Neha Sampat is CEO of GenLead|BelongLab, where she helps organizations create peak-performance, inclusive teams by addressing hidden barriers to belonging, such as imposter syndrome and internalized bias, unconscious bias, generational diversity and distrust in teams. As a coach, she helps individuals develop job situations and leadership styles that engage their true and best selves. Read more of her insights on The Belong Blog and follow her at @belonglab.

Mike Ramsey is President of Nifty Ventures and founder of Nifty Marketing and Nifty Law, which brings digital marketing, website design, SEO and content marketing to firms nationwide, and Managing Partner of Bold+Stone investments in Burley, Idaho.  One of the foremost authorities on local search, Mike is the author of “Winning at Local Search: The Nifty Guide to Digital Marketing for Lawyers” and a top-rated speaker at events such as Mozcon, Smx, Pubcon.

Katie Tejada is a writer, editor, and former HR professional. She often covers developments in HR, business communication, recruiting, real estate, finance and law.

Jim Brashear is General Counsel for Zix Corporation, a leading provider of  email encryption services. He earned his JD, magna cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law. He is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the State Bar of Texas and the California Bar Association. Read his full bio here or read more of his in-depth blogs on this topic here.

Dean Whalen is the Chief Legal Officer of Readback, the industry’s first AI-assisted deposition court reporting platform with Active Reporting capabilities.  Readback combines human transcriptionists and AI to deliver high-quality transcripts for attorneys to view and use during proceedings and one-day certified transcripts for low, flat rates.

Elise Keith is co-founder of Lucid Meetings where she leads research, publication and product management efforts, constantly seeking ways to make it easy for people to enjoy meetings that get work done. She is the author of the book Where the Action Is: The Meetings That Make or Break Your Organization. For more information, visit www.lucidmeetings.com and connect with Elise on Twitter @EliseID8.

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Andrew Lacy is the founder and owner of The Lacy Employment Law Firm. His employment practice services both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Before founding The Lacy Employment Law Firm, Andrew worked for the international law firm Reed Smith LLP and clerked for the Honorable Cathy Bissoon in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Lorrie Thomas Ross is a transformational marketing guide. She is the CEO of Web Marketing Therapy Inc., a marketing agency that diagnoses, prescribes and guides healthy, sustainable marketing solutions, and Wild Web Women, which provides coaching and marketing support to help digital women grow gorgeously. She loves helping leaders lead themselves, unapologetically. Follow Lorrie on Twitter @WebTherapist and on LinkedIn @lorriethomasross.

Steve Nelson is an executive principal at The McCormick Group, an executive search firm based in Arlington, Va. Steve conducts partner-level searches, searches for in-house counsel, and searches for administrative professionals for law firms. In addition, he serves as a consultant for law firm merger planning, practice area expansion, and in recruiting strategy. Steve is a former attorney with 17 years in legal journalism and publishing and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. Follow him @SKNLegal.

Matthew J. Weiss is a lawyer, entrepreneur, best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and talented orator. His firm, Weiss & Associates, PC, focuses on vehicle and traffic law and has represented thousands of clients annually throughout New York State. His book “Desire, Discipline and Determination” was an Amazon bestseller and one of his most recent ventures is the documentary “Man In Red Bandana,” about 9/11 hero Welles Remy Crowther.

Alyson Galusha is a senior director with VOYlegal, an innovative legal search firm that connects top attorneys with law firms and corporations nationwide. A former practicing attorney, Alyson has more than seven years of recruiting experience in New Jersey and New York. She specializes in placing partners, associates and groups with AmLaw 200 and elite regional firms and assists her clients in succession planning and adding new practice groups. Alyson lives in New Jersey with her husband (also an attorney), three teenage children and two beloved dogs. Follow Alyson on LinkedIn.

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Bruce Hennes is CEO of Hennes Communications (@crisiscomm), focused only on crisis communications.  With a client list that includes Goodyear, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Avery Dennison and Ohio University, Hennes serves over 180 clients a year — including scores of law firms and their clients.  Bruce currently serves on the board of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State University’s College of Urban Affairs. Recently, he was named a “Go-To Thought Leader” by the National Law Review and, for the third year in a row, Bruce was named to the Lawdragon 100 Leading Consultants and Strategists. He has also been named three times by Cleveland Magazine to their list of the 500 Most Powerful People in Northeast Ohio. For a gratis subscription to Crisis Management Today, send your email to hennes@crisiscommunications.com.