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2008 Year in Review
In This Report:
Client Work
Presentations & Publications
Community Involvement
Our Services
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  • Strategic communications counsel
  • Crisis planning
  • Rapid crisis response
  • Corporate communications
  • Issues advocacy
  • Media relations
  • Media training
  • Real time media monitoring
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Amy Rotenberg, Esq.
President
612.336.7701

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Stacy Lynn Bettison, Esq.
Communications Counsel
612.336.7703
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2009: Our 5th Anniversary!
 
We deeply appreciate our many invaluable friendships and loyal client relationships.  Our team looks forward to working with all of you during Rotenberg Associates' 5th Anniversary Year! 

Rotenberg Associates is pleased to have this opportunity to offer a sampling of the broad range of strategic communications counsel we provided in 2008.  From high-profile business litigation to IRS inquiries targeting a church, from street protests involving undocumented workers to negative publicity regarding highly visible professional athletes, Rotenberg Associates is privileged to provide strategic communications counsel for a variety of our clients' most critical issues.

 

We also would like to share some examples of Rotenberg Associates' public presentations and publications, as well as our work in the community.
Client Work
  • Church-state issues: Media relations and strategic counsel for large church involved in federal tax inquiry.
  • Business and political issues: Media relations and strategic counsel regarding high-profile business litigation and related  national media political coverage.
  • Reputation management:  Strategic counsel regarding multiple well-known professional athletes involved in legal and sports league proceedings.
  • White-collar criminal matters: Investor and media relations and strategic counsel to various creditors related to bankruptcies and Ponzi schemes.
  • Employer-employee relations: Spokesperson and strategic counsel for prominent retailer during extended picketing and boycott campaign related to undocumented workers. 
  • Mergers and acquisitions: Strategic counsel, internal and external communications development for publicly-traded manufacturer's multiple corporate acquistitions. 
  • National product recall: Communications strategy and media relations during manufacturer's national product recall over concerns regarding lead contamination in items intended for children.
  • Class action litigation: Media relations and strategic counsel to global food manufacturer and distributor facing multi-billion dollar class action suit.
  • Media investigation: Strategic counsel to private school regarding alleged employment of convicted sex offender.
  • Reductions in workforce: Internal and external communications strategy for corporate reorganizations and workforce reductions.

To see other matters we've handled, click here.

Presentations & Publications


  • Representing Your Client in the Court of Public Opinion, The Hennepin Lawyer (January 2008)
  • Crisis Management and Media Relations, Hennepin County Bar Association LINC (Leaders Impacting the Nonprofit Community) Panel (Minneapolis, MN, May 2008)
  • Taking Charge of a Business Crisis, Minnesota CLE Webcast Seminars (May 2008)
  • Hospital and Health Clinic Crises: Dealing with the Media, Patient Safety Symposia, The Midwest Medical Insurance Company (MMIC) (Des Moines, IA, September 11, 2008, and Minneapolis, MN, October 17, 2008)
  • Hospital and Health Clinic Crises: Dealing with the Media, Monthly Symposium, Minnesota Society for Healthcare Risk Management (Golden Valley, MN, November 11, 2008)
Community Involvement


Rotenberg Associates strongly believes in giving back to our community.  Public service highlights from 2008 include:

 Amy Rotenberg:

  • Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of the Board on Judicial Standards
  • Minnesota Finance Co-Chair and National Women's Leadership Board Member for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign
  • Member, Board of Governors of the National Television Academy (Upper Midwest Chapter). 
  • Moderator, Minnesota 3rd Congressional District candidates debate
  • Co-chair, Harvard College Chapter of Harvard University Club of Minnesota.
  •  Board Member, WomenWinning (formerly Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund).
  • Delegate, Minnesota Governor's 2008 Trade Mission to Israel

Stacy Bettison:

  • Co-chair, Public Policy Advocacy Committee, Minnesota Women Lawyers
  • The Hon. Myron H. Bright 40th Anniversary & Reunion Planning Committee