"Send Lawyers, Guns and Money" and Flacks & Lobbyists, Too.

Warren Zevon sings in one of his hit songs "dad, send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan." More and more if you are a rich kid in trouble or a corporation in distress you'll find the expensive services you need under one roof providing convenient one-stop shopping for lawyers, lobbyists, flacks and investigators. For instance, Bernstein Communications specializes in corporate "crisis management," but it's not independent, it's a subsidiary of the giant powerhouse law and lobby firm Quarles & Brady LLP. So what are the differences among corporate lobbyists, lawyers and PR crisis management experts? These days they work in coordination on behalf of their well-paying clients.