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.

CosmoLex is a comprehensive software for practice management, accounting, billing, document management, and more for lawyers. An end-to-end application to help you work faster, increase efficiency and accuracy, and ensure you stay compliant. Try for free at www.cosmolex.com.

Tod McDonald, CPA, CIRA, is co-founder of Valid8 Financial. Early in his career, Tod was an auditor with Ernst & Young and has spent decades navigating complex financial situations, including leading an investigation that unraveled a $200 million real estate investment Ponzi scheme in Washington state. He co-founded Valid8 Financial to build a Verified Financial Intelligence solution to expedite data prep, eliminate sample risk and improve the speed and quality of rendering a professional opinion on complex financial cases.

Nasir Ali, CEDS, is Assistant Vice President of Litigation and Investigation Services at Proxiio, a breakthrough provider of legal process outsourcing and technology solutions. Nasir oversees project intake and execution for major client engagements. With more than 13 years of experience in e-discovery, litigation support, and document review for global clients he also consults with clients to create advanced review workflows, leveraging TAR, generative AI and other analytics tools.

Ari Kaplan is the author of “The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development,” 2nd Edition (West Academic) and “Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace” (Wiley). He provides training on dynamic networking, including “Advanced LinkedIn Strategies to Empower Your Networking and Transform Your Outreach.” Follow him @AriKaplan on Twitter and learn about Lawcountability here.

Phil Portman is the Founder and CEO of Textdrip. Textdrip is a 10 DLC-COMPLIANT business texting tool with features that help improve an organization’s messaging ecosystem, increase SMS deliverability, reduce spam and enhance security. Phil has created several startups, including landlineremover.com, argosautomation.com, and recruitdrip.com.

Shawn Healy is a licensed clinical psychologist with Massachusetts Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc. (LCL). He runs stress management groups for law firms and provides training sessions on time and stress management to bar associations, solo attorneys and law firms. A frequent writer on the topics of conflict resolution, anxiety management, resilience and work-life balance, he is a contributor to the LCL blog and tweets for @LCL_MassLawyers.

Meyling “Mey” Ly Ortiz is Managing Counsel of Employment at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Her passions include mentoring, championing diversity and inclusion, and a personal blog: TheMeybe.com. At home, you can find her doing her best to be a “fun” mom to a toddler and preschooler and chasing her best self on her Peloton (her handle is Meybe if you want her to try to chase you too). You can follow her on LinkedIn and @Meybe_JD on Twitter. (And you knew this was coming: Her opinions are hers alone.)

Chris Rossi is a legal marketing consultant and the founder of Attorney Sluice. He has been helping attorneys and law firms grow their revenue and their legal practices for the past 13 years.

Mark C. Palmer is Chief Counsel at the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Mark writes on civility, professionalism and future law for the Commission’s 2Civility blog and delivers statewide professionalism programming, including a lawyer mentoring program, to attorneys and law students across Illinois. Follow him @palmerlaw.

Tal Davidson is the product manager of data analytics and visualization at ProSearch. With a robust background in advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau and SQL, Tal’s expertise is pivotal in helping legal teams and law firms gain profound insights into their cases and business strategies.

Katherine (Katie) Hollar Barnard is the managing partner of Firesign | Enlightened Legal Marketing, a marketing communications agency that focuses on law firms and legal services providers. A former Big Law CMO, she advises law firms and legal service providers on brand identity, marketing communications and more. Follow Katie on LinkedIn.

Ragav Jagannathan is President and Group CEO of KLoBot Inc., which sells innovative products like imDocShare (for iManage DMS) and netDocShare (for NetDocuments DMS), which allow attorneys to easily co-author DMS documents within Microsoft Teams and SharePoint using Microsoft Office Client. Their virtual assistant software KLapper allows firms to create no-code DIY virtual assistants powered by generative AI in minutes. He can be reached at ragav@klstinc.com.

Jared D. Correia is CEO of Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, which offers subscription-based law firm business management consulting services, and works with legal vendors to develop programming and content. Jared is also COO of Gideon Software, Inc., which offers intelligent messaging and predictive analytics software built exclusively for law firms. A former practicing attorney, Jared is the host of the Legal Toolkit podcast and speaks frequently at industry events. In addition to his Attorney at Work column, Managing, he writes an advice column for Lawyerist and on tech startups for Above the Law. Follow him @JaredCorreia.

Wendy Merrill is a fierce advocate for improving the practice of law. She has worked with thousands of lawyers around the world, providing practical guidance and proven techniques designed to help lawyers and their firms thrive. Wendy is both the proud CEO of StrategyHorse, a consulting firm committed to boosting law firm profitability with proven strategies, and co-founder of The Savvy Advocate, a unique associate training program designed to prepare younger lawyers and their firms for success. She is also an author and prominent speaker on law firm growth strategy, winning the war for legal talent, bridging the generational gap in law firms, and more.