Class Five Strategies

Crisis Response and Reputation Risk Management
Litigation Communications

Class Five supports legal teams, executives, institutions, and their advisors in high-stakes matters where media attention on litigation, investigations, political risk, or other vulnerabilities can affect the client’s reputation and market position.

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30+ years in government, politics, crisis communications, and high-stakes reputation matters.

When Clients Engage

Clients engage Class Five during must-win moments when legal, reputational, political, and media conditions are moving quickly and the client cannot afford drift, delay, or improvisation.

  • Litigation or investigations attracting media attention
  • Government investigations, enforcement actions, or regulatory change
  • Political risk affecting business, legal, or institutional strategy
  • Competitors, critics, or outside actors shaping the external environment
  • Issues management requiring real-time monitoring and coordinated response

In today’s environment, reputational risk doesn’t wait for the verdict, and neither should you.

What We Do

Class Five helps clients read the external environment, develop message discipline, manage media engagement, educate policymakers, monitor risk in real time, and coordinate rapid response during high-stakes matters when legal, political, and reputational risk converge. The work is focused, discreet, and aligned with legal strategy.

Engagements are limited.

Strategic Communications

  • Integrated legal-communications coordination
  • Message development and narrative discipline
  • War room support and rapid response
  •  Stakeholder and institutional positioning
  • Policymaker engagement and education

Typical Engagement Context

Class Five is often brought in when the external environment is moving quickly and being shaped by media coverage, scrutiny from political figures, or organized pressure from competitors and critics. Class Five is intentionally small, giving clients direct senior attention when matters are moving too quickly for layers.

Our Founder, Erick Mullen

Erick Mullen has spent more than three decades operating at the intersection of government, politics and crisis communications, advising clients on matters involving litigation, media exposure, and political risk. He advises executives, institutions, and legal teams facing consequential scrutiny, where public pressure, legal strategy, and reputational exposure converge. His work is defined by discretion, judgment, and the ability to operate effectively in environments where legal, political, and reputational considerations are tightly intertwined.

Confidential Inquiries

Initial discussions are handled directly, in confidence.

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