Shira Aharoni is the Chief People Officer at Aderant, a global industry leader in providing comprehensive business management software for law firms. Having recently joined the Aderant team, Shira brings over 15 years of experience in the human resources field including a leadership role at Finastra, a global financial technology company.

Expert contributor.

Keith Rollag is a leadership professor, management consultant, and formerly Dean of the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. His teaching focuses on organizational behavior, teamwork and leadership, and his research focuses primarily on newcomer socialization and training, organizational culture, social networks and leadership development. He is the author of  “What to Do When You’re New: How to Be Comfortable, Confident, and Successful in New Situations, ” named one of the “10 Best Books of 2015.” Follow him @KeithRollag and on LinkedIn.

Mario Cattabiani is the Director of Communications at Ross Feller Casey, LLP, a personal injury law firm based in Philadelphia (@RossFellerCasey).

Todd Carney is a lawyer and writer in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in Biglaw Investor, Opinio Juris, Lawfare, and National Jurist, among other places. Before becoming a lawyer, Todd worked in digital advertising for several years. Todd earned a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree from American University. The views in this piece are his alone and do not reflect the views of his employer.

Anurag Malik is President and Chief Technology Officer at ContractPodAi. For more than 20 years, Anurag has scaled products and built technology teams for both startups and multibillion-dollar corporations, across a wide range of industries. As ContractPodAi’s CTO, he is focused on building the next generation of AI-driven dominant technology platforms in the contract management space.

Susan Hackett is the CEO and CLO of Legal Executive Leadership, LLC, a legal management consulting practice in the Washington D.C. metro area. She is the former senior vice president and general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), where she served for more than two decades as the “voice of the in-house bar” and built a loyal network of thousands of in-house and outside legal executives, as well as a reputation for innovation, excellence and success. You can reach her at hackett@lawexecs.com or follow her @HackettInHouse.

Quinn Clancy is the Director of Lawyer Talent Development at King & Spaulding. Previously he was a Director of  Training and Development at Sidley Austin. He received his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago. Follow him on Twitter @QuinnClancy and on LinkedIn.

Raoul Mills is Senior Vice President & Managing Director at Tower Legal Solutions (@TowerLegal), an alternative legal services provider that focuses on project staffing, temporary attorney engagements, and managed review and compliance services. Raoul leads internal and contract staff, service delivery, client retention and business development for Washington, DC, and Charlotte, NC locations. Learn more about Raoul at TowerLS.com and follow him @REM61.

Expert contributor.

Tatia L. Gordon-Troy is a Maryland attorney and a career publisher with more than 20 years of experience developing books for lawyers and law firms, and building content-based marketing strategies in the form of magazines, newsletters, monographs, blog posts and white papers. Tatia runs her own consultancy and author services company, Ramses House Publishing LLC, through which she helps attorneys leverage their expertise to market themselves and their practices. Follow her on LinkedIn and Twitter @tatia_troy, and search Clubhouse @behindthebook.

Clinton Brandhagen is a professional headshot and production photographer based in New York City. ClintonBPhotography shoots headshots for lawyers, actors, executives and business professionals. Clinton’s photos have been published in Law360, New York Law Journal, The National Law Journal, American Theatre Magazine, The Washingtonian, The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post. Follow his PhotoFacts on Twitter @ClintonBPhoto.

Walter D. McCorkle is a Business Development and Marketing Technology Manager at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (@BradleyLegal). He helps build brand awareness, reputation, and strength through the use of content and social media for the 500-attorney firm.

Mayowa Oyebadejo is the Head of Marketing at Paradigm, which offers a suite of practice management solutions to help lawyers manage, automate and grow their firm. With a background in management consulting and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, he possesses a unique understanding of the business side of law firms and works tirelessly to pass this knowledge on to lawyers across the country. He views his work at Paradigm as simply helping attorneys master the balance of serving their clients and effectively operating their business. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.

Amy Rowland is the founder of Varia Search, a boutique legal recruiting firm for companies and law firms. Amy previously practiced law and held in-house roles at two large international companies, and was a staff attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Follow her on LinkedIn.