Dustin Cole is President and Master Practice Advisor with Attorneys Master Class, where he has delivered CLE programs on practice management, marketing, risk management and succession planning for bar associations and organizations. He has keynoted and trained at nearly all of the nation’s solo and small firm programs, worked with more than 400 attorneys, and conducted operations and marketing analyses for more than 100 firms.

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Julie Liberman is the founder of Liberman Law, a Georgia civil appellate practice focused on real estate, contractual, employment, homeowner association, and other civil matters in Georgia’s appellate courts. She has been a member of the Georgia Bar since 2000. Learn more at JLibermanLaw.com.

Brooke Lively is the founder and CEO of two companies that address the needs of growing law firms. Cathcap provides fractional CFO services, and​ Scaling Law helps law firms implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) to improve execution, accountability and long-term value.​ Brooke has spent more than 20 years working in and alongside the legal industry and has advised hundreds of law firms across the U.S. She is an international bestselling author and a Professional EOS Implementer who holds both an MBA and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Connor Gallic is the founder and CEO of KaiCalls, a voice AI phone service with 24/7 lead intake and appointment scheduling focused on verticals like personal injury and family law.
KaiCall’s voice-first interface answers, routes and qualifies callers, and briefs the owner directly by phone. Follow Connor on LinkedIn.

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Ryan Pitz is the founder of the Intake Academy, a legal intake training and accountability firm focused on helping law firms improve lead conversion. The Intake Academy delivers unique training and coaching programs to law firms to screen, select, train, develop and coach legal intake teams. Follow Ryan @rpitz42.

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.

Sam Davidoff has over 20 years of experience in law and legal technology. A former trial lawyer, he is the founder and CEO of Align, a digital binder solution designed to provide attorneys with paperless workflows. He can be reached at sam@mfbtech.com.

Yuliya LaRoe is the CEO of LeadWise Group, an award-winning leadership and business development consulting firm. For over a decade, Yuliya’s mission has been to help lawyers and leaders in law firms, in-house legal departments, and corporations to successfully manage their most critical issues: Strategy, Talent, Leadership, and  Business Development. To get in touch with Yuliya, email her at ylaroe@leadwisegroup.com and follow her on LinkedIn.

Zena Applebaum is SVP of Market Development at Harbor. A competitive intelligence pioneer, product marketer and personal brand advocate, Zena previously served as VP of Product Marketing at Thomson Reuters, leading go-to-market strategy, including the release of Gen AI enhancements in Westlaw and Practical Law, and she has led CI teams at Bennett Jones LLP and McCarthy Tétrault. Zena is a Fellow of both the College of Law Practice Management and the Council of CI Fellows. She is also a part-time instructor in the Tech MBA program at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto.

Kenneth Fett is an Intake Specialist and Co-Manager of Business Operations at Fett & Fields, P.C., an employment law firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He recently graduated from Michigan State University College of Law and is awaiting bar admission.

Danielle DavisRoe is Director of Learning + Development at Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter in Columbus. Previously she was a senior consultant with Affinity Consulting Group. Danielle has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Follow Danielle on LinkedIn.

Ruth Carter — lawyer, writer and professional speaker — is Of Counsel with Venjuris, focusing on intellectual property, business, internet and flash mob law. Named an ABA Journal Legal Rebel, Ruth is the author of “The Legal Side of Blogging for Lawyers,” as well as “Flash Mob Law: The Legal Side of Planning and Participating in Pillow Fights, No Pants Rides, and Other Shenanigans.” Ruth blogs at GeekLawFirm.com and UndeniableRuth.com.

Rachel Bailey is Product Marketing Manager at Opus 2, a leading provider of legal software and services. Opus 2 helps legal teams build winning case strategies more efficiently. Their cloud-based solution streamlines litigation processes by centralizing documents, evidence, transcripts, chronologies and witnesses in one collaborative workspace.