Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting

We’re excited to introduce the Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting.

This year, the 4th in which we’ve published this guide, is a bit different. We are celebrating a birthday party on a tenuous day.

The 100 experts in management, marketing, communication and recruiting recognized here are among the world’s most valued by law firm leaders. But as we all know, value is transitory when you’re in a tailspin.

Value in that circumstance is foremost – and only – getting out alive.

We are all learning to celebrate life’s victories in uncertain times. And this guide provides a moment to recognize a tremendous cross-section of professionals to whom lawyers actually pay money for advice. Our methodology is a dogged, slightly ridiculous, determined ongoing conversation 365 days a year with leaders of the profession as to those they trust with their future. Who crafts their difficult export of the bondage-practicing partner into a headline with an amicable split? Who helps a foundering midweight Midwest firm aspire to greatness? Who are those bankers helping firms ensure they have the lines of credit to keep a firm going in a pandemic?

And about that tailspin; from Covid-19, you’ll clearly note, for example, the absence of real estate brokers and other advisers whose role going forward is in real flux. From the prolonged metastases of discrimination in elite law firms, you’ll note that – let’s just say it, shall we? – if legal consultants resemble the firms they advise, we could all do better.

Disarray and confusion about the future requires innovative thinking and new approaches from these titans of legal advice. And who better to advise on communications, which is paramount in reestablishing cohesion and confidence.

So onward. They bring their A game every day – as we all must.

Name	Company	Location	Focus
Rodney Abstone-Carabajal	AbstoneLalley	Chicago	Professional Consulting & Recruiting
Jacob Aitken	Kidd Aitken	London	Media – Directory Maven
Mike Androvett	Androvett	Dallas	Marketing & Communications
Scott Atlas	Atlas Counsel Search	Houston	Professional Recruiting
Divya Bala	Lippman Jungers Bala	Los Angeles	Professional Recruiting
James Bates	Sitrick	Los Angeles	Crisis Communications
Mark Beese	Leadership for Lawyers	Evergreen, Colo.	Management Consulting
Louise Beeson	Bell Yard	London	Crisis Communications
Deborah Ben-Canaan	Major Lindsey & Africa	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiting
Dan Binstock	Garrison & Sisson	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiting
Robert Brenner	K2 Intelligence	New York	Corporate Investigations
Lori Carpenter	Carpenter Legal Search	Pittsburgh	Professional Recruiting
Jennifer Simpson Carr	Furia Rubel Communications	Doylestown, Pa.	Marketing & Communications
Michael Coston	Coston Consulting	New York	Marketing & Communications
Silvia Coulter	LawVision	Manchester, Mass.	Legal Consulting
Darryl Cross	HighPer Teams	Washington, D.C.	Management Consulting
Lanny Davis	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Melinda Delmonico	Gibson Arnold & Assoc.	Denver	Professional Recruiting
Alex Dimitrief	Zeughauser Group	New York	Management Consulting
Jamie Diaferia	Infinite Global	New York	Media & Communications
Steve DiMattia	Greentarget	New York	Marketing & Communications
Mike Dolan	Finsbury	New York	Crisis Communications
Lauren Drake	Mlegal	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiting
Peter Duda	Weber Shandwick	New York	Crisis Communications
Jesse Dungan	Infinite Global	San Francisco	Marketing & Communications
Kelsey Eidbo	Infinite Global	San Francisco	Marketing & Communications
Deborah Farone	Farone Advisors LLC	New York	Strategic Marketing Consulting
Jeremy Fielding	Kekst	New York	Crisis Communications
Ross Fishman	Fishman Marketing	Highland Park, Ill.	Marketing & Communications
Andrew Frank	KARV Communications	New York	Crisis Communications
Nick Gaffney	Zumado	San Francisco	Marketing & Communications
Joshua Galper	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Kerry Gibson	Citi Private Bank	Los Angeles	Financial Advisor
Adam Goldberg	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
James Haggerty	PRCG Haggerty	New York	Crisis Communications
Philip Hall	Portland	London	Crisis Communications
Philip Hamilton	LogicForce	Nashville	Technology Advisor
John Hellerman	Hellerman Communications	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Bruce Hennes	Hennes Communications	Cleveland	Crisis Management
John Holmes	Jomati Consultants	London	Management Consulting
Paul Holmes	Finsbury	New York	Crisis Communications
Vivian Hood	Jaffe	Jacksonville	Crisis Communications
Kay Hoppe	Credentia	Chicago	Professional Recruiting
Natasha Innocenti	Mlegal	San Francisco	Professional Recruiting
Terry Isner	Jaffe	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Nancy Jessen	UnitedLex	Washington, D.C.	Legal Services Delivery
Jennifer Johnson	Calibrate Legal	Austin	Marketing & Communications
Jason Juceam	Brunswick	New York	Crisis Communications
Mark Jungers	Lippman Jungers Bala	Chicago	Professional Recruiting
Karen Kaplowitz	New Ellis Group	New Hope, Pa.	Business Development Advisor
Daniel Kidd	Kidd Aitken	London	Media – Directory Maven
Jacquelyn Knight	Major Lindsey & Africa	New York	Professional Recruiting
Jeremy Kroll	K2 Intelligence	New York	Corporate Investigations
Benita Kumar	Jomati Consultants	London	Management Consulting
Shahed Fakhari Larson	Brunswick	New York	Crisis Communications
Liz Lindley	Jaffe	Washington, D.C.	Marketing & Communications
Jon Lindsey	Major Lindsey & Africa	New York	Professional Recruiting
Sabina Lippman	Lippman Jungers Bala	Los Angeles	Professional Recruiting
Harlan Loeb	Edelman	Chicago	Crisis Communications
Andrew Longstreth	Infinite Global	New York	Media & Communications
Vijay Luthra	Lippman Jungers Bala	New York	Professional Recruiting
Joe Macrae	MLegal	San Francisco	Professional Recruiting
Tim Maltin	Maltin PR	Holborn, London, United Kingdom	Crisis Communications
Stefanie Marrone	Stefanie Marrone Consulting	New York	Social Media
Ian Christopher McCaleb	Mercury	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Eleanor McManus	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Bobbie McMorrow	McMorrow Consulting	Summerland, Calif.	Professional Recruiting
Deborah McMurray	Content Pilot	Dallas	Marketing, Branding & Communications
Laura Meherg	Wicker Park Group	Flat Rock, N.C.	Management Consulting
Patty Morrissy	Mlegal	New York	Professional Recruiting
Ellen Moskowitz	Brunswick	New York	Crisis Communications
Kathy O’Brien	Rubenstein	New York	Marketing & Communications
Zach Olsen	Infinite Global	San Francisco	Media & Communications
Ruth Pachman	Kekst	New York	Crisis Communications
Lloyd Pearson	Pearson Communications	Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom	Media – Directory Maven
Lew Phelps	Sitrick	Los Angeles	Crisis Communications
Peter Pochna	Rubenstein	New York	Marketing & Communications
Charlie Potter	Brunswick	London	Crisis Communications
Pat Rafferty	Androvett	Dallas	Media & Communications
Melanie Riley	Bell Yard	London	Crisis Communications
Allan Ripp	Ripp Media & Public Relations	New York	Media & Communications
Jane Sullivan Roberts	Mlegal	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiting
Gina Rubel	Furia Rubel Communications	Doylestown, Pa.	Public Relations
Gretta Rusanow	Citi Private Bank	New York	Financial Advisor
Joseph Ryan	Citi Private Bank	New York	Financial Advisor
George Sard	Sard Verbinnen & Co.	New York	Communications
Dawn Schneider	Schneider Group Media	New York	Media & Communications
Elonide Semmes	Right Hat	Chicago	Marketing, Branding & Communications
Anita Shapiro	PLI	New York	Continuing Legal Education
Michael Short	LawVision	Washington, D.C.	Legal Consulting
Martha Ann Sisson	Garrison & Sisson	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiting
Michael Sitrick	Sitrick	Los Angeles	Crisis Communications
Nat Slavin	Wicker Park Group	Newport Beach, Calif.	Management Consulting
Michael Talve	The Expert Institute	New York	Litigation Consultant
Jeffrey Taufield	Kekst	New York	Crisis Communications
Burton Taylor	Proventus Consulting	Kansas City, Mo.	Marketing & Communications
Mehrnaz Vahid	Citi Private Bank	New York	Financial Advisor
Tony Williams	Jomati Consultants	London	Management Consulting
Gulam Zade	LogicForce	Nashville	Technology Advisor
Kent Zimmermann	Zeughauser Group	Chicago	Management Consulting