Policy and regulatory advice
Understand a proposed rule or policy change and decide how to respond. We review the relevant documents, assess the implications and help prepare your position.POLICY BRIEFS · RULE ANALYSIS · WRITTEN COMMENTS
From Strategy
to Execution
Bring us the issues that don’t fit the usual playbook
We help you carry out your policy plan: research the issue, prepare your case, coordinate outreach and meetings, and follow through on the work.
Capabilities
Practical support for your policy priorities
We help your team understand the issue, develop its position and prepare the work needed for government engagement.
Government relations
Identify the relevant offices and prepare your case for officials and staff. We support outreach, meetings and follow-up with a specific request and supporting evidence.OUTREACH PLANS · MEETING BRIEFS · FOLLOW-UP
Strategic communications
Explain a technical or policy issue to the people who need to understand it. We prepare briefs, presentations, talking points and public commentary.BRIEFING PAPERS · PRESENTATIONS · TALKING POINTS
Partnership assessment
Research a potential partner, compare its activities with your goals and identify questions to resolve before discussing a collaboration.PARTNER RESEARCH · COMPARISONS · PROPOSALS
Coordination and follow-through
Bring together research, drafts and engagement across your team and advisers. We keep track of responsibilities, deadlines and work still to complete.WORKPLANS · REVIEW COORDINATION · PROGRESS REPORTS
Areas of expertise
Policy for a changing world
Emerging technologies
- AI and automation
- Digital assets and payments
- Privacy and technology policy
Healthcare policy
Research and engagement on the policies that shape healthcare access, delivery and innovation.
Situations we handle
Bring us the difficult issue
Tell us the decision, deadline, and constraints. We will define the first bounded phase and what must be learned before the next commitment.
A rule is moving
The window is real, the record is incomplete, and leadership needs to know what matters before choosing a position.
A market-access pathway is blocked
Evidence, payment, coverage, procurement, and institutional adoption are not yet aligned.
A sensitive matter needs coordination
The factual record, counsel, government engagement, communications, and internal governance must stay synchronized.
An emerging model meets legacy rules
A new technology, service, or institutional model needs a credible route through established authorities.
AuthorityMap the decision
Policy is a system, not a talking point
We map authority, incentives, stakeholders, timing, and approvals so leadership can see where a decision is made and what must be true for it to move.
ReadinessPrepare the work
Decision moments reward preparation
We turn a complex record into clear choices, defensible materials, disciplined approvals, and an engagement sequence appropriate to the institution.
ExecutionExecute the playbook
Keep responsibilities and deadlines clear
We agree on responsibilities and deadlines, keep track of outstanding work, and prepare the follow-up needed after each meeting or decision.
How Praxis works
How we approach
your issue
OUR APPROACH
EvidenceUnderstand the issue and the evidence supporting your position.Define the assignment
Agree on the issue, your goals, the deadline and the work Praxis will take on.
Research the issue
Review the relevant documents and evidence, and request the information needed from your team.
Think outside the box
Consider alternative approaches, test the assumptions behind them and identify what would make a different path workable.
Prepare your case
Draft the policy position, briefing papers and meeting materials, and coordinate review with your team.
Build the coalition
Identify organizations with a shared interest, develop a common position and coordinate support for it.
Support the engagement
Help carry out the agreed outreach, meetings and communications.
Follow through
Answer questions raised, prepare additional materials and report on completed and outstanding work.
AI-assisted research
We use AI to assist with document review, compare policy proposals and organize research. Our team checks the original sources and reviews the analysis before using it in advice or public materials.
What clients receive
What you receive
We agree on the materials your assignment needs, from a policy brief to meeting preparation or ongoing support.
Policy and regulatory briefs
What a proposal would change, how it affects your organization and how you could respond.
Policy comments and written submissions
Your position, the reasons for it and the evidence supporting your argument.
Meeting briefs and talking points
The purpose of the meeting, your request and answers to likely questions.
Stakeholder research and outreach plans
Relevant offices and organizations, why they matter and a plan for approaching them.
Partnership assessments and proposals
How a potential partner fits your goals and what a collaboration could involve.
Workplans and progress reports
Responsibilities, deadlines, completed activity and work still to do.
Government engagement
Substance and expertise move the needle
Our team
The team for your toughest challenges
Partnerships and strategy
Aleks Mehrle
Aleks is a lawyer, entrepreneur and strategist whose work focuses on emerging technologies and markets. He has worked with investors and international financing organizations on project finance, drawing on experience in business development and as in-house licensing counsel for a global company. As a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine, he researched how U.S. private equity could finance Ukrainian technology research and development.
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Technology and policy
Derek Khanna
Derek was named to Forbes’ 2014 30 Under 30 list for Law & Policy. An attorney and technology policy adviser, he previously served as Deputy General Counsel and Head of Governance Operations at Próspera and Chief Operating Officer and Counsel at The Digital Chamber. His experience includes staff roles in the U.S. House and Senate and bipartisan work on technology policy. Businessweek described him as an “advocate for startups that don’t exist yet.”
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Government and implementation
Amelia Powers Gardner
Amelia is a Utah County Commissioner and former Clerk/Auditor with more than 15 years of private-sector experience in engineering, manufacturing and business development, including work at Caterpillar. In county government, she has introduced an online marriage license portal and performance-based budgeting. Her responsibilities include oversight of the Clerk, Auditor and Information Systems departments, bringing experience in both business operations and the practical work of implementing changes in government.
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We only do difficult problems
Tell us what you need to address. We will discuss where Praxis can help and propose the work for an engagement.
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