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About John C. Zaher

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John C. Zaher earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, then worked for the Republican National Committee and as a staff member on Rick Lazio’s campaign for U.S. Congress. In 1993, John joined Congressman Lazio’s staff as a Special Assistant.
 

In August 1994, he joined TCI Cable of Brookhaven (later Cablevision of Brookhaven) as its Community Affairs Manager and later as Franchise/Government Relations Manager, earning numerous honors from the New York Cable Television Association for public service programs.


John graduated from Touro Law Center’s evening Juris Doctorate program cum laude. His graduating paper, “Exploring Councilmanic Districts for Long Island’s Towns,” was published by the Suffolk Law Journal. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in January 1999. John served as Press Secretary in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office beginning in 1999 and for the Nassau County Executive in 2001.
 

In addition to his law degree, John earned a Master’s in Political Science/Public Policy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in December 2000. For several years, he taught Political Science and History at Suffolk and Nassau Community Colleges, advancing to the rank of Associate Professor.

 

John formed The Public Relations and Marketing Group in January 2002. The firm provides integrated services to attorneys and other professionals, governmental entities, non-profit organizations, retailers, restaurants, destinations, other corporations and political candidates. The firm launched its PR4Lawyers division in 2012 and has since launched several additional entities to reflect the company’s diverse offerrings and industries served.

Awards

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1994 Cable Television Association of New York’s Gilbert Award
Best Joint Public Relations Project: 1994 Election Coverage

1995 Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting FOLIO Awards
Best Public Service Announcements. (Vote)

1996 Gilbert Award Finalist for Best Joint and Solo Public Relations Projects

Juvenile Diabetes Walk for the Cure and Cable in the Classroom Education Forum

1996 Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting FOLIO Awards
Best Public Service Announcements. (Don’t Drink and Drive)

1997 Gilbert Award Finalist for Best Joint and Solo Public Relations Projects

Juvenile Diabetes Walk for the Cure and 1997 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.

1998 Gilbert Award Finalist for Best Solo Public Relations Project

1998 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.

Cali Award Winner — Racism and American Law, Touro Law Center

Hewitt Writing Contest Award, U.S.C.G.A.

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