Anne Haag is a Practice Management Advisor at the Chicago Bar Association. Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. She is also a certified crisis counselor and volunteers as a patient advocate in the ER.

Amy Timmer is Associate Dean of Students and Professionalism at WMU Cooley Law School and co-author of “60-Minute Mentoring for Lawyers and Law Students: Small Commitments, Big Results.” She designed and oversees Cooley’s Professionalism Plan, which has earned the ABA’s Gambrell Professionalism Award. A key part of Cooley’s Professionalism Plan involves mentoring for law students. To that end, she established a 60-minute professionalism mentoring program with local bar associations. Dean Timmer is a founding member of the National Legal Mentoring Consortium.

Ryan Steadman is Chief Revenue Officer at Zero, AI-based email management for law firms. Ryan leads Zero’s vision and execution for growth. He has over two decades of experience delivering disruptive and emerging technology to professional services organizations worldwide, and subject-matter expertise across a wide spectrum of essential business processes.

Arup Das is CEO of Alphaserve Technologies (@AlphaserveIT). He is an expert in institutional-level technology governance and operational risk management standards that are prevalent in hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and global law firms. Arup regularly writes and speaks on topics related to digital transformation. In 2018, he received the International Legal Technology Association’s Thought Leader of the Year award for his expertise and commitment to sharing his knowledge and insights about critical technologies and trends, including artificial intelligence.

Lisa Witt is the owner of LisaLaw, LLC, a criminal defense law firm in Mesa, Arizona. She handles a wide variety of cases from misdemeanors to criminal appeals. She is a member of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice where she serves on the Legislative and Amicus Committees. She is admitted to practice in Arizona federal district court (Phoenix) and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Chinh H. Pham leads Greenberg Traurig’s Emerging Technology Practice, and is co-chair of the Boston Office Intellectual Property Practice Group.  He is a registered patent attorney with particular experience in the strategic creation, implementation, and protection of intellectual property rights for high-technology clients.

Scott Distasio is the founder of Distasio Law Firm based in Tampa, focusing on all types of personal injury cases. A Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Scott is licensed to practice law in both Florida and Pennsylvania. He is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. To see what legal wisdom he shares next, follow him @scottdistasio.

Michelle A. Lawless is a partner at Schiller DuDanto & Fleck LLP, where her practice is focused exclusively in the area of family law and domestic relations. With finely honed skills in both negotiation and litigation, Michelle has spent her career assisting high-net-worth individuals and their spouses protect and preserve their assets during divorce.

Lorie Eber was as a workaholic corporate litigator for 23 years. In 2004, she made a career transition into health and wellness. Lorie Eber Wellness Coaching provides personalized weight loss and healthy living coaching and support. Lorie is a Certified Nutritionist and NASM Sports Medicine Fitness Nutrition Specialist,  a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach, a certified personal trainer and life coach. She is the author of  “Boomers: Aging Beats the Alternative and a Sense of Humor Helps,” “How to Stay Healthy in a World Designed to Make Us Fat and Lazy,” “40 Ways to Leave Your Lover, That Would be Junk Food,” and “How to Ditch Your Fat Clothes for Good.” Follow her @LorieEber.

Jeremy Kocal is a content specialist with Wiideman Consulting Group based in Southern California and works as a freelance writer and journalist covering law, religion, music and space exploration.

Zachary Horn is a partner in the Frankfort, Ky., office of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, where he practices in the areas of civil litigation, banking, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy. He is Vice Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and a frequent speaker and advocate for attorney wellness and mindfulness in the law. Zachary blogs on issues relating to attorney wellness and mindfulness at MindlessLawyer.com.

Sam Glover is a Clinical Fellow at Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab, where he help students and coders work with courts and nonprofits to build online tools for people who don’t have lawyers. Sam is a founder of Lawyerist.com and ABA Journal Legal Rebels Trailblazer. Follow Sam on LinkedIn and at SamGover.net, where he helps do-gooders develop websites, and on LinkedIn.

Markie Johansen is the Content Marketing Specialist at Ruby Receptionists. She is an avid reader, chocolate-eater, and lifelong logophile fueled more by curiosity than actual skill.

Paul Domnick is President of Litera Microsystems, having been President of Litéra Corp from 2014 to 2017. He brings a unique insight into the utility of the Litera Microsystems’ risk management solutions having previously been CIO of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for five years. Follow him on Twitter @LiteraMicro.

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