Erica Edwards-O’Neal, Esq. NYC Economic Development Corporation 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 (212) 312-3814 [email protected] Erica Edwards-O'Neal is the Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity for the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In this role she oversees the development of policies and programs to attract, retain and foster a diverse and inclusive workforce. Erica is a Diversity Strategist and Consultant that has provided training on cultural competence, unconscious bias, inclusive recruiting and other diversity related matters. Previously, as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Senior Career Counselor at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Erica provided leadership and training on matters relating to valuing diversity, cultural competence, and the embedding of effective diversity and inclusion practices for the law school. In that role, she organized pipeline programming with high school and college students, coordinated diversity internships and fellowships, and collaborated with affinity groups, the law school community and legal employers to promote diversity. Erica has a long-standing commitment to diversity and public service, having previous experiences serving as the Director of a legislative advocacy coalition, a Legal Mentor, Community Development Liaison and an Americorp VISTA. She is a member of the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association, National Association of Law Placement Professionals, Suffolk County Women's Bar, New York City Bar’s Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers, The Metropolitan Black Bar Association, The National Bar Association and both the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion and the New York City Bar Association’s Diversity Pipeline Initiatives Committee. She has also served on the Boards of several organizations, including Girls Inc., Urban League/Dowling College GEARUP College Preparatory Program, and Suffolk County Community Council. Erica received her Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and her Juris Doctor from Touro Law Center. Erin K. Flynn, Esq. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC 145 Huguenot Street, Suite 201 New Rochelle, NY 10801 [email protected] (914) 636-8900 Erin Flynn is an Associate Attorney with McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LL. Previously she was employed at the Law Offices of Eric Franz. A Boston College graduate, Erin received her Juris Doctor in 2005 from the American University Washington College of Law. Erin is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut. She is admitted to Federal Court in both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Erin is an active member of The New York State Bar Association as an officer of the Young Lawyers Section and a committee chair of the Criminal Justice Section. She is also a member of Corrections and Community Reentry Committee of The New York City Bar Association and Pro Bono Committee of the Federal Bar Council. Erin has volunteered with the Legal Aid Society's Prisoner's Rights Project advocating for medical care, mental health treatment and religious rights for incarcerated individuals. She has also taken on pro bono cases for Connecticut Pro Bono Services. Prior to joining the Law Offices of Eric Franz, Erin practiced criminal defense focusing on federal cases with extensive electronic discovery. Carol Schiro Greenwald, Ph.D. MarketingPartners 688 Forest Ave Larchmont, NY 10538 (914) 834-9320 [email protected] Carol Schiro Greenwald, Ph.D, both a strategist and coach, helps her clients to combine management and marketing techniques to increase profitability. She shows individuals and firms how to structure their client service and legal practice around their best clients. Her approach is captured in her book, Build Your Practice the Logical Way – Maximize Your Client Relationships (First chair Press, American Bar Association, 2012) which provides a guide to growing a practice by fully implementing three strategies: • Understand key clients in their own world in order to be a proactive resource for them, • Create client-focused communication and legal process protocols, and • Prospect for new clients similar to the best current clients. Carol also coaches and trains individual attorneys in the personal skills needed for excellence in client service, business development and leadership. Selected Services • Client-centric audit of firm practices • Client-centric firm strategies • Client-focused research – in terms of the client’s world and/or relevant firm services • Top client “80/20” analysis • Client relationship — communication skills and protocols • Cross-selling and lateral integration programs • Partner and client one-on-one interviews • Personal skills training and coaching programs • Prospect targeting programs • Referral relationship strategies • Retreats – plan, lead, keynote speaker • Targeted growth plans for firms, practice groups and/or individuals Professional Background Carol has worked in-house directing marketing, business development, marketing research, marketing communications and training programs for a variety of well-known professional services firms including Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP [now Winston & Strawn], Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens [now Holland & Knight], Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP [now EisnerAmper], KPMG Peat Marwick, BDO Seidman, and Grant Thornton. She was also a consultant with the MarketForce division of Hildebrandt International before starting her own consultancy in 2000. Carol is a well-known speaker, author and contributor to many periodicals. She is currently a Co-Chair of the Law Practice Management Committee, Westchester County Bar Association; a member of the NYSBA Law Practice Management Committee and an ABA law practice division ‘Active.” She is Past President of the Legal Marketing Association, Metropolitan New York Chapter. Carol is also a Fellow of the prestigious College of Law Practice Management. She graduated cum laude from Smith College, Northampton, MA, received an M.A. in international relations from Hunter College, CUNY and a Ph.D. in comparative constitutional and legal systems from The Graduate Center, CUNY. She did post-doctoral research on the federal court system as an Eli Lilly Fellow at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College. Marc Halpert Connect2Collaborate PO Box 320048 Fairfield, CT 06825 (203) 373-0875 [email protected] Marc W. Halpert is a self-described “multi-preneur.” Since leaving the corporate finance world in 2001, Marc has started 3 companies, all of which he still operates. Two of those companies offer specialized, paperless electronic payment services to optimize cash flow of by speeding of payments, to: • retailers, small- and medium-sized businesses (Your Best Interest LLC) • nonprofit organizations, professional and membership groups (e-giving). In 2010 he started his third company, connect2collaborate, to spread his LinkedIn and networking evangelism to train and coach others. In all his LinkedIn training and coaching, he offers professionals the opportunity to better explain their brand and positioning on their LinkedIn profile pages: who they really are and why them vs. the competition. As a LinkedIn trainer, Marc has been recognized as a high-energy speaker at national and regional conferences and instructor to sales/marketing and HR/training departments at large and small professional service firms and businesses. He is one of a handful of “evangelists” recognized by LinkedIn nationwide to train nonprofits to cultivate their talent pool, volunteer, board member and donor development opportunities. His specialty in customized personal coaching has helped individuals in all walks of life and industries to use LinkedIn to better achieve their professional goals. Marc has authored numerous articles on innovations using the latest LinkedIn techniques for self-branding in national publications, both in paper and online. He serves as a subject matter expert for the business, technology and social media press. He is a frequent contributor to inc.com and has been heard frequently on WCBS Newsradio 880 AM giving LinkedIn advice on their business reports. He blogs every business day with a LinkedIn Nugget. He has taught underemployed babyboomers to use LinkedIn for job search and self- branding in the CareerConnect program at Westchester Jewish Community Services for nearly 7 years. Recently he was named to the list of LinkedIn 100 top coaches in North America, and in June 2017 authored a book published by the American Bar Association “LinkedIn Marketing Techniques for Law and Professional Practices. He is currently working on a new LinkedIn concepts book to accompany an online course for nonprofits professionals. Jack Newton Clio 4611 Canada Way, Suite 300 Burnaby, BC, Canada V5G4X3 [email protected] Jack Newton is co-founder and CEO at Clio, the leading provider of cloud-based practice management software used by lawyers around the world. Clio has received numerous awards recognizing it for its outstanding corporate culture—and for being one of the fastest growing, most innovative technology companies worldwide. Jack is also president of the Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA), a consortium with a mandate to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing in the legal industry. Phil Rosenthal, Ph.D., Esq. Fastcase, Inc. 711 D Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20004 (703) 740-5923