Kay Daly

Judicial / Government, culture, family, women’s issues, politics, crisis communications / communications strategy
Shortly after the 2000 Presidential election, , Kay Daly orchestrated a communications team for an ad hoc grassroots coalition supporting the confirmation of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. After the successful confirmation of Ashcroft, Daly formalized the loose coalition of 75 center-right grassroots organizations into a 501(c)4. As president of the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, Daly coordinates grassroots communications and overall strategy supporting the President’s federal judicial nominees.

At CPAC in January, 2003, Daly won the prestigious Ronald Reagan Award from American Conservative Union (ACU). When presenting the award, David Keene, president of ACU called Daly "the new Phyllis Schlafly" saying, "Kay Daly more than exemplifies the relentless spirit of a selfless conservative. Kay is an integral part of the grassroots effort in supporting President Bush’s judicial nominees by overseeing the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, but is equally important to our conservative movement by attending countless meetings, conferences, and Congressional hearings in defense of our shared conservative ideals." Keene continued, "Kay Daly claims to be a ’housewife from Arlington,’ but the truth of the matter is that our conservative movement wouldn’t be what it is without her resiliency, diligence and dedication to the conservative cause. She more than embodies those virtues upon which the Ronald Reagan award was founded and the conservative cause is a better, more unified and effective movement with her."

Kay Daly has over fifteen years of experience in corporate, political, grassroots and crisis communications, marketing and policy research, and issues management. Recently, she was the Vice President and Director of Public Relations for the Signature Agency, a public relations/advertising firm headquartered in Raleigh, NC, where she implemented numerous successful marketing programs for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

While at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, she created and managed a successful political analysis department, specializing in new market development, grant management, information systems, defense technology, law enforcement/criminal justice issues, and government relations. Early in her career, Daly worked with Phillips-Ramsey Advertising & Public Relations on accounts such as WD-40, Sea World and the San Diego Zoo. In addition, she interned in Hollywood on the "Hill Street Blues" and "Dukes of Hazzard" productions while still in high school at Marlborough School in Los Angeles.

Daly is a nationally recognized communications strategist, speechwriter, crisis communications consultant and media coach with a winning track record on the front lines of campaign management and solid staff credentials on the local, state and federal levels. She has worked for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), U.S. Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA), U.S. Representative Fred Heineman (R-NC) and the North Carolina Republican Party in a variety of communications and policy positions. In addition, Daly served in Republican party leadership on the Fourth Congressional District Executive Committee, the Wake County Executive Committee and North Carolina Republican Women.

Daly also has high-level public policy research and issue management experience from her years at the Texas Public Policy Foundation as Chief of Staff to former Reagan Justice Department official Tex Lezar. The policy experience served her well during her time as Research Director for Tom Joyner, the top-rated North Carolina conservative talk show host, where she launched and produced Joyner’s successful newsletter.

Using an innovative media and speech training program, Daly has successfully trained numerous corporate officials, political candidates, elected officials, grassroots organization leaders, sports figures, public policy group leaders, charter school officials and trade association advocates. Also, Daly taught a seminar in campaign communications strategy to women’s groups in Ukraine.

Daly is a published columnist (Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Investors Business Daily, National Review Online, Worldnetdaily.com, Opeds.com, Townhall.com, and many others), a "blogger" with SouthernAppealblogspot.com, speechwriter, frequent television guest, radio guest host and associate editor of Making Government Work: A Conservative Agenda for the States. In the fall of 2002, Daly testified on the state of the judicial nominations process in front of the Judiciary Committee for the U.S. House of Representatives. Kay is also the host of "The Daly Report" for Radio Free Republic.

Daly has received numerous awards including a citation from Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) for "Distinguished Service to the United States Senate" and one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for crisis communications work for a Durham, NC, charter school. She is listed in Who’s Who, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in the World.

A native of Los Angeles, California, Daly has a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a minor in Literature/Writing from the University of California, San Diego, 1989. She has also completed hours in graduate work in Legislative Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is married to Jack Daly, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor and has two sons, Patrick Bryan (born March, 2001) and Jack Reagan (born May, 2003).

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Date Added: Tuesday, October 14th, 2003

A RENAISSANCE WOMAN NOMINATED FOR UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE D.C. CIRCUIT

Background.  Janice Rogers Brown is a well-regarded judge with more than eight years of experience on the California appellate bench.  A majority of the ABA’s Standing Committee found Justice Brown “Qualified” for appointment to the D.C. Circuit.

“Justice Brown currently serves as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, a position she has held since May 1996.”  She is the first African-American woman to serve on the State’s highest court, and was retained with 76 percent of the vote in her last election.

Prior to her appointment and confirmation to the California Supreme Court, Justice Brown served from 1994-96 as an Associate Justice on the Third District Court of Appeals, an intermediate state appellate court.

Personal story.  The daughter of sharecroppers, Justice Brown was born in Greenville, Alabama in 1949. During her childhood, she attended segregated schools, and came of age in the midst of Jim Crow policies in the South.  She grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about NAACP lawyer Fred Gray, who defended Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, and her experiences as a child of the South motivated her desire to become a lawyer.

Her family moved to Sacramento, California when Justice Brown was in her teens, and she later received her B.A. in Economics from California State in Sacramento in 1974, and her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1977. She also has received honorary law degrees from Pepperdine University Law School, Catholic University of America School of Law and Southwestern University School of Law.

A Career in Public Service.  Justice Brown has dedicated all but two years of her twenty-six year legal career to public service. 

Prior to more than eight years as a judge in state courts, Justice Brown served from 1991-94 as Legal Affairs Secretary to California Governor Pete Wilson, where she provided legal advice on litigation, legislation, and policy matters.

From 1987-90, Justice Brown served as the Deputy Secretary and General Counsel for the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, where she supervised the state banking, real estate, corporations, thrift and insurance departments.

From 1979-1987, Justice Brown was a Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the California Attorney General, where she prepared briefs and participated in oral arguments on behalf of the state in criminal appeals, prosecuted criminal cases, and litigated a variety of civil issues.
 
She began her career in 1977 and served two years as a Deputy Legislative Counsel in the California Legislative Counsel Bureau.

Active in the Community.  Justice Brown has participated in a variety of statewide and community organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life for all citizens of  California:

Served as a Member of the California Commission on the Status of African-American Males.  Commission was chaired by now-U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), and made recommendations on how to address inequities in the treatment of African-American males in employment, business development and in the criminal justice and health care systems.

Served on the Governor’s Child Support Task Force, which reviewed and made recommendations on how to improve California’s child support enforcement system.

Served as a Member of the Community Learning Advisory Board of the Rio Americano High School and developed the Academia Civitas program to provide government service internships to high school kids in Sacramento.  Assisted in the development of a curriculum to teach civics and reinforce the values of public service. 

Volunteered time with the Center for Law-Related Education, a program that uses moot courts and mock trials to teach high school students how to solve everyday problems.

Has taught adult Sunday school at the Cordova Church of Christ in Rancho Cordova  for more than 10 years.

Articles by Kay Daly

Title	Published
A Renaissance Woman Nominated for United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit	10-14-03
Senate Democrats work to kill Bill Pryor’s judicial nomination.	07-17-03
Who Knew?	05-07-03
Judicial Considerations	05-03-03
Judicial Clips	04-07-03
Judge for Yourself	12-31-69
Connor Peterson, RIP	12-31-69

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