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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.

Brian Powers is an Indianapolis-based lawyer and entrepreneur. Brian has practiced Internet law for nearly a decade, working with start-ups and companies that transact business online. He recently launched PactSafe, a cloud-based solution that manages, tracks, deploys and enforces digital legal agreements. Brian tweets @PactSafe.

Jim Turner is VP of Marketing for Easy Pay Solutions and a payments expert. With a combination of proprietary software and consultating 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 and blogs at easypayjd.com. Jim also writes on interpersonal relationships. His next book, “The Disconnected Man,” will be available in 2018. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter @patientpaidJim.

Anna Markham Sanders is a Senior Director with VOYlegal, a boutique nationwide legal search firm that connects lawyers with great opportunities and employers with top legal talent. She graduated from University of Virginia School of Law and practiced with a media, information and technology group in Washington, D.C., before turning her talents to making introductions professionally. She places partners, counsel and associates and can be found on LinkedIn.

Angela Han is a healthcare lawyer and a health coach for lawyers’ physical, mental and professional health. She coaches lawyers on building their most ideal life through both one-to-one coaching and the Fit to Practice Society, a community of lawyers across the country who come together for workouts, yoga and fireside chats on how to live their dream lives. Angela is also host of the Fit to Practice podcast, where she interviews lawyers on what it means to be fit to practice law. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Christy Cassisa is Founder & Director of the Institute for Mindful Works, where she brings mindfulness programs to the workplace. In addition, she is a Regional Director at Inner Explorer, an online mindfulness program for both students and teachers. A speaker, coach and former lawyer, Christy’s career has traversed biology, education and the law, which she now applies to explore science-based practices for leading a happier, healthier and more productive life. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Jeffrey O’Neill is the founder of Patent Bots (@PatentBots),a suite of patent prep and prosecution tools including AI-enabled patent drafting and proofreading and patent examiner statistics. Jeff is also a practicing patent attorney at GTC Law Group. Previously, Jeff was in-house patent counsel for Amazon, an associate for Boston law firm Wolf Greenfield, and a clerk for the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Follow Jeffrey on LinkedIn.