and National Association of Attorneys General.
We are superbly equipped to represent clients who need targeted national support. We work alongside an unequalled state attorneys general practice, supplemented by a strong governors practice.
Strategic advising that is national in scope.
To be effective on the state and local lobbying level requires a commitment to building teams of substantive, accomplished professionals who deliver day-to-day, on-the-ground results.
Our people have been working in state capitals and major cities - for decades - with deep knowledge of their history, politics, and culture - which has earned respect at every level. Our memberships with the NGA, DGA and RGA, enable us to represent - and advocate on behalf of - our clients before Democratic and Republican governors across the country.
As Attorneys General have become more active - with increased impact on our clients - the fact that we work hand-in-hand with the nation's preeminent state attorneys general practice amplifies the effectiveness of our advocacy work.
Our ability to assist with regulatory and government issues across the country is unequalled, no matter how complex the legal, policy, and regulatory situation may be.
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