Seminar Speakers
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Gideon Grunfeld
Seminar Speaker
Successful Career Strategies, Inc.
info@scslawcareers.com
310-499-4668
Gideon Grunfeld, J.D. is the President and Founder of Successful Career Strategies, Inc., which helps attorneys make effective career transitions and grow more profitable practices.
Gideon started his career as a human resources executive and economic consultant. He was then a business litigator and antitrust attorney for close to ten years, first at the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and then at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.
Gideon speaks and writes extensively about legal careers and law practice management issues. He is the author of a monthly career coaching column for emplawyernet.com, an online job portal for attorneys. In the last two years he has spoken to more than 1,500 law students and lawyers about career and rainmaking issues at programs sponsored by the state bar associations of California, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Practice Development Programs
“I recommend Gideon Grunfeld's seminar regarding legal fees to all solo practitioners and attorneys who intend to start their own practice." –Ireneo A. Reus III; Long Beach, CA
“The best and most practical seminar I’ve been to in the last fifteen years.”
–Kevin G. Drendel; Batavia, IL
“EXCELLENT—really motivated me to reevaluate how I practice.” --Patricia Reisen-Ottavi; Dubuque, IA
“Gideon’s knowledge and evaluation of products and market trends is excellent. Gave me a lot of resources I had no idea about.” A.L.; Los Angeles, CA
Essential Rainmaking- Professional, Ethical, and Effective Strategies for Beginners and Those Who Hate to Sell
Increase Your Revenue By Setting The Right Legal Fee
Make Rain- How to Grow Your Personal Book of Business
Advanced Strategies for Marketing Your Firm
Career Development Programs
What Lawyers and Law Students Are Saying About Gideon’s Career and Resume Programs
“Gideon had solid, practical advice for writing an effective targeted resume, and on lucrative job-searching methods. The results were terrific - I received an offer from my dream job, and I’m still delighted to have made the change I did.” B.M., Santa Monica, CA
“As a 3L this was really helpful in terms of thinking about effective strategies for jump starting my job search process.” R.G. Alston, MA
“This career development workshop transcended any previous career development workshop I’ve ever attended in all areas including program content and speaker.” D. M. Trenton, NJ
Finding Your Next Job- Essential Strategies and Techniques for Today's Legal Market
How to Create Resumes and Cover Letters That Will Grab Employers' Attention in Ten Seconds or Less
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Sheila Nielsen
Seminar Speaker
www.nielsencareerconsulting.com
snielsenjd@comcast.net
(312) 616-4416
Sheila Nielsen M.S.W., J.D. is president of Nielsen Career Consulting Service, a counseling and consulting service that specializes in attorneys, offering career counseling and ongoing coaching services for professionals as well as outplacement and executive coaching to enhance success when law firms want to retain valued partners and associates. Her articles have appeared in The CBA Record, Ohio Lawyer, Illinois Legal Times, Legal Times of Washington D.C., The Detroit Legal News, Florida Bar Journal, Illinois State Bar Association Journal and New York Law School Law Review. She contributed to two ABA books for lawyers: Breaking Traditions and Living with the Law: Strategies to Avoid Burnout and Create Balance. Ms. Nielsen has been an invited speaker across the country at dozens of schools and ABA, NALP, and other conferences.
Career Development Programs:
Are You Ready to Leave the Law?
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Robin Ryan
Seminar Speaker
www.robinryan.com
info@robinryan.com
425-226-0414
Robin Ryan is considered America’s most popular career coach with over 1000 TV & radio appearances including Dr. Phil Show, Oprah, Fox News, and CNN. She is the best-selling author of What to Do with the Rest of Your Life; 60 Seconds & You're Hired!; Winning Resumés; and Winning Cover Letters; and also the DreamMaker & Interview Advantage Audio Programs.
Robin has a busy career counseling practice providing individual career coaching, outplacement, resumé writing services and interview preparation to clients nationwide. A dynamic national speaker, Robin frequently teaches audiences how to improve their lives and obtain greater success.
Career Development Programs:
60 Seconds and You're Hired!
Salary Negotiations for Women
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Celia Paul and Stephen Rosen
Seminar Speaker
Celia Paul Associates
srosenc@verizon.net
212-397-1020
Celia Paul is the founder and President of Celia Paul Associates. A major contributor to the American Bar Association's book, "Changing Jobs", she speaks regularly at Harvard Law School, the New York Bar Association, and career seminars and workshops sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, Chase Manhattan, Simon & Schuster, the Center for Women in Government, and the American Corporate Council Association. For the Practicing Law Institute, Celia Paul developed and led programs on business development for attorneys, and wrote "Developing Your Legal Practice: How to Obtain and Maintain a Client Base". In the merger of Chemical Bank and Manufacturer's Hanover, in the merger of Chemical and Chase Banks and in the merger of J.P. Morgan and Chase, she was responsible for the outplacement of over a hundred lawyers. She is the co-author (with Stephen Rosen) of the book, Career Renewal, cited by Harvard Law School's Director of Student Life Counseling as "a dynamic blueprint for career transitions", and by the head of Career Services at J.P. Morgan/Chase as "a really intelligent book on jobs, careers, and fulfillment at work".
Stephen Rosen is Chairman of Celia Paul Associates. He specializes in working with attorneys and other highly-skilled and credentialed individuals, including physicians and scientists. He is the founder and Director of Career Change for Lawyers, a tax-exempt organization (funded in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) that pioneers in the development of systematic methods and specialized materials to help credentialed individuals advance their careers. Articles about his career programs have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Bar Association publications. Trained in theoretical physics, Dr. Rosen was a senior professional staff member of the Hudson Institute, a prominent think tank dedicated to policy research in the national interest. He has addressed the International Association of Career Management Professionals, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences on critical career issues, and conducted legal career programs at the New York Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, and The Corporate Lawyering Accreditation Program for Continuing Legal Education.
Celia Paul Associates specializes in career change, career planning, and career coaching for lawyers since 1980 -- guiding over two thousand lawyers to satisfying careers both within and outside of the law. Celia Paul Associates is the largest, oldest, and most well known U.S. career management firm specializing in attorneys. Articles about the firm's premium career planning services have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, and in Bar Association publications. Several thousand attorneys have participated in the career transitions programs developed especially for lawyers by Celia Paul Associates. The firm is also consulted by well-known large law firms on the outplacement of their partners and associates, and on the professional development and retention of senior and junior law firm associates.
Career Development Programs:
Intelligent Interviewing for Attorneys: Is That What I Really Look Like?
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Maret McCoy
Seminar Speaker
www.MaretMcCoy.com
Maret@MaretMcCoy.com
703-349-6284
Maret McCoy, an experienced executive coach, specializes in helping professional women discover their authentic career fit – a job that offers fulfillment and is a match with their greatest skills and interests.
Maret has coached attorneys at 10 of the top 100 law firms in the country. She has also coached an attorney at The White House who said:
“Maret is a cut-above in the coaching profession. I highly recommend her services to other women who want to advance their careers and turn their dreams into reality now!”
In her coaching practice, Maret offers private one-on-one coaching programs as well as group coaching. She leads tele-classes and live seminars on career development topics for women. She is passionate about helping women live life to the fullest while enjoying both career and personal success.
“Maret helped me build my self-confidence. As a result, I landed a great General Counsel position!”
Attorney, New York City
“I sought Maret's coaching services after experiencing a series of jobs that were unsatisfying and left no room for growth. Maret helped me define the direction of my career, and then guided me through the steps necessary to reach that goal. Working with Maret has been invaluable and I highly recommend her to other women seeking greater control over their careers.”
Attorney, Washington, DC
“During my first phone call with Maret, I knew I was on the road to somewhere. And, within six weeks of working with Maret, I landed a job with a top law firm. I would not have been able to do that on my own.”
Attorney, Silver Spring, MD
Career Development Programs:
Discover Your Authentic Career Fit- For Women Attorneys
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Lyza Sandgren
Seminar Speaker
Sandgren Intellectual Property Paralegal Services
IP Online, Inc.
lyza@sippsonline.com
888-857-4777
Lyza Sandgren is president of Sandgren Intellectual Property Paralegal Services LLC (“SIPPS”), a service assisting IP specialists, sole practitioners and small law firms around the U.S. and in Canada with their IP prosecution and docketing needs. SIPPS thrives today as one of the only successful contract IP paralegal services in the US. Lyza is a recognized expert on trademark and copyright rules and filing procedures and is regularly brought in by large law firms and corporate legal departments as an IP paralegal/docketing consultant and trainer.
Lyza is also the exclusive North American representative for IP Online, Inc. (“IPPO”) and their WebTMS Docketing Management System. She now travels the country for IPPO providing sales and training services for WebTMS.
Recently, Lyza expanded her vision by starting a second company, CanopyLegal Corp., with her new partner and originator/owner of the Paralegal Gateway, Jeannie Johnston. CanopyLegal Corp. now represents the best of practice support products and services and product training for legal professionals on the market today.
Lyza is a regular speaker with the Estrin Paralegal SuperConferences, the Georgia Association of Paralegals’ (“GAP”) Technology Conferences, and will be giving IP lectures over the summer and fall of 2007 at Emory University in Atlanta. She is a past member of GAP’s Board of Directors, and is a regular Feature Writer for the National Federation of Paralegal Association’s magazine, National Paralegal Reporter and GAP’s magazine, The Paragraph. Her articles also appear in the recent issue of the American Bar Association’s GP|Solo eMagazine.
Career Development Programs:
Ask the Expert: IP Law for Paralegals (silver and gold members)
Monday, March 5th (5:00-5:30pm EST): More information
The Intellectual Property Paralegal: ‘What’s It All About, IP?'
Tuesday, March 6th (2:30pm-3:30pm EST): More information
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Matthew Homann
Seminar Speaker
The [non]billable hour (blog)
LexThink!
618-407-3241
Matthew Homann is a lawyer, mediator, and entrepreneur who has built an international reputation as an innovative and passionate thinker about changing the practice of law – in ways that benefit both lawyers and their clients.
For the last four years, Matthew has been sharing his insights on his award-winning blog, the [non]billable hour. There, he focuses on how lawyers can revolutionize how they serve their clients and enjoy their lives by using innovative billing strategies, creative marketing techniques, cutting-edge ideas from other industries and professions, and proven customer-service principles.
Matthew graduated from Washington University Law School in St. Louis, where he still serves as an adjunct professor. He has spent most of his legal life as a lawyer in small firms. He spent five years as a solo practitioner with a true “general practice,” that included divorce, estate planning, real estate, collections, business formations, and criminal law. As a partner in a two-lawyer firm, he developed a unique business model that increased profitability, reduced time spent per matter, and did away with time sheets (and the billable hour) completely.
In 2005, Matthew left law practice and founded LexThink!®, an innovation consultancy and conference company that brings together big-thinkers from small business, law, technology, advertising, accounting, consulting and marketing to discuss future-changing ideas for professional service providers.
Practice Development Programs:
Think Real Big- Ten Creative Strategies for Building an Innovative Law Practice
Ask the Expert- Innovative Strategies for Building Your Practice
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Karen Summerville
Seminar Speaker
Legal Career Management
kjsummer@comcast.net
206-224-7608
Karen Summerville was recently featured by The Puget Sound Business Journal: "She now has a reputation in Seattle as the career counselor for counselors. And the years she spent practicing law now help her empathize with the attorneys who seek her advice."
Karen has more than 15 years experience in the Seattle legal community, including over eight years providing career counseling to attorneys. She was a partner in the law firm Betts, Patterson & Mines, where she specialized in commercial litigation and was active in associate hiring and training. She was an associate with Williams, Kastner and Gibbs, where she was also a member of the hiring committee.
Prior to forming Legal Career Management, she was Vice President, Client Relations with Lee Hecht Harrison, one of the largest outplacement and career-consulting firms in the United States.
Ms. Summerville is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Washington Law Review. She also served as the Interim Director, Career Services in 1995.
She presents frequent workshops on career management for lawyers and law students. Her column, "Managing Your Legal Career," is featured in the King County Bar Bulletin.
Career Development Programs:
Tuesday, March 7th- 3:00-3:30pm EST- Ask the Expert: How to Get "Unstuck" In Your Job Search (Silver and Gold members only). More information
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