public relations

Attorneys tend to be very careful, scrutinize information and documents, and try to not make mistakes because they can be costly and have negative affects on the case they’re working on, their clients, and their own reputation. That’s usually true, except when it comes to one of the most famous authors in the world. Apparently…

Even though the Miley Cyrus “twerking” incident occurred last month, people are still talking about it. One recent article is in Time magazine called, “The People vs. Miley Cyrus: FCC Complaints Aired” by Noah Rayman, in which he lists some of the complaints sent in to the FCC after Cyrus’ and Robin Thicke’s performance aired

Here’s something that made news even though it doesn’t seem so exciting: a garage. Actually, it’s not that mundane because the garage that NBC Washington had a story about is where Mark Felt, aka “Deep Throat,” and Bob Woodward, who reported the Watergate scandal, met. That garage is going to be torn down, and even though

Here’s something that caught my eye: “Judge wears nun disguise before convicting woman of bank robbery,” by Kim Janssen, about a judge that really used creativity to crack a case in his courtroom. He wore a nun outfit to demonstrate that the skin color around his eyes could be seen because the defendant in a robbery

I often get media inquiries and I check them to see if a request would fit one of my clients. Usually they’re straightforward and I don’t think much about them, but recently, I saw this one from a freelance writer: For a story in a national publication, I’m looking for input from experts and pizza restaurant

There is a brief article by S.V. Date on NPR’s website called “NRA’s ‘Anti-Gun’ List Includes Some Not-So-Obvious Names” which says that the NRA’s list has over 500 names on it. I’m surprised the NRA would keep such a list, but what doesn’t surprise me are the celebrities who say one thing and do another.

There is worldwide coverage of the story about Urooj Khan, the Chicago man who won the lottery and ended up dead from cyanide poisoning. It’s a real-life mystery that all kinds of media are covering. So you’d think anyone connected to Khan would be careful about what they’re saying in the press. However, it seems

Dec. 21 is long gone, and the world didn’t end, as the Mayans supposedly predicted. Even though that day is history and people have continued their routines, I still think the topic is interesting, especially when attorneys are involved. I read about one attorney in the article “UFO lovers, light-seekers and lawyers await Maya end

Sometimes when we’re doing publicity, we might be afraid to mention the unmentionable. Like death: it makes us squeamish and fearful. And cremation doesn’t fare any better. After all, how many times have you heard the word and thought, “What a great promotional opportunity”? Yet that’s what the Cremation Society of Illinois did: they had