Renée Pastor is Founder & Wealth Manager at The Pastor Financial Group, a comprehensive financial planning and wealth management practice headquartered in New Orleans. The firm specializes in retirement planning and 401(k) account management for families and individuals nationwide. To learn more, please visit thepastorgroup.com. Follow Renée on LinkedIn and @pastorgroup

Kevin Gallagher is general manager of the payments division at CARET, a leading software and integrated payments solutions provider, delivering best-in-class cloud applications to over 10,000 professional services firms. He has over 25 years of experience in the payment industry and is an expert in building and scaling PE-backed payment and SaaS companies. Follow him on LinkedIn.

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.

Tom Lambotte is a cybersecurity expert who has been in the legal tech industry for close to two decades. He founded BobaGuard, an affordable suite of turnkey cybersecurity solutions to help protect small and midsize law firms from getting hacked. Tom’s passion is helping legal entrepreneurs grow by leveraging technology. He is also CEO and founder of GlobalMac IT, a managed service provider that specializes in serving lawyers nationwide who use Macs. Tom and his wife live in Chardon, Ohio, with their four kids, mother-in-law, two dogs and a bunny. Connect with Tom on LinkedIn here.

Ryan Spear is the president of Hotels for Trial, a legal industry-focused travel agency for trial and litigation teams. Spear also serves as a mentor, speaker and hospitality professional. Follow his company @SpearTravelGroup.

Deborah Savadra spends a lot of her time explaining technology to lawyers, mostly as editor and chief blogger at Legal Office Guru, which features Microsoft Office video tutorials and other content especially for legal professionals. Watch her quick tips videos here, and follow her on Twitter @legalofficeguru.

Alex Smith is Global Product Lead for Knowledge, Search and AI at iManage, a knowledge work platform that helps organizations uncover and activate the knowledge that exists in their business content and communications. As a senior director, Alex works in the emerging redesign of legal services to show the art of the possible and make lawyers excited about data. Before joining iManage in 2019, Smith served as Innovation Manager at Reed Smith LLP.

Curt Brown is Co-Founder and Chief of Legal Innovation at Overture Law, where he also serves as General Counsel. In 2023, Curt was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He has also been recognized as a California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY Award) by The Daily Journal and Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the USC Law School Public Interest Law Fund. Curt is a founding partner of L&F Brown, P.C. and Chief Legal Officer of BizCounsel, Inc., which provides subscription legal plans to small and growing businesses.

Joey Seeber is CEO of Level Legal, an e-discovery, managed review, and consulting company dedicated to delighting corporations and law firms through concierge service. Joey also served three terms as mayor of Tyler, Texas, and earned his J.D. from Baylor University. Follow him on LinkedIn and at @JoeySeeber.

Traci Brown is a body language and persuasion expert, and certified master practitioner of Neuro Linguistics, Hypnosis and Huna. She uses this expertise in her keynotes for banking, credit unions and finance groups on how to detect and prevent fraud, and frequently assists lawyers in jury selection.  Traci is the author of Body Language Confidential: Tactics Every Secret Agent, Sales Person and Kindergarten Teacher Should Know and Mastering Magical Persuasion, and Persuasion Point: Body Language and Speech for Influence. Follow her @TraciBrown37.

Michael Murray is the director of client solutions for Veritext Legal Solutions. Murray stays on top of litigation technology trends and provides informative and entertaining CLE programs, educational instruction, and product demonstrations to legal professionals across the nation. Follow him on LinkedIn and @Veritext.

Lee Rosen is a globetrotting lawyer and remote-work guru, director of the Rosen Institute, a community of lawyers learning to grow their practices, and author of the popular Friday File newsletter. Lee is a recipient of the ABA James Keane Award for excellence in eLawyering. Follow him on LinkedIn and on Twitter @LeeRosen.

Nancy Rapp is a legal marketing consultant and client relations manager with PaperStreet Web Design and a legal marketing consultant. With a law degree from Wake Forest University and a professional diploma from the Digital Marketing Institute, Nancy understands the marketing needs of attorneys and helps clients solve problems and identify new opportunities for growth. Follow Nancy on LinkedIn.

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Zenell B. Brown is an attorney, author and sought-after speaker and trainer on leadership and inclusion. Zenell has worn many hats during her legal career. She began as a paralegal and currently serves as a court administrator in Detroit. During the pandemic, she wrote and published “Coffee and Conversations: Inclusion and Belonging,”  a 28-minute read encouraging the legal community  to stir up good conversations and start creating inclusion where they are right now with what they have. On weekends, Zenell can be found in her studio painting and creating mixed media art for journals, cards and clothes. Follow her on LinkedIn.