Gillian Facher Email & Phone Number

As executive director of Stradley Ronon, I focus most of my time on matters relating to partner leadership and development, practice group management, and lateral acquisitions and integration. I am also responsible for oversight of most of the firm’s business operations, including human resources, recruiting and professional development, marketing, operations, information systems, library and research services, and regional office operations. I joined Stradley in 1982, and have taken on numerous roles for the firm since that time. I started out as a bankruptcy paralegal before making the move into firm administration when I was promoted to director of associate development in 1987. I assumed broader responsibilities when I was promoted to director of human resources/administrative services in 1989. In 1991, I was promoted again, this time to executive director. Over time, my role has become focused more on the strategic and less on the operational.When I joined in July of 1982, Stradley had 60 attorneys and only one office. Today the firm has over 200 attorneys in seven locations, with a total population of about 400 partners and employees. In my more than 25 years serving in various capacities with Stradley, I have played a leadership role in numerous firm initiatives, including business development programs for partners and associates; partner leadership & coaching programs; initiatives to realign practice groups, overhaul client intake, improve mentoring and increase collaborative business development; client profitability and project management efforts; strategic planning development and implementation; targeted acquisition & integration of lateral partners, and the expansion of regional offices and strategically important practice groups.

Listed skills include Leadership, Mergers And Acquisitions, Strategy, Strategic Planning, and 29 others.

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  Bryn Mawr College

  Political Theory