Case Studies
These are a few of the specific crisis communications cases our firms have handled:

Gogerty Stark Marriott handled communications as part of the Alaska Airlines' emergency response team when one of its flights plunged into the water off the California coast killing 88 people aboard.

Scott Peyron & Associates overcame organized, politically powerful opposition to win local and state approval in Idaho of the $1.2 billion Tamarack destination resort, on state-owned land within view of the largest mountain wilderness area outside Alaska.

Conkling Fiskum & McCormick counseled the board of directors and senior management of the Holt International Children's Service in Eugene, Oregon after the private adoption agency's president's name turned up on a list of priests who had been accused of sexual abuse.

Gogerty Stark Marriott is counseling a highly reputable health care provider in Seattle during an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for alleged Medicare fraud.

Conkling Fiskum & McCormick fielded a Christmas eve call to provide communications counsel from a bank receiver named to salvage the assets of a Portland real estate brokerage that went into bankruptcy after allegations of securities fraud and embezzlement.

Scott Peyron & Associates managed a successful communications response in the face of allegations that a company listed on the NASDAQ exchange failed to make timely disclosure of material financial information.

Gogerty Stark Marriott counseled the CEO, senior management and board of directors of sports apparel maker Cutter & Buck through the resignations of three former officers of the company, a restatement of the company's earnings, a federal Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and two shareholder lawsuits.

Scott Peyron & Associates developed an advocacy plan that restored historical river-launch quotas for Idaho outfitters and guides in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness area.

More crisis communications, public relations and public affairs case studies can be found on the web sites of each firm.