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Joan Feldman is Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder of Attorney at Work, publishing “one really good idea every day” since 2011. She has created and steered myriad leading practice management and trade publications, including the ABA’s Law Practice magazine where she served as managing editor for a dozen years. Joan is a Fellow and served as a Trustee of the College of Law Practice Management. Follow her on LinkedIn and @JoanHFeldman.

Danielle DavisRoe is Director of Learning + Development at Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter in Columbus. Previously she was a senior consultant with Affinity Consulting Group. Danielle has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Follow Danielle on LinkedIn.

Nicole Hansen is a digital marketer who combines user-friendly design, on-page and technical SEO, and a passion for data-driven growth to deliver results for small businesses and nonprofits. As Attorney at Work’s Digital Marketing Editor, Nicole manages social media and consults on digital marketing topics. Find Nicole on LinkedIn.

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Wayne Hassay is Managing Partner of Maguire Schneider Hassay (MSH), where his mission is to bring innovation and technology to the practice of law for the benefit of clients and lawyers. The philosophy is to broaden access to justice so that more clients can afford the legal services they need. He believes technology, communication, innovation, and relationships will achieve the best possible results for clients while making their experience as stress-free as possible and making success for lawyers. He and MSH enjoy a collaboration with LegalShield, a monthly subscription legal plan that provides affordable access to professional legal services, to help accomplish the mission.

Jenny Leon is a Director at Foxstone Recruiting, a legal recruitment agency focused on lateral attorney placements. A former practicing attorney, Jenny was in the Corporate Finance group at Paul Weiss and other AmLaw100 firms in Manhattan. After becoming a mother, Jenny realized she preferred the business of law to the actual legal business. Now she leverages her connections and expertise to help other lawyers find the perfect fit. In her free time, she is writing a memoir. Connect with Jenny on LinkedIn.

Dean Whalen is the Chief Legal Officer of Readback, the industry’s first AI-assisted deposition court reporting platform with Active Reporting capabilities.  Readback combines human transcriptionists and AI to deliver high-quality transcripts for attorneys to view and use during proceedings and one-day certified transcripts for low, flat rates.

Chip LaFleur is the founder and President of LaFleur Marketing, an agency that partners with law firms and professional services organizations nationwide. With a background in web development and a passion for data, Chip specializes in helping clients connect their marketing investments to real business outcomes. He consults on strategy, analytics and AI integration, and speaks nationally on how firms can cut through the noise to make smarter marketing decisions.

Jerry Lawson’s current primary areas of interest are knowledge management and marketing for lawyers. President of New Strategies in Legal Tech LLC, he shares legal tech ideas at the New Ideas in Legal Tech website. Jerry is also the author of  “The Complete Internet Handbook for Lawyers” (ABA 1999), which he obstinately maintains still has some residual value even after two decades. Follow him on on LinkedIn.

Sayre Happich is the Assistant Director of Communications and Social Media Manager at The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF), where she has been since 2004. Sayre manages BASF’s website, monthly newspaper, bimonthly e-newsletters and BASF’s public relations efforts. She also heads up the organization’s social media efforts.

Cerissa Stevens is Marketing Director at Esquire Law Services. Previously, she served as Marketing Director at Steinger, Greene & Feiner.

Megan Zavieh is the creator and author of “The Playbook: The California Bar Discipline System Practice Guide.” At Zavieh Law, a progressive law firm specializing in defending lawyers facing disciplinary charges before the California State Bar. Her 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 ethics rules.

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.

Meyling “Mey” Ly Ortiz is Managing Counsel of Employment at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Her passions include mentoring, championing diversity and inclusion, and a personal blog: TheMeybe.com. At home, you can find her doing her best to be a “fun” mom to a toddler and preschooler and chasing her best self on her Peloton (her handle is Meybe if you want her to try to chase you too). You can follow her on LinkedIn and @Meybe_JD on Twitter. (And you knew this was coming: Her opinions are hers alone.)