Mark R. Weaver is the founder of Communications Counsel, Inc. He’s an attorney communications advisor with 30 years of crisis communications experience. In addition, Mr. Weaver has extensive experience working with public and private sector clients on crisis communications and media relations. He’s counseled clients in 17 states

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 agency with 1,400 employees and 50,000 cases. 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, Communications Director with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Public Information Officer for Abington Township, PA.

Mr. Weaver has lectured around the country on the use of Social Media for improved media relations, for better marketing, and in the context of courts and legal ethics.

Mr. Weaver regularly lectures for national clients such as the Jo Ann Davidson Leadership Institute, the Ann Anstine Excellence in Public Service Series, the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Adelphia Cable, the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Bar Association, the National Fraternal Order of Police, the Ohio Rural Electric Coop, Ohio University, and the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Weaver earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Public Administration from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, where he has received more alumni awards than any other graduate of that institution.

He earned his Juris Doctorate from the Delaware Law School of Widener University, where he graduated in the top 15% of his class.

He has been interviewed by every major national media outlet including 60 Minutes, Nightline, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, NPR, BBC, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, and Reuters.

Mark is the author of the book “A Wordsmith’s Work,” which has been favorably reviewed by the Ohio State Bar Association and others. He and his wife Lori raised two children.