Principal And General Counsel
Current• creates innovative programs for individual lawyers, law firms, legal departments, and not for profit organizations• coaches lawyers at all stages of their careers; • produces and presents workshops on a wide variety of marketing, business development, communication, collaboration and diversity topics• performs staffing audits, presenting options for improved engagement and efficiencies• designs and executes customized client surveys, including written surveys, follow up one on one interviews, summaries of patterns and issues found, and practical tips to improve client relations going forward • creates internal surveys relating to risk tolerance, employee engagement, company goals and more• consults on staffing needs; identifies and screens appropriate candidates• constructs customized and detailed strategic plans for law firms and legal departments, providing powerful blueprints for moving forward• identifies marketing messages and strategies and creates marketing plans for firms and individual attorneys• produces marketing materials, websites, attorney bios, and other media content• creates effective, goal oriented compensation plans based on one on one interviews with all stakeholders• provides outplacement and transitional coaching• handles all legal needs of company• drafts and negotiates commercial and employment contracts• reviews advertising and promotional materials• frequent speaker at programs in Texas and nationally• past chair of the Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar; past President of local ACC Chapter; founding member of Women’s In House Network• member of the Texas, California, and New York Bar