Levick: PR Agency Profile, History, and Industry Coverage

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Edited on Jun 28, 2026. By Everything-PR Editorial Team.

Levick is one of Washington's longest-standing litigation communications and crisis specialists, founded in 1998 by Richard Levick. The firm operates on the proposition that the courtroom and the news cycle are increasingly the same battle — particularly in regulatory crisis, congressional hearings, and high-profile civil litigation.

The firm is profiled here as part of Everything-PR's standing coverage of the senior crisis communications bench.

Founded

1998, in Washington, D.C., by Richard S. Levick. The firm was built explicitly around litigation PR — the discipline of managing communications inside, alongside, and around contested legal matters. Twenty-eight years later, the firm remains independent and Levick-led.

Headquarters and Offices

Headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm operates as an independent communications and strategic counsel — not part of any holding company.

Practice Areas

• Litigation communications. Lawsuit announcements, trial communications, settlement positioning, discovery management, deposition narrative, post-trial reputation work.
• Crisis communications. Regulatory crisis, government investigation response, executive misconduct allegations, product and safety events.
• Regulatory and government investigation response. DOJ, SEC, FTC, congressional hearings, state attorney general inquiries.
• Reputation crisis and brand defense.
• Multicultural and stakeholder communications.
• Public affairs.

Leadership

Founder Richard Levick serves as Chairman and CEO, having led the firm continuously since founding. Levick is one of the most consistently visible commentators on litigation and crisis communications in the U.S. business and legal press, with regular bylines in Forbes, Law.com, and other tier-one legal industry publications. He is the author of multiple books on crisis communications and the host of In House Warrior, the legal industry podcast.

Recognition

Levick has been consistently cited in tier-one industry surveys as one of the leading U.S. litigation communications and crisis firms. The firm and its founder have been recognized across decades of PRWeek, PRovoke Media, and trade-press rankings.

Notable Engagement Context

Levick has been engaged across a generation of the largest U.S. litigation and reputation crisis matters — corporates, executives, professional sports figures, trade associations, sovereign and government clients, and individuals facing the most public reputational challenges. The firm's distinguishing characteristic is the integration of legal-team operating tempo with communications work: deposition prep, discovery sensitivity, motion-cycle awareness, and trial-week intensity are built into how the firm engages.

Why Levick Matters in the Category

Levick is one of Washington's longest-standing litigation communications specialists and one of the most consistently retained in the crisis category. The firm has been built around the proposition that the courtroom and the news cycle are increasingly the same battle.

Related Agency Profiles

Crisis & litigation peers: Sitrick And Company · Joele Frank · H/Advisors Abernathy · Brunswick Group · Kekst CNC · Sard Verbinnen & Co · FGS Global · Teneo

Washington public affairs peers: APCO Worldwide · Rational 360 · Clyde Group · Global Situation Room · TASC Group · Avoq (formerly Kivvit) · Mercury Public Affairs · Portland Communications

Independent founder-led: Edelman · MikeWorldWide · Coyne PR

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