Gina F. Rubel is the CEO of Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.,  which celebrates its 20th  anniversary this year. Corporate and law firm leaders call on Gina for high-stakes public relations, crisis planning, and incident response support including high-profile litigation media relations. Listed among the Lawdragon Global 100 Leading Consultants and Strategists to the Legal Profession, Gina is a widely acknowledged expert on legal marketing and law firm public relations and a sought-after speaker and media expert. She is a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management and in the American Bar Foundation. Her latest book, “Everyday Public Relations for Lawyers, 2nd Edition,” is available from AttorneyatWork.com. Visit FuriaRubel.com for more information and follow Gina on Twitter @FuriaRubel.

Chere Estrin is CEO of Estrin Legal Staffing (@estrin) and its medical records division, MediSums, and President and co-founding member of the Organization of Legal Professionals, a legal technology training organization. A former administrator for two major law firms, she has held executive positions in law firms, litigation support companies and as senior VP of a legal staffing division of a $5 billion publicly held corporation. She publishes the digital magazine KNOW, the Magazine for Paralegals, and is former editor-in-chief of Sue, the Magazine for Women Litigators.

Kate Harry Shipham is principal of KHS People, an executive search firm placing business developers and marketers into professional services firms. Kate’s background is solely within professional services firms, initially as a practicing attorney for seven years, and then as a search and recruiting professional for six years prior to launching KHS People in 2017. She is active in the Midwest Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association and serves on the board of the Chicago Chapter of the Association for Accounting Marketing. Follow her on Twitter @KHSPeopleLLC.

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Robert Katzberg is consulting counsel to Holland & Knight and the author of  “The Vanishing Trial” (Mascot Books, 2020). A cum laude graduate of George Washington University Law School, he began his career as a law clerk to the Hon. Oliver Gasch on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, where his prosecution of political corruption and financial crimes earned him the coveted Attorney General’s Special Achievement Award. For the next four decades, as a partner in Kaplan & Katzberg, a white-collar criminal law boutique, he defended clients in high-profile cases. A Southern District of New York federal prosecutor described him as “the best cross-examiner” he had ever seen, and as a “formidable adversary” who “commands the courtroom.”

Melanie Lippman is an image consultant and personal branding expert. She works with female attorneys to help them define their personal style to make them instantly recognizable and memorable. Her four-week program “Stand Out Style” helps attorneys develop their style, build confidence and authority, shop their closets, and create killer outfits. Follow her on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Sarah Cottrell is the Founder of Former Lawyer LLC and the host of The Former Lawyer podcast. She runs a group program for lawyers where she helps unhappy lawyers leave their soul-sucking jobs behind. Follow her on LinkedIn and @FormerLawyer on Instagram.

Carole Levitt is President of Internet For Lawyers and Vice-President of CLEseminars.com. She has been an acclaimed full-time CLE seminar speaker since 1999. Her areas of expertise are: how to use the Internet for investigative, legal, and social media research; social media ethics; Google search; and Google cloud Apps. She is a best-selling ABA Law Practice Division co-author of seven Internet research books, including “Internet Legal Research on a Budget,” and co-author of “The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet.” Previously, Carole was a California attorney, a law librarian in Chicago and Los Angeles, and a Legal Research and Writing Professor at Pepperdine University School of Law. Follow her on Twitter @carolelevitt.

Catherine Sanders Reach is Director for the Center for Practice Management at the North Carolina Bar Association, providing practice technology and management assistance to lawyers and legal professionals. Formerly she was Director, Law Practice Management and Technology for the Chicago Bar Association and the Director at the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center. Previously, she worked in library and information science environments. In 2011, Catherine was selected one of the inaugural Fastcase 50. and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. She served on the ABA TECHSHOW Board from 2007-2009, 2014-2016 and as co-vice chair in 2019. Follow her @catherinereach.

Mark Homer is CEO of GNGF, a leading law firm marketing agency. At GNGF, Mark leads the team to help empower and educate law firms to grow their practice. He is co-author of “Online Law Practice Strategies” and often speaks around the U.S. on marketing and social media ethics for law firms. Sign up for GNGF’s  Legal Marketing Academy here. Follow Mark on Twitter: @mark_homer.

Jennifer Simpson Carr is Director of Business Development at Furia Rubel where she leads relationship management with prospective, new and existing clients. She tracks market and emerging trends, supports the agency’s client value proposition, and assists the agency and clients with establishing competitive advantage, winning new business, and implementing strategies that impact long-term business objectives. Prior to Furia Rubel, Jennifer spent more than 10 years leading business development and marketing communications strategies in-house at AmLaw 200 firms in New York and mid-market law firms throughout the United States. Follow her on Twitter @jsimpsoncarr.

Elizabeth Ferris is the founder of Ferris Consulting. With more than 25 years’ experience in marketing, business development and strategic planning and 18 years in legal marketing, she has advised some of the most successful North American and U.K. law firms. She has particular experience in advising firms with niche practices. A frequent speaker and author on legal marketing, Elizabeth has led workshops and planning retreats throughout North America, the U.K., Austria and Australia. Follow her @ferrisconsults.

Olivia Mockel von dem Bussche is the CEO of PCLaw | Time Matters, and has 12 years’ experience in legal and professional services, establishing and growing new businesses in North America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. She currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her family.

Jessica Aries is a lawyer turned legal marketer and the owner of By Aries, a digital marketing agency focused on marketing for lawyers, law firms, and legal industry consultants and associations. Jessica spends her days helping busy lawyers perfect their digital presence by implementing forward-looking digital marketing strategies to modernize their approach to business development. Find her on LinkedIn sharing legal marketing and business development tips and tricks.

Ron Bockstahler is co-founder and CEO Amata Office Solutions, as well as Principal Broker for Amata Realty Group. Founded in 2002, Amata is Chicago’s largest privately owned office suites provider, with a clientele that includes solo practitioners, startups, and larger corporations looking to establish satellite locations. When he’s not putting deals together, Ron is traveling in his RV with his wife and five children, chasing his goal of visiting all 50 states in five years. Find Ron on LinkedIn and Twitter.