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Dave Poston

Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel

Dave Poston is a licensed attorney who has held numerous international in-house and agency positions for law and other professional services firms handling international responsibilities from offices in Atlanta, London, New York and San Francisco.

Throughout his career, Dave has developed media opportunities for his clients and employers in hundreds of important international media and trade publications. He managed firm-wide public relations and marketing in various roles as marketing and/or public relations director or manager at King & Spalding LLP, Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Jones & Askew LLP. He worked with more than 20 West Coast law, architecture, construction, financial services, management consulting, real estate, technology and travel clients at Blattel Communications.

Dave has earned recognition from a variety of prestigious organizations over the course of his career, most notably being named the Public Relations Professional of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 2020. Dave also leads Poston Communications’ Crisis Communications and Litigation PR division, which has been recognized by Chambers and Partners as one of the top 20 crisis firms in the U.S., achieving rankings in its Litigation Support and Crisis & Risk Management Guides. Additionally, Dave is a Ranked Individual in Band 4 of the Litigation Support Guide and Band 2 of the Crisis & Risk Management Guide. Dave “is intelligent, a creative problem solver, pushes the envelope, and always looks at situations from an objective perspective,” one Poston client told Chambers researchers.

Dave graduated with a double major — Bachelor of Arts in political science and English & history — from Emory University in Atlanta and received his law degree from Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He also received training in graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and sales with Miller Heiman and Motorola’s Six Sigma University. He has served as the co-chair of the Legal Marketing Association’s (LMA) “Strategies” magazine, president of the LMA Southeastern Chapter and a member of the 2003 Committee of the Year for the LMA New York Metropolitan Chapter. He is also a member of the State Bar of Georgia. When he isn’t in the office, Dave enjoys exploring Atlanta on his bike and being outdoors.

Awards

Awards and
Recognitions
  • CSR & Diversity Award – LGBTQIA2+ Centered Campaign

    PRNEWS
    2021
  • Public Relations Professional of the Year

    Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
    2020
  • Diversity & Inclusion Awards – Outstanding Voice

    Atlanta Business Chronicle
    2020
  • Best Media Relations Campaign

    Bulldog Awards
    2020
  • Image Award

    Florida Public Relations Society Orlando Area Chapter
    2020
  • Judges Award

    Florida Public Relations Society – Orlando Area Chapter
    2020
  • Your Honor Award

    Legal Marketing Association (LMA) – Southeast Chapter
    2020
  • Radiance Award – Public Service

    Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) – Sunshine District
    2020
  • Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Silver Anvil Judge 2021

    Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
    2021
  • Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Bronze Anvil Judge 2021

    Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
    2021

Presentations

Speaking Engagements, Presentations and Webinars
  • Spencer Educational Foundation

    “Reputational Risk Management”
    Jun 10, 2021
    Webinar
  • Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA), Orlando Chapter

    “Litigation Public Relations: U.S. Supreme Court Decision a Year Later”
    May 12, 2021
    Webinar
  • Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), Georgia Chapter

    “The Role of In-House Counsel in Corporate Communications”
    February 3, 2021
    Webinar
  • 2020 Legal Marketing Association (LMA) International Conference

    “How to Make DE&I Authentic and Not a Crisis” Co-presenter with Charles Edwards at Jackson Spalding, Zach Olsen at Infinite Global, Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel and Julie Wall at Balch & Bingham
    October 19, 2020
    Virtual Conference
  • Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Ft. Worth Chapter

    ”The Integration of PR and BD to Generate Revenue for the A/E/C Industry”
    July 28, 2020
    Webinar
  • Legal Marketing Association (LMA), Southwest Chapter, Phoenix City Group

    “Crisis Communications: Gaining and Retaining Your Counselor Role through Plan, Response and Recovery for Your Law Firm and Its Clients”
    October 16, 2019
    Phoenix, Arizona
  • Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Central Florida Chapter

    ”The Integration of PR and BD to Generate Revenue for the A/E/C Industry”
    April 24, 2019
    Orlando, Florida
  • Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Georgia Chapter

    “B2B Thought Leadership Workshop” Co-presenter with Mikey Mooney with Poston Communications and Michele Golivesky with Swift Currie
    April 11, 2019
    Atlanta, Georgia
  • Legal Marketing Association (LMA), Plaintiff Firm Special Interest Group (SIG)

    “Public Relations as a Lead Generation Tool for Plaintiff Firms”
    April 24, 2019
    Webinar