Gina Rubel Appointed Co-Chair of Law Firm Risk Management Committee by Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Honorable A. Michael Snyder (Ret.)
Legal marketing and law firm crisis communications expert to lead the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Law Firm Risk Management Committee for the second year
PHILADELPHIA (February 2020) – Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., an award-winning, integrated marketing and public relations agency, is pleased to announce that founder and CEO Gina Rubel has been appointed as co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Law Firm Risk Management Committee by the Hon. A. Michael Snyder (Ret.), 2020 Chancellor. The committee advises the organization’s members on preparing for and managing law firm risks including cybersecurity, behavioral health, mergers and acquisitions, lawsuits, natural disasters, workplace violence and the myriad issues facing law firms and their clients today.
“I am delighted to have Gina continue to serve the Philadelphia Bar Association as the co-chair of the Law Firm Risk Management Committee. Gina and her co-chair, Mark G McCreary, the chief privacy officer of Fox Rothschild have the knowledge and experience to develop new programs and tap into helpful resources for law firms of all sizes,” said Judge A. Michael Snyder (Ret.), mediator and arbitrator at The Dispute Resolution Institute, adjunct professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, and the 93rd Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
“I am honored to co-chair the Law Firm Risk Management Committee with Mark,” said Rubel. “New risks to law firms arise nearly every day, and I look forward to continuing to help members navigate today’s often uncertain waters and create plans to protect their businesses from harm.”
An attorney and law firm PR expert, Rubel supports law firm growth and profitability through integrated legal marketing, public relations, reputation and crisis management, and content marketing. She regularly is called upon by law firm leaders for high-stakes public relations, media training, crisis planning, trial publicity strategy, and incident-response support, including high-profile litigation media relations. She is listed among Lawdragon’s top 100 consultants and strategists to the legal profession worldwide, and her agency has been ranked No. 1 by the National Law Journal, The Legal Intelligencer, and other ALM publications.
Active in business associations and among her community, Rubel is a founding member of Women Owned Law for which she serves on the advisory board. She is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, and the Legal Marketing Association where she serves on the legal ethics and advertising advocacy working group. She also is active in The Justinian Society (Past Chancellor), The Justinian Foundation (Secretary & Treasurer), Philadelphia Public Relations Association, and Public Relations Society of America.
A graduate of Drexel University and Widener University School of Law, Rubel and her family live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.