LISA TILTON-McCARTHY

LISA TILTON-McCARTHY Lisa Tilton-McCarthy received a B.A. in English from Texas A&M University in College Station and graduated summa cum laude from South Texas College of Law in Houston. She was Editor-in-Chief of South Texas Law Review as well as Valedictorian of her graduating class. After graduation, Ms. Tilton-McCarthy served as a law clerk for the Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She went on to work as an associate in the trial department of international law firm Baker Botts, L.L.P. for more than five years. She then accepted a visiting professorship at South Texas College of Law to focus on teaching legal research and writing. She also has held the position of clinical assistant professor of Lawyering Skills and Strategies at the University of Houston Law Center. Ms. Tilton-McCarthy currently teaches Lawyering Skills and Strategies to the Foreign L.L.M. students. She continues to teach part-time at South Texas College of Law in the Academic Success department as well, where she helps students develop a solid foundation for the practice of law after graduation. Additionally, she teaches Marital Property and Professional Responsibility during the summer sessions. Ms. Tilton-McCarthy still practices law and is of counsel to local Houston law firms, Novelli, Harvie & Associates, Attorneys at Law, P.L.L.C., and the Roberts Law Firm. She is also employed by other Houston-area law firms as a legal writing consultant. As an advocate of strong communication skills, she works with younger associates in the firm to improve their writing proficiency. COURSES LED BY LISA TILTON-McCARTHY: > > Memo Writing > > Brief Writing > > Contact Drafting

DAN SCHOEPF Dan Schoepf is the executive vice president of Global Sales for BARBRI. He has extensive experience in high-stakes education and testing protocol. Prior to his current role, he was president of Prospects to Partners, a consulting firm based in Prairie Village, Kansas. He founded Prospects to Partners by leveraging years of sales and sales management experience. Throughout his career, Mr. Schoepf has participated in highly recognized training and educational programs. The ideas and material presented by Prospects & Partners have been proven successful across a variety of industries. He is also the founder of Lungs Up, Legs Down Leadership, offering participants the opportunity to gain additional knowledge about leadership and ways to apply the knowledge to fit their personal style and teams. Participants in the program have the chance to challenge themselves mentally and physically in an attempt to summit a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado. Mr. Schoepf is a frequent keynote speaker at educational conferences and national meetings throughout the United States. Additionally, he is the successful author of Sales: America s Other National Pastime What Baseball Can Teach Us About Selling and Green Golf Balls. Both are books on selling and sales strategy. Mr. Schoepf s other positions include chief learning officer for Ascend Learning, senior vice president of Sales for five Ascend Learning business units and president of the National Healthcareer Association. He has participated in leadership development and sales courses at the Kellogg School of Business, Harvard University, Stanford University, The Wharton School and many others. COURSE LED BY DAN SCHOEPF: > > Persuasive Communication

REUBEN ADVANI Reuben Advani is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from corporate valuation to financial reporting and is the author of two successful business books, The Wall Street MBA (McGraw-Hill) and Financial Freedom: A Guide to Achieving Lifelong Wealth and Security (Apress). Additionally, he founded a company to provide Professional Development training, which is now part of BARBRI for Legal Practice. He has presented to audiences in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prominent magazines have featured Mr. Advani, including Investor s Business Daily and U.S. News & World Report. Mr. Advani began his career with Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. in the firm s corporate finance division. While with the Wall Street bank, he worked on debt and equity offerings for Fortune 500 companies and assessed strategic acquisitions for oil and gas businesses. After Morgan Stanley, he joined Sony Corporation where he was active in the development of Sony s online initiatives. He also advised the company s senior officers on various financial hedging strategies. He has provided consulting services to companies throughout the U.S. and Latin America and has held interim management positions with several of them. Mr. Advani holds a B.A. from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct professor of finance at Drexel University, Temple University and Villanova University. Mr. Advani is available for speaking engagements on a variety of business topics. His extensive experience in finance and entrepreneurship has branded him an expert in the following areas: corporate valuation, economic trends, entrepreneurial finance, financial analysis, financial markets financial reporting, financial regulation and personal finance. COURSES LED BY REUBEN ADVANI: > > Mini MBA for Lawyers: Six Part Series > > Accounting Essentials for Lawyers > > Corporate Finance and Valuation for Lawyers > > Corporate Transactions for Lawyers > > Problems in Financial Reporting > > Securities for Lawyers > > Financial Statements for Lawyers > > Swaps, Derivatives and Hedging for Lawyers > > M & A for Lawyers > > Valuation for Lawyers > > Advanced Financial Reporting for Lawyers

STEVEN B. LEVY Steven B. Levy is a business leader, project manager and the author of Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity and The Off Switch: Discovering Your Work-Work Balance. He has spent many years helping the legal world deliver increased client value. Mr. Levy is the CEO of Lexician, which provides training, coaching and consulting to law firms and in-house departments on Legal Project Management, leadership and management. He has delivered full-day and multi-day classes on these subjects to law firms, law departments and government agencies domestically and internationally. Additionally, he is a regular keynote and session speaker at legal conferences, having delivered numerous keynotes in the United States as well as in Australia and Canada. Mr. Levy formerly headed Microsoft s legal technology/operations department, driving innovation and efficiency into one of the world s largest law departments. He led two industry task forces, worked on LEDES e-billing and UTBMS standards, and founded a corporate-law roundtable for sharing operations information. He also headed two Microsoft product groups during his 17 years at the company. Mr. Levy provides a unique and practical approach to Legal Project Management based on 30+ years of managing projects and leading businesses on three continents. This experience has made him a highly requested speaker, trainer and seminar leader. Look for his new book, Legal Project Management Field Guide: Five Tools for Busy Professionals, coming in June 2014. COURSES LED BY STEVEN B. LEVY: > > Detailed Legal Project Management > > One Day Legal Project Management Program > > Project Management for E-Discovery Teams > > Three Keys to Legal Project Management > > The Art (and Science) of Managing Lawyers > > Time Management for Attorneys > > Getting Your Matters Started Right: The Project Charter > > Making Budgets Work for Your Projects

MARLA PERSKY Marla Persky is CEO and president of WOMN LLC, a company dedicated to helping women succeed in the business of law by increasing their knowledge of and acuity with financial drivers, client development and leadership. Throughout her professional life, Ms. Persky has had the opportunity to understand and practice business principles that lead to personal and company success. She has shared her experience and observations with other attorneys and professionals to assist them in career development and business excellence. Ms. Persky retired in 2013 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim USA, where she oversaw a department of over 70 individuals. She also was a member of Boehringer s executive management team and a director of the company and several of its subsidiaries. Prior to joining Boehringer Ingelheim, Ms. Persky spent 19 years at Baxter International Inc. During her career at Baxter, she managed global legal services, was general manager of an international medical device business, led international crisis management teams, acquired and integrated international businesses, and designed/implemented legal strategies to manage global mass torts. In addition to her legal work, Ms. Persky served on the Board of Directors of Cytyc Corporation, a NASDAQ-traded medical device and diagnostics company, and on the Board of Boehringer Ingelheim. She is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics ranging from leadership principles and mentoring to crisis management and negotiation techniques. She is a graduate of Washington University School of Law and Northwestern University. COURSES LED BY MARLA PERSKY: > > Lawyers As Leaders > > Networking > > What Client s Want > > Rainmaking