Leading Legal and Media Experts to Discuss Effect of Public Perception on Legal Affairs at the New York City Bar Association, November 9th

1 November 2005

As the convergence of legal issues, media and public opinion continues, The PR Consulting Group and its Washington, DC-based sister firm, Hyde Park Communications, will host a half-day conference on the effect of public perception on litigation and other legal disputes.

"Beyond No Comment: Legal Issues and Public Perception in the Media Age" will take place at the New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, on November 9, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The conference features a high- level group of panelists who will touch on various aspects of communicating legal issues in an era of 24-hour news coverage of all manner of legal issues.

Panelists for the groundbreaking conference include:

-- Lanny A. Breuer, Partner, Covington & Burling, Special Counsel to
President William Jefferson Clinton in Independent Counsel
Investigations and the Impeachment trial.

-- Matthew E. Fishbein, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, Attorney for Rosie
O'Donnell in her lawsuit against Gruner + Jahr.

-- Alison Frankel, Senior Writer, AMERICAN LAWYER.

-- Charles Glasser, Media Counsel, BLOOMBERG NEWS.

-- Ronald M. Green, Cofounder and Partner, Epstein Becker & Green,
attorney for FOX News and Bill O'Reilly in his sexual harassment case.

-- Eliot Lauer, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, attorney
for Arthur Anderson in Enron-related civil lawsuits.

-- Adam Liptak, Legal Affairs Reporter, former In-House Counsel, THE NEW
YORK TIMES.

-- William S. Ohlemeyer, Associate General Counsel and Vice President,
Altria Group.

-- Roger Parloff, Senior Writer, FORTUNE Magazine.

-- Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
at New York University, Senior Counsel, Cravath Swaine & Moore, former
New York City Corporation Counsel.

Opening remarks will be given by James F. Haggerty, author of IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION: WINNING YOUR CASE WITH PUBLIC RELATIONS (John Wiley & Sons, 2003).

For more information and registration, contact Stephanie Olijnyk, at (212) 683-8100, ext. 224, or visit PRCG's website at www.prcg.com.