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SHANNON R. FINLEY JANICE Y. WALSHOK n Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PC, a leading civil litigation law firm, is pleased to announce that Shannon R. Finley and Janice Y. Walshok have been promoted to shareholders. Both Shannon and Janice continue the tradition of premier client service and legal professionalism that are hallmarks of Pettit Kohn.

Shannon R. Finley is a shareholder in the firm’s San Diego, California office and joined Pettit Kohn in 2014. She is a leader in the Employment Law group and represents both large and small corporate employers in the defense of claims involving allegations of workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination, as well as in large-scale wage and hour class action litigation violations.

Janice Y. Walshok is a shareholder in the firm’s San Diego, California office and joined Pettit Kohn in 2017. She is a leader in the Retail and Transportation group and represents large and small corporate clients in the defense of claims involving wrongful death, serious injury, and product liability.

n Judicate West, one of California’s leading providers of private dispute resolution services, welcomes Richard Huver to its roster of neutrals. Huver will be based in the San Diego office and is available for mediations statewide.

“Richard is a tremendous addition to our roster. I have known him for 16 years, and he is truly first class,” said Mark Kaufman, Judicate West’s Executive Vice President. “With 30 plus years of experience, as both an attorney and a neutral, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will benefit our clients. As a mediator, he’s built a reputation on being very well-prepared, and he is an extremely skilled negotiator with a closer’s mentality.”

A mediator since 2016, Huver draws upon more than three decades of legal experience, litigating all types of matters relating to business disputes, insurance bad faith, personal injury, wrongful death, elder abuse, wrongful termination and professional liability. RICHARD HUVER

n Brown & Charbonneau, LLP is pleased to welcome new associate attorney Joseph M. Dankert. Prior to joining Brown & Charbonneau, LLP, Dankert was an attorney at a multi-state litigation firm, where he defended large auto-manufacturers in cases litigated under California’s consumer protection statutes, unfair competition law, and fraud.

Dankert has been a member of the California State Bar since 2017. Since graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University Of Missouri Kansas City School Of Law in 2017, Dankert has represented clients in a wide range of practice areas including family law, personal injury, breach of contract, and consumer protection. He is known for his tireless work ethic, meticulous attention to detail, and emphasis on providing premium client service. JOSEPH M. DANKERT

n Berger Kahn’s 50-year anniversary celebrates a law firm with a uniquely positive spirit, practicing in the areas of insurance coverage and litigation, business litigation, labor and employment, serious personal injury and wrongful death, and subrogation.

“We are 50 years young and counting,” says Managing Partner Craig Simon, who has worked at Berger Kahn his entire professional career, having begun as a law clerk prior to completion of law school and staying with the firm for many decades.

Berger Kahn will celebrate its 50-year anniversary in January 2020, with esteemed accomplishments including: • Named a “Best Law Firm” four consecutive years by Best Lawyers. • Multiple shareholders named to the Best Lawyers list, an honor celebrated by only 3% of the Bar. • All shareholders, Craig Simon, Sherman Spitz, Teresa Ponder, Stephan Cohn, and David Ezra, recognized to Super Lawyers “Top Lists.” • Roberta Winston named Defense Attorney of the Year. • Erin Mindoro Ezra recognized to Super Lawyers Rising Stars “Up-and-Coming” lists. • Craig Simon, Sherman Spitz and David Ezra designated Lifetime Achievement members to the “America’s Top 100 Attorneys” list, given to only the top 1% of attorneys.

n Higgs Fletcher & Mack is proud to welcome its newest Partner, veteran litigator Timothy Noon, effective January 2. The firm has also recently welcomed attorneys Harrison Beau Bryant, Haley Dumas, Meredith King, and Miles Roeder, strengthening its immigration, business litigation, employment law and bankruptcy practice areas. The firm has hired attorney Ross Viselman as its new Risk Manager.

Noon is an experienced trial lawyer with a significant civil litigation practice focused on legal and accountancy professional liability, architect, engineer, construction and business and commercial litigation. He has defended a diverse client base including regional and national corporations, owners, law firms, architects, engineers, developers, contractors, subcontractors, and private individuals. In addition to Noon, the Firm has hired Harrison Beau Bryant (Beau), who previously practiced alongside Noon. Bryant is also a trial attorney whose practice focuses on business and commercial, securities, Professional Liability, Financial Services and Employment litigation.

Haley Dumas, who also recently joined the Firm, is a part of the Employment Law and Business Litigation practice groups. Her experience includes representing clients in insurance coverage actions in both state and federal court.

Meredith King is a commercial litigation and bankruptcy attorney. Her experience includes representing individual business owners, corporate clients, and fiduciaries in complex financial litigation in federal, state, and bankruptcy courts.

Immigration attorney Miles Roeder garnered significant experience by practicing at both boutique and large international law firms over the last fifteen years.

Ross Viselman will serve as Higgs Fletcher & Mack’s Risk Manager. He most recently served as a Senior Trial Counsel with the State Bar of California, where he prosecuted and sought discipline against attorneys for ethical violations. TIMOTHY NOON HARRISON BEAU BRYANT HALEY DUMAS MEREDITH KING MILES ROEDER ROSS VISELMAN

n The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of California’s Family Law Firm, Hills Law Group as 2019 10 Best Family Law Firm for Client Satisfaction.

The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys is a third-party attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys in each state. Attorneys who are selected to the “10 Best” list must pass AIOFLA’s rigorous selection process, which is based on client and/or peer nominations, thorough research and AIOFLA’s independent evaluation. AIOFLA’s annual list was created to be used as a resource for clients during the attorney selection process.

One of the most significant aspects of the selection process involves attorneys’ relationships and reputation among his or her clients. As clients should be an attorney’s top priority, AIOFLA places the utmost emphasis on selecting lawyers who have achieved significant success in the field of Family Law without sacrificing the service and support they provide. MAXWELL A. HILLS

As readers know, corporate executives (and regular employees) are often subject to non-competes in their employment agreements, as well as other provisions designed to ensure that if they leave their job, they will not be able to work for a competitor for some period of time. By contrast, law firms are ethically prohibited from imposing such restrictive covenants on their attorneys. The justification for this exceptionalism is the premise that clients have the right to choose their counsel and any restrictions on a lawyer’s right to practice could impede that choice. (Of course, why client choice is more imperative in an attorney/client relationship than other professional relationships of trust has always been a bit vague.) ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6 sets out the general prohibition on restrictions on a lawyer’s right to practice. Rule 5.6(a) states that a lawyer shall not enter into a “partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or similar type of agreements that restricts the right of a lawyer to practice after termination of the relationship….”

Despite this rule, most law firm agreements impose some kind of “notice period” on departing attorneys, requiring them to give notice well in advance of their departure. Although such provisions are common, law firms frequently choose not to enforce them or shorten the time period. Recent news articles, however, have suggested an uptick in law firms’ attempts to enforce long notice periods on their departing attorneys.

Given that notice periods implicate Rule 5.6, there has always been a question about their enforceability, particularly when the notice period is lengthy. Recently, in Formal Opinion 489, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility came out swinging against them. The ABA said that, although a “reasonable” notification by Rachel F. Cotton

12 Attorney Journals San Diego | Volume 198, 2020 period may be included in firm partnership/employment agreements to allow for a smooth transition, “these notification periods cannot be fixed or rigidly applied without regard to client direction, or used to coerce or punish a lawyer for electing to leave the firm, nor may they serve to unreasonably delay the diligent representation of a client.” The opinion goes on to say that departing lawyers “may not be held to a pre-established notice period particularly where, for example, the files are updated, client elections have been received, and the departing lawyer has agreed to cooperate post-departure in final billing.” This blow to the enforceability of notice periods may remove one more weapon from a law firm’s arsenal to discourage lawyers from leaving. Although many law firm departures are not contentious, the opinion may embolden lawyers to refuse to abide by notice periods even in instances where the law firm insists upon one.

Long live Rule 5.6. n

As a Partner at Zuckerman Speder, Rachel F. Cotton is a dedicated litigator who represents individuals and corporations in government investigations, criminal prosecutions, and complex civil disputes. Rachel also helps attorneys navigate the professional responsibility challenges that confront them. She advises both lawyers and law firms on professional ethics, legal malpractice and disciplinary investigations.

Cynthia Morgan-Reed volunteers on the Board of Directors for Voice of San Diego, the nation’s first online, nonprofit news outlet serving a local community.

Launched in 2005, Voice of San Diego produces award-winning investigative journalism on political, economic, social, and environmental issues affecting San Diego County. It increases civic participation by providing the knowledge and analysis necessary to advocate for good government and social progress.

Cynthia helps Voice of San Diego navigate strategic and legal issues. “I can’t take any credit for Voice’s outstanding reporting. But, it is enthralling to be a small part of an entity that is informing our community, making positive change, and supporting journalism. In 2019, Voice’s reporting led to four legislative bills being introduced.”

Visit voiceofsandiego.org to learn more, become a supporting member, and donate.

In 2018, Cynthia founded Vanst Law, a virtual law firm. Now six partners strong and growing, the firm handles business, corporate, land use, real estate, healthcare and life sciences, tax, and litigation matters.

Cynthia Morgan-Reed is not affiliated with the Vosseller Law Firm.

• Complete defense jury verdict in real estate dispute and more than $400,000 collected for attorneys’ fees and costs in Batter v. McElhinney, et al. (2019)(Jason Kirby).

• $2.1 million jury verdict for firm client in Doe v. San Diego Unified School District, et al. (2018)(Jason Kirby & Michael Kirby). • $1.1 million arbitration award for firm clients on cross-complaint after zeroing plaintiff on $6 million damage claim in Step Strategy Advisors v. Solid Gold Health Products for Pets, Inc., et al. (2018)(Jason Kirby lead counsel).

• Michael Kirby received the 2019 Best Lawyers in America ® distinction for (1) Bet-the-Company Litigation, (2) Commercial Litigation, (3) Litigation – Real Estate, and (4) Litigation – Securities.

Doing the right thing—whether at the office, in the courtroom, and especially at home—builds credibility. “Credibility is essential in advocacy. A reputation for integrity takes a lifetime to build and only a second to lose,” says Bibianne “Bibi” Fell, founder of Fell Law, PC.

Fell, who opened her firm in January, is recognized as one of the best plaintiff’s lawyers in the nation. She is one of the few attorneys to earn a verdict of more than $100 million, one of the top ten verdicts in the country. She boasts the numbertwo dollar verdict in California and a number one Intentional Tort verdict in 2008. She also boasts a successful family life regardless of the challenges faced in her profession.

Fell, who was raised in a small community on the island of O’ahu, decided to become a lawyer at age four. She is a fourth-generation lawyer. Her grandfather was a lawyer, her dad and two uncles are lawyers, and her cousin is a lawyer. She is the first woman lawyer in the family. But soon the fourth generation will not be the last. Her middle daughter Alexa, age 13, is planning on becoming the family’s fifth generation attorney.

She is often asked how she balanced work and home life. “It was really hard. I couldn’t have done it without the incredible

16 Attorney Journals San Diego | Volume 198, 2020 support of my family,” she says. Early in her practice when she first started trying cases, she was a single mom with daughters two and four years old. Their father was in the Navy and deployed during much of their early childhood.

In one particularly lengthy trial her father flew in and handled most of the family chores for six months. He walked the kids to and from school, prepared meals, and took care of all their daily needs while Fell was in trial in another city. It was a reversal of her early home life in which she was raised primarily by her mother because her father was often in trial. “My family jokes about it being a case of ‘payback,’” she says. Fell says, “Being a single mom with a heavy litigation practice was tough. When I look back on that time, I’m surprised at what I was able to accomplish while raising my girls. I guess you never know what you’re capable of until you’re put into the situation where you have to step up to the challenge.”

Fell represents individual people and families in what is most often the worst moment of their lives. Building and maintaining a high level of trust is an essential element in the ultimate success of achieving their goals in the legal system. “I love representing these people,” she says.

Her faith in being on the right side of justice makes Fell a

The Fell Law Team (from left to right and top to bottom): Lupe Frayer-Godat, Kelsie Russel, Marlee Horwitz, Trevor Fell, Bibi Fell

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Bibi Fell and Fell Law Associate and Husband, Trevor Fell

tenacious lawyer who keeps digging until she finds the best way to overcome whatever hurdle a case may throw in her path. She puts in the necessary hours or days in research, finding arguments by analogy, or arguing for a change in existing case law so that even if the issue is lost, each client knows she put everything she has into the effort.

A tenacious approach, one that doesn’t settle for the apparently obvious or easy path, often leads her to innovative and creative solutions. For example, she successfully argued that live animals sold as pets should be treated like products for purposes of strict products liability. She is known for being creative and smart and, when backed into a legal corner, comes out fighting for the win. Her cases not only involve addressing past injuries, but also provide for the future well-being of clients in real need. One of those cases involved a five-year-old girl with Downs syndrome. The money in that case represented the child’s future security. Her parents’ worst fear was what will happen when they are not around to care for her. Because of Fell’s efforts the child will be able to live with her family and not in a state facility. Fell says that in her cases it’s not about the money. It’s about what the money can do to effect positive change and restore dignity in a client’s life.

“I used to represent big business and I made a lot of

18 Attorney Journals San Diego | Volume 198, 2020 shareholders a bit of money, but here I get to watch the transformation of someone who has been through something horrific, through their recovery and into a future that has meaning and hope. Now they can afford to go back to school and get retrained because physically they can’t do their old job. They can afford to have someone come into their home to care for them, so they don’t have to be separated from family,” she says.

A former client, Dawn Kali, wrote, “Bibi Fell changed my life. She believed in me and my case, when no one else would. Her dedication, kindness, integrity, and determination helped me face my difficult and emotional case. Not only did she win my case, she changed my life. She gave me the validation I needed to move forward. Bibi Fell is not only an incredible lawyer, but she is an incredible human being.”

Likeability and the human touch may seem out of place in earning such a remarkable record, but they are key factors in Fell’s success. She says, “When it comes to my edge over the competition, I think it’s that personal touch and the time that I spend with each client. An attorney cannot truly convey value of what a client has lost because of injury unless that attorney really knows his or her client on a personal level. I take the time to understand their lives and what is meaningful to them.”

Fell says she enjoyed the intellectual rigor of complex corporate litigation, but never felt that she was doing something personally meaningful. When she began doing plaintiff’s work, she realized she was making a big impact on one person’s life one person at a time. “That feels very meaningful to me. I enjoy the parts about plaintiff’s work that might turn others off, such as the time spent with the client, receiving phone calls about not only the case, but whatever else is burdensome, or helping someone who has never encountered the legal system to make sense of litigation. I take a lot of latenight and weekend distress calls. If I was to choose another profession, I’d probably be a therapist,” she says.

Her personal philosophy is to “do the right thing every time.” It’s a philosophy that she applies equally to clients, her staff and attorneys she works with on a referral basis. “I always put my employees first. If your employees are not happy, you’re not going to get good work from them. It’s important to assure them that they are valued as a person.” Fell believes one of her main responsibilities is to teach her employees. “My number one job with a young lawyer is to teach him how to do what I do. I hope they do that even better because that frees me up to try cases and conduct high-level strategy. I want to give my employees as much or more than what they are giving to me. It keeps them happy, they work hard, and they see a future.”

Doing the right thing every time also attracts continuing referrals from other attorneys and law firms. Her experience includes working with others at different capacities from handling referrals, to taking over shortly before trial, to 50/50 co-counsel relationships. “It’s important to me that the lawyers I work with are happy that they brought me on. I work very hard to ease co-counsel’s workload, provide expertise my co-counsel may not have, and dramatically increase settlement/trial value so that it pays to bring me on board,” she says.

Fell and her husband, Trevor, have been married five years and are raising five children: Isabel, Alexa, Madelyn, Benedict, and Rebecca. She has been a resident of San Diego since 1998.

When growing up in O’ahu, she was an avid surfer. Finding the local ocean waters a bit too cold for that, she took up a new physically active hobby— salsa dancing. She turned professional, placing internationally in professional competitions, teaching and performing at International Salsa Congresses, and dancing for a local dance company. She even owned her own dance company

prior to becoming licensed to practice law.

She and her family love being outdoors, especially rock climbing, swimming, running, biking, paddle boarding, and, when in Hawaii, she still finds time to surf.

Fell is on the advisory board of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and is a Program Director for the NITA Pacific Regional Deposition Skills program. She has taught for NITA for 10 years throughout the United States and in Northern Ireland.

She also hosts a weekly small group of families with young children at her home through her church, Maranatha Chapel. Teaching remains part of her life out of the office. Last year she taught Advanced Trial Advocacy at the USD School of Law, lectured to all 1L students at USD Law on Storytelling, spoke at the Kentucky Justice Association’s annual conference, Co-Chaired the Alliance of Women Trial Lawyer’s annual conference, spoke at CAALA Las Vegas, CAOC’s annual conference, to CASD’s new lawyers, at the National Trucking Association’s San Diego conference, Indiana Association of Justice, CAALA Women’s Conference, was the Program Director for NITA’s Pacific Regional Deposition Skills program, ABA Webinar Series, and San Diego Inn of Court Trial Program.

She chairs the Alliance for Women Trial Lawyers annual conference in New Orleans. Alliance is an organization of women plaintiff lawyers from around the country.

Fell opened her firm in January with one paralegal, Lupe Frayre. Her plans for Fell Law, PC are to add two attorneys within the next five years, but to maintain a small caseload so that each client gets the full attention they deserve. She says her current biggest challenge is that she did not expect to acquire so much business so quickly.

Fell says that success will follow if you consistently do the right thing at home, in the office and in the courtroom. “That’s my philosophy and it’s worked well for me and the three generations of attorneys before me. As far as being a trial lawyer, I was born to try cases. I couldn’t imagine having as much fun doing anything else.” ■

Contact Bibianne Fell Fell Law, PC 402 W. Broadway, Suite 950 San Diego, CA 92101 (858) 201-3960 www.fellfirm.com

» EDUCATION • University of San Diego, School of Law, J.D. magna cum laude, Law Review, Order of the Coif (2004) • University of California, San Diego, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, Dean’s List (2001)

» HONORS/AWARDS • Daily Journal’s Top 100 Women Lawyers • Superlawyers • 2019 Recipient of the Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award by CASD • One of three finalists for Consumer Attorneys of San Diego’s 2018 “Trial Lawyer of the Year” • The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers • Top Attorneys in Southern California • University of San Diego, School of Law, Rising Star Recent Alumni • #2 Plaintiff Verdict in California in 2018 • #1 Intentional Tort Verdict in California in 2018 • Top Ten Verdicts in the United States 2018

» MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, Trial College Fellow • Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers, Annual Conference Co-Chair • National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Advisory Board Member, Program Director, Faculty • University of San Diego, School of Law, Adjunct Professor • Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Member • Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Member

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by Lindsay Griffiths

It’s the beginning of 2020 and time to start planning your schedule of conferences and networking opportunities! Even when you’re an old hand at attending events, we can always use a refresher on tips for attending events and how to make the most of the networking opportunities they present. Here are some quick tips for making the most out of your attendance! 1. Review the agenda: It will give you an idea of what topics will be discussed, and where you may be able to contribute. If there are discussions that you may have some expertise in (or questions for!), it can help people to identify you with a certain area of expertise, and make you a thought leader who is sought out later for conversations. It also makes you easier to remember. Bonus: It can also position you with conference organizers for future speaking opportunities. An important note though—don’t monopolize the conversation or talk over others; that will have the opposite effect of what you’re looking to achieve. 2. Review the attendee list, if available: Organizers may provide it directly, or there may be an app you can log into and see who else is attending. Identify who you may want to build a relationship with and try to connect with them in advance. Reach out to them through the app or on LinkedIn and let them know that you want to make sure to meet in person at the event—schedule something firm, because casual attempts often fail as conferences get very hectic. 3. Identify colleagues who are attending: Are any of your partners attending the event as well? Coordinate, divide and conquer. What are your goals for the event? Like any business development initiative, you can’t go to a conference with your fingers crossed and hope something sticks. You want to identify who may have business for you, who may be able to refer your work, and which people you want to meet and build relationships with. Be strategic about setting up meetings or connecting with particular individuals. 4. Engage in social media: If you’re on Twitter, find out whether there is a conference hashtag that you can follow to see if anyone is already tweeting about attending the conference. Connect with them in advance to see if they may be in your target market. Get involved in LinkedIn and find out whether conference organizers have set up a group for the conference. Start asking questions and

22 Attorney Journals San Diego | Volume 198, 2020 connecting with people in the group who will be there— it’s like pre-building your relationships. Reach out to speakers whose sessions you’ll be attending to get on their radar before everyone else starts connecting with them. 5. Attend everything: I say this often, and that’s because it bears repeating. You may think that some events are silly or not worthwhile, but every event held by a conference organizer is an opportunity for networking. I can attest that some great networking and business development happens over meals and even social events—I’ve seen lawyers bond over feeding giraffes at an animal park. You never know when you’re going to make just the right connection that leads to a wonderful relationship that will benefit you professionally. 6. Separate from your travel companions/colleagues: I know it can be more comfortable to spend time with the people you already know, but if you’re only chatting to other attorneys from your firm the entire time you’re at a conference, you’re not networking. Meet someone new, sit down at an unfamiliar table at lunch, put your hand out to the guy in the corner checking his iPhone. Be social. If conferences were only about the content, we could all stay home and connect online. 7. Participate in the business sessions actively: We mentioned this already, but really listen and participate in the conference sessions. I know lawyers are often multitasking with client work, but when you can, really pay attention to what’s being shared. Ask questions and see where you can share your own experience and expertise. It enriches your conference experience and that of your fellow delegates. It gives people a reason to remember you and want to give you work. It also helps people to remember you as more than just a face at an event. We tend to forget conference follow-up more than any other conference activity in the bustle of getting back to work and catching up, but it may arguably be some of the most important networking work you’ll do. 8. Connect on LinkedIn: Reach out to anyone you met in person on LinkedIn and be sure to add a personalized note that reminds them of how you connected (since they likely

met several people). Then you’re able to use LinkedIn in between events and meetings to keep up on what articles they’re reading, what status updates they’re posting and who they’re connected to that might be of interest to you. 9. Go through your notes from the conference about what you’ve learned and your key takeaways and share these with the other members of your firm: It emphasizes the value of your attendance at the event and can also remind your colleagues of the type of work that you do, and how they may be able to pass along work to you as well. Bonus: write these notes up in the form of a blog post that you can share either in your own blog (if you have one) or on LinkedIn. Your new LinkedIn connections from the event will be inclined to like and comment on it. 10. Send a handwritten note to those you’ve met: I’ve done this post-conference, along with photos I’ve taken from conferences, and others have done this for me, and it’s had a TREMENDOUS impact on my relationships. It sounds like a lot of work (and it is), but if you’re looking for a small way to make a huge impact, I really recommend it—let them know how much you enjoyed meeting them, and that you look forward to seeing them in the future. Relationships matter, and a handwritten note illustrates that. 11. Take a look at your calendar: We all travel so much these days, so take a look at your upcoming travel and figure out who you may know in the cities that you’re visiting. LinkedIn really helps with this, because you can do a quick search of the city that you’ll be in and reach out to the people you know there. It’s tough to take time out of your schedule, especially when visiting clients, but even just meeting someone for coffee can continue the relationship that you’ve started.

12. Follow up with an email: If you haven’t sent out your handwritten note, you can follow up with an email to the people that you’ve met. Share with them an article they may find of interest or reference a joke that you both laughed at during the conference.

13. Share photos: People love to see themselves in pictures. Don’t deny it, it’s true. These days, we all have a camera in our pockets, so if you’ve snapped a great or funny shot of someone, shoot them an email with the photo—it will mean a lot to them. n

Lindsay Griffiths is a law firm network executive responsible for the oversight and management of day-to-day operations of the International Lawyers Network. Develops strategies and implementation plans to achieve the ILN’s goals. Shares responsibility with the Executive Director for recruitment, member retention, and a high level of service to members. Engages in the legal industry to stay on top of trends, both in law firms and with law firm networks. Learn more at www.ilntoday.com.

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