John C. Scott is a Partner in the Tax Services Group at Anders CPA + Advisors. With more than 30 years of experience, he leads the firm’s legal industry efforts as a Virtual CFO. He offers dedicated resources, financial insight and critical thinking to address complex issues facing law firms, helping them be more efficient, competitive and profitable.  John is an Accredited Estate Planner, Chartered Global Management Accountant and a CPA. Follow him on LinkedIn.

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Smriti Sinha is General Counsel at Opus 2, a leading legal software and services provider. As part of the company’s executive leadership team, she leads global legal and compliance functions and the company’s ESG program. Before joining Opus 2 in 2022, Smriti spent over 10 years working with businesses globally across a broad range of industries, including technology, life sciences and marketing.

Julie Bee is a business owner burnout strategist who has been dubbed the “small business fixer” by clients and peers. With over 15 years in the entrepreneurial field, she has solidified her reputation as a dynamic consultant, speaker, and leader who sheds light on the darker side of business ownership. Julie is the author of “Burned: How Business Owners Can Overcome Burnout and Fuel Success.” Learn more at thejuliebee.com.

Laura Wenzel is the Global Marketing & Insights Director at iManage. Her passion and collaborative approach empower high-performing teams to deliver data-smart strategies, build brands, create resonance and drive a positive customer experience.

Roy Ginsburg, a practicing lawyer for more than 40 years, is an attorney coach and law firm consultant. He works with individual lawyers and law firms nationwide on business development, practice management, career development, and strategic and succession planning. Over the past 15 years, he has helped over 150 solo and small law firm owners across the country in all practice areas develop their succession plans. Learn more at www.royginsburg.com and www.sellyourlawpractice.com.

Matthew Karmel is chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Law Group at Offit Kurman, a full-service Am Law 200 law firm. His practice combines traditional environmental representation across transactions, litigation and regulatory compliance with cutting-edge sustainability initiatives, renewable energy and cleantech. He is founder of the Planetary Lawyer Project newsletter.

Meghan Cole is a litigator with Lightfoot, Franklin & White, a trial and appellate firm based in Birmingham, AL. Meg defends clients in a wide variety of disputes, including toxic tort, product liability, commercial litigation and medical malpractice cases. She represents national chemical manufacturers, Fortune 100 technology companies, leading healthcare organizations and a global pest control company. Meg has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in commercial litigation and product liability and has been named a Mid-South Rising Star by Super Lawyers.

Megan Zavieh is the creator and author of “The Playbook: The California Bar Discipline System Practice Guide.” At Zavieh Law, she focuses her practice exclusively on attorney ethics, providing representation to attorneys facing disciplinary action and guidance on questions of legal ethics. Megan is admitted to practice in California, Georgia, New York and New Jersey, as well as in multiple federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Her latest book, “The Modern Lawyer: Ethics and Technology in an Evolving World,” (ABA 2021 ) covers how to run a modern practice while staying in line with current ethics rules. She podcasts on Lawyers Gone Ethical, blogs on ethics at California State Bar Defense and tweets @ZaviehLaw.

Reid Thomas is Chief Strategy Officer at Ampersand Inc, a Midwest-based financial services firm dedicated to addressing the distinctive treasury management needs of both financial institutions and depositors. Reid has 30 years of experience in engineering, customer service and management in the financial services industry.

Nicole Clark is a business litigation and labor and employment attorney and is CEO and co-founder of Trellis Research. Trellis (@trellis_law) is an AI-powered legal research and analytics platform that gives state court litigators a competitive advantage by making trial court rulings searchable, and providing insights into opposing counsel and state court judges. Follow her on Twitter at @Nicole_A_Clark

Merrilyn is the author of “Getting Clients: For Lawyers Starting Out or Starting Over.” She has been helping lawyers and law firms think differently about the business of practicing law since 1984. She is a founding member of the Legal Marketing Association, an LMA Hall of Fame inductee, and a past President of the College of Law Practice Management. Merrilyn was a founding partner of Attorney at Work. 

Faye Riva Cohen has provided zealous legal representation to clients in the areas of employment, labor, civil rights and discrimination law for almost five decades. Faye also writes and speaks at seminars in those areas of the law. She enjoys a well-earned reputation for successfully litigating multi-faceted, complex cases against large and powerful adversaries, often in David and Goliath situations. She can be reached at frc@fayerivacohen.com, and her website is www.fayerivacohen.com.

Sasha Berson is a Managing Partner at Grow Law Firm, a leading digital marketing agency focused solely on helping more than 2,000 law firms double their revenue in three years or less. Sasha is the co-author, with Steve Forbes, of the bestselling book “Successonomics” and a regular contributor to Forbes.com. Connect with Sasha on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, or email him directly at sasha@growlawfirm.com.

Robert Padilla is a senior security analyst at Innovative Computing Solutions, Inc. in Austin, Texas. Innovative is a managed services provider for the legal industry, dedicated to maintaining current, stable technical environments for its clients, including providing services to migrate IT infrastructure to the cloud, outsource IT support functions and train lawyers to efficiently use technology to improve productivity.