Join me for the “Elevate Your Impact: Innovative Strategies To Help Your Lawyers Win The Work They Want” panel at #LMA26 in New Orleans + enjoy this recap of London’s #InvolveGala2026

New Orleans is calling! Join us at #LMA26, April 20-22, where the Legal Marketing Association – LMA International will be sharing bold ideas, transformative insights and the power of storytelling. Let’s learn and connect!

Register: https://bit.ly/3W8mq4H

Thrilled to be joining our moderator (and, yes, childhood neighbor!) Mo Bunnell of Bunnell Idea Group (BIG) alongside fellow panelists K&L Gates’ Craig Budner, Freshfields’ Bryonie Palmer Byers, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP’s Julie Chodos, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s Erin Carlson for “Elevate Your Impact: Innovative Strategies To Help Your Lawyers Win The Work They Want” on Tuesday, April 21 at 1:30 pm central.

The best BD and marketing professionals don’t just support their lawyers—they transform how those lawyers win work. But creating that transformation requires fresh thinking and proven strategies you won’t find in the usual playbook.

In this high-energy session, four successful leaders will compete to share their most effective ideas—the strategies that have genuinely elevated their own impact. The best part? This will be FUN. The leaders will be sharing their ideas in a game-show style format where the winner will get a special price!

You’ll walk away energized with 10+ new strategies you can implement immediately.

When you’re advising your lawyers proactively—not just taking orders—you become indispensable. And that’s when you can write your own ticket.

Learning Outcomes:

Discover new business development strategies from leading law firms that expand what’s possible for your lawyers and your impact.

Select from the 10+ approaches shared that will best fit the lawyers you support and the growth challenges you’re solving for.

Implement battle-tested ideas immediately to transform your role from order-taker to indispensable growth partner.

P.S. What a night celebrating what makes each and every one of us unique! Proud to be one of INvolve People’s Outstanding 100 LGBTQ+ Executives internationally, but even prouder to have been in the room the evening of March 20 for the #InvolveGala2026 with ALL of the incredible leaders recognized for their work in advocacy, allyship, equity, and representation.

Thank you, Suki Sandhu and team, for your vision and heart and tireless work. You make this world better indeed! Love you!

“Beyond the Billable Hour: Mastering Relationship Development to Build a Thriving Legal Practice” from myLawCLE with Mo Bunnell, Heather Morse, Ryan C. Grelecki, J.D., and yours truly – October 1

Thrilled to be part of this myLawCLE program October 1 with the legendary Mo Bunnell, Heather Morse-Geller, and Ryan Grelecki, J.D. Fun fact: Mo and I grew up, literally one block from each other in a smallish town in Indiana – but we didn’t realize it until working on this project together! And Heather is one of my earliest friends and mentors in this industry, and, per usual, her great instinct to bring us all together prompted this heartwarming discovery.

Register here.

As so many of us in marketing and business development roles frequently tell the attorneys we support, relationships do in fact matter, but it is the time you spend exploring – really talking about life and what matters – that makes those relationships significant and transformational.

Session description“Beyond the Billable Hour: Mastering Relationship Development to Build a Thriving Legal Practice” is a dynamic, virtual training designed to equip legal professionals with actionable strategies to deepen client relationships, create demand, and grow their practices. This program focuses on shifting from transactional interactions to trust-based partnerships, prioritizing key relationships, and implementing a repeatable system for consistent engagement. Through practical tools and self-guided activities, participants will learn how to add value, stay top of mind, and build a thriving legal practice by focusing on what matters most: Relationships.

Key topics to be discussed:

The relationship mindset: How to shift from transactional thinking to trust-based, long-term relationship building

Relationship prioritization: Identifying and focusing on the relationships that matter most to your success

Actionable systems for growth: Implementing consistent, repeatable strategies to stay top of mind and deepen connections

Date / Time: October 1, 2025

1:00 pm – 3:10 pm Eastern
12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Central
11:00 am – 1:10 pm Mountain
10:00 am – 12:10 pm Pacific