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Speaker to professional organizations and groups on vision planning, personal goal planning,

Author and Writer; published

Presenter; training and education of employees within professional practices on working smarter, not harder through Catalyst 360 High Performance Training

Summary of Career:

• 45 years law firm experience with 25 years in administration of law firms; Consultant past 15 years.
• Developed Primus Law Firm Assessment (copyrighted 1999) for use with law firms in assessing and implementing business plans for law firms modeled after the criteria required by the Malcolm Baldridge Award and ISO accreditation..
• Presenter: What do you want on your Tombstone, a presentation designed to help professionals develop personal and professional goals to achieve quality life satisfaction
• Former Board member to various civic organizations including United Way, Boys & Girls Club, Soup Kitchen of Jacksonville, Economic Development (State and Local).
• Former Chairperson, Law Office Management Division, NCATL; Note: Developed and created concept for Academy to have a section made up of management personnel; adopted by the Academy 2001; elected Chairperson 2001.
• Member, Law Office Management, ABA
• Member, Law Office Management, NCBA
• Published Marketing on a Shoe String with Law Office Administrator, a national publication 2001
• Presenter, Why Eagles Don't Flock Together, designed for law office staff to create leadership within staff
• Presenter, TEAM - Together Each Achieve More; learning to work as a team, the new way to run law firms in the 21st Century.
• Presenter, From Start to Never Finished, How to set up a law firm
• Presenter, Clients for Life: North Carolina Paralegal Association State Convention, March, 2004.
• Author, ABC's of Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Marketing, Law Office Management; interactive seminars for law office staff given through Catalyst 360 High Performance Training..
• Author, It's All in Who You Know; How to Cross Sell your Law Firm; T
• Presenter Firm Retreat Sessions; i.e. Dream, Believe, Dare, Do;
• Meredith College Paralegal Program, September 2004, Reality 101 - What Lawyers Look for in Paralegals
• Wake County Annual Paralegal Convention, October, 2004, Lawyers are From Mars, Paralegals are from Venus
• North Carolina Department of Corrections Employee Appreciation Day, September, 2004, Gone for the Gold, Be right Back

  Designer of "How to Manage, Master and Market Your Law Firm" an interactive teaching seminar for lawyers.