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.

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.

Paul Burton is a former corporate finance attorney and General Counsel who helps lawyers and legal professionals make the best use of their time. The author of eight guides on individual and leadership productivity, he delivers seminars and coaching services to busy professionals across the United States. You can learn more about Paul and his practice at www.quietspacing.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.

Michael Rynowecer is the President and Founder of The BTI Consulting Group, an industry leader in conducting independent research on how clients acquire, manage and evaluate their professional services providers. He has been conducting client feedback and analyzing the legal market for 30 years. Michael blogs about legal industry news, insights from original research and the market outlook at The MadClientist. Follow him on Twitter @BTIConsulting.

Jan Van Hoecke is Vice President of AI Services at iManage, the document management and knowledge work platform.

Annette Choti graduated from law school 20 years ago, and is the CEO and owner of Law Quill, a legal digital marketing agency focused on small and solo law firms. She is the author of “Click Magnet: The Ultimate Digital Marketing Guide for Law Firms” (2022). Annette used to do theater and professional comedy, which is not so different from the legal field if we are all being honest. She can be found on LinkedIn or at annette@lawquill.com.

Marc Lauritsen, president of Capstone Practice Systems and author of “The Lawyer’s Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools,” is a Massachusetts lawyer, technologist, and educator who helps people work more effectively through knowledge systems. He has taught at five law schools, conducted path-breaking work on document drafting and decision support systems, and run several software companies. Follow him on Twitter @MarcLauritsen and on LinkedIn.

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.

Rachel Bailey is Product Marketing Manager at Opus 2, a leading provider of legal software and services. Opus 2 helps legal teams build winning case strategies more efficiently. Their cloud-based solution streamlines litigation processes by centralizing documents, evidence, transcripts, chronologies and witnesses in one collaborative workspace.

Nancy Slome heads up Lawyers Biography Service and is a seasoned legal marketing consultant with more than a decade of experience advising attorneys on strategic marketing initiatives and creating compelling content for law firm websites. She was recently the VP of Content Strategy at Jaffe and a principal with One to One Interactive. Nancy has held marketing director positions at Pillsbury and White & Case and served on the Board of Directors for the Metro New York Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association. She is a regular presenter at industry conferences. Follow her @LawBioService.

Joe Pirrotta, Director of Review Services at ProSearch, is a recognized expert in the legal and compliance industry, with over 15 years of experience in process design, product management and long-term strategy. He was a founding member of Integreon’s Onshore Managed Review service line, then launched a series of products and led multidisciplinary teams as the head of the legal business units of two outsourcing organizations. Joe earned his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New Jersey.

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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.

Amy Boardman Hunt founded Muse Communications in 2016 after 30 years in legal journalism and public relations. Named one of Texas’ top legal PR firms by Texas Lawyer, Muse’s clients have included some of the largest law firms in Texas, as well as a variety of boutiques and individual attorneys. In addition to helping lawyers grow their practices, Amy is an evangelist for the gospel of self-promotion, particularly when it comes to women lawyers. She is a native Texan and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.