100 Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists for 2019

We are in the age of litigation finance, should you have any doubt. Want proof? Burford, the $5B legal finance juggernaut, now works with 90 percent of the Global 100 law firms. With that kind of impact, it’s not surprising that it’s represented by eight of its stars on our fourth annual guide to the 100 Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists. Key to that representation, as well, is the firm’s groundbreaking Gender Equity project, earmarking investment for litigation headed by women. And that’s another important facet of this year’s guide, which is 41 percent women. However, broader diversity remains a challenge – law firms and  their advisors struggle for inclusiveness, a persistent problem for the industry.

This year’s guide is, as always, chock full with the most brilliant crisis communicators, marketing mavens, management advisors and recruiters in the world. And, it’s worth noting the major shakeup underway in the recruiting world, where Jane Sullivan Roberts switched her practice from the historic Major Lindsey & Africa to the up and coming MLegal. Missing from this year’s guide are the technology and litigation consultants who are becoming increasingly critical to law practice each year. They are getting their own guides in the future.

Full Name	Organization	Location	Contribution
Gerald Abila	Barefoot Law	Kampala, Uganda	Legal Entrepreneur – Technology
Jacob Aitken	Kidd Aitken	London	Media – Directory Maven
Scott Atlas	Atlas Counsel Search	Houston	Professional Recruiters
Divya Bala	Lippman Jungers	Los Angeles	Professional Recruiters
Jonathan Barnes	Woodsford Litigation Funding	London	Litigation Funding
Sharon Berman	Berbay	Los Angeles	Marketing & Communications
Dan Binstock	Garrison & Sisson	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiters
Eric Blinderman	Therium Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Eilene Bloom	Eilene Bloom Group	New York	Professional Recruiters
Christopher Bogart	Burford Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Amanda Brady	Major, Lindsey & Africa	New York	Professional Recruiters
Jocelyn Brumbaugh	The Brumbaugh Group	Chicago	Communications
Cari Brunelle	Baretz Brunelle	New York	Communication
Lori Carpenter	Carpenter Legal Search	Pittsburgh	Professional Recruiters
Christopher Catalano	Burford Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Allison Chock	Bentham	Los Angeles	Litigation Funding
Adrian Chopin	Bench Walk  Advisors	London	Litigation Funding
Jeffery Commission	Burford Capital	Washington, D.C.	Litigation Funding
Tim Corcoran	Tim Corcoran		Management Consultant
Michael Coston	Coston Consulting	New York	Communications
Silvia Coulter	The Lawvision Group	Manchester, Mass.	Legal Consulting
Darryl Cross	HighPer Teams		Management Consultant
Alex D’Amico	McKinsey & Co	New York	Management
Mary Rosenfeld D’Eramo	Mestel & Company	Boston	Professional Recruiters
Lanny Davis	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communication
Marla Decker	Lake Whillans	New York	Litigation Funding
Melinda Delmonico	Gibson Arnold & Associates	Denver	Professional Recruiters
Jamie Diaferia	Infinite Global	New York	Communication
Lee Drucker	Lake Whillans	New York	Litigation Funding
Susan Dunn	Harbour Litigation Funding	London	Litigation Funding
Kelsey Eidbo	Infinite Global	San Francisco	Crisis Communication & Marketing
Deborah Farone	Farone Advisors LLC	New York	Marketing, Branding & Communication
William Farrell	Longford Capital	Chicago	Litigation Funding
Jeremy Fielding	Kekst	New York	Crisis Communication
Andrew Frank	KARV Communications	New York	Crisis Communication
Steven Friel	Woodsford Litigation Funding	London	Litigation Funding
Nick Gaffney	Zumado	San Francisco	Marketing & Communications
Joshua Galper	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Jay Greenberg	LexShares	Boston	Litigation Funding
James Haggerty	PRCG Haggerty	New York	Crisis Communication
Phillip Hampton	LOGICFORCE	Nashville	Management – Technology
Bruce Hennes	Hennes Communications	Cleveland	Crisis Management
Vivian Hood	Jaffe	Stephenville, Texas	Crisis Communication & Marketing
Kay Hoppe	Credentia	Chicago	Professional Recruiters
Marcia Horowitz	Rubenstein	New York	Crisis Communication & Marketing
Natasha Innocenti	Mlegal	San Francisco	Professional Recruiters
Rosemary Ioannou	Vannin Capital	London	Litigation Funding
Terry Isner	Jaffe	Stephenville, Texas	Crisis Communication & Marketing
Nancy Jessen	UnitedLex		Legal Services Delivery
Mark Jungers	Lippman Jungers	Chicago	Professional Recruiters
Karen Kaplowitz	The New Ellis Group	New Hope, Pa.	Business Development & Management
Aaron Katz	Parabellum Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Jim Kearney	Lake Whillans	New York	Litigation Funding
Daniel Kidd	Kidd Aitken	London	Media – Directory Maven
Sanju Kripalani	Wicker Park	Portland, Ore.
Jeremy Kroll	K2 Intelligence	New York	Corporate Investigations
Nancy Lasersohn	Eilene Bloom Group	New York	Professional Recruiters
John Lazar	Burford Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Sabina Lippman	LIppman Jungers	Los Angeles	Professional Recruiters
Harlan Loeb	Edelman	Chicago	Crisis Communication
Andrew Longstreth	Infinite Global	New York	Crisis Communication & Marketing
Ellora MacPherson	Harbour Litigation Funding	London	Litigation Funding
Joe Macrae	Mlegal	San Francisco	Professional Recruiters
Vivek Maru	Namati	Washington, D.C.	Legal Services Delivery
Eleanor McManus	Trident DMG	Washington, D.C.	Crisis Communications
Bobbie McMorrow	McMorrow Consulting	Summerland, Calif.	Professional Recruiters
Deborah McMurray	Content Pilot	Dallas	Marketing & Communications
Jonathan Molot	Burford Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Patty Morrissy	Mlegal	New York	Professional Recruiters
Ellen Moskowitz	Brunswick	New York	Crisis Communication
Michael Nicolas	Longford Capital	Chicago	Litigation Funding
Kathy O’Brien	Rubenstein	New York	Marketing & Communications
Zach  Olsen	Infinite Global	San Francisco	Crisis Communication & Marketing
Garrett Ordower	Lake Whillans	New York	Litigation Funding
Lloyd Pearson	393 Communications	Brighton, East Sussex, U.K.	Media – Directory Maven
Leslie Perrin	Calunius Capital	London	LItigation Funding
Peter Pochna	Rubenstein	New York	Marketing & Communications
Allan Ripp	Ripp Media & Public Relations	New York	Communication
Jane Sullivan Roberts	Mlegal	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiters
Gina Rubel	Furia Rubel	Doylestown, Pa.	Public Relations
Andrew Saker	Bentham	Perth, Australia	Litigation Funding
Julia Salasky	CrowdJustice	London	Legal Services Delivery
Dawn Schneider	Schneider Group Media	New York	Media & Communications
Howard Shams	Parabellum Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Anita Shapiro	PLI	New York	Continuing Legal Education
Martha Ann Sisson	Garrison & Sisson	Washington, D.C.	Professional Recruiters
Michael Sitrick	Sitrick and Company	Los Angeles	Crisis Communication
Emily Slater	Burford Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Nat Slavin	Wicker Park Group	Newport Beach, Calif.
Ralph Sutton	Validity Finance	New York	Litigation Funding
Michael Talve	The Expert Institute	New York
Burton Taylor	Proventus	Kansas City, Mo.	Marketing & Communications
Mehrnaz Vahid	Citi Private Bank	New York
Max Volsky	LexShares	New York	Litigation Funding
Boaz Weinstein	Lake Whillans	New York	Litigation Funding
Mark Wells	Calunius Capital	London	Litigation Funding
Keith Wetmore	Major, Lindsey & Africa	San Francisco	Professional Recruiters
Aviva Will	Burford Capital	New York	Litigation Funding
Paul Williams	Major, Lindsey & Africa	Chicago	Professional Recruiters
Katharine Wolanyk	Burford Capital	Chicago	Litigation Funding
Louis Young	Augusta	London	Litigation Funding
Gulam Zade	LOGICFORCE	Nashville	Management – Technology