Steve Fretzin is a four-time author, host of the “Be That Lawyer” Podcast, and business development coach for attorneys. With over 20 years of coaching experience, Steve focuses exclusively on legal business development, collaborating directly with lawyers to create custom plans and accountability based on specific business goals, designed to deliver tangible results. Schedule a 30-minute no-pressure call to connect with Steve, share goals, and see if there’s a good fit to keep the conversation going. You can also connect with Steve on LinkedIn.

Don Blackwell is a partner with Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, where his practice focuses on commercial litigation and product liability. A passionate and prolific writer, Don previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Research and Writing at Southern Methodist University and at St. Thomas University School of Law. His latest book is “Retune Your Heart: Finding the Extra in the Ordinariness of Everyday Life” (2025). An advocate for mental health in the legal industry, Don is spearheading a campaign to shed light on the myriad mental health issues disproportionately impacting members of the legal profession and the corresponding need for a higher level of compassionate professionalism. Follow Don on LinkedIn to read his weekly newsletters.

Jamie Ormand and Anthony Sorendo are Project Managers in the AI Practice Group at Innovative Computing Systems, where they help small and mid-sized law firms evaluate, implement, and scale practical AI tools.

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.

Lyndsi Edgar is CEO at eLuminate Marketing. She helps law firms attract better cases through smarter positioning, education-based content and strategic follow-up systems. Connect with Lyndsi at eLuminateMarketing.com or on LinkedIn.

Ram Vasudevan is a lawyer by training and the chairman of NopalCyber, a global cybersecurity provider focused on legal, legal tech, fintech, infrastructure and health care sectors. Ram has over 25 years of experience providing high-quality services to clients in a variety of settings. Ram spent several years with the global law firms Skadden Arps and Sidley Austin, advising clients on corporate and M&A transactions before founding QuisLex, a leading alternative legal services provider, and NopalCyber. He received his Master of Law from Columbia University School of Law, his MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Madras.

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.

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.

David W. Craig is founding partner of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC and has practiced personal-injury and trucking law for more than 35 years. He hosts the After the Crash podcast and is the best-selling author of Semitruck Wreck: A Guide for Victims and Their Families and It’s Never Been Easier to Hire the Wrong Attorney.

Thomas D. Kearns is a Partner at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP in New York. In addition to his corporate and real estate law practice, he also oversees the firm’s Marketing and Business Development functions.

Jennifer Griffin Scotton is Chief Marketing Officer for Constangy, a national law firm with offices in 21 states across the US. With deep experience helping law firms modernize their business development and marketing strategies, she has been a trusted advisor to law firm leaders for more than 20 years. Jennifer specializes in integrating emerging technologies, like AI, into marketing and client service in ways that are strategic, ethical, and effective. She regularly coaches attorneys on business development and how to incorporate AI tools to reduce non-billable workload and improve client outcomes.

Leslie Richards and Francois Lassalle are members of Furia Rubel’s International Faculty, an elite group of professionals in key global markets who help law firms manage change, navigate complexity, and achieve their most critical strategic objectives. As Chief Innovation Officer of Furia Rubel Communications, Leslie has been helping marketing and design teams excel for more than 25 years. Francois is an international business leader who has held various leadership positions at Dentons, Linklaters, and the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre. For more information, visit furiarubel.com.

Tom Elgar is co-founder of Passle, a UK-based technology and media firm. Passle’s Thought Leadership Suite enables lawyers and law firm marketers to easily create and share content. CrossPitch AI aims to remove the friction from cross-selling in law firms by building connections between colleagues based on their shared expertise, industry focuses, or complementary practice areas. Follow Tom on LinkedIn.

Marissa S. Ronk is a partner at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell in Denver, where she represents sophisticated clients in complex commercial litigation and class and mass actions. Miles D. Orton is of counsel at WTO, representing clients in high-stakes litigation and arbitration. Miles also advises clients on the intersection of AI and legal practice, leading research on AI developments and products as a member of the firm’s technology committee. Law 360 has named WTO a  “Denver Powerhouse” for both 2024 and 2025. Since its founding in 1998, WTO lawyers have taken more than 1,100 trials and arbitrations to verdict or award, and hundreds of appeals to opinion, in 45 states and Washington, D.C.