Wayne Pollock

November 02, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Speaking publicly about ongoing litigation can help attorneys and their clients win public support for their side of a disput

By Wayne Pollock

7 minute read

October 04, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano, a high-profile Mid-Atlantic workers' compensation and social security disability law firm is a prolific advertiser. This advertising has led to ever-increasing visibility and awareness for the firm in the region's legal and business marketplace. Heightened visibility and awareness for a business, however, does not always bring with it the kinds of attention businesses covet.

By Wayne Pollock

8 minute read

August 31, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In my last column, I shared with you five things I hate about public statements made by attorneys or their clients about ongoing litigation. I told you I hate when attorneys or clients don't even bother to make one. I said I hate when such statements say nothing of substance. I told you I hate when statements are too long. I said I hate when statements do not "tee up" legal arguments. And finally, I explained that I hate when statements are in "legalese."

By Wayne Pollock

9 minute read

May 04, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

There are few things more cringeworthy for me when consuming news than reading an attorney's (or his client's) statement regarding a development in ongoing litigation. Typically, an attorney's involvement in drafting or reviewing such a statement is problematic for one of two reasons. Either the attorney has drafted a statement that has no legal or public relations value, or he has wrung any such value out of what was an adequately drafted statement from the client for fear that opposing counsel will somehow use the statement against the client in the lawsuit.

By Wayne Pollock

10 minute read

March 09, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am willing to bet that within the past day or two, you've read a news article about a lawsuit involving some type of organization, be it a corporation, LLC, nonprofit or government entity. I am further willing to bet that within the past week's worth of those articles, you've come across a statement by the author of the article or a representative of one of the parties to a lawsuit that said something about one of the parties declining comment, "citing the pending litigation."

By Wayne Pollock

13 minute read

January 05, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

For individuals and corporate entities alike, lawsuits arise from interactions with other parties. Some of these interactions involve prominent parties. Thus, the ensuing lawsuits will attract the attention of the media. Other times, these interactions arise under interesting circumstances or involve novel applications of the law. Here too, the ensuing lawsuits will attract the attention of the media. When defending these lawsuits in a court of law, attorneys would not dream of missing an opportunity to use any and all tools available to them in the course of their defense.

By Wayne Pollock

17 minute read