LAWYER-FIRST communications for special situations

Built by an attorney for attorneys and PR teams, Venue helps executives and counsel communicate with precision and compliance under pressure — when every word matters to the bottom line.

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Readiness Sprint

Build the foundation before the story breaks: message architecture, stakeholder mapping, and escalation protocols.

Clear scope, defined upfront, no surprises.

Active Matter Support

Continuous counsel, content development, and close coordination with legal and communications teams.

Moment-of-Truth Coverage

High-intensity support for filing days, hearings, major announcements, and sudden news cycles.

Strategic Focus

Privilege-aware process, confidentiality

and distribution discipline from day one.

Litigation + Disputes + Special Situations

Communications direction for civil and criminal filings, competitor battles, and fast-moving news cycles

Investigations + Regulatory + M&A

Protecting legal strategy and corporate moves before regulators, employees, customers, partners, and activist investors

Executive + Reputational Risk

Calm, controlled counsel for leadership scrutiny and managing internal pressure

Expertise + Specialties

Bobby Zafarnia

Bobby is an award-winning corporate affairs leader and attorney who helps executives and legal teams communicate clearly when situations move fast and every word carries risk.

A former Congressional communications director and legislative counsel, Bobby brings a practical understanding of how media, regulators, and institutional stakeholders respond under pressure.

For more than two decades, he has advised organizations ranging from high-growth tech to multinationals and Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries, with deep, hands-on emphasis in energy and industrial environments.

Select Experience

Led Edelman's Houston office on issues, crisis, and litigation communications for multinational and Fortune 500 clients

Edelman Crisis Leadership

Led media and stakeholder engagement at the intersection of litigation, government investigations, and regulatory oversight

Major Industrial Incident

Led reputational defense across legal and regulatory proceedings, managed multiple M&A moves and news

Corporate Litigation, M&A

Directed rapid-response communications addressing sustained activist and media scrutiny around animal welfare practices

Global Theme Park Defense

Managed energy company issues and investor-facing communications during a prolonged activist engagement

Fortune 500 Activist Investor

Led stakeholder engagement and media strategy for the world's largest EPC firm around bribery and compliance scrutiny