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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? |
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November 13, 2008 -
Denise Graveline, President of
don't det caught moderats the meeting dealing with
law firms and social media. |
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New York
Chapter: PR and Business Development Teams Working Together for Stellar Results |
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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. |
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Washington DC Chapter:
Discussion with
Political Media |
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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. |
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New York Chapter: LFMP
on Media Training with Mary Civiello |
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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.
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DC Chapter: An
Evening with the Legal Times |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Washington DC Chapter: Chapter
Launch Meeting |
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April 3, 2008 - LFMP's Washington
Chapter holds its inaugural meeting. |
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New York Chapter: PR
Firms and Professionals |
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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.
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New York Chapter: Top
Editors from Chambers, Best Lawyers and Super
Lawyers |
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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. |
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New York Chapter: Hilary
Potkewitz, Crain's New
York Business |
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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. |
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Houston Chapter: Inaugural
Event |
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Jan 15, 2008 - Houston holds its
first ever LFMP event. |
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New York Chapter: Matt
Byrne, The Lawyer's
first reporter |
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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.
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New York Chapter: LFMP
Hosts Brook Masters with Financial Times |
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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. |
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New York Chapter:
Law
Firm Media Professionals meets the New York Law Journal |
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Jeff Storey, executive editor of
the New York Law Journal, and members of his staff paid
a visit to LFMP on April 18th, 2007. |
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New York Chapter:
Legal
500 and Legal Business |
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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. |
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New York Chapter:
Litigation PR |
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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. |
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Boston
Chapter: Roundtable discussion on Selecting and Working with PR
Agencies |
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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. |
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Fred Gracia from
Logos Consulting Group,
Speaks about
Crisis Management |
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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. |
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Mr. Aric Press,
American Lawyer's Editor-In-Chief, Visits LFMP |
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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! |
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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
In the current environment of heightened awareness and concern
over corporate wrongdoing, compounded by great public interest
in high profile litigation, journalists have descended upon
these types of cases as news goldmines. Lawyers need to know
not only how to master the adversarial and courtroom
battleground, but also how to handle themselves with the
media.
Lawyers cannot afford to be unprepared to talk to journalists,
especially when: the court of public opinion matters just as
much as the ruling to the client; the fate of any case may be
shaped by media coverage and the lawyers' abilities to
communicate and control the information they receive; and the
opposition may be far more skilled at handling the media.
Two law firm media relations specialists (one a former
award-winning journalist, the other a lawyer), will
comprehensively address how to handle media attention relating
to high-profile litigation. Topics will include: making public
statements, T.V. appearances, handling unexpected journalist
phone calls, tackling "off the record" conversations, requests
for "leaks" of information and building long-lasting
relationships with reporters without divulging confidential
information.
This program is a must for lawyers in any practice area.
Program Co-Instructors: Joshua Peck, Senior Manager of Media
Relations, Duane Morris LLP & Spencer Baretz, Partner,
Hellerman Baretz Communications.
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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