INDUCTEES ‘08
Barbara
Dunn
Principal with Gensler
Over 27 years of
experience and has
designed over 3,600,000
square feet of law firms
Frequent speaker and
author on law firm design
Her designs have been
featured in The Wall Street
Journal, American Bar
Association Journal,
California Law Business,
and Legal Management.
Thomas
Grella
Managing Partner of
McGuire, Wood & Bissette,
P.A.
Former ABA LPM Section
Chair
Co-author of The Lawyers
Guide to Strategic
Planning
Committed to recognizing
and promoting young
lawyers, diversity, integrity
and best practices in
professionalism and
ethics.
John
Hellerman
Co-founder and partner
Hellerman Bretz
Communications LLC
Called a “PR whiz” and
“top media relations pro”
by both Law Practice
Management and PR
Week magazines.
2007 LMA Your Honor
Award Winner
President of the Board of
Directors of The Reading
Connection. This is a nonprofit literacy organization
dedicated to bringing
books and a lifelong love
of reading to children in
crisis.
William
Migneron
Chief Operation Officer
Lathrop & Gage, L.C.
Past President of
Association of Legal
Administrators
Mentor to many
administrators around the
country, providing
encouragement and
challenging them to step
out of their comfort zones
and rise to new heights
Alan
Paterson
Director of the Centre for
Professional Legal Studies
and Professor of Law at
Strathclyde University
Works to build bridges
between the world of the
law school, the public, the
judiciary, government and
the legal profession.
Founder of Ross Priory
Retreat which brings
together thinkers,
academics, practitioners
and judges to discuss
impact of new
technologies on the legal
profession
Tim
Percival
Business Development
Manager Nabarro LLP
His unique management
style bridges the gap
between legal and support
staff gaining cooperation
and improved
performance.
Founding member of
Managing Partner’s global
Though Leadership Forum
Won the Best Marketing
Team for Nabarro at this
year's Legal Marketing
Awards and a European
Practice Management
Award for "Best Brand in
Practice".
Stephen
“Pete”
Peterson
Founder and Owner,
Maxfield Peterson &
Richards CPAs
Adjunct professor in the
University of Denver's
Master of Science in Legal
Administration and
teaches in the ALA’s
Essential Competencies for
Legal Administrators
program.
Frequent author and
speaker to the legal
profession on a wide range
of topics that serve to
advance the profession.
John
Smock
President Smock Sterling
Strategic Management
Consultants
One of the earliest
management consultants
to legal firms
Directed or participated in
more than 200
assignments for law firms
of all sizes.
Brings fresh perspective as
his work isn’t limited to
legal firms
Mark
Tamminga
Partner Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
Chaired ABA Tech Show
Frequent presenter on the
subject of automation in
legal practice
Columnist for ABA’s Law
Practice Management
magazine and recently
co-authored book on
Extranets for Lawyers
World champion in
Atacama Desert Crossing –
160 mile race over six-day
period
Reid
Trautz
Director of the Practice
and Professionalism Center
at the American
Immigration Lawyers
Association.
Major contributor to the
development of the
practice management
advisor concept as a
pioneer, innovator,
promoter and mentor.
Chaired Publications Board
of the ABA Law Practice
Management Section
Frequent writer and
presenter on law practice
management topics.
Linda
Will
Director of Information
Resources at Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
Expert in Information
Resources reaching far
beyond the Law Library to
help clients reach their
business goals and help
lawyers retain and grow
their key client
relationships.
Featured in last month’s
American Lawyer for her
leadership as director of
information resources at
Dorsey & Whitney.