Modern Leadership in Law: Navigating Change, Driving Innovation, and Uniting the Ecosystem - NOT CLE

As President and Founder of The Tilt Institute, Marcie Borgal Shunk has helped thousands of leaders harness the transformative power of talent, culture and leadership. She is the creator of the seminal program, Leadership Foundations – a high-impact, virtual interactive development program designed to offer essential leadership skills and practical solutions firms can implement immediately.

Marcie holds two fellowships, four certifications in culture and coaching, and several board advisory positions. She’s a frequent contributor to American Lawyer, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg Law, and speaks regularly about leadership, culture and legal trends. Marcie has a sociology degree from Harvard.

Roger E. Barton is the founder and Managing Partner of Barton LLP, a law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville. Its attorneys practice across most areas of business law on behalf of US and international clients. Roger is widely published and speaks nationally and internationally on law firm innovation, the practice of law as a business, and forming partnering relationships with clients. He is also a Recurring Analytical Columnist for Reuters Legal News and Westlaw Today in the areas of Securities Litigation and Regulation and the Business of Law.

Barton LLP has been featured by Law360 in “Giving BigLaw a Run for Its Money” as one of “10 boutiques that have established brands on par with the biggest of firms” who are “capable of competing with – and beating – the best big firms at the highest level”; by Acquisition International as among “Ones to Watch: The Best Boutique Law Firms”; by The American Lawyer in “What Drives the Rising Success Rate of Midsize Firms?”; and by Super Lawyers magazine in “Not BigLaw,” an article on law firm innovation. Roger’s practice focuses on high-stakes commercial litigation as well as outside General Counsel and advisor services to an array of business and C-suite executives. He is rated by The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel magazine, and the National Law Journal as one of the Top Commercial Litigators in the US. He is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, the invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society limited to less than one-half of one percent of lawyers in America, and he has been selected to Super Lawyers every year since 2013. He holds an AV Preeminent rating, the highest rating in the legal profession for professional excellence and ethical standards, as determined by the peer review of judges and lawyers conducted by Martindale.

Prior to Barton LLP, Roger was with Sidley Austin in New York. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Honors College and received his JD from Fordham University School of Law. Roger is a member of the Board of Directors of BritishAmerican Business, Inc., serves on its Executive Committee, and is the Chair of BAB Accelerate. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of BUILD NYC, a non-profit dedicated to providing over 400 inner city public high school students annually with experiential learning opportunities through a four-year entrepreneurship program.

Ira Coleman is the chairman of McDermott Will & Emery. When Ira took on this role in 2017, the Firm embraced a new strategic direction focused on being indispensable to clients, enhancing performance and nurturing a happy, fun culture—encapsulated in the mantra of #AlwaysBetter. Since then, the Firm has achieved the strongest upward trajectory among big law firms, become a magnet for top talent, and expanded its practices and geographic footprint.

Prior to taking on this role, Ira led the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group and served as the managing partner for the Firm’s Miami office. Ira continues to practice law, representing the healthcare industry. In particular, he advises private equity clients in navigating M&A and controversy matters that have “bet the company” implications.

Executive coach and consultant Lauren Krasnow helps law firm senior leaders and leadership teams hone the many skills and mindsets needed for peak effectiveness. Lawdragon honored Lauren as a 2023 Global 100 Leader for Legal Strategy & Consulting for her expertise in Leadership Development.

Lauren is quoted regularly in the media and writes a popular leadership column for The American Lawyer called the Fully Human LawyerTM (FHLTM). Vetted first by former big firm managing partners and other leaders who advise her, each FHLTM column says things that many leaders wish (or assume) their firm’s people understood. Examples include “Do Associates Know What They’re Really Being Paid For?,” “Why Too Many Partners Misread Their Value to Law Firms,” and “Failure to Give Feedback Can Cost You Dearly.”

A magna cum laude Wharton graduate, and a cum laude University of Michigan Law School one, Lauren clerked for a federal judge and then practiced law in NYC for many years with highly-ranked practices (Latham & Watkins, Morgan Lewis, Torys, Hogan) before leaving law practice to become a top-producing legal recruiter. Then, following a few years as a stay-at-home parent, she became a certified professional coach and worked for a respected consultancy before opening her own successful leadership coaching business in 2021.

Lauren proudly serves on the Board of Directors of her chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She has been honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for her leadership after the tragedy of September 11, 2001, in fighting both antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias/Islamophobia. Born and bred in Warwick, Rhode Island, Lauren now lives in West Hartford, CT, with her husband, their two teenagers and Ozzie, their family Labradoodle. Lauren learns a ton of leadership lessons from all of them (especially Ozzie) and enjoys sharing those lessons in her column, with clients, and on LinkedIn.