PR News' Legal PR Awards honor the most outstanding PR, crisis and litigation communications efforts among corporations, agencies and law firms. Below we present the 2009 PR News Legal PR Awards winners and honorable mentions. Click on the winners to read profiles of the winners and honorable mentions in this year's competition.
Annual Report
Winner: Jenner & Block LLP for 2007 Pro Bono and Community Service Report
Client Newsletter
Winner: GodwinGroup and Butler Snow for Best Client Newsletter in 2008
Community Relations
Winner: MassMedia Corp. Communications for McDonald Carano Wilson LLP Supports Fernley Flood Relief
Honorable Mention:
Duane Morris for Duane Morris Community Relations Initiative: Alumni Web Site
Crisis Management/Crisis Response
Winner: MWW Group and Boscov's for Boscov's Beats the Odds and Stores Return to Founding Family
Honorable Mentions:
Media & Communications Strategies, LLC and Gleason Group for Saving American Manufacturing Campaign
FD and Tropicana Entertainment for "All In": A Communications Campaign to Support the Chapter 11 Restructuring of Tropicana Entertainment LLC
Litigation Communications
Winner: FD for 290% Greater Than Expected: A Campaign to Maximize Returns to Enron's Creditors
Honorable Mentions:
Spada and Cohen Milstein for Cohen Milstein's Air Passenger Victory-Breaking the Mould
AMERIGROUP Corporation for AMERIGROUP Corporation Illinois Litigation
Legal PR Blog
Winners: Marler Clark LLP PS and Lexblog for Bill Marler's Marlerblog
Marketing Communications
Honorable Mention:
Marler Clark LLP for Marler Clark Outbreak Audio News Releases
Media Coverage
Winner: Porter Novelli and King & Spalding LLP for King & Spalding's PR Program--2008
Honorable Mentions:
MWW Group for MWW Group Secures National Media Spotlight for Ohio-Based Law Firm Baker Hostetler LLP
Furia Rubel Communications for Feldman Shepherd Death of Diane Glynn Media Coverage
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy PC for Think Like a Report: How We Made Our Firm The "Go-To" Law Firm for Media in Our Market
In-House PR Professional
Winner: Russell Thomas, Director of Media and PR, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Media Relations During Litigation or Crisis
Winner: Ron Sachs Communications Inc. for Alia Faraj-Johnson, Alan Crotzer Claims Bill
Honorable Mentions:
FD for 290% Greater Tham Expected: A Campaign to Maximize Returns to Enron's Creditors
AMERIGROUP Corporation for AMERIGROUP Corporation Illinois Litigation
Meida & Communications Strategies, LLC for Saving American Manufacturing Campaign