Do You Know Who Is Running the Defense’s Communications?
The defense often has a communications plan before you file. I find out what it is running against your case and who is behind it, and I put your client’s story in front of the people who decide the case.
Text me your case name. I’ll send a free written audit within 12 hours.
“Karen has the ability to get press no one else seems to get.”
9,000 Women. A Million Press Hits in 24 Hours. The Same-Day Story the Whole Country Read.
I ran communications for a case of 9,000 women. The lawyers settled the case. I won the story. It started with one AP wire story, and on a day dominated by U.S.–Russia tensions, the story produced more than a million press hits.
THE DEFENSE’S STORYOne bad employee. An isolated failure, not a pattern.
THE WORKI got the AP wire story in front of reporters before the defense’s account could set the terms.
THE RECORDNational coverage reported a pattern that reached 9,000 women.
How It Works: Three Steps
Text me your case name. I check four things in public data: targeted ads, paid search, look-alike sites and your search ranking. You get a written summary with dates and sources.
See a sample audit →I walk your partners through the audit on a 20-minute call: what I found, where I found it and the one next step.
A written brief on who is running the defense’s communications, their record, their playbook and what to expect next.
What the brief contains →
From the Newsroom to the Courtroom
I’m the principal of Oliver & Ginger, and I’ve worked in plaintiff litigation communications for twenty-nine years. Before that, five years as a reporter at Dow Jones — and before that, Booz Allen.
I know what it takes to get a story placed, because I’ve been on the receiving end of the pitch. That’s not a credential you can hire. It’s a perspective you either have or you don’t.
Read Karen’s full bio →Will retaining you create a discoverable record?
No parallel file. Engaged through your firm, under privilege, structured as attorney work product from the first conversation.
Is this ethical?
This work is structured as privileged attorney work product, under counsel’s direction, and compliant with Rule 3.6 on trial publicity. I never contact jurors, witnesses, or the venire.
Do you guarantee a larger settlement?
No. What I guarantee: the defense loses its monopoly on the story.
Who actually does the work?
I lead and personally start every engagement from day one. You always have my direct line. When the volume of a matter demands scale, I bring in a vetted bench — no one with fewer than ten years of experience touches your account.
What does this cost?
The 12-hour audit and the partner briefing are free. Paid work starts with a written scope and a fixed term, agreed before I begin, with an exit built in from day one.
Can you be paid from a common benefit fund?
Yes. In MDL and mass tort matters, I can be paid out of a common benefit fund under the court’s cost order, with accounting and documentation supplied for the court.
The Defense Has a Plan for This Case. You Should Have One Too.
You don’t need to build a communications operation from scratch. You need one call.
All work is structured as privileged attorney work product and Rule 3.6 compliant.