Richard Feldman
JD
NH, USAfter graduating from Vermont Law School and a stint as a White House appointee in the Reagan administration, he defended the rights of America's gun owners as the NRA's point person in the Northeast (named "Mr. Media") forcing Gov. Mario Cuomo to once beg "Uncle" and secretly led a tax revolt in NJ which succeeded in ousting then Gov Jim Florio. Later as CEO of the firearm industry association he cut a deal with Bill Clinton and was forced to tell the mighty National Rifle Association to "grow up" or "shut-up"! Feldman's political career has been all about getting results for his clients. His recent book, "RICOCHET, Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist" (Wiley, 2007) details many of those methods..
- US News and World Report titled his story "Armed and in the Middle" -a dangerous, but pivotal place to be in American politics.
In short order he took a fledgling trade association for the gun industry and maneuvered his way into the Rose Garden cutting a deal on child safety locks that saved his industry and the country years of pitched political warfare.
For the past ten years Feldman (MLS Communications) has advised candidates, associations and businesses from Europe to Southern California on handling publicity to maximize your message and advance your personal and business interests. He was preaching the impact of social media long before it was apparent as a new communication channel.
- Writer/Guest, Washington Post, LA Times, C-Span, Nightline, Today Show, NPR.
- Media trainer for senior corporate and foreign government executives.
"The best crisis management is preventing the crisis in the first place", but people seem to assume that just doing more of the same will somehow win the day. The first step in getting out of a hole is always to STOP DIGGING! - a title of one of his presentations in "public affairs.
Feldman and his wife Jacqueline, a Vice President of a local college, live on a farm in Southwestern New Hampshire with their dogs,(Stella & Stanley) cats, (Simba & Squeeky) chickens, horses, (Chasqui & Mr. Buckley) and llama, (Chauncey).
After graduating from Vermont Law School and a stint as a White House appointee in the Reagan administration, he defended the rights of America's gun owners as the NRA's point person in the Northeast (named "Mr. Media") forcing Gov. Mario Cuomo to once beg "Uncle" and secretly led a tax revolt in NJ which succeeded in ousting then Gov Jim Florio. Later as CEO of the firearm industry association he cut a deal with Bill Clinton and was forced to tell the mighty National Rifle Association to "grow up" or "shut-up"! Feldman's political career has been all about getting results for his clients. His recent book, "RICOCHET, Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist" (Wiley, 2007) details many of those methods..
- US News and World Report titled his story "Armed and in the Middle" -a dangerous, but pivotal place to be in American politics.
In short order he took a fledgling trade association for the gun industry and maneuvered his way into the Rose Garden cutting a deal on child safety locks that saved his industry and the country years of pitched political warfare.
For the past ten years Feldman (MLS Communications) has advised candidates, associations and businesses from Europe to Southern California on handling publicity to maximize your message and advance your personal and business interests. He was preaching the impact of social media long before it was apparent as a new communication channel.
- Writer/Guest, Washington Post, LA Times, C-Span, Nightline, Today Show, NPR.
- Media trainer for senior corporate and foreign government executives.
"The best crisis management is preventing the crisis in the first place", but people seem to assume that just doing more of the same will somehow win the day. The first step in getting out of a hole is always to STOP DIGGING! - a title of one of his presentations in "public affairs.
Feldman and his wife Jacqueline, a Vice President of a local college, live on a farm in Southwestern New Hampshire with their dogs,(Stella & Stanley) cats, (Simba & Squeeky) chickens, horses, (Chasqui & Mr. Buckley) and llama, (Chauncey).
