I’ve been thinking about why a law firm decides to spend money on public relations. If it’s not to further promote their reputation and trusted attorneys, then that money is wasted. If you do a Google search for “lawyer” and “reputation” one of the top paid links is for Lawyerratingz,which has the headline: Lawyers to…
This week The Jerusalem Post had a story with the title: The real problem behind Israel’s dismal PR. I found the first paragraph amusing: Israel’s public image today is dismal. As Elie Wiesel once joked, “Jews excel in just about every profession except public relations, but this should not surprise us: When God wanted to
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Sometimes the best blog posts are inspired by other bloggers. In this case, Robert J. Ambrogi’s blog LawSites provided me with and idea that I have never looked into: what am I worth to a law firm? Here’s something from his blog that I’d like to respond to: The gist of my post is to ask whether
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One of my favorite public relations professionals is Joan Stewart, who has a business called The Publicity Hound that helps other public relations professionals do better work. Her blog has this post: How to work with a PR firm: 15 do’s and 8 don’ts, and I’d like to add look at a few of the “don’ts” more closely:
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All aboard the Jelly Belly Express with Tom and Elizabeth Recently, I was on vacation with my family in Racine, Wisconsin. The great thing about small towns near Chicago is that they can be as interesting as Disney World for our 22-month-old daughter. On the way home we stopped at Jelly Belly for
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What makes legal news can run from logical to lunacy. I can understand why members of the original funk band War are suing Pepsi for more than $10 million, saying Pepsi did not negotiate with them to use their song “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” in a new commercial. This case might be an infringement of someone’s
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It seems that location-based social media services, like Foursquare.com, are beginning to scare people. Sites like IcanstalkU.com say that whenever people post a photo of their lunch or their kids, also included are details about their exact location. We’ve certainly come a long way from stalking as I used to do it. OK, wait I’m not that creepy, let me
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This week, I had two meetings at a legal trade magazine where the reporter interviewed my clients from different law firms for two profile stories. I sat in the room quietly, listening as my clients shared their experiences as attorneys. I enjoy sitting in on these meetings because I often learn something new about my clients.
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The battle over Arizona’s controversial new immigration laws has caused quite a stir. I’m in Chicago which is about 1,752 miles from Phoenix and I’ve felt the anger first-hand, from protesters who have marched in the Windy City. Now comes news that Virginia police officers can question stopped motorists about their immigration status. According to
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A few weeks back, the Wall Street Journal ran an article titled: Using Social Networking as Legal Tool. It features lessons and case studies from law firms that represent plaintiffs in personal injury and disasters (think Life of a Trial Lawyer: Boots down for BP Oil Spill Lawyer). A New York-based firm set up the website
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