E35: Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) District Attorney Steve Wolfson on Crisis Management & Communication

This week, host Troy Edgar travels to Las Vegas to meet with Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson. Steve was previously a Las Vegas City Council member and has been practicing law there for over 40 years.  He has served as the District Attorney since 2012. His office handles over 75,000 cases a year and has recently been in the media spotlight with high-profile cases such as the arrest of Duane "Keefe D" Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder, the UNLV shooting, and the death of teen Jonathan Lewis, whose murder was captured on video by a mob of high school students.

In our professional lives, we often face critical situations that demand immediate responses, challenging our crisis management skills. This episode explores Steve's perspective and approach to crisis management.  We discuss how his prosecution and criminal defense law expertise enables a quick understanding and framing of complex issues when he is on the clock to provide a timely response to the community and media.

If you're interested in more discussions about crisis management and communication under pressure, you may want to listen to a previous Ameritocracy interview: E19: U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Michael Day on Leadership and Career-Defining Moments in our episode library.

Check out the video version of this episode, now on YouTube!