In a world of stodgy treatises and ghost-written pablum, I write books that I’d like to read. To me, it’s about drawing lessons, sometimes very serious lessons, in a format that is accessible and enjoyable.
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In the Court of Public Opinion
Now in its Third Edition, this book has been called "the perfect handbook for this age..." by Financial Times. It is your essential guide to understanding public relations during lawsuits or other legal disputes, with new chapters on social media and attorney-client privilege for public relations activities.
Buy nowNow in its Third Edition, this book has been called "the perfect handbook for this age..." by Financial Times. It is your essential guide to understanding public relations during lawsuits or other legal disputes, with new chapters on social media and attorney-client privilege for public relations activities.
Chief Crisis Officer
Just released in paperback with a new Introduction from the author, Chief Crisis Officer, looks at the leadership and tools needed to respond when a crisis thrusts you into the glare of the public spotlight. Among other accolades, the book has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fortune and Entrpreneur.
Buy nowJust released in paperback with a new Introduction from the author, Chief Crisis Officer, looks at the leadership and tools needed to respond when a crisis thrusts you into the glare of the public spotlight. Among other accolades, the book has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fortune and Entrpreneur.
About the Author
Called “a powerhouse” of PR and communications in Chambers & Partners’ international legal directory, James F. Haggerty is President and CEO of PRCG | Haggerty LLC, an internationally known public relations firm, and PRCG | Sports, a sports marketing and public relations brand. An attorney, author and consultant with more than twenty-five years of experience representing corporations, nonprofits, celebrities, athletes and high net worth individuals, Haggerty is frequently called upon as a trusted advisor in all manner of sensitive reputation management issues. In the area of crisis communications and litigation communications, Jim is considered among the foremost experts worldwide, and is the founder and CEO of CrisisResponsePro, Inc., a crisis communications software firm. In 2017, Haggerty was named as one of “50 Gamechangers” of public relations by PR News.
His first book, In the Court of Public Opinion — recently released in an updated third edition by ABA Publishing — has been called “the perfect handbook for this age” by Financial Times, while PR trade publication Holmes Report stated that Haggerty “literally wrote the book on litigation public relations.” His most recent book, Chief Crisis Officer: Structure and Leadership for Effective Communications Response (ABA Publishing, 2017), has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and Entrepreneur magazines, among others. A revised paperback edition of Chief Crisis Officer, with a new introduction, has just been released.