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. 

Elizabeth A. Butcher is Director of Client Development for Wilmer Hale. Before her experience with law firms, Elizabeth worked for Madison Square Garden in various marketing and public relations capacities.

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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.

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David Ackert is the President of Ackert Inc. and business development mentor to thousands of lawyers across North America. He regularly speaks at partner retreats and provides business development programs for many of the firms on the AmLaw 250. Follow him on LinkedIn or Twitter @DavidAckert.

Robert Theofanis is an estate planning attorney in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Follow along as he grows his practice at Bobogado.

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

Mary Juetten is founder and CEO of Traklight and has dedicated her more-than-30-year career to helping businesses achieve and protect their success. Mary is also a practicing attorney, licensed in Washington state, and Of Counsel with Nimbus Legal.  In 2015, Mary co-founded Evolve Law, which she sold to Above the Law in 2018.  She was named to the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center 2016 Women in Legal Tech list and the Fastcase 50 Class of 2016. She is a LegalShield advocate and served on the Group Legal Services Association Board. Follow her @maryjuetten and find her books, “The Business of Legal: The Data-Driven Law Practice” and ”Small Law KPIs: How to Measure Your Way to Greater Profits,” on Amazon.

Molly McGrath is the Founder of Hiring & Empowering Solutions, author of “Fix My Boss: The Simple Plan to Cultivate Respect, Risk Courageous Conversations, and Increase the Bottom Line”  and  host of “Hire and Empower with Molly McGrath.” With over 20+ years of experience in the legal and CEO space, Molly is a nationally renowned thought leader. She has coached, consulted and guided leaders of national organizations and over 5,000 law firms in executive-level leadership, continuous improvement, and team empowerment initiatives. Her work focuses on infiltrating new markets, leveraging partner ecosystems and driving profitability. Follow Molly @HireAndEmpower and on LinkedIn.

Erik Mazzone is a law practice management advisor, writer, speaker and adjunct law professor. As a consultant, he works with individuals and organizations to help them use technology and strategic business practices to reign in chaos, build systems, and grow their practices in smart, sustainable ways. Previously, Erik served as Senior Director of the North Carolina Bar Association Membership Experience and Director of the NCBA Center for Practice Management. He writes and speaks widely on legal technology and practice management, in North Carolina and throughout the country. Follow him on Twitter @ErikMazzone and on LinkedIn.

Jennifer Sacheck is an Associate Professor of Nutrition in the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Scientist at Tufts University. After completing her doctoral studies in nutrition, exercise, and muscle physiology, Dr. Sacheck completed a four-year post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School further examining factors influencing muscle health. She is co-author of the book, Thinner This Year. Follow her on Twitter @drjensacheck.

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For more than 30 years, Marsha Hunter was the CEO and a founder of Johnson and Hunter, Inc., with legal clients in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. Her clients were top 10 and top 20 law firms, legal departments at the world’s largest corporations, the U.S. Department of Justice, and organizations and bar associations from Belfast to Tasmania. Marsha is co-author of “The Articulate Advocate” and “The Articulate Attorney,” her specialty is human factors — the science of human performance in high-stakes environments. Born in Montana and raised in the American West, she lives in New Mexico.