Reputation Protection, Litigation Communications

In today’s nonstop news cycle, reputational risk doesn’t depend on or wait for the verdict— neither should you.

Let's Get You Through the Rough Waters

Advantage: Clear Mission

Class Five provides best-in-class strategy development and execution of reputation risk management and litigations communications strategies.

Advantage: Hands-On Experience

From Capitol Hill to board rooms and courthouses, Class Five delivers decades of hands-on experience in government service, political communications, litigations communications and reputation protection consulting.

Advantage: Actionable Advice

We don't sell products, we solve problems. Class Five provides a 360-degree perspective and litigations communications strategies unchained to tactics or services. By offering best-in-class reputation protection services to handle high-profile, complex urgencies, we work to win in the court of public opinion.

Experience & Judgment

Erick Mullen is an experienced manager of litigation communications and reputation protection.

Erick C. Mullen

With thirty years of government service, political and strategic public affairs experience in Washington, DC, Erick Mullen is a veteran insider who doesn’t waste time guessing. Erick spent the ‘90s on Capitol Hill learning how to succeed inside the Beltway from legendary members of the House and Senate. He won the U.S. Capitol Police Service Award for meritorious acts in 1994. In 2002, he was selected to produce the historic Joint Session of Congress at Ground Zero in to commemorate the anniversary of 9-11.

Launching Mullen & Company in 2003, Erick used quantitative analysis to rethink political campaign strategy away from static cultural norms to a dynamic rational approach to deliver winning strategies and pioneering narrowcasting digital advertising for corporate public affairs. In 2013, Erick joined the world-class team at Mercury Public Affairs as a Managing Director where he honed his one-of-a-kind value proposition. Today, his practice area at Class Five Strategies is the crosscurrents litigation, publicity, and political risk. Erick is hired to manage urgent situations that have implications on the reputations of top brands, luminaries, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices.

Erick served seven years on the Board of Trustees of the Lowell School, he sits on the Board of Directors of Plastics Free America. He is a member of several service organizations including the John Carroll Society, the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the Society of Sons of the American Revolution.

Charles Halloran

Charles P. Halloran is a trusted C-Suite executive, campaign advisor, and business partner with over three decades of experience building profitable business enterprises, turning around campaigns and organizations in crisis, achieving public policy outcomes, and winning political campaigns. A respected problem solver with a unique set of communications, policy, and political skills who has run challenging organizations ranging in size from large trade associations to new venture startups. Charles provides expert consulting in public affairs, communications, and governmental relationships, particularly for fintech and financial services industries. His approach is highly sought after, especially for revitalizing distressed startups. Previously, as the Chief Operating Officer at the Community Financial Services Association of America, he spearheaded operations and strategic visions that significantly bolstered the association’s standing within consumer lending sectors.

His early career contributions include co-founding Centennial Communications Company in Atlanta and establishing a special projects division at Hill + Knowlton Strategies in New York. He earned degrees from Emory University and the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. He is active in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He and his wife live in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

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Class Five Strategies litigation communications

Reputation Management

Your reputation is everything. Let us help you protect and enhance your reputation with our proven digital reputation management strategies built on years of experience.

Threat Assessment

Your search engine results page is a permanent part of your reputation these days. Our team will work closely with your team to evaluate your reputation protection risks and find a path forward. We will work to verify the sources of public criticism and unmask bots, and paid agitators who may be behind your troubles.

Media Engagement

We will do the research and work closely with your team to develop and execute a reputation management plan that tells a better story and gets front of the right audiences.

Policymaker Education

Policymakers respond poorly to both mysteries or neglect which can impact your reputation management. Our experience in reputation protection and litigations communications can help you navigate the rough waters on Capitol Hill, the Administration and state capitals from Alaska to Puerto Rico.

Thought Leadership & Content Marketing

Our team of reputation management experts will help you create and distribute high-quality content that drives traffic to your website and positions you as a thought leader in your industry.