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Brand Presence for PI Lawyers: Ethics & Effectiveness

Strategies for personal injury lawyers to build ethical, effective marketing while maintaining professional integrity and bar compliance.

2025-07-09 14:00:00

Program Details

2025-07-09 14:00:00

2025-07-09 14:00:00

Over 1,000+ webinars

Program Details

2025-07-09 14:00:00

Program Details

2025-07-09 14:00:00

Over 1,000+ webinars

2025-07-09 14:00:00

Course Overview

Building Ethical Public Presence for Personal Injury Lawyers

2025-07-09 14:00:00

Participants will learn to develop effective marketing strategies while maintaining compliance with ABA and state bar ethical guidelines. These skills help attract quality clients without risking professional discipline.

Format

CLE Credit

1h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

1

Key topics that will be covered

01
Ethics Rules
Understand key rules including misleading communications, solicitation, fees, and unauthorized practice.
02
Core Messaging
Define your brand clearly with client-centered language that stands out in crowded markets.
03
Digital Marketing
Use Google Ads, SEO, and social media effectively while maintaining ethical compliance.
04
Vendor Management
Ask marketing vendors the right questions to ensure they understand legal ethics rules.
05
In-Person Strategies
Build visibility through networking, community involvement, and professional organizations.
06
Red Flags
Recognize over-promising outcomes, manipulative content, and unmonitored automation as warning signs.

Program schedule

clock 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm EST

Ethical Guidelines for Lawyer External Communications

This session covers the foundational ethics rules governing attorney marketing, including Rule 7.1 on misleading communications, Rule 7.3 on solicitation, and Rule 5.3 on non-lawyer assistance. Attendees will learn how to craft compliant messaging, avoid common pitfalls with testimonials and taglines, and properly vet marketing vendors for ethics compliance.

Jeremy Babener.Jeremy Babener.
Melissa DelaneyMelissa Delaney
clock 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm EST

Selecting Effective Public Visibility Strategies and Tools

Explore the full spectrum of marketing tools available to personal injury attorneys, from digital strategies like SEO, Google Ads, and social media to traditional advertising and in-person networking. This session provides practical guidance on optimizing each channel while maintaining cost-effectiveness and brand consistency across platforms.

Jeremy Babener.Jeremy Babener.
Melissa DelaneyMelissa Delaney
clock 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Balancing Aggressive Marketing with Professional Integrity

Learn to identify red flags in legal marketing such as over-promising outcomes, manipulative content, and unmonitored automation that can damage your reputation. This session delivers a best-practice checklist for vendor accountability, internal approval systems, and maintaining trust while building a strong public presence.

Jeremy Babener.Jeremy Babener.
Melissa DelaneyMelissa Delaney
Jeremy Babener.

Jeremy Babener.

Structured Consulting

Melissa Delaney

Melissa Delaney

PI Presence

Jeremy Babener.

Jeremy Babener.

Structured Consulting

Jeremy advises plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers on tax strategies at settlement, leveraging experience from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy.

Professional Involvement

Serves on the legal committees of the three national settlement planning associations.

Experience

Previously served in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy; currently advises plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers on tax strategies at settlement.
Melissa Delaney

Melissa Delaney

PI Presence

Melissa Delaney is a public presence professional who works with attorneys and other brand professionals to elevate their companies, practice areas, and individual brands. Through her work, she supports clients in developing websites, social media strategies, digital content, and communications, as well as newsletters, brochures, and other client-facing materials. She also brings experience in drafting requests for proposals (RFPs) and pitches for firms seeking new business opportunities. Melissa coaches attorneys both individually and in team environments, helping them grow their clientele and expand their personal brands through networking, social media, and related activities. In addition, she collaborates with industry-specific practice groups to develop targeted marketing and business development strategies and action plans, and she works with organizations to design corporate events that support broader marketing objectives.

Education & Credentials

Melissa Delaney holds a Master’s degree in organizational psychology, which she leverages to help law firms and organizations develop collaborative, goal-oriented strategies across teams and practice groups.

Recognition & Leadership

Melissa is recognized for her ability to seamlessly integrate into teams and support both leadership and team members with insight into building high-performing, goal-oriented groups, a skill that is valued by those she works with across organizations.

Professional Involvement

Her professional work involves partnering with attorneys, law firms, and industry-specific practice groups—including areas such as Entertainment, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Finance, Project Development, Housing, Cybersecurity, Healthcare and FDA, Class Action, and general Litigation teams with global reach—to develop marketing strategies, business development plans, and communications initiatives.

Experience

Melissa’s experience includes crafting websites, managing social media strategies, developing digital content and communications, and producing client-directed materials such as newsletters and brochures. She also has experience preparing RFPs and pitches, coaching attorneys on client development and personal branding, facilitating team-based strategy development, and organizing corporate events such as retreats, conferences, industry events, and in-house training sessions that support organizational marketing efforts.
Jeremy Babener.

Jeremy Babener.

Structured Consulting

Jeremy advises plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers on tax strategies at settlement, leveraging experience from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy.

Professional Involvement

Serves on the legal committees of the three national settlement planning associations.

Experience

Previously served in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy; currently advises plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers on tax strategies at settlement.
Melissa Delaney

Melissa Delaney

PI Presence

Melissa Delaney is a public presence professional who works with attorneys and other brand professionals to elevate their companies, practice areas, and individual brands. Through her work, she supports clients in developing websites, social media strategies, digital content, and communications, as well as newsletters, brochures, and other client-facing materials. She also brings experience in drafting requests for proposals (RFPs) and pitches for firms seeking new business opportunities. Melissa coaches attorneys both individually and in team environments, helping them grow their clientele and expand their personal brands through networking, social media, and related activities. In addition, she collaborates with industry-specific practice groups to develop targeted marketing and business development strategies and action plans, and she works with organizations to design corporate events that support broader marketing objectives.

Education & Credentials

Melissa Delaney holds a Master’s degree in organizational psychology, which she leverages to help law firms and organizations develop collaborative, goal-oriented strategies across teams and practice groups.

Recognition & Leadership

Melissa is recognized for her ability to seamlessly integrate into teams and support both leadership and team members with insight into building high-performing, goal-oriented groups, a skill that is valued by those she works with across organizations.

Professional Involvement

Her professional work involves partnering with attorneys, law firms, and industry-specific practice groups—including areas such as Entertainment, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Finance, Project Development, Housing, Cybersecurity, Healthcare and FDA, Class Action, and general Litigation teams with global reach—to develop marketing strategies, business development plans, and communications initiatives.

Experience

Melissa’s experience includes crafting websites, managing social media strategies, developing digital content and communications, and producing client-directed materials such as newsletters and brochures. She also has experience preparing RFPs and pitches, coaching attorneys on client development and personal branding, facilitating team-based strategy development, and organizing corporate events such as retreats, conferences, industry events, and in-house training sessions that support organizational marketing efforts.

Credits by state

AK1.0
AL1.0
AR1.0
AZ1.0
CA1.0
CO1.0
CT1.0
DC1.0
DE1.0
FL1.0
GA1.0
HI1.0
IA1.0
ID1.0
IL1.0
IN1.0
KS1.0
KY1.0
LA1.0
MA1.0
MD1.0
ME1.0
MI1.0
MN1.0
MO1.2
MS1.0
MT1.0
NC1.0
ND1.0
NE1.0
NH60.0
NJ1.2
NM1.0
NV1.0
NY1.0
OH1.0
OK1.0
OR1.0
PA1.0
RI1.0
SC1.0
SD1.0
TN1.0
TX1.0
UT1.0
VA1.0
VT1.0
WA1.0
WI1.0
WV1.2
WY1.0

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Alabama

Requirements

The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.  

Formats

  • Attorneys can earn unlimited “live” credit through live seminars, live webcasts, and co-sponsored locations with MyLAWCLE-Alabama approved programs
  • Attorneys are limited to 6 credits per compliance period of “online” programs through MyLAwCLE On-Demand programs