Crisis PR & Communications
Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 3
Chambers Review
August Strategic Communications is focused on advising high-profile clients on a variety of crisis situations, including workplace misconduct, product recall and cybersecurity events. The team is well regarded for its depth of expertise, with members of the team bringing their previous experience as attorneys to difficult reputational matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are super smart, well prepared, and have the right mixture of intellectual candlepower and common sense."
"August have tremendous reach within the PR and news media space; when they talk, people listen. They are skilled at taking charge of strategic narratives from the beginning."
"August were there every step of the way to have messaging ready. They did a great job and the client has been very happy."
"They are super smart, well prepared, and have the right mixture of intellectual candlepower and common sense."
"August have tremendous reach within the PR and news media space; when they talk, people listen. They are skilled at taking charge of strategic narratives from the beginning."
"August were there every step of the way to have messaging ready. They did a great job and the client has been very happy."
Notable Practitioners
Ellen Davis is a senior managing director and head of the litigation and crisis practice at the firm. Davis is a former attorney and she frequently advises Fortune 100 companies, law firms, notable individuals and non-profit organisations on critical communication strategies and reputation recovery plans.
"Ellen is a real star: thoughtful, smart and excellent. She has a broadcast journalism background and worked in the Attorney General's Office for SDNY, and she is very knowledgeable about legal issues."
"Ellen is unflappable and has excellent judgement."
"Ellen is just excellent and instrumental. She has a lot of expertise from her time with the DOJ and has terrific ties with the press, helping to influence the story and how they look at the story."