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New York LFMP:
“View from the Corporate Side” |
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Februray 24, 2010 - P.R.
directors and leaders from corporations detailed their
experiences and successes in handling media. Dara McQuillan,
co-founder of our merry band, is now the press guru for
Silverstein Properties, the very entity rebuilding the World
Trade Center. Our panel of all-stars also included Judy
Cooper, Senior V.P./Director of Corporate Communications at
Parsons Brinckerhoff, a leader in developing and operating
infrastructure around the world. |
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Boston LFMP:
Riding out the Storm: Managing the Media -- and the Partners
-- in a Crisis |
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Februray 4, 2010 - Boston LFMP
hosted a panel discussion on best practices in coping with
crises, as well as a few examples of how firms turned to
those practices to ride out their own storms. The featured
panelists included Claire Papanastasiou, Senior PR Manager,
Bingham McCutchen; Judy Rakowsky, Investigator and former
reporter for the Boston Globe and Providence Journal; Joseph
Baerlein, President; Rasky Baerlein Strategic
Communications. |
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DC LFMP:
Attorney Hiring Zone: Top Activities to Win New Clients |
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| January 26, 2010 - John Hellerman presented the BTI survey: Attorney Hiring Zone: Top Activities to Win New Clients. In these difficult financial times, this is an important study to consider. Click here to view the study. | |
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New York LFMP:
LexisNexis and Best Lawyers |
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| January 25, 2010 - The New York LFMP Chapter hosted Mr. Carl Dawson from Best Lawyers, the venerable surveyor of law firms—whose listings now appear U.S. News and World Report, and Mr. Alfredo Sciascia from Lexis Nexis, who is responsible for the rating transformation for Martindale-Hubbell®. Mr. Dawson, pre-Best Lawyers-was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and three other papers. Mr. Sciascia led the introduction of client ratings for lawyers and the enhancements to Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. As a Vice President of Strategic Planning for LexisNexis Client Development, Alfredo was also instrumental in transforming Martindale-Hubbell into a web marketing services business. Click here to view Mr. Sciascia's presentation. | |
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DC LFMP:
Healthcare and Pending Legislations |
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| January 11, 2010 - The DC Chapter hosted discussion from healthcare reporters covering the legislation pending on the Hill. C. Mitchell Goldman, a partner at Duane Morris, moderated the discussion. Ceci Connolly of the Washington Post and Kent Hoover, Washington Bureau Chief of the American Business Journals, joined as guest speakers. | |
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New York LFMP:
Pitching and winning to a shrinking news staff |
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| November 16, 2009 - An all-star panel of journalists and in-house folks from two of New York’s finest firms presented the secrets to p.r. success in the tougher environment. The panel of journalist and in-house folks included Larry Neumeister – Associated Press; Frances Bravo – Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP; Tom Orewyler – Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; and Kati Cornell, federal courts reporter for The New York Post. | |
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DC
LFMP Chapter:
Managing Crisis and Litigation in the Digital Age |
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| November 3, 2009 - In a digital environment where innuendo can parade as truth and misinformation can spread like wildfire, understanding the rules of social media engagement in times of crisis is a reputational risk management necessity. Levick Strategic Communications’ Chair of Global Social and Digital Media, Dallas Lawrence, who helps organizations effectively utilize the social media sphere in crisis situations, provided insight into the key rules every law firm needs to follow to ensure online brand protection and reputation management. | |
| New York LFMP: Crisis Management - "How Attorneys Make Crises Worse" | |
| October 26, 2009 - The October LFMP event on Crisis Management, was led by James E. Lukaszewski. Jim is an expert in managing and counteracting tough, touchy, sensitive corporate communications issues. He counsels the leaders of companies and organizations and their attorneys to resolve conflict, controversy, community action, activist opposition, and leadership failure. His practice is 40 percent litigation, half civil, half criminal. Corporate Legal Times listed Jim as one of “28 Experts to Call When All Hell Breaks Loose.” PR Week said Jim should be one of 22 “crunch-time counselors on your speed dial in a crisis.” His latest book, Why Should the Boss Listen to You? was published by Jossey-Bass in 2008. | |
| New York LFMP: Bloomberg | |
| September 24, 2009 - New York LFMP members attended their fall kickoff event at the Bloomberg Offices with Pat Oster, Cynthia Cotts, and other Bloomberg editors and writers. | |
| DC LFMP Chapter: Carrie Johnson of The Washington Post | |
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September 24, 2009 -
Carrie Johnson of The Washington Post participated at
featured speaker at the DC LFMP Chapter's September
meeting. Carrie, who previously wrote for The Legal
Times, has covered a variety of beats, including the
Supreme Court of the United States. Carrie currently covers
the Department of Justice. |
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| New York LFMP: Incisive Media | |
| June 16, 2009 - New York LFMP members engaged in a lively panel discussion with Incisive Media Editors including Dimitra Kessenides, Editor of AmLaw Daily, and Ed Shanahan, Editor of IP Law & Business, at June's special event for in-house professionals. | |
| DC LFMP: Meet Dow Jones Newswire Bankruptcy Reporters | |
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June 10, 2009 - DC's LFMP Chapter hosted Dow Jones
bankruptcy reporters who write for the Daily Bankruptcy
Review as well as contribute to The Wall Street Journal
and affiliated blogs. Guests included: |
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South California
LFMP:
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May 21, 2009 -The Southern
California Chapter of Law Firm Media Professionals (LFMP)
hosted its inaugural event in downtown, Los Angeles with
speakers from American Lawyer, The Financial Times and
Reuters. In a roundtable discussion, the reporters shared
ideas and tips about how to best get stories in front of
them, and also shared the challenges, struggles, and even
frustrations they face in their day-to-day work covering Big
Law and beyond. Panelists included: |
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| New York LFMP: National Law Journal David Brown | |
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May 18, 2009 - The New York
chapter hosted NLJ's new editor to speak about this
new role and the brand new combination of the NLJ and
the
Legal Times in D.C. |
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New York
LFMP:
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April 28, 2009 - The New York
chapter hosted its annual restricted meeting for in-house
professionals, featuring a roundtable discussion lead by a
panel of four seasoned professionals who shared ideas, tips,
challenges, struggles, and frustrations of being in the
field. Panelists included:
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| DC LFMP: Wall Street Journal | |
| April 16, 2009 - Speakers at the recent DC LFMP meeting included Susan Decker, IP reporter for Bloomberg, as well as Cary O'Reilly, who covers the D.C., Maryland and Virginia courts, and also does some health-related litigation. Also, the folks at Bloomberg who handle the Law Reports were on hand to tell LFMP members how to get attorneys published in those reports and other opportunities available to firms through Bloomberg. | |
| New York LFMP: Wall Street Journal | |
| March 25, 2009 - New York LFMP members hosted business and law WSJ editor, Ashby Jones. | |
| Legal PR Chicago: Social Media 101 | |
| March 19, 2009 - LFMP's affiliate, Legal PR Chicago, invited Doug Hoover of Hildebrandt to talk about how law firms are utilizing LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter as well as give tips on creating your firm's social media policy. Melanie Green, director of business development and marketing for Baker & Daniels, was also available to discuss how she convinced her attorneys to embrace social media and will divulge her best practices. On the PR front, Aaron Schoenherr of Greentarget talked about how reporters are using social media to find their sources and story ideas. | |
| DC LFMP Chapter: The Legal Times | |
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March 10, 2009 - Tony Mauro,
the Supreme Court correspondent for Legal Times, American
Lawyer Media and law.com was the featured guest of DC LFMP's
meeting this month. He joined ALM in January 2000
after covering the Supreme Court for USA TODAY and Gannett
News Service for the previous 20 years. Mauro is also a
legal correspondent for the First Amendment Center. He is the author of Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court, and has written several law review articles and contributed chapters to four books: A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court, which received the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award; Reason and Passion, on Justice William Brennan Jr.; The Burger Court, edited by Bernard Schwartz, and A Year at the Supreme Court. Mauro also serves on the steering committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the advisory board of the World Press Freedom Committee. |
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| New York Chapter: Networking, Headhunting, Career Coaching | |
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January 28, 2009 - Search
consultants Michael DeCosta of Korn/Ferry
International, Jennifer Johnson of Wisnik Career
Enterprises, Alicia Brown of ManPower (formerly of
Incisive Media), and Michael O'Horo, a business development
and career coach, of Sales Results Inc., all joined
the LFMP chapter of New York to talk about marketing contract work
and the growing opportunities in that sector with law firms,
as well as the state of the market, job
security, how to self-market, and tips on finding and
keeping your next great job. |
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| DC Chapter: Crisis Communication | |
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January 13, 2009 -
The DC LFMP chapter offered refresher course in crisis
communication with
Scott Sobel of Media &
Communications Strategies and Richard Ades of Prism Public
Affairs, who focused
primarily on law firm clients’ crises. They also
discussed other recent events, including a
devastating fire at
a law firm, a law firm losing an attorney during the
attacks in Mumbai, and law firms
folding.
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| New York Chapter: Law360 Editors and Reporters | |
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November 18, 2008 -
Law360 editor Marius Meland and his team visit with
LFMP members. Covering bankruptcy, competition, employment,
energy, environmental, financial services, health,
international property, product liability, securities and
technology, Law360, in just five years, has
become a “must read” among many lawyers. |
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| Washington D.C.: Does your firm have a Social Media 2.0 policy? | |
| November 13, 2008 - Denise Graveline, President of don't det caught moderats the meeting dealing with law firms and social media. | |
| New York Chapter: PR and Business Development Teams Working Together for Stellar Results | |
| October 23, 2008 - Many internal law firm PR professionals operate day-to-day autonomously without interacting or coordinating with their firm's sophisticated and robust business development teams. Unknowingly, they are leaving valuable information untapped and are missing opportunities for media relations successes. Our esteemed panel addressed the "best practices" that PR with BD teams can implement and assess the value that such a union can provide for firms. | |
| Washington DC Chapter: Discussion with Political Media | |
| October 16, 2008 - This meeting featured a panel of political media, including Jeanne Cummings of Politico, Ted Goldman of Roll Call, and Jeffrey Birnbaum of Washington Times, wih Amy Weiss of Point Blank Public Affairsl moderating the panel. | |
| New York Chapter: LFMP on Media Training with Mary Civiello | |
| September 10, 2008 - For an evening of media training, LFMP's New York chapter hosted renowned award-winning guest, Mary Civiello, who is a former anchor on WNBC-TV News and president of Civiello Communications Group (CCG). As a media and presentation coach, she was honored with a 2003 Clarion Award, and dubbed the corporate executive's "Communications Guru" by the New York Times. | |
| DC Chapter: An Evening with the Legal Times | |
| May 20, 2008 - The D.C. chapter of LFMP hosted it's first meeting since it's initiation, featuring David Brown, Editor-in-Chief, as a guest speaker, as well as and other editorial staff members. | |
| New York Chapter: An Evening with American Lawyer | |
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May 13, 2008 - This event featured Mr. Aric Press, Editor-in-Chief, and Dimitra Kessenides, Executive Editor of www.americanlawyer.com and former reporter with JD Jungle. Mr. Press and Ms. Kessenides offered their perspectives on covering law firms and working with media professionals and discussed The American Lawyer's website. Additionally, Mr. Press provided insight as to what's new at American Lawyer Media, given its recent purchase by Incisive Media, publisher of Legal Week in London, and the impact of the magazine's expanded global reach and resources. |
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| New York Chapter: Wall Street Journal Bloggers | |
| April 9, 2008 - NYC LFMP hosted two Wall Street Journal Bloggers - Heidi Moore and Dan Slater. Heidi, along with Dennis Berman, is the lead writer of the Deal Journal Blog, an up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal-makers, updated frequently with exclusive running commentary, news flashes, profiles, data and more. Dan is the new lead reporter for the WSJ's Law Blog, a daily look at law and business and the business of law. | |
| Washington DC Chapter: Chapter Launch Meeting | |
| April 3, 2008 - LFMP's Washington Chapter holds its inaugural meeting. | |
| New York Chapter: PR Firms and Professionals | |
| March 18, 2008 - This meeting concentrated on PR firms and in-house PR professionals. PR firms--Hellerman Baretz and Jaffe Associates-- were among those PR firms represented. | |
| New York Chapter: Top Editors from Chambers, Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers | |
| February 26, 2008 - Our guests included top editors from Chambers Directories, Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers as featured speakers: Fiona Boxall, editor of Chambers Directories, and William C. White, publisher of Super Lawyers and William Brooks of Best Lawyers. Click here to view photos of the event. | |
| New York Chapter: Hilary Potkewitz, Crain's New York Business | |
| Jan 29, 2008 - Hilary Potkewitz, law firm reporter for Crain's New York Business, came to speak about her experiences, giving us insight into her role as a major player in the legal industry press. | |
| Houston Chapter: Inaugural Event | |
| Jan 15, 2008 - Houston holds its first ever LFMP event. | |
| New York Chapter: Matt Byrne, The Lawyer's first reporter | |
| Nov 29, 2007–Our guest this time around was Matt Byrne, the first reporter for The Lawyer—based in London—to work in New York, and the current Associate Editor of the paper. Byrne is known for his in-depth reporting on New York law firm activity and strategies, and for his blog, "Byrne in the USA," published weekly by The Lawyer. | |
| New York Chapter: LFMP Hosts Brook Masters with Financial Times | |
| LFMP hosted Brooke Masters, senior business reporter for the Financial Times, at its monthly meeting held on May 8th, 2007. Ms. Masters covers white collar crime, corporate governance and other legal issues. | |
| New York Chapter: Law Firm Media Professionals meets the New York Law Journal | |
| Jeff Storey, executive editor of the New York Law Journal, and members of his staff paid a visit to LFMP on April 18th, 2007. | |
| New York Chapter: Legal 500 and Legal Business | |
| Tom Freeman of the UK publications, The Legal 500 and Legal Business, was the featured guest speaker for New York's LFMP Chapter on March 19th, 2007. | |
| New York Chapter: Litigation PR | |
| The New York LFMP chapter hosted Joshua Peck, LFMP president, and John Hellerman, founder of Hellerman Baretz Communications LLC at its monthly meeting on February 26, 2007. They led members in a discussion on how lawyers can prepare to handle themselves with the media and how to communicate and control information when a matter is underway. | |
| Boston Chapter: Roundtable discussion on Selecting and Working with PR Agencies | |
| Members of the Law Firm Media Professionals of the Boston Chapter held an an interactive roundtable discussion on Selecting and Working with PR Agencies at their meeting on February 15,2007. Members discussed topics including selecting an outside PR firm, selecting smaller, niche firms in addition to a primary vendor, avoiding the bait-and-switch, tips on daily interaction with the PR firm, and maximizing productivity. | |
| Fred Gracia from Logos Consulting Group, Speaks about Crisis Management | |
| Fred Garcia with Logos Consulting Group was the guest speaker for the New York LFMP branch at their meeting on January 29, 2007. With group members enrolled as "cast members," Fred and his team discussed and demonstrated crisis management and communication scenarios in this hands-on seminar for LFMP members. | |
| Mr. Aric Press, American Lawyer's Editor-In-Chief, Visits LFMP | |
| Mr. Press paid a visit to LFMP's as its guest speaker on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 to speak about the "state of the law firm today", based on his experience as head of the industry's leading publication. Click here to view our photo album! | |
| CLE Seminar- Monday, Nov. 13, 2006 6-9p.m. | |
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USING & CONTROLLING THE MEDIA
IN LITIGATION: EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING THE INFORMATION THE
PRESS RECEIVES
CLE credit: 3 credits total:
credit breakdown to be determined. This program provides
transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys. For more
information regarding this course, please
click here! |
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| Tommy Fernandez Speaks Candidly with LFMP | |
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July 26, 2006 - Tommy Fernandez, for three years the legal beat writer for Crain's New York Business, gave a candid address at the July meeting of Law Firm Media Professionals, just a few days before his last days at the paper. He is now working on an advanced degree at the New School in New York. He edited his remarks slightly, and agreed to let Law Firm Media Professionals post his talk as we launched our website in August. LFMP thanks him for his candid and impassioned talk. ---Joshua M. Peck, President Click here to read Tommy's speech. |
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| LFMP Comes to Boston | |
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June 14, 2006 - Law firm Ropes and Gray hosted LFMP's very first meeting in Boston, inaugurating the LFMP Boston Chapter. Mr. Joshua M. Peck, Senior Manager of Media Relations at DuaneMorris and President and Founder of LFMP was the event's guest speaker. He formally welcomed the association's new and current Boston-based members to the organization. LFMP Boston will provide yet another venue for law firm media personnel to gather and discuss the various communication issues relevant to their professions. |
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