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EMBARGOED UNTIL 9 AM, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2015 Contact: Stewart Verdery, 202-957-1414 Stephanie Martz, Former White House and Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel, Joins Monument Policy Group Washington, D.C. - Monument Policy Group, LLC announced today that Stephanie Martz joined the firm on September 1, 2015. Monument provides public policy advocacy and strategic communications services from its locations in Washington, D.C. and in Seattle. “Monument is thrilled that one of the leading Democratic policy experts has chosen to join our firm’s leadership,” commented Monument’s Founder C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. “Stephanie’s experience as Chief Counsel for Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and in the Obama Administration’s Office of White House Counsel has placed her at the epicenter of many of the major political fights of our time. Stephanie has provided some of our nation’s leading policy players fantastic counsel on how to position themselves effectively around Washington’s most difficult policy challenges. Our growing roster of clients will benefit greatly from her ability to provide strategic counsel in a wide range of areas, and her presence at the firm will add to the firm’s intellectual and political firepower.” Martz added, "I am excited to join Monument Policy Group, which will be the perfect place for me to use my expertise not only on issues being debated today, but also to help clients position themselves now for issues that are just beginning to percolate in political and policy circles. Monument already has a team with unparalleled depth and breadth, and I am looking forward to bolstering the team’s capabilities in intellectual property, national security, immigration, and competition issues. I was attracted to Monument because their highly experienced bi-partisan team is relied upon by global brand name companies, innovative firms and trade associations with a national and international presence.” Ms. Martz has two decades of experience advising clients on a wide variety of major policy and political initiatives, most recently as Senior Counsel and Special Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel, where she focused on emerging issues such as cybersecurity and
data privacy. Before that, as chief counsel to Senator Schumer, Martz led policy reform efforts on immigration, national security issues, intellectual property reform, cybersecurity, civil and criminal justice reform, and Supreme Court nominations. She also has years of experience building coalitions through her work for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Ms. Martz graduated from Georgetown University in 1991 and Stanford Law School in 1997. In between college and law school, she worked as a reporter for The New York Times and The Charles [W.Va.] Gazette. She clerked for Hon. James Robertson, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and Hon. Patricia M. Wald, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. After clerking, she practiced trial and appellate litigation with the Washington, D.C. firm of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca, and Lewin, and with the Washington office of Mayer Brown, and was a Senior Director for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, where she worked on criminal justice reform issues. ** The Monument Policy Group, founded in 2006, provides a strategic team-based approach to serving the world’s innovators and influencers with public policy advocacy and strategic communications services. Our senior level experts, who have worked at the highest level of government and the private sector, provide comprehensive strategy and advice on a 24/7 basis to clients. For more information on the firm, please visit www.monumentpolicy.com.
