The 2024 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting
By Katrina Dewey | April 12, 2024 | Guides, News & Features
Robert Clemons (Miles Partner Placement), Divya Bala (Avance Partner Search) and Jamie Diaferia (Infinite Global)
We are thrilled to announce The 2024 Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting.
This is our 10th edition of this guide, whose members have had a dizzying ascent in the past decade as the law transformed utterly and permanently into a global business. This year’s guide salutes the recruiters who build and transform billion-dollar law firms, opening offices in treasured cities helmed by the most coveted talented. Hats off, as well, to the crisis communicators, marketing, PR and list gurus who conjure narratives and brands from mere mortals. At their side are the world’s best management consultants and diversity dynamos, who challenge law firm leaders to not just build bigger, but also better.
A measure of the transformation in the heavyweight status of those who advise law firms can be taken in the transformation of this guide: Just 24 members of the original 100 remain (and those are often as not included as permanent members in our Hall of Fame, denoted below with as asterisk). While that number may be a bit low as the original guide also included legal financiers – who spun off to their own list in 2020 – it’s clear a revolution has occurred.
We selected this guide through our time-honed process of robust (and simple!) submissions; peer review and vetting; and journalistic research. We’ve expanded our purview in recent years, as underscored by the growing rankings from London, in particular, where a breadth of remarkable advisors fuels its golden streets. (Legally speaking.)
This guide is 50 percent female and 18 percent inclusive.
| First | Last | Company | Location | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob | Aitken | Kidd Aitken | London | Media – Directory Maven |
| Mike | Androvett | Androvett | Dallas | Marketing, Crisis Communications, PR |
| Mark | Annick | Androvett | Dallas | Crisis Communications/PR |
| April | Arias | Androvett | Houston | Crisis Communications/PR |
| Scott | Atlas* | Atlas Counsel Search | Houston | Professional Recruiting |
| Divya | Bala | Avance Partner Search | Los Angeles | Professional Recruiting |
| Jenn | Bankston | Bankston Marketing | Austin | Marketing & Communications |
| Louise | Beeson | Bell Yard | London | Crisis Communications |
| Deborah | Ben-Canaan | Major, Lindsey & Africa | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Brandy | Bergman | Reevemark | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Dan | Binstock | Garrison | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Katherine | Bosley | The Levinson Group | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Howard | Breuer | Newsroom PR | Los Angeles | Media & Communications |
| Robert | Brigham | Major, Lindsey & Africa | Palo Alto | Professional Recruiting |
| Cari | Brunelle | Baretz+Brunelle | Huntersville, N.C. | Marketing & Communications |
| Bria | Burk | Androvett | Dallas | Marketing & Communications |
| Hugh | Burns | Reevemark | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Paul | Caminiti | Reevemark | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Delia | Cannan | Reevemark | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Jennifer Simpson | Carr | Furia Rubel | Doylestown, Pa. | Marketing & Communications |
| Verdell | Christophersen | Androvett | Dallas | Marketing & Communications |
| Robert | Clemons | Miles Partner Placement | Tustin, Calif. | Professional Recruiting |
| Andrew | Cole | FGS Global | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Jeffrey | Conta | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Chicago | Professional Recruiting |
| Mary | Copeland | Avance Partner Search | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Timothy | Corcoran | Corcoran Consulting | Charlottesville, Va. | Management Consulting |
| Jerry | Correia | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Dallas | Professional Recruiting |
| Michael | Coston | Coston Consulting | New York | Marketing & Communications; Diversity & Inclusion |
| Silvia | Coulter* | LawVision | Manchester, Mass. | Legal Consulting |
| Alexander | Coxe | Alexander Coxe Communications | New York | Marketing & Communications |
| Angelica | Crisi | Coston Consulting | New York | Marketing & Communications; Diversity & Inclusion |
| Michael | Crittenden | The Levinson Group | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications/PR |
| Ellen | Davis | August | New York | Crisis Communications; Litigation Support |
| Lanny | Davis* | Trident DMG | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Ray | DeLorenzi | Rebuttal | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Jamie | Diaferia | Infinite Global | New York | Media & Communications |
| Justine | Donahue | Macrae | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Lauren | Drake | Macrae | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Jesse | Dungan | Infinite Global | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications |
| Kelsey | Eidbo | Infinite Global | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications |
| Leika | Ejiri | Harpa Legal Marketing | São Paulo | Marketing; Media, esp. Directories |
| Carter | Eskew | FGS Global | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Beau | Falgout | August | Dallas | Strategic Communications, Litigation |
| Deborah | Farone | Farone Advisors | New York | Strategic Marketing Consulting |
| Michael | Farrant | Farrant Group | London | Strategic Communications & PR |
| Michael | Feldman | FGS Global | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Jeremy | Fielding | Kekst CNC | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Ross | Fishman | Fishman Marketing | Highland Park, Ill. | Strategic Marketing Consulting |
| Jonathan | Fitzgarrald | Equinox Strategy Partners | Beverly Hills, Calif. | Strategic Marketing Consulting |
| Valerie | Fontaine* | Seltzer Fontaine | Los Angeles | Professional Recruiting |
| Evan | Fox | Long Ridge Partners | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Joele | Frank | Joele Frank | New York | Public Relations & Investor Relations |
| Jason | Gart | History Associates Incorporated | Rockville, Md. | Historical Detective |
| Robert | Gemmill | Argyle | Washington, D.C. | Strategic Communications & PR |
| Stephanie | Glover | Edelman | London | Crisis Communications |
| Steven | Goldberg | August | Los Angeles | Crisis Communications; Litigation Support |
| Nick | Goseland | Macrae | Palo Alto | Professional Recruiting |
| Marco | Guasti | Harpa Legal Marketing | London | Marketing; Media, esp. Directories |
| Philip | Hall | Portland | London | Crisis Communications |
| Peter | Headden | Farrant Group | London | Strategic Communications & PR |
| Risa | Heller | Risa Heller Communications | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Jon | Henes | C Street Advisory Group | Washington, D.C. | Strategic Communications |
| Bruce | Hennes* | Hennes Communications | Cleveland | Crisis Communications |
| Eric | Herman | Teneo | Chicago | Crisis Communications; Litigation Support |
| Angela | Hoague | The Levinson Group | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Eliot | Hoff | APCO | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Paul | Holmes | FGS Global | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Vivian | Hood | Jaffe | Jacksonville, Fla. | Crisis Communications |
| Kay | Hoppe | Credentia | Chicago | Professional Recruiting |
| Melba | Hughes | Major, Lindsey & Africa | Atlanta | Professional Recruiting |
| Stacy | Humphries | Pye Legal Group | Houston | Professional Recruiting |
| Natasha | Innocenti | Empire Search Partners | San Francisco | Professional Recruiting |
| Terry | Isner | Jaffe | Washington, D.C. | Legal Marketing, Business Development |
| Martin | Jenewein | SMJ Partners | Vienna, Austria | Crisis Communications |
| Jennifer | Johnson | Calibrate Legal | Austin | Management Consulting |
| Clint | Johnson | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Houston | Professional Recruiting |
| Ron S. | Jordan | Carter-White & Shaw | Chestertown, Md. | Diverse Professional Recruiting |
| Melissa | Jordan | Jordan's Ladder Legal Placements | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Mark | Jungers | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Chicago | Professional Recruiting |
| Suzanne | Kane | Empire Search Partners | San Francisco | Professional Recruiting |
| Karen | Kaplowitz* | New Ellis Group | New Hope, Pa. | Business Development Advisor |
| Aleesha | Khan | Compass Legal Marketing | Miami | Legal Marketing |
| Daniel | Kidd | Kidd Aitken | London | Media – Directory Maven |
| Michelle Calcote | King | Reputation Ink | Jacksonville, Fla. | Marketing & Communications |
| Jacquelyn | Knight | Major, Lindsey & Africa | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Paul | Kranhold | FGS Global | San Francisco | Crisis Communications/PR |
| Lauren | Krasnow | Lauren Krasnow | West Hartford, Conn. | Leadership Development |
| Adil | Lalani | Macrae | London | Professional Recruiting |
| Elizabeth | Lampert | Elizabeth Lampert PR | San Francisco | Legal Marketing, PR |
| François | Le Grand | Harpa Legal Marketing | São Paulo | Legal Marketing, Rankings |
| Sang | Lee | Thine; Volta Talent | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Professional Recruiting |
| Ann | Lee Gibson* | Ann Lee Gibson Consulting | West Plains, Mo. | Management Consulting |
| Winnie | Lerner | FGS Global | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Linsay | Leslie | MD Communications | London | Legal Directories, Awards and Client Growth |
| Molly | Levinson | The Levinson Group | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| James | Leviton | FGS Global | London | Crisis Communications |
| Siobhán | Lewington | Macrae | London | Professional Recruiting |
| Scott | Lindlaw | FGS Global | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Jon | Lindsey* | Major, Lindsey & Africa | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Sabina | Lippman | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Los Angeles | Professional Recruiting |
| Christin | Livesay | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Dallas | Professional Recruiting |
| Harlan | Loeb | Argyle | Chicago | Crisis Communications |
| Andrew | Longstreth | Infinite Global | New York | Media & Communications |
| Jennifer | Loven | FGS Global | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Jeffrey | Lowe | Jeffrey Lowe Partners | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Kerri | Lyon | SKDK | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Joe | Macrae | Macrae | San Francisco | Professional Recruiting |
| Tim | Maltin | Maltin PR | London | Crisis Communications |
| Lana Jacqueline | Manganiello | Equinox Strategy Partners | Los Angeles | Management & Leadership |
| Myron | Marlin | FTI Consulting | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Jeff | McAndrews | FGS Global | Los Angeles | Crisis Communications |
| Ian | McCaleb | Blue Highway Advisory | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Amy Leafe | McCormack | McCormack Schreiber | Chicago | Professional Recruiting |
| Abbie | McDonough | The Levinson Group | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications, Litigation Support |
| Brenda | McGann | Zumado Public Relations | Los Angeles | Business Development, PR |
| Zack | McKamie | Androvett | San Antonio | Marketing & Communications |
| Eleanor | McManus | Trident DMG | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Bobbie | McMorrow* | McMorrow Consulting | Summerland, Calif. | Professional Recruiting |
| Deborah | McMurray | Content Pilot | Dallas | Marketing, Branding & Technology |
| Ryan | McSharry | Infinite Global | London | Media & Communications |
| Marcel | Meijer | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Houston | Professional Recruiting |
| Doug | Memel | Miles Partner Placement | Tustin, Calif. | Professional Recruiting |
| Gary | Miles | Miles Partner Placement | Tustin, Calif. | Professional Recruiting |
| Sarah | Morris | Macrae | Palo Alto | Professional Recruiting |
| Patty | Morrissy | Morrissy Legal Search | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Ellen | Moskowitz | Brunswick Group | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Kylie | Munnelly | The Levinson Group | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications/PR |
| Seelin | Naidoo | Frontline | St. Louis, Mo. | Legal Technology & Operations |
| Victor | Neary | Robert Half | St. Petersburg, Fla. | Professional Recruiting |
| Sydney Ann | Neuhaus | FGS Global | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Idan | Nishlis | Nishlis Legal Marketing | Tel Aviv | Legal Marketing, Strategy, Branding |
| Rachel | Nonaka | Macrae | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Kathy | O'Brien | Rubenstein | New York | Marketing & Communications |
| Zach | Olsen | Infinite Global | San Francisco | Crisis Communications |
| Ruth | Pachman | Kekst CNC | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Scott | Parks | Androvett | Dallas | Marketing & Communications |
| Lloyd | Pearson | Pearson Communications | Brighton, UK | Media – Directory Maven |
| Sarah | Peters | Bell Yard | London | Crisis Communications |
| Susan | Peters | Greybridge PR | New York | Marketing & Communications |
| Adrienne | Petz | Petz Consulting | Alexandria, Va. | Crisis Communications |
| Peter | Pochna | Rubenstein | New York | Marketing & Communications |
| Charlie | Potter | Brunswick Group | London | Crisis Communications |
| Barry | Pound | Androvett | Dallas | Crisis Communications/PR |
| Nick | Pournader | P&C Global | Toronto | Management Consulting |
| Blane | Prescott | MesaFive | San Francisco | Management Consulting |
| Pat | Rafferty | Androvett | Dallas | Media & Communications |
| Melanie | Riley | Bell Yard | London | Crisis Communications |
| Allan | Ripp | Ripp Media/Public Relations | New York | Media & Communications |
| Jane Sullivan | Roberts | Macrae | Washington, D.C. | Professional Recruiting |
| Cari | Robinson | August | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Howard | Rosenberg | Baretz+Brunelle | New York | Talent Intelligence & Acquisition |
| Gina | Rubel | Furia Rubel | Doylestown, Pa. | Public Relations |
| Andy | Russell | Macrae | London | Professional Recruiting |
| Aidan | Ryan | Edelman | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| George | Sard | FGS Global | New York | Communications |
| Dawn | Schneider | Schneider Group Media | New York | Media & Communications |
| Gay Rineberg | Schreiber | McCormack Schreiber | Chicago | Professional Recruiting |
| Elonide Caldwell | Semmes* | Ravir | New Orleans | Marketing & Branding |
| Michael | Short | LawVision | Washington, D.C. | Legal Consulting |
| Michael | Sitrick* | Sitrick and Company | Los Angeles | Crisis Communications |
| Monica | Smith | Integer | Columbia, S.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Warren | Smith | Smith Legal Search | Toronto | Professional Recruiting |
| Renée | Soto | Reevemark | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Clay | Steward | Infinite Global | Fresno, Calif. | Media & Communications |
| Michael | Talve | The Expert Institute | New York | Litigation Consultant |
| Jeffrey | Taufield | Kekst CNC | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Marci Krufka | Taylor | Mantra Legal Consulting | Sedona, Ariz. | Management Consulting |
| Jon | Truster | Macrae | New York | Professional Recruiting |
| Paul | Verbinnen | FGS Global | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Kaye | Verville | The Levinson Group | New York | Crisis Communications |
| Fernanda | Vitarelli | Harpa Legal Marketing | London | Marketing; Media, esp. Directories |
| Joan | Vollero | ICR | New York | Strategic Communications |
| Melinda | Wallman | Macrae | London | Professional Recruiting |
| Larry | Watanabe | Watanabe | Solana Beach, Calif. | Professional Recruiting |
| Dan | Wilson | Mercury | Washington, D.C. | Crisis Communications |
| Noah | Wortman | NRW Consulting | Philadelphia | Strategic Consulting, Investment Litigation |
| Gulam | Zade | Frontline | Nashville | Legal Technology & Operations |
| Sara | Zahoryin | Johnson Downie Lippman Jungers | Houston | Professional Recruiting |
| Kent | Zimmermann | Zeughauser Group | Chicago | Management Consulting |
