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
Damage Control
Responding aggressively to business and institutional crises
By any name – crisis communications, reputation management or strategic public relations – these resources should be familiar to business leaders and their legal advisers when crises arise, as they inevitably will.
Bad things happen to good companies and institutions – even when organizational vulnerabilities have been identified and planned for ahead of time. Crises destabilize, demoralize and they sap resources regardless of whose fault they are. Effective crisis management requires decisive action by and cooperation between business and legal leaders to mitigate or prevent permanent organizational damage.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the weathering of such storms is not simply a matter of working from a 200-page crisis playbook or reading a well-written, well-timed apology at a news conference. These approaches can succeed. Very often they do not because few crises are the same, and difficult choices between fighting back aggressively and maintaining a necessary silence must be made, sometimes on a daily basis.
Poorly managed crises threaten the viability of businesses and institutions. Well-managed ones demonstrate that business and legal leaders can effectively collaborate, respond to and address even the most serious challenges they collectively face.
Working with legal counsel, Powers MediaWorks LLC has advised:
- A health care company facing a regulatory investigations and civil litigation
- A former Fortune 100 CEO
- A school official responding to a school shooting
- A president of a major U.S. university
- A former CEO of a multi-billion-dollar business enterprise
- A major-college athletics coach facing NCAA sanctions
- A hospitality company facing a regulatory investigation and civil litigation