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.

Scott Winter is the CRM evangelist at LexisNexis InterAction and the VP of Client Development at Index Solutions. (Index). With more than a decade of CRM experience supporting professional services, Scott’s focus at Index is solving data quality and accuracy problems for LexisNexis InterAction clients, implementing best practices, and leveraging firm relationships to support business development strategies. After directing InterAction for over 10 years, securing over 70% of the Am Law 100, Scott continues to evangelize for InterAction as the market leader in legal CRM.

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Andy Brownstein is an attorney with GreeneHurlocker and a former CFO with over 25 years of experience counseling early-stage and mature companies in corporate, M&A, and real estate matters. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

Ben Roberts has more than a decade of experience in the localization industry, with more than half in legal services. At Welocalize (@Welocalize), he assists large corporate clients as well as international law firms in navigating the challenges and complexities of legal translations across many areas including litigation and intellectual property. His extensive knowledge of machine and human translation platforms allows him to deliver best-in-class service to his client base. Email him to learn about Welocalize’s AI-enabled e-discovery solutions and litigation translation services.

Jacqueline S. Vinaccia has acted as an expert in attorney fee auditing in several states. As her law practice grew, she recognized the benefit to teaching the billing habits that end up on her “cutting-room floor.” Currently, she is a partner and the lead litigator at Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak LLP, a municipal law, business and real estate law firm in Escondido, CA. She has written several articles and presented seminars on proper billing techniques throughout the country.

Andrea Williams is the Community Manager at The Law Offices of Alcock & Associates P.C., a premier law group in Arizona that provides legal services to clients involved in personal injury, DUI, immigration and criminal cases. She enjoys cooking, reading books and playing minigolf with her friends and family in her spare time.

Bruce Willey is an attorney and CPA who has served as an accountant, tax and wealth-building specialist for individuals and business owners for over three decades. He is the founder of American Tax and Business Planning, specializing in tax minimization, wealth and tax guidance and transition management for individuals and business owners. He is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Follow him on LinkedIn.

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