Matt is a strategic communications professional dedicated to guiding companies and high-profile individuals through complex crises and high-stakes litigation situations. For over a decade, Matt has helped clients navigate corporate crises, internal and government investigations, congressional oversight hearings, and bet-the-business litigation challenges. Through these situations, Matt works closely with legal counsel and other advisors to develop communications strategies that protect reputations, mitigate risks, and allow companies to maintain operational continuity.About August's Crisis Management and Litigation Support Practice Areas*Crisis Management*Effective response strategies require organizational discipline and diligent fact gathering to ensure that all communications are accurate, transparent, credible, and consistent. The guiding principles of any crisis communications strategy should be empathy, transparency, speed of response, and respect for individuals and communities. The August team includes former attorneys and business professional who have extensive experience dealing with various types of crisis situations which enables us to gather the right information to develop effective response strategies. *Litigation and Investigations*Litigation and internal and government investigations require a specialized understanding of legal and regulatory issues to ensure the communications strategy aligns with and supports the legal strategy, requiring a careful balancing of reputational impact and legal outcomes. August's Crisis and Litigation Services include:• Communications strategy and core narrative development• Stakeholder engagement• Crisis plans and tabletop exercises• Media engagement• Media training• Feedback on legal filings• Monitor court hearings• Digital strategies and campaigns*August is ranked by Chambers*For the past three years (2022-2024), August has been ranked by Chambers as a leading strategic communications firm. Our clients highlight the strength of our team and the impactful of our work. "August has tremendous reach within the PR and news media space; when they talk, people listen. They are skilled at taking charge of strategic narratives from the beginning.""The staff are experienced, thoughtful, and extremely diligent. They have seen it all and are equipped to handle the most sophisticated matters.""The team at August is super smart, extremely responsive, and well prepared, with the right mixture of intellectual candlepower and common sense. They are wonderful team players and a class act."