In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Al Biedrzycki. With over 15 years of experience in leading ecosystems, platforms and partnerships, Al Biedrzycki has been instrumental in scaling startups, and pre- and post-IPO organizations. One of his most notable achievements is growing HubSpot’s platform product ecosystem to 500+ app partners and its channel program to 3,000+ agency partners. He also helped build and scale Airtable’s extension marketplace and service partn...
Jan 04, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 199
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Josh Hostilo . Josh Hostilo, is a current Product Owner at Filevine and oversees the legal intake product, Lead Docket . Josh was a previous VP of Operations at a personal injury law firm and is truly an expert in legal intake best practices. He has recently been involved in the development of Lead Docket's newest AI tool, LeadsAI, which provides lead summaries and predictive analysis to simplify the way legal intake and lead m...
Dec 07, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 198
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Phillip Greer. Greer has driven the continual evolution of Best Lawyers® since joining in 2005, becoming president in 2013 and CEO in 2018. By tapping into his training as an engineer, he created the company’s first content management system to take the company and its products – as he says – “from analog to digital.” Through the years he has led international expansion strategies that ensure lawyers around the world receive th...
Aug 24, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 197
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Craig Budner. Craig W. Budner is the global strategic growth partner for K&L Gates, a global law firm with 48 offices and approximately 2000 lawyers on 5 continents. In this role, Craig manages the global recruiting and integration functions for the firm. He also manages the firm’s global business development, marketing, and media relations functions. Additionally, he serves on the firm’s management and advisory committees....
Aug 17, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 196
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Todd Smith and Jody Sanders. Jody and Todd both practice civil appellate law. Traditionally, that involves writing appellate briefs and presenting oral arguments to appellate courts, but they both do a lot of work in trial courts as well. Their trial court work involves legal strategy, potentially dispositive motions, jury charges, and other activities necessary to preserve error and prepare cases for appeal....
Aug 10, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 195
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by John Hellerman. John Hellerman is the President of Hellerman Communications, an award-winning corporate communications agency positioning professionals to win business and navigate crises. John and his firm specialize in strategic marketing and content development, crisis and litigation communications, and social influencer and stakeholder relations. He helps the world’s most elite professionals and their firms build and protec...
Jul 20, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 194
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Kate Boyd who is a 25 year veteran of the legal industry. She started her career at law firms Shearman & Sterling and White & Case. After completing her MBA at NYU in 2014, she took her business and legal experience to high-growth legal tech vendors HighQ and Kira Systems. In 2018, she co-founded litigation fund, Validity Finance, and served as COO before joining Sente in 2022. Kate is active on the boards of the leadin...
Jun 29, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 193
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Kate Pearch. Kate is the Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP. Kate focuses on her firm’s unique client service to strengthen its brand and position in the marketplace. She is known for her excellent people skills and for leading successful collaborations between the marketing team, executive committee, and practice leaders. Her responsibilities include designing and implementi...
Jun 08, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 192
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Bill Barrett. Bill leads Digital channel strategy and operations for DLA Piper in the Americas. In his role, Bill helps the firm: amplify the DLA Piper brand in the marketplace, generate demand for services, enhance the visibility of lawyers, and provide actionable insights that help generate profitable growth.
May 25, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 191
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Bob Wallace. Bob Wallace is a 40 year veteran practitioner of sports law, 30 of those representing three NFL teams. He currently chairs the sports law group of Thompson Coburn LLP. Thompson Coburn has offices in St. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC.
May 11, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 190
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Patrick Hayes. Patrick Hayes is a partner and chair of the Investment Management practice at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP where he supports investment advisers and broker-dealers in the development and administration of their compliance programs, including the creation and implementation of policies and procedures governing all activities of the firm. His clients include wealth managers, private fund advisers, family offic...
Apr 20, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 189
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Jennifer Ramsey. Jennifer Ramsey is a former investment banker who discovered love of marketing / BD while preparing sales decks for road shows to pitch investors on funding startup/emerging growth companies. She left the world of high finance for marketing & BD where she developed and led enterprise-wide, sector-based programming and spearheaded a client relationship-building framework for an Am Law 100 firm. She and two c...
Apr 06, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 188
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Julie Lorson to discuss the topic of Artifical Intelligence (AI) and its impact on search engine optimization (SEO). Julie has been working in SEO for over 15 years. For the past 6, she has focused on SEO specifically for law firms Over the course of her career, she has learned the many nuances that it takes to make websites rank in the top positions in Google.
Mar 24, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 187
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Justin Bernbrock. Justin Bernbrock is a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s Chicago office and the head of Chicago’s complex restructuring team. Justin has worked on some of the most complex Chapter 11 cases in the world over the last 11 years, and is the host of Sheppard Mullin's Restructure This! podcast series, which explores the latest trends and controversies in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, commercial insolvency and distressed investin...
Mar 16, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 186
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Gary McRae to discuss the importance of the digital experience for law firms. Gary McRae is the global digital lead for Baker McKenzie. He ensures Baker McKenzie’s digital strategy aligns with its overall business objectives. He also leads the company's channels, digital marketing, web development, social media, and martech initiatives.
Feb 23, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 185
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Davina Frederick to discuss how law firms should go about attracting their ideal clients while repelling all others. Prior to becoming an attorney, Davina spent 15 years as a professional services marketer. She started her own law firm right out of law school and grew it successfully. As the founder of Wealthy Woman Lawyer®, she's spent more than a decade coaching women law firm owners on the business principles they must maste...
Feb 16, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 184
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Paula Zirinsky, co-founder and Chief Strategist of Structura Strategy Group, a professional services marketing advisory. She is known for her expertise in branding, strategy, marketing, content, communications, and digital technology platforms. As a former global CMO, Paula has held leadership positions at professional services firms including K2 Integrity, a preeminent global risk advisory firm, and law firms including Morgan ...
Feb 09, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 183
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Stephen Clark the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager at Brown Rudnick, where he oversees the firm’s PR and digital marketing efforts. Stephen is based in New York and joined the firm in 2021 after managing digital communications at Hubbard & Read for 10 years. Before joining the legal industry, Stephen was an award-winning journalist who served as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and as a politics editor fo...
Jan 12, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 182
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Alison Reynolds, the Senior Digital Marketing Manager for Vinson & Elkins, which is a 100-plus-year-old law firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices around the world. While it is her first and only law firm experience, in the last eight years Alison has helped transform the firm’s digital presence across channels and establish a robust content and social media marketing strategy. Prior to V&E, Alison came from...
Dec 22, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 181
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Jenny Fortin, the Digital Marketing Manager at Winston & Strawn where she manages the firm’s digital marketing strategy including the firm’s website, SEO, analytics, and social media channels. Prior to her role as a digital marketer, Jenny worked with the firm’s attorney recruiting and development team for nearly a decade.
Dec 15, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 180
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Alan Kaplinsky, the senior counsel and for 25 years the chair of the consumer financial services group at the Ballard Spahr law firm. He is the recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the American College of consumer financial services law. Alan has been consistently ranked as a tier 1 lawyer by Chambers, USA in the area of consumer, financial services, regulation, litigation, and government enforcement. He also launched...
Dec 08, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 179
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Emily Rogers, the US Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Norton Rose Fulbright, based in their New York office. Joining Norton Rose Fulbright during its combination with Chadbourne & Parke in 2017, Emily has led several special projects for the firm, including serving as the producer of the project finance podcast, Currents, which has more than 2.8 million downloads and has led the marketing efforts for the ...
Dec 01, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 178
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Elise Holtzman, a former practicing attorney, certified executive coach, and the founder of The Lawyer’s Edge, where she and her team help law firms grow thriving businesses by helping lawyers become better business developers and leaders. Elise is the creator of the Lawyers Making Rain program for law firms as well as The Lawyer’s Edge Ignite, a business development program for women lawyers that is launching in 2023. In addit...
Nov 17, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 177
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy Alvarez, the CEO and Founder of Good2bSocial, talks about some of the biggest mistakes that law firms make when it comes to handling their digital marketing credentials while transitioning from one agency to another. There are four specific areas Guy covers, where these issues come up.
Nov 10, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 176
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Iris Jones, Akerman's Chief Marketing and Client Development Officer. Iris oversees the firm's client development team to advance the overall strategic plan of the firm by continuing to grow the firm’s client base while deepening existing client relationships. She works closely with firm leadership to build the firm's brand equity and position the firm as an influential thought leader and the law firm of choice for diverse clie...
Nov 03, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 175
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Jeanne Hammerstrom. Jeanne is responsible for all client-focused experiences for the firm as well as business development, marketing communications and market-driven initiatives. She has over 33 years of experience in law firm marketing and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at the Benesch firm.
Oct 27, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 174
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Alexandra Morren, a competitive intelligence analyst at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP. She has served in various roles within the marketing field for nearly a decade and has worked in the legal space for over half that time. At her current firm, she supports the competitive intelligence efforts and broader business development initiatives of the firm. When she’s not nose-deep in research or sharing actionable insight...
Oct 20, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 173
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Julia Bennett, the CMO of Brown Rudnick. Julia’s mandate is to amplify the brand of the firm, market the practices and industry groups, and enable the lawyers to deepen relationships with current clients and create relationships with prospective clients. She holds a J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, an M.A. from The George Washington University, and an A.B. from Duke University.
Oct 13, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 172
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Reza Torkzadeh, the founder and CEO of TorkLaw. Torklaw is a plaintiff's personal injury law firm based in Los Angeles with offices throughout the country. He is the author of The Lawyer as CEO , a book that has obtained record-setting results. He is an honorary board member of the trial lawyer charities and chairman of the Dean's Inner Circle at UCI Law.
Sep 01, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 171
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy is joined by Koree Khongphand-Buckman, the CMBDO at Foley & Lardner LLP. Koree is responsible for leading the firm’s business development, marketing, client service, and branding efforts for Foley & Lardner. She’s been involved in legal marketing for about 16 years and has been leading at Foley & Lardner for a little over a year now. The 5 key priorities she covers at her firm is: to drive business through their four major secto...
Aug 18, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 170
