The Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Midwest Chapter is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Your Honor Awards.
The Your Honor Awards recognize excellence by marketing and communication practitioners in legal marketing, sales, business development, and design. Entries were submitted by legal marketing professionals on behalf of their respective law firms. Entries were submitted in LMA Midwest’s annual regional competition from law firms and legal service providers in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan and Kansas. Submissions were judged on a variety of criteria, including product, strategy and results. Winners were revealed at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 5 at Revel Downtown, Chicago.
"As we have witnessed on Wednesday, the marketing and business development activity by members of LMA is more vibrant and creative than we have seen in many years," said Richard Marsolais, President of the LMA Midwest Chapter. "The modern law firm is clearly recognizing that clients are more sophisticated in how they shop for legal services. My congratulations to all the winners for their ground breaking work."
The law firms were honored with an Award for Excellence in the following categories:
- Identity — work on trademarks, logos, identity and style guides, integrated branding programs, tradeshow booths, etc: Freeborn & Peters
- Promotional & Collateral Materials — Brochures: Brooks Cushman
- Promotional & Collateral Materials — Newsletter or Alert: Winston & Strawn
- Promotional & Collateral Materials — Holiday Cards: Faegre Baker Daniels (Honorable Mention Award) and Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg (Award for Excellence)
- Advertising — Single Ad or Campaign: Barnes & Thornburg
- Events: Faegre Baker Daniels
- Websites — Total Refresh or Overhaul: Foley & Lardner (Honorable Mention Award) and Winston & Strawn (Award for Excellence)
- Websites — Individual Portions: Freeborn & Peters (Honorable Mention Award) and Faegre Baker Daniels (Award for Excellence)
- Online Interactive Marketing Tools: Barnes & Thornburg
- Media Relations Campaign: Salvi Schostok & Pritchard (Honorable Mention Award) and Foley & Lardner (Award for Excellence)
- Practice Development: Lathrop & Gage (Honorable Mention Award) and Winston & Strawn (Award for Excellence)
- Best in Show: Winston & Strawn
The 2014 Rising Star Award went to Stephanie Richter, marketing data analyst at Thompson Coburn, St. Louis and the current LMA Midwest City Group co-chair for St. Louis. The 2014 Outstanding Service Award went to Megan McKeon, marketing director at Katten Muchin Rosenman, Chicago. The 2014 LMA Midwest Hall of Fame inductee was Jennifer Rupkey, director of marketing and business development at Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee.