Karen Kaplowitz is President of The New Ellis Group, a business development strategy and coaching firm which she founded in 1997 after a 25-year career as a trial lawyer and rainmaker in Los Angeles. She has helped hundreds of partners in law firms throughout the US to build their practices. She also specializes in helping lateral partners make successful transitions to their new firms. Karen was named one of Lawdragon’s Global 100 – Leading Consultants and Strategists to the Legal Profession in 2018 and 2019. She is a frequent speaker at industry meetings including NALSC and NALP. She has written and spoken extensively on lateral integration and publishes a biweekly newsletter on business development strategy. 

 

http://www.newellis.com/

Brian Cuban, the brother of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, is an attorney, author and recovery advocate. His second book, The Addicted Lawyer: Tales Of The Bar, Booze Blow & Redemption is already an Amazon #1 Best Seller in pre-order.

 

His first book, Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder,” chronicles his first-hand experiences living with, and recovering from, twenty-seven years of eating disorders and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

 

He has spoken at conferences, non-profit events, colleges and universities across the United States and in Canada. Brian has appeared on prestigious talks shows such as the Katie Couric Show as well as numerous media outlets around the country. He also writes extensively on these subjects. His columns have appeared on CNN.com, Foxnews.com, The Huffington Post and in online and print newspapers around the world.

 

http://briancuban.com/

For more than 20 years, Yolanda Cartusciello has served in senior administrative leadership roles in major law firms, including Debevoise & Plimpton and Cleary Gottlieb. She has led marketing teams, designed business development and media strategies, and implemented client development programs. She was the chief architect of profile enhancement strategies, comprehensive client interview programs. As a consultant, Yolanda has worked with firms of all sizes on strategy, marketing, practice planning, client interview and client journey mapping programs.  She also coaches lawyers at all levels in marketing and business development skills. 

 

 

https://ppandcconsulting.com/

For over 18 years, regional, national and global law firms have drawn from Elizabeth Lampert’s focused and intelligent strategic plans to accomplish their public relations objective. Elizabeth has vast amounts of experience in crisis communications and she has the ability to adapt and perform under pressure! Elizabeth has lent her public relations and legal marketing acumen to some of the country’s most profitable law firms and their business clients in a variety of practice areas, helping each to expand their client base and increase their public profiles in target markets.

http://www.elizabethlampertpr.com/

Mike Pierce, better known as Antarctic Mike, works with organizations that want to find, engage and keep the best performing people. Mike’s background professionally started in the recruiting business in 1997, working specifically to show managers and leaders exactly how to identify and recruit the best people. He now speaks across the US and Canada to executive teams, organizations, associations and sales teams about how to lead people so they are fully engaged in what they do.

 

Mike is an avid fan of polar expedition history and is an endurance athlete. In 2006, Mike became one of 9 people to run the first ever Antarctic Ice Marathon and a year later became the first American to run the Antarctic 100k, a grueling 62 miles on an ice shelf 600 miles from the South Pole.

His flagship program, Leading at 90 Below Zero, connects the drivers and principles of Antarctic expedition history stories to the real world of finding, engaging and keeping great people in today’s business world.

Mike has a BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and resides in Encinitas, California with his wife Angela.

 

https://antarcticmike.com/

Lisa Ryan helps organizations develop employee engagement strategies that keep their top talent from becoming someone else’s. Lisa is an award-winning speaker, and best-selling author of ten books, including “Manufacturing Engagement.” She is Past President of the National Speakers Association, Ohio Chapter, and received her MBA from Cleveland State University.

 

https://lisaryanspeaks.com/

Henry DeVries is the CEO of Indie Books International, a company he cofounded in 2014. He works with consultants who want to attract more high-paying clients by marketing with a book and speech.  

As a professional speaker Henry trains business leaders how to persuade with a story. He is the former president of an Ad Age 500 advertising and PR agency and was a marketing faculty member and assistant dean of continuing education for the University of California San Diego.

In the last ten years he has helped ghostwrite, edit and co-author more than 300 business books, including his McGraw-Hill bestseller How to Close a Deal Like Warren Buffett – now in five languages including Chinese. He has a weekly column with Forbes.com. He is the coauthor of ten marketing books including Build Your Consulting Practice, Defining You, and Marketing with a Book.

As a result of his work, consultants and coaches get the three Bs: more bookings, more buzz, and more business. 

On a personal note he is a baseball nut. A former Associated Press sportswriter, he has visited 42 major league ball parks and has two to go before he “touches ‘em all.”

 

www.indiebooksinternational.com

www.forbes.com/sites/henrydevries

Twitter: @indiebooksintl

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/henryjdevries

Steven J. Harper: retired litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP; regular contributor Dan Rather’s News & Guts; creator of The Trump-Russia Timeline at BillMoyers.com and now at Dan Rather's News & Guts and JustSecurity.org; author of four books including The Lawyer Bubble - A Profession in Crisis (Basic Books, 2013, 2016), and Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story (Borealis, 2007); adjunct professor of trial advocacy and legal ethics at Northwestern University Law School.

Steve’s op-eds have appeared in The New York Times and numerous other publications. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and included in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis LLP, he graduated from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude) and Northwestern University (combined B.A/M.A. degrees with distinction in economics; Phi Beta Kappa)

https://thelawyerbubble.com; follow on Twitter @StevenJHarper1

Anna Rappaport, J.D, PCC is a former lawyer who has been coaching for over 19 years and helps lawyers overcome both the external and internal obstacles to business development. As a person who used to hate sales herself, Anna understands where many lawyers are coming from and has numerous tools to help them move forward and develop the tools they need to reach their potential.

Anna is Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Lawyer Leadership and Management Committee, on the Leadership Council of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section and is on the faculty of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Anna publishes in Law Practice Today and The National Law Review, and speaks around the country on various career and business development topics. Anna also has extensive international experience having worked in Japan, Thailand and most recently, Turkey.

On the personal front, Anna has a loving husband, two wonderful step sons, and a dog Ginger. She is also a snowboarder and loves tango and swing dancing.  

https://www.excellerationcoaching.com/

Cole Silver serves as the Chief Client Officer for Blank Rome. In this role, Cole provides consultative client relationship support to the Firm and its clients, helping to identify and implement strategies and tactics to improve client satisfaction, expand into new areas of service, and ensure an outstanding client experience. With over 25 years of experience as a General Counsel to several high growth companies, Cole brings an insider’s view of clients’ key legal concerns and what they want and expect from their outside counsel. He has authored books and trained numerous professionals in the areas of client development and service.

https://www.blankrome.com/