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Andy Banquer, QuisLex Vice President, Corporate Solutions, is a hands-on architect and implementer of contracting improvement initiatives and support services. He has done extensive work with general counsel, commercial practice and legal ops leaders to turn strategic objectives into actionable activities. He has 20-plus years of in-house experience at HP and Agilent Technologies, providing pragmatic counseling to business clients and managing global teams. He now works closely with AI providers to integrate AI capabilities into client companies’ contracting lifecycles.

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Michelle Troutman of Classy Writing specializes in creating e-newsletters and ghostwriting blog posts for law firms and other professional services firms. She turns gibberish into everyday English that connects with respect for readers. Follow her @Classy_Writing.

Neville Pokroy is a partner with Mastermind Solutions, Inc., a business and marketing consultancy based in Toronto. Neville specializes in helping small and midsize organizations in their second and third stage of growth with strategic planning, marketing, and financial management. He has helped a mid-size law firm in Canada become a market leader and a top regional law firm.

Shari Lee Sugarman, founder of Sugarman Law, assists clients with estate planning, real estate transactions, home loan modifications and foreclosure defense, and consumer protection cases. As a former board member and President of the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association, Shari has mentored numerous women into leadership roles with the association. She is also a member of the LeTip of Patchogue chapter of the business networking organization.

Chris DeMatteo is a trial and appellate attorney in New Haven, Connecticut. A solo practitioner for 10 years prior to joining his current firm, Chris writes about law practice in his blog, the Legal Deal. Follow him @LegalDematteo and on LinkedIn here.

Bill Jawitz helps high-achieving attorneys learn how to maintain their professional success while becoming healthier, more balanced individuals. He’s worked exclusively with lawyers since 2002. Bill and his partners at Lawyer Time Management coach and consult with solos, small to midsize firms and corporate legal departments on productivity, time management and stress management. Follow him on LinkedIn here.

Colby Mangonon is Associate General Counsel at Evisort. Colby has provided legal and business counsel to the tech industry for almost a decade. Prior to Evisort, she served as Director, Legal Commercial at SOCi and Senior Commercial Counsel at Citrix. She was a Law Clerk for the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District and received her J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Today, Colby lives in Hawaii where she continues to provide pro bono services to local entrepreneurs, focusing on women- and BIPOC-owned businesses. Connect with her on LinkedIn here.

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Jamie Fleischner is a nationally recognized independent insurance broker. Since 1993 she has specialized in helping thousands of high-income professionals with their disability insurance, term life insurance, and long-term care needs. She helps her clients by shopping around to find the most suitable policy at the best available rate.

Veronika Pshenychnykova is PR Manager at Lawrina, a legal platform with open and free legal information, including Lawrina Match, Lawrina Templates,  U.S. Law—a free legal database, Lawrina Blog, and most recently, Loio, document drafting software powered by artificial intelligence. Veronika has an international law degree and hands-on experience in the legal sphere with the EU and U.S. markets. You can reach at v.pshenychnykova@lawrina.com.

A Chicago-based freelance writer, traveler and the author of “On the Wings of the Hummingbird,” a blog about joy, Mary Ellen Sullivan wrote about the arts, music, travel and women’s issues, with a specialty in health care, for more than 30 years. She was the author of the best-selling book “Cows on Parade in Chicago,” as well as several travel guides. Mary Ellen passed away in March 2016. You can read about her extraordinary life here.

Nicole Abboud is a millennial leadership speaker, host of the award-winning podcast “The Gen Y Lawyer” and a former practicing attorney. You can learn more about her at www.nicoleabboud.com and on LinkedIn.

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