Each November, an award recipient will be chosen and showcased in Newsstand and on our website. The award winner will choose from a select list of favorite charities of Jay’s, and we will make a memorial donation of $1,000 in the names of the award recipient and Jaffe.

Freeborn & Peters’ Marketing Department - 2017 FOJ Award Recipient

Jaffe launched the annual Friends of Jaffe (FOJ) Award in 2013 to recognize a friend of the agency who has made significant contributions to legal marketing and PR. In late September, we reached out to Ian Turvill, chief marketing officer at Freeborn & Peters LLP in Chicago, to let him know we had named him our FOJ recipient of the year. In typical Ian fashion, he accepted, but with one condition: He wanted us to honor not just him, but the entire Freeborn marketing and business... Read More

John Remsen, Jr. - 2016 FOJ Award Recipient

Jaffe launched the annual Friends of Jaffe (FOJ) Award in 2013 to recognize a friend of the agency who has made significant contributions to legal marketing and PR. We are pleased to name the recipient of our 2016 FOJ Award, John Remsen, Jr., founder of consultancy TheRemsenGroup and The Managing... Read More

Joshua M. Peck - 2015 FOJ Award Recipient

Jaffe launched the annual Friends of Jaffe (FOJ) Award in 2013 to recognize a friend of the agency who has made significant contributions to legal marketing and PR. We are pleased to name the recipient of our 2015 FOJ Award, Joshua M. Peck, head of media relations at Duane Morris LLP and the founder and president of Law Firm Media Professionals,... Read More

William “Bill” Fitzgerald - 2014 FOJ Award Recipient

Jaffe launched the annual FOJ Award in 2013 to recognize a friend of the agency who has made significant contributions to legal marketing and PR. We are pleased to name the recipient of our 2014 FOJ Award, William “Bill” Anthony Fitzgerald, executive vice president of sales at ... Read More

About the FOJ Memorial Charity Award

On Nov. 21, 2012, Jaffe and the legal industry lost a visionary leader and pioneer in legal marketing. Jay Jaffe was generous with his time and his advice, using both to nurture the talents of his employees and to educate and inspire our clients.

For many years, we at Jaffe have used the term “Friends of Jaffe,” or FOJ, to describe our friends and industry contacts who improve and champion the art of legal PR and marketing. To honor Jay’s legacy of mentorship and generosity, we have created the FOJ Memorial Charity Award.

The award has three purposes:

  • To recognize and showcase individuals who believe in and champion the importance of legal marketing and PR
  • To memorialize Jay and his contributions to the industry
  • To provide continual support to the charities that Jay cared about and Jaffe PR supports

Each November, Jaffe will select one award recipient. We will then make a charitable contribution of $1,000 to the charity or charities of the recipient’s choosing in the names of the award recipient and Jaffe.