Dustin Cole is President and Master Practice Advisor with Attorneys Master Class, where he has delivered CLE programs on practice management, marketing, risk management and succession planning for bar associations and organizations. He has keynoted and trained at nearly all of the nation’s solo and small firm programs, worked with more than 400 attorneys, and conducted operations and marketing analyses for more than 100 firms.

Margaret Klaw is a writer, lawyer and founding partner of BKW Family Law, an all-women law firm in Philadelphia. Named a Preeminent Woman Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, Margy has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and designated a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer.” Starting with day-in-the-life vignettes about practicing family law for HuffPost, she has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time and Salon, and is the author of “Keeping It Civil: The Case of the Pre-nup and the Porsche & Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer.” Her latest book, “Every Other Weekend,” is her first work of fiction. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @margyklaw and learn more at her website.

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.

Deb Feder, CEO of Feder Development, LLC, is a business development and practice management strategist and coach for lawyers and law firms. Her work focuses on helping lawyers bring in consistent clients through curious, confident conversations. She practiced corporate law for 15 years and holds a JD/MBA from the University of Iowa. Deb shares her strategies for networking and building trusted client relationships through her books After Hello: How to Build a Book of Business One Conversation at a Time and Tell Me More: Building Trusted Client Relationships through Everyday Interactions.

Andrea Cannavina, Law Firm Therapist, fixes how lawyers think about their office, the work they do, and how they get it done. Want to know if Andrea can help you? Find her on X (Twitter) as @AndreaCan or set up a confidential 20-minute CoffeeTalk at https://tinyurl.com/FreeCoffeeTalk.

Tomas Suros is a technology advocate working at the intersection of IT and client consulting. With AbacusNext (@Abacus_Next) since 2004, he currently serves as global product marketing director, guiding firms through the process of identifying forward-facing technology options and ensuring the successful implementation of a tailored solution. Reach him at Tsuros@AbacusNext.com, and follow him @TomasSuros.

Ari Kaplan is the author of “The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development,” 2nd Edition (West Academic) and “Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace” (Wiley). He provides training on dynamic networking, including “Advanced LinkedIn Strategies to Empower Your Networking and Transform Your Outreach.” Follow him @AriKaplan on Twitter and learn about Lawcountability here.

Renee Branson is a workplace well-being and trauma expert working with law firms globally. Combining 25 years in education, counseling, nonprofit leadership and as a Certified Resilience Coach (CReC), her passion and purpose is helping individuals, teams, and organizations cultivate resilience. Learn more at her website, www.reneebranson.com, and follow her on LinkedIn.

Nada Alnajafi is an award-winning in-house attorney, blogger, author and founder of Contract Nerds. She is corporate counsel for Franklin Templeton, a Fortune 500 global financial services organization, and previously served as in-house counsel for booming startups and large OEMs. With her dynamic legal and consulting background, she is a trusted advisor, business partner, project manager, creative problem-solver and skilled negotiator. Nada is passionate about contracts and dedicates much of her free time to creating resources about contracts for lawyers including via her blog Contract Nerds, her book “Contract Redlining Etiquette,” and her LinkedIn posts.

Sergei N. Freiman is an advisor to top management of professional service firms. At awezzom, he developed proprietary integrative models that allow firms to manage organizational entropy. Attending to critical control points at nine levels of an organization, firms (for themselves and with existing resources) may reveal new capabilities. Originally from Europe, Sergei has 20 years of business development experience. Today he lives in New York City.

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.

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Julia Roundtree Livingston is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager at the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism where she leads the Commission’s education and advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting DEI in Illinois’ legal and justice systems. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Yuliya LaRoe is the CEO of LeadWise Group, an award-winning leadership and business development consulting firm. For over a decade, Yuliya’s mission has been to help lawyers and leaders in law firms, in-house legal departments, and corporations to successfully manage their most critical issues: Strategy, Talent, Leadership, and  Business Development. To get in touch with Yuliya, email her at ylaroe@leadwisegroup.com and follow her on LinkedIn.

Ida O. Abbott is a leader in the field of talent management. She has enjoyed a four-decade career as a lawyer and consultant and now applies her talents to help firms improve retirement processes and to serve senior professionals as a retirement mentor and coach. The Wall Street Journal named her book “Retirement by Design” one of the best books of 2020 on retirement and aging. She is a Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the College of Law Practice Management. She is the author of numerous seminal books, including “The Lawyer’s Guide to Mentoring, 2nd Edition” and “Sponsoring Women: What Men Need to Know,”  and is a popular speaker. Learn more at www.IdaAbbott.com.