Jim Turner is VP of Marketing for Easy Pay Solutions and a payments expert. With a combination of proprietary software and consultative services, Easy Pay has been solving past due accounts receivable issues for 20 years. Jim has been consulting with Easy Pay customers for 12 years. He writes and consults with attorneys at easypayjd.com. In addition, Jim writes on interpersonal relationships. His next book, "The Disconnected Man," will be available in 2018. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter @patientpaidJim. Writer's Archives

Nika Kabiri is Director of Strategic Insights, Law and Society Analyst at Avvo. A sociologist by training, she leverages learnings from political science, economics, psychology and sociology to frame what people go through as they navigate personal challenges that intersect with the law. Nika received her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Washington, and has a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. Follow her @nikakabiri. Writer's Archives

Sally J. Schmidt is President of Schmidt Marketing, Inc., which offers marketing services to law firms. Sally was a founder and the first President of the Legal Marketing Association. She is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and was one of the first inductees into the LMA's Hall of Fame. She is the author of "Marketing the Law Firm: Business Development Techniques" and "Business Development for Lawyers: Strategies for Getting and Keeping Clients." Sally writes Attorney at Work's "Play to Win" column. Follow her on Twitter @SallySchmidt. Writer's Archives

Noble McIntyre is the senior partner and owner of McIntyre Law. He focuses mainly on drug litigation and catastrophic injury cases, and his firm handles a range of personal injury matters. You can contact him at www.oklahoma-law.com. Follow him on Twitter @NobleMcIntyre or on Facebook.   Writer's Archives

Theda “Teddy” Snyder mediates workers compensation cases throughout California. She is also available for legal freelance writing assignments. An attorney since 1977, she has practiced in a variety of settings and frequently speaks and writes about settlements and the business of law. She is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and the author of four books published by the American Bar Association, including "Women Rainmakers' Best Marketing Tips, 3rd Edition" as well as "Personal Injury Case Evaluation" available on Amazon.com. Based in Los Angeles, Teddy can be found at WCMediator.com and on Twitter @WCMediator. Writer's Archives

Casey Meraz is the founder of Juris Digital, a full-service law firm marketing agency specializing in web design and development, local and organic SEO, content marketing and paid search marketing. He writes and speaks on internet marketing issues and is author of the book "How to Perform the Ultimate Local SEO Audit." Follow him on Twitter @CaseyMeraz. Writer's Archives

Jeremy W. Richter is an attorney at Webster, Henry, Lyons, Bradwell, Cohan & Speagle, P.C. in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing civil defense in the areas of trucking/auto, premises, and general business liability. He blogs on personal injury and insurance defense topics at www.jeremywrichter.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @richterjw. Writer's Archives

Megan Zavieh focuses her practice exclusively on attorney ethics, providing limited scope representation to attorneys facing disciplinary action, and guidance to practicing attorneys on questions of legal ethics. At age 21, she earned her J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. Megan is admitted to practice in California, New York and New Jersey, as well as in Federal District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. In "On Balance," Megan writes about the issues confronting lawyers in the new world of practicing law. She blogs on ethics at California State Bar Defense and tweets @ZaviehLaw. Writer's Archives

Mark C. Palmer is Professionalism Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, where he promotes civility and delivers statewide professionalism programming, including its mentoring program, across Illinois to lawyers and law students with a dedication to justice and the rule of law. Mark blogs at 2Civility.org, the Commission on Professionalism’s website, and you can follow him at @2CivilityMP. Writer's Archives

Marsha Hunter is a principal in Johnson & Hunter, Inc. She teaches attorneys how to speak persuasively and spontaneously. Co-author of “The Articulate Advocate” and “The Articulate Attorney,” her specialty is human factors — the science of human performance in high-stakes environments. Marsha teaches communication skills for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the Department of Justice and upper-echelon law firms. Follow her on LinkedIn and on Twitter @bjohnsonmhunter. Writer's Archives

Bob Weiss is founder of Alyn-Weiss & Associates, Inc. Considered one of the pioneers of law firm marketing, litigation publicity and public relations, Bob has written law firm marketing plans, coached lawyers, developed retreats, and conducted client interviews and surveys for local, regional and national firms. He speaks regularly at retreats and legal conventions and is the author of the best-seller "Marketing in Brief." Follow Bob @AlynWeiss. Writer's Archives

Jonathan Fitzgarrald is managing partner of Equinox Strategy Partners, providing service professionals and firms with strategic counsel to drive revenue and increase market visibility. Previously, Jonathan directed the sales and marketing at three business law firms. Jonathan regularly speaks on business development and marketing topics. He is an accomplished equestrian, and is fluent in Spanish. Follow him @JRFitzgarrald. Writer's Archives

Daniel Gold is a lawyer, consultant, technologist, speaker and author. Dan's mission is to make a difference in the lives of professionals both at work and in life. He is known for his productivity e-books such as "Evernote: The Unofficial Guide to Capturing Everything and Getting Things Done" and "Make It Happen: How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your eBook." He is also regarded as an expert in e-discovery and IT managed services. Follow him on Twitter at @DanielGoldEsq and @DEGConsulting.   Writer's Archives

Mike O’Horo is a serial innovator in lawyer training. For 25 years, Mike has been known by lawyers as "The Coach." He trained more than 7,000 of them, simplifying powerful sales processes by which they generated $1.5 billion in new business. His Dezurve program reduces firms’ business development training investment risks by identifying which lawyers are serious about learning BD. Earlier he developed RainmakerVT, an interactive virtual BD training tool, and ResultsPath, an integrated sales training program. Follow Mike on Twitter @salescoach. Writer's Archives

Heidi Alexander is the Director of the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program, where she advises lawyers on practice management matters, provides guidance in implementing new law office technologies, and helps lawyers develop healthy and sustainable practices. She frequently makes presentations to the legal community and contributes to publications on law practice management and technology. She is the author of "Evernote as a Law Practice Tool," an ABA Law Practice Division publication, and serves on the ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board. Writer's Archives

Tim Baran is Chief Marketing Officer for Good2bSocial. He writes and speaks about how to use digital marketing strategies and technology to manage and grow small firms and legal startups. Tim is the author of several publications including "The Lawyers’ Guide to Evernote," and was named to the 2016 Fastcase 50 honoring the law’s innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders. Find him on Twitter @tim_baran. Writer's Archives

Gyi Tsakalakis helps lawyers put their best foot forward online because clients are looking for them there. He is a co-founder of AttorneySync, a digital marketing agency for law firms. Gyi writes Attorney at Work's Optimize! column. You can find more of his writing at Attorney at Work, Lawyerist and Avvo's Lawyernomics blog. You can ask him a question (or just say hi) at LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. Writer's Archives

Suzanne Deliscar is a lawyer-linguist and principal of Deliscar Professional Corporation, a trilingual law firm based in Ontario. Suzanne specializes in providing legal and language services in English, Spanish and French. She practices in the areas of wills and estates law, family law and civil law. As a linguist, she focuses on legal and official document translation, as well as contract abstraction and e-discovery. She has presented more than 50 webinars for translators and interpreters, lawyer-linguists, and lawyers. Follow her on Twitter @suzannedeliscar. Writer's Archives

Luigi Benetton is a journalist and freelance business writer and technical writer based in Toronto. He blogs about technology and the auto industry at Technozen. Follow him on Twitter @LuigiBenetton. Writer's Archives

Bull Garlington is an award-winning humor author, columnist and popular speaker. His latest book, "The Full English," is a hilarious travel memoir about his family's trip to the U.K. His company, Creative Writer PRO, provides enterprise-level content for small and medium-size businesses. His previous title, "Death by Children!," was IndieFab’s 2013 Humor Book of the Year. He is a co-author of the popular foodie compendium "The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats." He prefers Balvenie's DoubleWood 12 Year Scotch and makes a mean gumbo. Writer's Archives