Speakers

As we celebrate 30 years of legal marketing in our region, we are excited to announce we have over 75 industry leaders presenting 25 educational sessions.

The agenda will offer several sessions in each of the six LMA Body of Knowledge (“BOK”) sectors, including:

Business of Law
Business Development
Client Services
Communications
Marketing Management and Leadership
Technology Management

Speakers

Samara Abrams

Director, Legal Operations Micron Technology

Jay Abrenica

Director of Business Development and Marketing Sidley Austin LLP

Robyn Addis

Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
Legal Internet Solutions, Inc.

Holly Amatangelo

Director of Education
Legal Marketing Association

James Barclay

CEO
Passle, Inc.

Courtney Beauzile

Director
Marketing Strategy & Operations
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Steve Bell

Owner, Stevebell LLC
Sr. Consultant, LawVision LLC

Julia Bennett

CMO
Brown Rudnick

Wendy Bernero

Growth Advisor
Chief Outsiders

Amber Bollman

Director of Key Client Services Barnes & Thornberg

Michelle Bonterre

Head of Global Marketing Harvard Business Publishing

Siobhan Burns

Principal
Clarity Group

Joe Calve

Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
McGuireWoods LLP

Arsha Cazazian-Clement

Director of Global Real Estate Shearman & Sterling LLP

Elizabeth Claps

Global Director of Alumni Relations and Career Services
Cleary Gottlieb Steen
& Hamilton LLP

Steve Cohen

Partner
Pollock Cohen LLP

Rosa Colon

Senior Manager
Marketing Technology
Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Michael Coston

CEO
Coston Consulting

Beth Cuzzone

Global Practice Group Leader Marketing & BD Solutions
Intapp

Erin Douglass

Enterprise Account Director Litera

Duane Eddy

Client Advisor/Client Engagement Manager
LexisNexis InterAction

Paula Edgar

CEO
PGE Consulting Group

Rebecca Edwards

Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager
Williams Mullen

Deborah Farone

Strategic Marketing Management Consultant
Lecturer and Author
Farone Advisors

Anthony Ferry

CEO
ikaun

Geoff Goldberg

Director of Client Development Ropes & Gray

Lindsay Griffiths

Executive Director
International Lawyers Network

Daniel Herbener

Client Experience &
Marketing Analyst
Benesch Law

David Hitt

Founder & President
Splat, Inc.

Kevin Iredell

CMO
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
President-Elect, LMA Int’l

Kara Kane

Sr. Business Development Manager
Venable

Despina Kartson

Chief Marketing Officer BakerHostetler

Brandie Knox

Principal + Creative Director Knox Design Strategy

Aaron Kotok

Executive Director
MitraTech

Doug Lancet

Managing Director, Marketing & Business Development
Robins Kaplan LLP

Melanie Lippman

Founder & CEO
Melanie Lippman Style Consulting

Adrian Lürssen

Co-Founder, VP Strategic Development
JD Supra

Kelly Mackinnon

Global Director,
Client Development
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Sarah Marchitto

Senior Manager
Paul Weiss

Tom Mariam

Director of Public Relations
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Stefanie Marrone

Fractional Marketing Director/Social Media,
Marketing and Business Development Strategist
Stefanie Marrone Consulting
The Social Media Butterfly

Daniel Martin

Director of Marketing
Operations + Technology
LISI

Peter Mason

Independent Arbitrator
& Mediator
Arbitra International
Fmr. General Counsel, UNICEF

Sheri Mayerowitz

Senior Alumni & Client
Relations Manager
Hogan Lovells LLP

Angus McQuilken

Industry Relationship Executive, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP

Ashley Morris

Associate Director,
Client Engagement
K&L Gates

Nicki Furek Mullin

Vice President, Global Accounts
Conference Direct

Erin Murphy

Director of Client Experience, Troutman Pepper

Michelle Murray

Business Development Director, Strategic Projects
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Allison Nussbaum

Vice President, Client Value Pitchly

Gina Passarella

Editor in Chief
ALM Media

Elizabeth Prehn

Attorney
Moskowitz LLP

Teri Robshaw

Head of Commercial Excellence
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Emily Rogers

Chief Marketing & BD Officer Norton Rose Fulbright

Gina Furia Rubel

President/CEO
Furia Rubel
Communications, Inc.

Jaron Rubenstein

Founder & President RubensteinTech
Founder & Creator
RubyLaw

Kelly Ryan

Sr. Manager of Professional Development
Venable

Aaron Schoenherr

Founding Partner
Greentarget

Allan Schonberg

Chief Communications Officer Vinson & Elkins

Elonide Semmes

Founder
Ravir

William Sleight

Business Development & Communications Manager
Jones Day

Dave Southern

Director of Marketing Communications
Mayer Brown LLP

Nancy Stein

Freelance Writer and Editor Nancy Stein & Associates LLC

Tanaz Talebpour

Marketing Technology Specialist WilmerHale

Stuart Teicher

Adj. Professor
Georgetown University
Law Center
Teicher Professional
Growth, LLC

Lynn Tellefsen-Stehle

Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Structura Strategy Group LLC

Alyssa Todtman

Senior Manager of Events
Fried Frank LLP

Tracey Tozer

Data Lead
Introhive

Steve Tyndall

CEO and Founder
Client Sense

John Tyree

Managing Director
Morgan Stanley

Arlana Walform

Sr. Marketing Events Manager Venable

Dave Weinberger

Founder
One Story Branding

Ryan Hayes

Senior Global Marketing
Events Manager
Covington & Burling

Paula Zirinsky

Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Structura Strategy Group LLC

Jill Zwetchkenbaum

Associate Business Development Manager
Mintz

Arsha Cazazian-Clement

Director of Global Real Estate
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Arsha Cazazian-Clement is a real estate executive with over 2 decades of experience planning, executing and leading teams for large-scale public and private development projects. She has served both her organizations and communities across multiple disciplines striving to support environmental and social justice economies by bridging ESG frameworks, construction, prop and green technologies.

In her current role as Director of Global Real Estate for Shearman & Sterling, LLP., she is responsible for the firm’s workplace strategy, Sustainability, CRE & technology integration, delivery and management of the partnership’s 1 million sq.ft global real estate portfolio spanning 26 offices across 5 continents.

Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Arsha managed growth for Jones Lang LaSalle’s Project & Development Service line maintaining a deep focus and passion for sustainable, scalable and impactful development with particular concentration in underserved areas in the United States.

Arsha served as Principal of the commercial practice at Stantec where she was instrumental in executing a strategic plan for the New York real estate sector addressing growth, talent, diversity, sustainability, technology and design excellence serving the needs of multi-national institutions, owners, occupiers, developers and portfolio managers.

Prior to joining Stantec, Arsha founded Soho-based D I A W R K S, a full-service solutions firm, providing design and consulting services to clients in the residential, commercial and institutional markets. Notable clients included Showtime, CBS, The Harvard Club of NY, Erno Laszlo, Kieihl’s, Loreal, Madame Paulette, NYIT School of Architecture, Mission to the United Nations for the OIC, Ashkenazy Acquisitions, Witkoff Group and Africa Israel USA.

In tandem with her professional career, Arsha has participated in global sustainable development initiatives. She was as an active member of the United Nations Development Programme coupled with pro bono commitments with the Impact Network, building schools along Zambia’s Copperbelt with a deep focus on alternative energy solutions. She also served as Associate professor of Architecture at the New York Institute of Technology for 8 years.

She serves on multiple advisory boards focused on resiliency, green material science, climatetech and transportation engineering.

She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University, GSAPP, a women’s scholar at the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School with a Diploma in Strategy & Innovation and is an Associate Fellow with a concentration in real estate ESG and urbanization.

Paula Edgar

CEO
PGE Consulting Group

Paula T. Edgar, Esq. is CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC, an organizational strategy firm that provides training and education solutions at the intersection of professional development and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Paula is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator, conducting live and virtual presentations for clients across industries. Paula develops customized programming to maximize the experience for attendees, ensuring they leave informed and inspired to have a lasting impact both individually and within their organizations. Paula’s areas of diversity expertise include unconscious bias, inclusive leadership, and allyship. Her professional development skill set includes personal branding, relationship building, mentor/sponsor best practices, and business development. Paula encourages all participants to Engage Your Hustle™- her business tagline, mantra, and method to elevate their professional endeavors.

Paula is also a committed civic leader. She is active in numerous organizations and social justice initiatives, including her role as a New York City Bar Board Member, a past President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), and as a founding Board Member of The Black BigLaw Pipeline, Inc.

Additionally, Paula is a 2015 Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) Fellow, a Trustee of the Ellis L. Phillips Foundation, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Deerfield Academy Alumni Association.

As an attorney, Paula practiced employment and workplace discrimination law for the New York City Commission on Human Rights and her professional experiences include several leadership roles focused on talent development and inclusion.

Paula has written for and been featured in a wide array of publications including the New York Times, Bloomberg Law, Essence Magazine, Shondaland, and Business Insider.

Paula received the Ruth Whitehead Whaley Service Award from the Association of Black Women Attorneys (ABWA). She has also been recognized by the Network Journal Magazine as a “40 Under Forty” Achievement Awardee, a Ms. JD “Woman of Inspiration”, and as a “Rising Star” by A Better Chance.

Paula received her B.A. in Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton, and her J.D. from the City University of New York School of Law. Stay up to date with Paula at paulaedgar.com, LinkedIn, and on Twitter (@PaulaEdgar).