The jury is back, and PR NEWS is excited to announce the winners
of our first-ever Legal PR Awards programs. We had a healthy stack
of entries from the marketing and PR departments at law firms of
all sizes in North America. The winners below demonstrate the fine
art and science of promoting law firm mergers, legal professionals
and community and business initiatives. Congratulations to all of
the winners. Throughout the next several months PR NEWS will run
feature stories on each of the winning firms and what -- in each
particular category -- set them apart. Find out more about our
awards, including the 2004 Platinum PR Awards (entry May 3), at
www.PrandMarketing.com
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Outstanding Client Newsletter or Communiqué
Winner - Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A.
Outstanding in-House PR Professional
Winner - Joey Mooring at Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.
Outstanding Integrated Communications
Winner - Armstrong Allen/Thompson Baker & Berry (PR
firm)
Honorable Mention - Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Outstanding Legal Feature
Winner - Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Honorable Mention - Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Honorable Mention - Smith & Suita, Inc. (PR firm)
Outstanding Media Exposure
Winner - Bingham McCutchen LLP (for Law Firm Merger)
Winner - Latham & Watkins (for Pro Bono)
Winner - Duane Morris LLP (for Business Development)
Honorable Mention: Latham & Watkins (for Law Firm
Merger)
Honorable Mention - Reed Smith merger with Crosby Heafey
Overall Excellence in Media Coverage
Winner -Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Honorable Mention - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Honorable Mention - Smith & Suita, Inc. (PR firm)
Next week in PR NEWS: It's one thing for companies to
talk about corporate social responsibility. It's another for
companies to show it. The winners of PR NEWS' annual CSR awards
have taken the "show me" route, proving through their CSR programs
that socially responsible behavior is good for both the company's
reputation -- and its bottom line. A list of this year's CSR
winners runs in this space in PR NEWS on March 22.