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When you work with an attorney, you will have no problem reducing the risks associated with getting your case in front of a judge and jury, or other formal court, when you need to. However, every case is different. It is important to work wi Bankruptcy is a situation, wherein an individual is termed as unable to discharge all the debts. When a person or a company is not able to pay off its creditors, it has an obligation to file a bankruptcy suit. In fact, a bankruptcy suit is a
Attention attorneys, external or in house. Here's a question you may or may not have been asked in law school: "If,after months or years of excellent legal work, you obtain positiveresults for a client -- but the client's business still is irrevocablydamaged due to rumor, innuendo, misperception and competitors takingadvantage of same -- could you have done something to prevent thoselosses?" A Pyrrhic victory, defined, is a "victory won at excessive cost." It isquite possible, for example, that some of the indicted or civilly suedbusiness executives now in the news could, ultimately, be exonerated bythe courts. But at what cost? Through effective preventive crisismanagement, such as vulnerability audits, crisis planning and training(including media training) -- their crises might have been averted orgreatly minimized. Through better response, STARTING THE MOMENT THEIRLEGAL COUNSEL KNEW THAT TROUBLE WAS BREWING, damage from media coveragecould have been reduced. Don'tdiscount, by the way, the impact of poorly perceived legal situationson governmental organizations, always sensitive to budget allocationsand re-appointment of leaders. Some of my attorney contactshave woken up to the value of asking "what could a crisis managementexpert do to help my client/organization" shortly after they learn of anew legal matter. That allows us to jointly anticipate andwork towards minimizing potential negative reaction to the situationif/when it becomes known to important audiences. In other words, weprepare for the worst, but hope for the best. Time after time,we've found that taking this approach, at a minimum, givesclients/organizations greater piece of mind. And if the stuff reallyhits the fan, their response is much more effective -- they're notscrambling around trying to figure out what to say and do, becausewe've already thought it through together, as a legal/PR team advisingthe organization's top executives. Attorneys don't, as Iunderstand it, formally have an ethical obligation to recommend thattheir clients look at a bigger picture than the legal matters underconsideration. However, not only does doing so "add value" to one'sservices, but more importantly it helps PRESERVE THE VALUE of theorganization. If you're outside counsel, you'll get a lot more billabletime from a long-time client that survives crises relatively intactthan from one that fails or suffers greatly. And if you're in-housecounsel, your personal future is directly tied not only to legalsuccesses, but to the success of the organization as a whole.
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