Litigation Communications

Today’s legal battles are fought and won in the court of public opinion as well as the inside of a courtroom. A communications strategy for key stakeholders, such as consumers, investors, employees and other audiences, can be important to a legal outcome and crucial to the fate of a company's reputation.

 

Ketchum’s Litigation Communications team understands how to help corporate communications and public affairs professionals, business executives, and internal and external legal counsel navigate these complex communications challenges. Ketchum’s counselors help companies communicate the technical, complicated, and often arcane elements of litigation into messages that are heard, understood, and remembered outside the courtroom.

 

Ketchum’s Litigation Communications counselors have been on the firing line for some of the most closely watched legal disputes. We know the news media and understand the needs and concerns of attorneys, public relations executives, senior management and others who have a stake in successful litigation management. We work with internal and external legal counsel to craft messages that articulate a client’s position clearly and persuasively to non-legal audiences. Finally, we understand that legal matters require the highest level of discretion and sensitivity.

 

Ketchum has devised strategies to support companies as both defendants and plaintiffs at all stages of the litigation process – from initial filings all the way to trials as well as out-of-court settlements. Our litigation communications experience has included some of the largest class-actions and mass torts in history, actions initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies, as well as many lawsuits whose implications were less newsworthy but no less important to the parties involved.

 

With a comprehensive range of specialized public relations services and extensive experience from serving companies in a number of legal situations, Ketchum’s Litigation Communications professionals have the expertise companies need to craft communications that resonate outside the courtroom.