Legal PR

A question I am being asked more frequently is “Is there a way to make an unflattering Internet mention of you or your firm disappear?” The answer is technically “no,” as that would be like getting rid of a condo in Ft. Lauderdale. From a practical standpoint, the answer is, you can make the unflattering mention very difficult to find. ... Read more

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Jaffe's Shani Magosky, Liz Lindley, and Susan Remley offer operational and marketing tips for "going virtual" -- an idea that law firms may start taking more seriously, particularly during a down economy. Click here for the article

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With the pending stimulus package dominating the daily news, it's important to promote any connection between your client's services and the massive legislation. Numerous practice areas - such as business law, employment, healthcare, bankruptcy, construction and energy – are impacted by the proposed bill.

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Between the arrest and indictment of Illinois Governor and former prosecutor Rod Blagojevich and the arrest and charges against New York City attorney Marc Dreier of Dreier LLP, this hasn't been a good week for high profile lawyers. Which prompts an key question: when an attorney within your firm is on the wrong side of the law, what should you do as their marketing or PR representative?

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It's always been a mystery to me. When a Fortune 500 company lays off 5000 people its considered a restructuring and their stock price goes up. But, when a law firm gets rid of 20 unproductive partners they are seen as in "really big trouble". Why should that be the case?

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When I was a kid I derived great pleasure just from knowing the name of the largest corporation in the world. General Motors was the answer. So what happened? I think a few things happened along the way to today. Rising gas prices happened, energy efficient cars happened, foreign competition happened and internal complacency, internal politics and greed happened.

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Omigod...it must have been on the front page of every newspaper in the country today.  And, if you're a lawyer or into legal marketing it should serve as a reminder to you to be thinking about how the climate of political change means HUGE opportunities for you.  Every legal practice area will be changed in some way by the change of administrations.  Some practice areas will be affected by the cha

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Any time a new U.S. President is elected, the widespread change that ensues ushers in a surge in opportunities for law firms to grow their practices.

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