Michael Feldman (born October 14, 1968) is an American

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and

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and a former Democratic political adviser. Feldman was

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’s traveling

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during the 2000 presidential election campaign. He is a founding partner and managing director of

The Glover Park Group The Glover Park Group is an American communications consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company was founded in 2001 by former White House and Democratic campaign officials Carter Eskew, Michael Feldman, Joe Lockhart and Chip ...

, a communications, consulting, and advocacy firm.

Biography

Born to a

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family, Feldman began his political career in the

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serving first as a floor assistant in the

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, and then as a legislative analyst for the

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. In 1991, Feldman took leave from the Senate to work on Sen.

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’s special election campaign. Feldman joined Bill Clinton's campaign staff in 1992. Following the election, Feldman served in the

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as Vice President

’s deputy director of legislative affairs from 1993 to 1997. In 1997 Feldman became senior adviser and traveling chief of staff to the

, a role he held until 2001. In November 2000, Feldman played a key role in Gore's decision to contest the results of the

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. On election night Feldman helped pass news to Gore of the very small vote margin in

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. Feldman, with fellow campaign officials Michael Whouley and Bill Daley, pressed Gore not to concede and to push for a

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. In 2001, Feldman formed

with Gore campaign advisers Carter Eskew and Chip Smith, and former White House Press Secretary

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. The Glover Park Group offers communications, government relations, corporate advocacy and crisis management services. Feldman is a managing director at the firm; he developed and currently leads its entertainment and environmental practices. In 2007, Feldman was part of a team at The Glover Park Group named Public Relations Professionals of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America for its work on Al Gore’s film, ''

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''. In an interview with lawyers Ben Chew and Camille Vasquez, in regard to the '' Depp v Heard'' defamation trial, Feldman's wife

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revealed that Feldman had worked as a public relations consultant for the legal team representing

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References

External links

Profile on The Glover Park website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Feldman, Michael Living people 1968 births American public relations people 20th-century American Jews Clinton administration personnel Tufts University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews