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2009 Year in Review

In This Report:
Client Work
In the Community
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.
612.336.7703
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Team Updates

Ian Carroll was promoted in March 2009 to the new position of Information Manager.

 

Thank You!
 
We deeply appreciate our many invaluable friendships and loyal client relationships.  Our team looks forward to working with all of you during the coming year! 

As 2009 draws to a close, Rotenberg Associates is pleased to share with you a sampling of the communications counsel we provided this past year.  From medical malpractice to national food product recalls, from workforce reductions  to weapons in schools, Rotenberg Associates is privileged to provide strategic communications counsel for our clients' most critical issues.

Client Work
  • Patient Safety:  Strategic counsel, crisis management and media relations for multiple medical clinics concerning potential exposures to infectious disease and related state health department proceedings.   
  • Food Safety and Recalls: Communications strategy and media relations for a number of food manufacturers concerning food handling practices, regulatory compliance, facility conditions, national voluntary and mandatory food recalls.
  • Reputation Management: Communications counsel and strategy development for professional association during leader's prosecution for criminal sexual misconduct.
  • Corporate Restructuring and Layoffs: Internal and external communications strategy for global manufacturer regarding facility closure and layoffs.
  • Financial Institution Communications: Internal and external communications strategy for large pension fund announcement of annuity funding deficit and impact on securities holders.
  • Investigative Media Reports:  Strategic counsel and media relations for multiple clients subject to whistleblower media reports and undercover media investigations.
  • White Collar Crime:  Investor relations, media relations and strategic counsel to multiple creditors related to bankruptcies and Ponzi schemes.
  • Government Investigations:  Media relations and strategic counsel for large church involved in federal tax inquiry.
  • Crisis Planning: Crisis communications and planning for public school district following the highly-publicized discovery of weapon in student's locker.
  • Business Litigation: Media relations and strategic counsel regarding high-profile business litigation and related national political media coverage.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Strategic counsel, internal and external communications development for publicly-traded manufacturer's multiple corporate acquisitions. 

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

In the Community


Presentations


  • When You or Your Client is the Headline, Elder Law Institute presented by Minnesota CLE and Minnesota State Bar Association (October 2009)
  • Taking Charge of a Business Crisis, Minnesota CLE Webcast Seminars (October 2009)
  • Best Practices for Financial Compliance and Governance, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Board of Pensions Leadership Retreat, Panelist (September 2009)
Upcoming Presentations in 2010:

  • Environmental Law Institute, Minnesota State Bar Association (April 22, 2010)
  • Business Law Institute, Minnesota State Bar Association (May 11, 2010)
Community Work

Rotenberg Associates strongly believes in giving back to our community.  Public service highlights from 2009 include:

 Amy Rotenberg:

  • Delegate, U.S. Congressman Erik Paulsen GeoPolitical Mission to Israel
  • Co-chair, Harvard College Chapter of Harvard University Club of Minnesota
  •  Board Member, WomenWinning (formerly Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund)
  • Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of the Board on Judicial Standards

Stacy Bettison:

  • Co-chair, Public Policy Advocacy Committee, Minnesota Women Lawyers
  • Volunteer, Minnesota Drug-Endangered Children Policy Issues