The North Bay Business Journal has named Account Supervisor Melinda Hepp a “Young professional to watch in 2012.”  This list is an extension of the publication’s annual “40 Under 40″ special feature.

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Blattel Communications President Traci Stuart was a featured speaker at the California Womens Lawyers’ 2012 Annual Conference. Traci spoke on the topic of “The Business of You: Marketing Yourself and Developing Your Brand.”

Blattel Communications Also Takes PR Award of Excellence at Legal Marketing Association – Bay Area Chapter Your Honor Awards

Blattel Communications President Traci Stuart was recognized for her deep, long-time commitment to the LMA – Bay Area Chapter and to the legal marketing profession as a whole with the organization’s Rella Lossy Professional Achievement Award. Stuart is highly involved in the Chapter, currently serving as a board member and chair of the Educational Programs Committee. She is a past president of the organization (2005) and a previous Member of the Year (2003). In addition to her work with the regional Chapter, Stuart is also a past member of the international board of directors for the Association.

Blattel Communications also shared the Award for Excellence for Media Relations with client Farella Braun + Martel LLP for a white collar crime-focused campaign involving the Barry Bonds perjury case – efforts that yielded substantial, high profile coverage for the featured attorney. This is the second consecutive Your Honor Award for Blattel Communications and Farella in this category.

The Your Honor Awards are presented annually both by the international Legal Marketing Association and by many of its regional chapters. The awards honor the “best of the best” products, services and contributors to the field of legal marketing as judged by industry peers.

Blattel Communications is pleased to announce Ellen Blattel has joined the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center’s Board of Directors.

Founded in 1916, the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center is a nonprofit organization that has provided continuous free legal services for 96 years. For the past four decades Legal Aid has been committed to assisting low-income working families in the Bay Area and throughout California to protect and ensure their workplace rights.

• Ted Appel, Business Editor of The Press Democrat, the North Bay’s largest daily newspaper; and
• Brad Bollinger, Editor-in-Chief of North Bay Business Journal, the North Bay’s leading business weekly.

To find out more about the programs offered by the Professional Services Marketing Group — North Bay, please contact Melinda at melinda@blattel.com or 415-397-4811.