Paul Bramson is a thought leader in communication, leadership and sales. He has over 25 years of experience as a trainer and keynote speaker, inspiring professionals, leaders and teams at all levels. The Paul Bramson Companies has trained more than 400,000 professionals worldwide and across all industries.

Trends at Work columnist Susan Kostal is a legal affairs PR, marketing and content strategy consultant. She is a former contributing editor for Attorney at Work and previously wrote a monthly column, Content Under Pressure. Susan has covered legal affairs as a journalist for nearly three decades. You can follow her on Twitter @skostal and view more of her content at www.susankostal.com.

Deana Kardel, Founder and President of Eos Consulting, Inc., and Traci Stuart, President of Blattel Communications, bring more than 50 years of combined experience in effective communications, resulting in positive outcomes for lawyers, legal professionals and their clients. Contact them at dkardel@eosconsultinginc.com and traci@blattel.com.

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Julie Savarino holds an MBA, a JD, and is a licensed attorney. Over her 30-plus-year career, she has built a reputation as a leading business developer and client development and service strategist, trainer, and coach for lawyers, law firms and other professional services providers. She has been named a Top Thought Leader on LinkedIn for several years and has served in-house in client and business development positions for the law firms Dickinson Wright and Butzel Long and the accounting firm Grant Thornton. Connect with Julie on LinkedIn, contact her at Julie@BusDevInc.com and follow @JulieSavarino.

Tod McDonald, CPA, CIRA, is co-founder of Valid8 Financial. Early in his career, Tod was an auditor with Ernst & Young and has spent decades navigating complex financial situations, including leading an investigation that unraveled a $200 million real estate investment Ponzi scheme in Washington state. He co-founded Valid8 Financial to build a Verified Financial Intelligence solution to expedite data prep, eliminate sample risk and improve the speed and quality of rendering a professional opinion on complex financial cases.

Nasir Ali, CEDS, is Assistant Vice President of Litigation and Investigation Services at Proxiio, a breakthrough provider of legal process outsourcing and technology solutions. Nasir oversees project intake and execution for major client engagements. With more than 13 years of experience in e-discovery, litigation support, and document review for global clients he also consults with clients to create advanced review workflows, leveraging TAR, generative AI and other analytics tools.

Phil Portman is the Founder and CEO of Textdrip. Textdrip is a 10 DLC-COMPLIANT business texting tool with features that help improve an organization’s messaging ecosystem, increase SMS deliverability, reduce spam and enhance security. Phil has created several startups, including landlineremover.com, argosautomation.com, and recruitdrip.com.

Chris Rossi is a legal marketing consultant and the founder of Attorney Sluice. He has been helping attorneys and law firms grow their revenue and their legal practices for the past 13 years.

Tal Davidson is the product manager of data analytics and visualization at ProSearch. With a robust background in advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau and SQL, Tal’s expertise is pivotal in helping legal teams and law firms gain profound insights into their cases and business strategies.

Ragav Jagannathan is President and Group CEO of KLoBot Inc., which sells innovative products like imDocShare (for iManage DMS) and netDocShare (for NetDocuments DMS), which allow attorneys to easily co-author DMS documents within Microsoft Teams and SharePoint using Microsoft Office Client. Their virtual assistant software KLapper allows firms to create no-code DIY virtual assistants powered by generative AI in minutes. He can be reached at ragav@klstinc.com.

John C. Scott is a Partner in the Tax Services Group at Anders CPA + Advisors. With more than 30 years of experience, he leads the firm’s legal industry efforts as a Virtual CFO. He offers dedicated resources, financial insight and critical thinking to address complex issues facing law firms, helping them be more efficient, competitive and profitable.  John is an Accredited Estate Planner, Chartered Global Management Accountant and a CPA. Follow him on LinkedIn.

Smriti Sinha is General Counsel at Opus 2, a leading legal software and services provider. As part of the company’s executive leadership team, she leads global legal and compliance functions and the company’s ESG program. Before joining Opus 2 in 2022, Smriti spent over 10 years working with businesses globally across a broad range of industries, including technology, life sciences and marketing.

Julie Bee is a business owner burnout strategist who has been dubbed the “small business fixer” by clients and peers. With over 15 years in the entrepreneurial field, she has solidified her reputation as a dynamic consultant, speaker, and leader who sheds light on the darker side of business ownership. Julie is the author of “Burned: How Business Owners Can Overcome Burnout and Fuel Success.” Learn more at thejuliebee.com.

Matthew Karmel is chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Law Group at Offit Kurman, a full-service Am Law 200 law firm. His practice combines traditional environmental representation across transactions, litigation and regulatory compliance with cutting-edge sustainability initiatives, renewable energy and cleantech. He is founder of the Planetary Lawyer Project newsletter.