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Let's Welcome Our New Board of Editors Members

By Elizabeth Anne "Betiayn" Tursi
May 28, 2009

With the June issue of MLF, we welcome three new members to our Board of Editors.

Mark Beese

Mark Beese is President of Leadership for Lawyers, a consultancy focused on helping lawyers become stronger leaders and business developers. With 20 years of experience in marketing, business development and strategy with professional service firms, Mark helps lawyers and other professionals become better business developers and leaders. He consults to law and other professional service firms on matters of marketing, business development, client feedback, client service and leadership development. Mark is the former Chief Marketing Officer for Holland & Hart. In 2006, the MLF 50 named Holland & Hart among the top 12 law firms in the United States for marketing excellence. Mark will be taking over the Law Firm Leadership column. His first article appears on page 1.

Murray M. Coffey

Murray M. Coffey is Jenner & Block's Business Development Director. Murray was the second full-time marketing professional hired in the firm's nearly 100-year history, and has served Jenner & Block for almost nine years. He works directly with the firm's management, departmental and practice leaders in developing and implementing marketing and business development strategies focused on simultaneously raising the firm's profile while driving revenue growth. Murray is an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience whose career encompasses a diversity of industries and disciplines. He is comfortable working in large corporate and government organizations as well as in high-growth entrepreneurial settings.

Linda Sedloff Orton

Linda Sedloff Orton has been a pioneer in legal and professional services marketing for 20 years. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she has worked in-house in leading U.S. and UK law firms in recruitment, marketing and technology. Since 1997 she has founded four (and sold two) successful businesses in the legal and financial worlds. She is now laser focused on combining her experiences and passions in marketing, technology and the visual arts with Intelligent Video Solutions, producing and marketing videos for professional services firms. This month, Linda is quoted in Nancy Roberts Linder's Technology in Marketing column.

Conclusion

These three exceptional people will bring depth to our already stellar Board of Editors. We welcome them and look forward to their contributions.

Elizabeth Anne 'Betiayn' Tursi is the Editor-in-Chief of this newsletter and the Principal of Tursi Law Marketing Management.

With the June issue of MLF, we welcome three new members to our Board of Editors.

Mark Beese

Mark Beese is President of Leadership for Lawyers, a consultancy focused on helping lawyers become stronger leaders and business developers. With 20 years of experience in marketing, business development and strategy with professional service firms, Mark helps lawyers and other professionals become better business developers and leaders. He consults to law and other professional service firms on matters of marketing, business development, client feedback, client service and leadership development. Mark is the former Chief Marketing Officer for Holland & Hart. In 2006, the MLF 50 named Holland & Hart among the top 12 law firms in the United States for marketing excellence. Mark will be taking over the Law Firm Leadership column. His first article appears on page 1.

Murray M. Coffey

Murray M. Coffey is Jenner & Block's Business Development Director. Murray was the second full-time marketing professional hired in the firm's nearly 100-year history, and has served Jenner & Block for almost nine years. He works directly with the firm's management, departmental and practice leaders in developing and implementing marketing and business development strategies focused on simultaneously raising the firm's profile while driving revenue growth. Murray is an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience whose career encompasses a diversity of industries and disciplines. He is comfortable working in large corporate and government organizations as well as in high-growth entrepreneurial settings.

Linda Sedloff Orton

Linda Sedloff Orton has been a pioneer in legal and professional services marketing for 20 years. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she has worked in-house in leading U.S. and UK law firms in recruitment, marketing and technology. Since 1997 she has founded four (and sold two) successful businesses in the legal and financial worlds. She is now laser focused on combining her experiences and passions in marketing, technology and the visual arts with Intelligent Video Solutions, producing and marketing videos for professional services firms. This month, Linda is quoted in Nancy Roberts Linder's Technology in Marketing column.

Conclusion

These three exceptional people will bring depth to our already stellar Board of Editors. We welcome them and look forward to their contributions.

Elizabeth Anne 'Betiayn' Tursi is the Editor-in-Chief of this newsletter and the Principal of Tursi Law Marketing Management.

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