Client Successes
Litigation Communications
When the “court of public opinion”
factors into legal strategies
Marketplace Prominence
Professional profiles raised
with “earned media” initiatives
Damage Control
Responding aggressively to
business and institutional crises
Legal Legacy of Two Wars
Privatization of military activity
creates new legal challenges
Vindicating Trial Win
Litigation communications support
European settlement negotiations
An Olympic Pursuit
Raising awareness of international
consumer fraud investigation
Public Safety Politics
Firefighters raise awareness
and defend their interests
Advising AmLaw 100 Firms
Lending support to large law
firms’ communications teams
Wall Street Compensation
Lawyers for financial services
employees clarify contracts
Eye of the Legal Storm
Hurricane-related litigation
intensifies public policy debate
A President’s Exit
Leaving one of the nation’s
largest universities with respect
Capitol Concerns
The fight over a healthcare law
goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
Road to Redemption
A public official’s controversial
guilty plea and sentence
Confronting a Cultural Icon
Law firms protect clients in
high-profile business litigation
Seven Years and “60 Minutes”
A law firm's commitment
to clearing a client’s name
Oilfield Mystery
Man’s disappearance highlights
kidnap and ransom insurance
No Comment? No Way
Opposing counsel leaks
confidential settlement details
Singing a Different Tune
Famous rock musician
takes on trademark infringer
Under Water
Fishermen sue over collapse
of East Coast lobster fishery
Defense of Diana Memorial Fund
Global charitable work resumes
with resolution of U.S. lawsuit
Cruise Ship Justice
U.S. Supreme Court clarifies
disabled travelers’ rights at sea
Leveling the Playing Field
College coach addresses
NCAA investigation, probation
Establishing Presence
Central American professional
services firm raises its U.S. profile
Arresting Development
Prevented from discussing incident, police officers rely on their lawyers
Into Africa
U.S.-based non-profit begins
work in southern Africa
Confronting a Cultural Icon
Law firms protect clients’ interests from attacks by high-profile defendant
Litigating against a major corporation represented by one of the most powerful and politically connected law firms in the United States can be daunting. Seven small law firms jointly pursued fraud claims on behalf of investors who bought syndicated securities marketed and spun off by a Fortune 200 company.
Throughout the three-year legal dispute, the defendant company relied on historically positive perceptions of the company and its well-known founders to defend its actions and attack the investor plaintiffs and the motives of their attorneys.
A proactive litigation communications strategy countered the defendant's PR efforts and protected the reputations of the investors who included retirees, corporate executives, medical and legal professionals, prominent entertainers and professional athletes, and families in 48 states.
The litigation communications plan supported the investor legal team's claims that high-level executives – including the chairman of the company – had knowledge of or directed the transactions at the heart of the allegations.
The litigation was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and in wire service reports, trade publications, and local media where the cases were pending. The investors' attorneys ultimately obtained a nine-figure settlement.