Helene Rubinfeld Bizar has been the Director of Administration at the Law Offices of Michels & Lew since 2005. Being a small firm, she is responsible for all the non-legal aspects of successfully running a firm, from personnel management, technology, financial requirements, securing service contracts, managing insurance needs, negotiating leases and seamlessly transitioning the firm through the remote working process during the pandemic – it’s all a daily priority juggling act

Sarah Tetlow is an experienced productivity consultant, trainer and speaker for attorneys and other legal professionals. She uses her past experiences, organizational and strategic thought process, education and training to help law firms increase their bottom line and operate more efficiently. Through one-on-one consulting, strategic planning, workshops and group trainings, Sarah works with attorneys and law firms to find personalized ways to manage one’s day with a proactive and focused...

As Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Kate Stoddard is responsible for the firm’s business development strategy and the creation of branding, marketing, public relations and communications programs. Kate works with the firm’s Executive Committee, managing partners, practice group leaders and other firm leadership to design and launch meaningful business development initiatives.

Vicki Rothman is a Career Strategist and Counselor with over 15 years of experience providing strategic career and life coaching. She works with attorneys on career issues and has facilitated group work through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Through career assessments and in-depth conversations, Vicki helps lawyers learn more about themselves and the world of work.

Steve Nober has 30 years of executive leadership and innovation in marketing, media management, digital and computer technologies. His expertise covers the full spectrum of legal marketing, from offline, online, and social media marketing to telemarketing, intake and contracting services and medical record retrieval and review. Consumer Attorney Marketing Group operates six service divisions to help law firms with new case acquisition.

About Jennifer Schaller: Jennifer Schaller, Esq. is the Managing Director and co-founder of The National Law Review online edition. Prior to The National Law Review, Jennifer was in-house counsel/director at CNA Surety. She also served in various marketing and business development roles as Vice President of Aon Services Group. Jennifer started her legal career as an insurance coverage attorney with SmithAmundsen, LLC in Chicago, and in risk management at various insurance organizations.

About Christina Buensuceso: Christina Buensuceso is the Director of Business Development for the U.S. arm of the international law firm Eversheds Sutherland LLP. She is trained as a lawyer and has nearly two decades of law firm marketing experience with a significant portion of that in the energy space.

Eden Gillott is a strategic communications consultant and has more than a decade of expertise in crisis and reputation management. She’s also a former business professor. Eden resolves issues both in and outside the media’s glare — from celebrity scandals and corporate fraud to criminal and civil litigation. She’s the co-author of three bestselling books A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR, A Lawyer’s Guide to Crisis PR (Second Edition)

Chris Walker is the founder of Advocate SEO, which works exclusively with attorneys to help them rank their websites for terms that attract and engage, in other words, buying terms. He is an expert in all aspects of SEO from strategy all the way through implementation, both on-site and off.

Elise Buie is the founder and head of Elise Buie Family Law. Her practice involves all aspects of family law: preparation of postnuptial and separation agreements, parenting plans, child support, simple and complex financial cases, relocation, and blended families. Elise has a deep understanding of complex parenting issues which clients may face when divorcing.

With extensive experience in media relations and an astute ability to generate marketing and public relations opportunities, professional service clients turn to Berbay Account Director Aly Crea to strategically place them in front of key players in their respective industries. Aly develops and executes integrated public relations campaigns, writes and places diverse press materials, and has an eye for spotting trends and crafting stories that will get the attention of media.

For more than a decade Megan Braverman, Principal of Berbay Marketing & PR, has possessed an exceptional reputation as a strategic asset for law firms and other professional service firms. She is known for her ability to execute marketing campaigns that surpass business goals by immersing herself in clients’ operations, identifying what sets them apart from their competition and leveraging this to create countless PR opportunities by generating awareness and reinforcing credibility.

Tyrone Thomas, Jr. is a seasoned legal and strategic business advisor. He is currently the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Invenergy, LLC, a global leader in energy solutions, based in the Chicago office. Tyrone leverages his broad experience to provide effective counsel on a wide range of legal, business, administrative and risk management issues with a focus on complex commercial contracts, real estate, permitting, construction, procurement and litigation/ADR management.

Marcia Watson Wasserman, founder and president of Comprehensive Management Solutions, Inc., is a seasoned legal management professional with more than 25 years of experience. She provides C.O.O. to Go™ services to boutique and mid-sized law firms. Her expertise includes operational management reviews, management development and training, succession planning, strategic planning, retreat facilitation, and financial management.

Jason Ciment is a former attorney and CPA who has put his years of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experience to work for law firms and other businesses by launching GetVisible, a digital marketing agency. Jason has been doing online marketing for 20+ years and has written, “I Need More Clients: Digital Marketing Strategies That Grow Your Business,” a book on SEO and digital marketing.

Gary Kinder is a highly acclaimed, best-selling author of narrative nonfiction, an investigative journalist, a lawyer, an inspiring speaker and a teacher who understands what you face every time you sit down to write. In 2012, he created and founded WordRake, the first and only in-line editing software for professionals. Adopted in thousands of law firms, corporations, government agencies and universities, and has been awarded 10 patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Marcia Watson Wasserman, founder and president of Comprehensive Management Solutions, Inc., is a seasoned legal management professional with more than 25 years of experience. She provides C.O.O. to Go™ services to boutique and mid-sized law firms. Her expertise includes operational management reviews, management development and training, succession planning, strategic planning, retreat facilitation, and financial management.

David Ackert, M.A., is the President of Ackert Inc. and business development mentor to thousands of high-achieving professionals in the legal, corporate, finance and accounting sectors. Over the past two decades, David has developed and implemented revenue acceleration programs for hundreds of firms around the globe.

Valerie Fontaine is a founding partner of SeltzerFontaine, a legal search firm based in Los Angeles. She places attorneys with law firms, corporate law departments, governmental entities and nonprofits as well as consults on career and practice development and law firm office management and expansion. Prior to SeltzerFontaine, Valerie practiced law with a prominent Los Angeles firm and entered the legal search profession in 1981.

Kira Sandmann is the Vice President of Marketing at Cleveland, Ohio-based Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), an investment banking and financial advisory firm serving the global middle market. She has more than 15 years of experience in marketing and business development across law, non-profit and financial organizations.

Keith Donovan is the Managing Partner and Chair of the Executive Committee at Morris James, a law firm based in Delaware. As Managing Partner, he develops sound business strategies and policies for the firm, oversees firm operations with a strict focus on ensuring superior client service and leads firm operations.

Dave Roberts is a CPA and partner in charge of the Law Firm Services Group at Armanino LLP, one of the top 25 largest independent accounting and business consulting firms in the United States. He has more than 30 years of experience working with law firms of all sizes.

Clare Block is the Director of Business Development at Fox Rothschild LLP based in the Philadelphia office. She has been working in legal marketing and business development for the past 29 years, and draws on a wide range of skills to coach attorneys on how to build their client relationships. Clare oversees the development of individual business plans, client targeting, media planning and events.

Brynne Tillman is the LinkedIn Whisperer and CEO of Social Sales Link. For more than a decade, she has been teaching entrepreneurs, sales teams and business leaders how to leverage LinkedIn for social selling.

Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein is the executive director of Buying Legal Council, the international trade organization for legal procurement, and an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and Fordham Law School in New York. An expert on the purchasing behavior of clients when buying legal services, Silvia is an editor and author of several books, articles and Harvard Business School case studies on the topics of legal procurement initiatives and law firm management.