I’m a lawyer, speaker, industry analyst, and consultant based in Ottawa, Canada. I’m a principal with the global consulting firm Edge International and a senior consultant with legal web development company Stem Legal Web Enterprises. I specialize in delivering dynamic and thought-provoking presentations to law firms, practice groups, and legal organizations at a time of unprecedented marketplace change.
I’m a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and Past Chair of the College’s InnovAction Awards, which recognize and reward creativity and innovation in legal services delivery. I serve as Legal Innovation Strategist in Residence at Suffolk University Law School in Boston and as Co-Chair of the Board of Suffolk's Institute for Law Practice Technology & Innovation. In 2012, I was named one of Canada’s 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer magazine. My blog, Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink, has been named six straight years by the ABA Journal as one of the 100 best law blogs in North America.
I’m the author of Evolutionary Road (published by Attorney At Work) and Content Marketing and Publishing Strategies for Law Firms (co-authored with Steve Matthews, published by The Ark Group).