Litigation Communications and Trial Publicity

Litigation and investigations are increasingly common. It is vital to have a nuanced litigation communications strategy for protecting your reputation—or your law firm’s clients—and to manage the message for all stakeholders across traditional and social media. Having an attorney-led PR team can help you preserve privilege as well as understand the legal complexities in play. Early intervention can save the day. Don’t let others control the story. Be vigilant and proactive.

Litigation Communications and Trial Publicity for Law Firms and Their Clients

The expert team at Furia Rubel knows that the best litigation communications and trial publicity strategies are built around early intervention. Whether the goal is to tell the story or keep the story out of the court of public opinion, involving your PR agency in partnership with general counsel at the onset can make all the difference.

We partner with law firms, their clients, general counsel, and leadership teams to develop strategies that support their objectives. Early engagement is crucial to influence stakeholders, control first impressions, manage reputations, or win the hearts and minds of the court of public opinion.

Preserving and protecting a law firm’s brand, or that of its client, is of paramount importance. We advise on how communications will preserve and protect a client’s brand and how communications can impact – positively or negatively – and support litigation strategy. Our team of experienced media and law professionals provides unbiased and strategic counsel to ensure our clients are protected to the best of our ability.

Crisis planning and management
Serving as point-of-contact for all media
Analyzing court documents and pleadings
Media training and ongoing coaching for spokespersons
Crafting and disseminating messages for each audience, including internal audiences, external audiences, clients and the media
Orchestrating and managing press conferences
Managing the media in the courtroom
Creating videos and press backgrounders to increase interest when other news threatens to bury your story

Furia Rubel’s portfolio showcases just a few matters the agency has handled for law firms and their clients. The examples demonstrate our understanding of clients’ business objectives and how our professionals recommend comprehensive strategies and deliver creative tactics that bring about extraordinary results.

Below is a partial list of the, crisis planning, management, litigation communications, trial publicity, media relations strategy, and implementation for which we have provided support. Not all matter types are listed here:

- Airport expansion litigation
- Board of director disputes
- Corporate reputation management due to negative acts of employees
- Cybersecurity and data breaches
- Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical litigation
- Election-related social media attacks
- Executives involved in sexual misconduct, fraud, embezzlement, disbarment, and discrimination
- Intellectual property litigation
- Investigative media reporting
- Labor union negotiations, walkouts, and protests
- Malpractice litigation
- Mass torts and complex litigation including asbestos, lead paint, breast implants and toxic substances
- Pandemic communications, policies, and procedures
- Police-involved shootings
- Product liability matters and recalls
- Real estate development, zoning, and real property disputes
- Sexual abuse litigation
- Sexual misconduct
- Superfund sites
- Tax litigation
- Tortious interference
- Voting and election-related issues
- Whistleblower litigation
- Workers’ compensation litigation

Portfolio Highlights

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Civil Rights Lawsuit Public Relations

When Eisenberg Rothweiler announced the filing of a civil rights lawsuit in the police-involved shooting death of an unarmed Philadelphia chef, the firm called on Furia Rubel to get the public’s attention.

Civil Rights Lawsuit Public Relations

Litigation Communications and Trial Publicity

Furia Rubel serves as the agency-of-record for Laffey Bucci D’Andrea Reich & Ryan, a Philadelphia-based law firm representing clients in personal injury and crime victim matters.

Litigation Communications and Trial Publicity

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Litigation communications and trial publicity

An international incident that injured a U.S. family sparked inquiries from press outlets around the world to a Delaware law firm. The firm turned to Furia Rubel for counsel and support to handle the media relations and public response, while the attorneys fought for justice for the family.

Litigation communications and trial publicity

Law Firm Public Relations

A leadership transition to a new firm-wide office managing partner led Stoel Rives to retain Furia Rubel to craft and execute a communications strategy to broadcast and reinforce the firm’s focus on client value and its modernization of the law practice’s management. Our team remained PR agency of record from 2015 – 2020.

Law Firm Public Relations

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Public Relations and Trial Publicity

Expansion with representation. Furia Rubel supported Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with a public awareness campaign to give it an important voice in decisions over the expansion of Philadelphia’s major international airport.

Public Relations and Trial Publicity

Law Firm Integrated Marketing

As a law firm marketing agency, Furia Rubel employs solid public relations and marketing communications with the right amount of creativity to help Willig, Williams & Davidson stand out from the competition.

Law Firm Integrated Marketing

From the Furia Rubel News Desk

The Impact of Media and Technology on the Litigation Landscape with Sabrina Mizrachi, Deputy General Counsel at Estée Lauder

03/18/24