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Martin is vice president in Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group. He has decades of legislative and political experience, including creating strategic goals and priorities for clients, organizing lobbying and political activities, ensuring compliance with federal guidelines, and reporting results. Martin also works closely with legislators to contribute to environmental, cybersecurity, and energy policy legislation. In addition to shaping substantive legislation, he has successfully engaged White House staff in the development of executive orders directing new policy and worked with a diverse range of associations to support client initiatives.

Martin Edwards, vice president of Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group in Taft’s Washington, D.C. office, contributed to this post.

On July 23, 2025, the White House published “America’s AI Action Plan,” which sets a public policy framework targeting the United States’ technological leadership in artificial intelligence. The AI Action Plan, coupled with three