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    PRO Sports Communications Launches Strategic Legal Crisis Management Division

    PRWeb – Thu, Feb 9, 2012

    PRO Sports Communications today announced the launch of a new strategic legal crisis management division to address the unique communications needs of corporate and individual clients facing high-profile legal crisis challenges. The new division will be managed by PRO affiliate, lawyer and legal crisis expert, Rich Nichols.

    Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 09, 2012

    PRO Sports Communications today announced the launch of a new strategic legal crisis management division to address the unique communications needs of corporate and individual clients facing high-profile legal crisis challenges. The new division will be managed by PRO affiliate, lawyer and legal crisis expert, Rich Nichols.

    “When clients are embroiled in crisis situations with legal implications, having crisis strategists in place who understand the legal issues and can work closely with a client’s lawyers to accurately communicate a client’s legal challenges to the media is imperative,” said PRO Chief Executive Officer, Melinda Travis. “Rich’s leadership and expertise in the area of strategic legal crisis management expands our capabilities tremendously and provides our clients with a level of protection and risk management very few firms can offer.”

    Nichols brings over thirty years of experience in providing hands-on, strategic crisis management communications advice and counsel to companies and individuals at the highest levels of sports, business, entertainment, government and public policy. Specializing in corporate crisis management and sports crisis matters, Nichols has not only provided legal crisis management counsel, but he also designed and executed strategic crisis communication plans for clients involved in some of the biggest sports controversies of the last decade, including Marion Jones in the BALCO performance enhancing drug scandal.

    Additionally, Nichols’ clients have included professional and NCAA Division 1 coaches, administrators involved in national controversies, and a major public educational institution dealing with allegations of systematic student-athlete eligibility grade manipulation. He has conducted proactive, crisis prevention investigations for public and private corporations and provided strategic crisis management counsel to corporate executives and public officials. Nichols also served as Vice President Corporate Affairs and General Counsel to the American Basketball League, taught sports law at the University of California Hastings College of Law, and was Senior Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati and Hughes and Luce, LLP (now K&L Gates) in Dallas, Texas.

    “Being proactive, acknowledging that a crisis is imminent, and developing and executing a strategic crisis management and communications plan is critical if an organization or individual wants to preserve its reputation and brand,” said Nichols. “I am pleased to affiliate with the seasoned communication professionals at PRO, a firm that has already demonstrated its ability to provide clients nimble and effective reputation and brand preservation service in crisis situations.”

    ABOUT PRO SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS


    PRO Sports Communications is a strategic public relations firm specializing in crisis management and media training for the sports industry. The company’s team of professionals includes both PR strategists and lawyers who are experts in sports, media and communications, with experience on all sides of the media equation, as former journalists, league and team personnel and Fortune 500 communications executives. PRO provides athletes, executives and organizations with clear media goals, comprehensive coaching on the fundamentals of interviewing, and strategies for both traditional and social media that allow them to positively influence the coverage they receive. For more information, visit http://www.sportspr.com.

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