Allan Ripp is principal of Ripp Media (est.

1989), a NY press relations/editorial services boutique focusing on law firms, corporate finance, real estate, prof.

services.

His mainstream fame comes from representing Martin Shkreli, considered one of the most hated men in America.

Riipp maintains an unfashionably low profile (as seen by his extremely simplistic website ^[1]), operating as a news office for clients, with superior writing and media skills.

Allan has experience in litigation/crisis PR, and has represented some of the country's most prominent corporate transaction and litigation law firms.

He spent 17 years as press counsel for Zagat Survey, developing many of the news protocols and publicity tools that made Zagat the No. 1 restaurant guides in the US.

Allan was previously a staff writer for TIME Magazine and People Magazine, an editor with CBS Magazines [redirect page ](American Photographer) and American Heritage, a reporter with Hearst (media) newspapers and contributor to The New York Times, USA TODAY, GQ, TV Guide, Newsday and Time-Life Television.

Allan also writes opinion pieces - his personal essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time.com, Forbes, NY Observer [redirect page ], Adweek and elsewhere.

Among law firms Ripp Media has represented include Morrison & Foerster; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sidley Austin; Milbank Tweed [redirect page ]; BakerHostetler; Hughes Hubbard & Reed; Baker Botts; SNR Denton; Holland & Knight; Irell & Manella, Seyfarth Shaw; Venable LLP; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Fulbright & Jaworski; Grant & Eisenhofer; McDermott Will & Emery; Foley Hoag; Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP; Herrick Feinstein LLP; Outten & Golden; Chapman and Cutler; Thelen Reid [redirect page ]; Stone Pigman; Anderson Kill; and Fasken Martineau.

He has represented leading litigation funding firms Burford Capital.

Other clients have included: Deloitte & Touche [redirect page ]; FTI Consulting; PwC; NERA; BDO Seidman; Millennium Partners; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Corp; Expedia, Inc.; Antenna Software; MusicNet; NewsMarket; JD Supra; Wells Fargo Online Bank; Veronis Suhler.

The firm regularly handles high-profile litigation and crisis assignments.

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