News Release - Legal Media Matters joins forces with Olmstead & Associates

NEWS RELEASE

July 9, 2008

Geri L. Dreiling joins forces with Olmstead & Associates to help lawyers write, get published and enhance their expertise and credibility.

St. Louis – Olmstead & Associates and Legal Media Matters are pleased to announce that Geri L. Dreiling—legal writer, publicist and president of the public relations and multimedia writing firm Legal Media Matters—has joined forces with Olmstead & Associates as adjunct legal writer and publicist.

Dreiling’s clients and their cases have been covered by many national and regional media outlets, among them: The Associated Press; KTVI (Ch.2), St. Louis; Bloomberg News; The Des Moines Register; IP Law 360; The Kansas City Star; KMOV (Ch. 4), St. Louis; KMOX (1120 AM); KSHB (Ch. 41), Kansas City; KTVI (Ch. 2), St. Louis; The Miami Herald; Missouri Lawyers Weekly; The National Law Journal; Pensacola News Journal; St. Louis Business Journal; St. Louis Daily Record; and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 

Said John Olmstead, principal of Olmstead & Associates, “Geri will help our lawyer clients write, get published, and enhance their expertise and credibility.”

Dreiling added: “For over two decades, lawyers and law firms across the country have turned to Olmstead & Associates for practice management advice and consulting services. It is an honor to serve as an adjunct to such a highly regarded firm.”

About Geri L. Dreiling
Dreiling graduated from Wichita State University in 1989 and the Washington University School of Law, where she was an associate editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly, in 1992. After practicing law for several years, Dreiling worked as a legal and investigative journalist. Her award-winning articles have appeared in several publications, including the ABA Journal, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, The Riverfront Times, the National Catholic Reporter and St. Louis Magazine, as well as a 2005 anthology published by Chamberlain Brothers showcasing some of the best articles from the alternative press.

Dreiling is a member of the Missouri Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

About Olmstead & Associates

Olmstead & Associates provides practice management, coaching, marketing, and technology consulting services. Their coaching program provides attorneys and staff with one-on-one coaching to help them get “unstuck” and move forward, reinventing both themselves and their law practices.  Life On Balance helps clients improve work-life balance and improve overall quality of work and life. Work-life coaching, consulting, and speaking services are provided. Founded in 1984, Olmstead & Associates serves clients across the United States ranging in size from 100 professionals to firms with solo practitioners.

For more information about Olmstead & Associates and its services, visit www.olmsteadassoc.com  and www.lifeonbalance.com or call (314) 241-5665.

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Media contact: Geri L. Dreiling
Legal Media Matters LLC
314.743.3851 or 314.520.3897
legalmediamatters@sbcglobal.net