Miller & Martin last week announced the formation of a crisis management practice at the firm to serve the needs of businesses and organizations throughout all of its markets, according to Jim Haley, Chairman.
The new practice will involve 13 Miller & Martin attorneys, including Don Aho, Roger Dickson, Crews Townsend and Haley in Chattanooga. They will focus on crisis management from preventative planning to management of actual crises. Miller & Martin member Zac Greene in Chattanooga is the practice group leader.
In announcing the news, Haley said, “A business crisis is best managed before it ever occurs. Our new crisis management practice group leverages the firm’s deep experience in advising clients with respect to business operations, government enforcement and dispute resolution to offer our clients a multi-disciplinary approach to avoiding, managing and recovering from unexpected business interruptions.”
In creating this new practice, Miller & Martin is including Atlanta-based Jackson Spalding, a marketing communications firm with a specialty in crisis management, to add public relations and media relations resources for its clients’ crisis management needs.
“A big part of managing a crisis when it occurs is maintaining strong communications with a business’s diverse audiences to ensure accurate information is shared in a timely manner,” Greene stated. “We are pleased to have Jackson Spalding as part of our crisis management team.”
Miller & Martin, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2017, was founded in 1867. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville, with 130 attorneys throughout the firm. Haley said, “We believe in our business philosophy and our ability to deliver effective legal solutions for our clients while producing client-focused growth for our firm.”
More information about Miller & Martin is available at its website at www.millermartin.com.
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