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Linda Hazelton is the founder of Hazelton Marketing & Management, a Dallas-based consultancy offering communication and strategy, organization and business development, and profitability counsel to law firms. Linda has more than 20 years of experience at the helm of law firms. She has an MBA from the University of Minnesota and is a CAPT-qualified Myers-Briggs trainer and coach. Follow her on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Matthew Laurin is the Director of SEO at Rankings.io. Matthew has spent his career mastering the various branches of digital marketing including paid search and social, search engine optimization, inbound and email marketing, data analysis and analytics. He holds degrees in business, psychology and criminal justice. He is a writer and web developer and has led teams of professionals in the digital realm while overseeing multimillion-dollar marketing and operational budgets. Follow him on LinkedIn.

Sam Bocetta is a writer specializing in U.S. diplomacy and national security, with emphasis on technology trends in cyberwarfare, cyberdefense and cryptography. Much of his previous career was spent penetration testing ballistics computer systems for a variety of spacecraft, aircraft, and a few marine vessels. The cat-and-mouse game of finding security vulnerabilities and figuring out how to strengthen/eradicate them remains a fascination that he now explores through the written word. You can find his best articles and cyber guides at Bocetta.com and follow him on Twitter @sambocetta.

Eric Farber is CEO and chief legal officer of Pacific Workers’ Compensation Law Center and the best-selling author of “The Case for Culture: How to Stop Being a Slave to Your Law Firm, Grow Your Practice, and Actually Be Happy.” He’s on a mission to change how law firms operate by showing lawyers the value of putting culture first. His focus on culture helped him build a seven-figure firm that has gone from four people to 40 in just five years and been an Inc. 5000 company twice. Follow him @RealEricGarber.

Scott Wallingford is the Vice President and General Manager of LexisNexis’ Law Firm Software Solutions business (@LexisNexisLegal). He brings over 20 years’ experience in scaling nascent businesses and revitalizing mature ones. Scott’s career includes senior leadership positions in software, telecommunications, and management consulting across the U.S., Europe and Asia. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Dan Steiner is an author and legal marketing expert from Austin, Texas. He is the owner and marketing director at Vintage Legal Marketing, an award-winning law firm marketing agency serving lawyers in both the U.S. and Canada. His work has been featured in a number of publications, including Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Inc.

Samantha Smith is Executive Director of Grand View at Caron Treatment Centers. Her major responsibility is to tailor the program to ensure it meets the needs of the executive population, enhancing clinical programming to ensure the most efficacious treatment and care. She partners and builds relationships with key professionals who support Caron’s mission of Recovery for Life . She also oversees day-to-day clinical programming and staffing.

Conrad Saam is the founder of Mockingbird Marketing, an online marketing agency focused exclusively on the legal sector. A frequent presenter at bar association and legal marketing conferences from coast to coast, he is the author of the recently released “Own the Map: Marketing Your Law Firm’s Address Online,” and “The FindLaw Jailbreak Guide.” A Google Small Business Advisor, Conrad has held positions for multiple ABA marketing committees. Follow him @ConradSaam.

Michelle Garrett is a public relations consultant and award-winning writer with more than 20 years of agency, corporate, nonprofit and startup experience. She works with clients worldwide ranging from small businesses to enterprises, assisting them in crafting and carrying out a PR strategy. Learn more at michellegarrett.com and follow her @PRisUS

Bernie Toledano is the head of marketing at ZERØ (@ZeroMailApp), provider of the legal industry’s only mobile-first AI-powered productivity software. Bernie is responsible for overall marketing strategy, brand management, and lead generation initiatives. Prior to joining ZERØ, Bernie was the AVP of Marketing and Communications at a global real asset investment firm, where she led and operationalized the marketing strategy across several subsidiaries and built the company’s marketing technology infrastructure from the ground up. Follow Bernie at @bernietoledano.

J.W. Freiberg (Terry), social psychologist-turned-lawyer, has for 30 years served as general counsel to five of Boston’s largest private social service agencies. He became known as “the psych lawyer” by colleagues who, over the years, referred hundreds of cases to him involving clients with psychological “issues.” Terry is the author of the award-winning, “Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer’s Case Stories”  and the editor of “Growing Up Lonely.” His latest book is “Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone: A Lawyer’s Case Stories of Love, Loneliness, and Litigation” (Summer 2020).

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Paul H. Cannon is a trial attorney, shareholder in, and online marketing manager for Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. He has been practicing personal injury law since 1995 and was certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2005. Follow him @SimmonsFletcher.

Mark Feldman is Publisher of Attorney at Work. Contact him at mark@attorneyatwork.com and follow him @MarkFeldman2 on Twitter.