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LISA TILTON-McCARTHY

Lisa Tilton-McCarthy received a B.A. in English from Texas A&M University in College Station and graduated summa cum laude

from South Texas College of Law in Houston. She was Editor-in-Chief of South Texas Law Review as well as Valedictorian of her

graduating class.

After graduation, Ms. Tilton-McCarthy served as a law clerk for the Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore, United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas. She went on to work as an associate in the trial department of international law firm Baker Botts,

L.L.P. for more than five years. She then accepted a visiting professorship at South Texas College of Law to focus on teaching legal

research and writing. She also has held the position of clinical assistant professor of Lawyering Skills and Strategies at the University

of Houston Law Center.

Ms. Tilton-McCarthy currently teaches Lawyering Skills and Strategies to the Foreign L.L.M. students. She continues to teach

part-time at South Texas College of Law in the Academic Success department as well, where she helps students develop a solid

foundation for the practice of law after graduation. Additionally, she teaches Marital Property and Professional Responsibility

during the summer sessions.

Ms. Tilton-McCarthy still practices law and is of counsel to local Houston law firms, Novelli, Harvie & Associates, Attorneys at

Law, P.L.L.C., and the Roberts Law Firm. She is also employed by other Houston-area law firms as a legal writing consultant. As an

advocate of strong communication skills, she works with younger associates in the firm to improve their writing proficiency.

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COURSES LED BY LISA TILTON-McCARTHY: > Memo Writing > Brief Writing > Contact Drafting



DAN SCHOEPF

Dan Schoepf is the executive vice president of Global Sales for BARBRI. He has extensive experience in high-stakes education and

testing protocol. Prior to his current role, he was president of Prospects to Partners, a consulting firm based in Prairie Village, Kansas.

He founded Prospects to Partners by leveraging years of sales and sales management experience.

Throughout his career, Mr. Schoepf has participated in highly recognized training and educational programs. The ideas and material

presented by Prospects & Partners have been proven successful across a variety of industries. He is also the founder of Lungs Up,

Legs Down Leadership, offering participants the opportunity to gain additional knowledge about leadership and ways to apply the

knowledge to fit their personal style and teams. Participants in the program have the chance to challenge themselves mentally and

physically in an attempt to summit a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado.

Mr. Schoepf is a frequent keynote speaker at educational conferences and national meetings throughout the United States.

Additionally, he is the successful author of Sales: America’s Other National Pastime—What Baseball Can Teach Us About Selling and

Green Golf Balls. Both are books on selling and sales strategy.

Mr. Schoepf’s other positions include chief learning officer for Ascend Learning, senior vice president of Sales for five Ascend

Learning business units and president of the National Healthcareer Association. He has participated in leadership development and

sales courses at the Kellogg School of Business, Harvard University, Stanford University, The Wharton School and many others.


COURSE LED BY DAN SCHOEPF: > Persuasive Communication



CHUCK BUSH

Chuck Bush is founder and CEO of Great Road Capital, Inc. (GRC), a boutique investment bank and strategic and financial

advisory firm focused on media and entertainment. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising media/entertainment and

technology companies on film finance, corporate finance and strategy. Mr. Bush founded GRC in 2006 to fill a need in the

entertainment industry for precise analytic and data-driven tools to guide investment decisions.

Previously, Mr. Bush was a key member of J.P. Morgan’s Entertainment Industries Group in Los Angeles — the premier film

financing group. While at J.P. Morgan, he helped finance some of the most influential companies in the entertainment business,

including film studios such as DreamWorks, MGM and emerging production companies such as Alcon Entertainment and

Walden Media. He has extensive experience working on a wide array of corporate finance deals, including structured finance, IPO,

M&A and high-yield transactions.

Mr. Bush has also worked as a consultant with Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm focused on top management issues

critical to long-term competitiveness. In this role, he helped clients identify and value potential targets on M&A and LBO

transactions and conducted valuation analysis for multi-billion dollar deals.

Mr. Bush holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University

of Pennsylvania. He holds Series 7 and 63 licenses, and is a frequent speaker on financial modeling, film finance, corporate finance

and investment banking.


COURSES LED BY CHUCK BUSH: > Accounting Essentials for Lawyers > Corporate Finance & Valuation for Lawyers > Corporate Transactions for Lawyers > Problems in Financial Reporting > Securities for Lawyers > Financial Statements for Lawyers > Swaps, Derivatives and Hedging for Lawyers > M & A for Lawyers > Valuation for Lawyers > Advanced Financial Reporting for Lawyers



STEVEN B. LEVY

Steven B. Levy is a business leader, project manager and the author of Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules,

Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity and The Off Switch: Discovering Your Work-Work Balance. He has spent many years helping the

legal world deliver increased client value.

Mr. Levy is the CEO of Lexician, which provides training, coaching and consulting to law firms and in-house departments on

Legal Project Management, leadership and management. He has delivered full-day and multi-day classes on these subjects to

law firms, law departments and government agencies domestically and internationally. Additionally, he is a regular keynote and

session speaker at legal conferences, having delivered numerous keynotes in the United States as well as in Australia and Canada.

Mr. Levy formerly headed Microsoft’s legal technology/operations department, driving innovation and efficiency into one of

the world’s largest law departments. He led two industry task forces, worked on LEDES® e-billing and UTBMS standards, and founded a corporate-law roundtable for sharing operations information. He also headed two Microsoft product groups during

his 17 years at the company.

Mr. Levy provides a unique and practical approach to Legal Project Management based on 30+ years of managing projects and

leading businesses on three continents. This experience has made him a highly requested speaker, trainer and seminar leader.

Look for his new book, Legal Project Management Field Guide: Five Tools for Busy Professionals, coming in June 2014.


COURSES LED BY STEVEN B. LEVY: > Detailed Legal Project Management > One Day Legal Project Management Program > Project Management for E-Discovery Teams > Three Keys to Legal Project Management > The Art (and Science) of Managing Lawyers > Time Management for Attorneys > Getting Your Matters Started Right: The Project Charter

> Making Budgets Work for Your Projects



JENNIFER WINSLOW

Jennifer Winslow began her legal career nearly 12 years ago as an associate at Morrison & Foerster. After practicing for six years, she refocused her career on attorney and law student recruitment and development, as well as diversity initiatives for the legal profession.

As a Managing Director for Major, Lindsey & Africa, Jennifer counseled lateral attorney candidates on their job searches and collaborated with law firms seeking to fill specialized roles. In the University of Colorado Law School’s Career Development Office, she managed the on-campus interview and judicial clerkship programs. While serving as the school’s representative to the Colorado Pledge to Diversity Committee, she worked with leaders of the state’s efforts to increase the number of underrepresented attorneys within the profession. Jennifer left Colorado Law in 2013 to found JLW Legal Consulting and soon after joined Caren Ulrich Stacy in launching the OnRamp Fellowship.

Passionate about helping attorneys find satisfaction in their careers, Jennifer has counseled more than more than 500 law students and attorneys on job search strategy, application materials, interview techniques, and being proactive in managing their careers.

Published Articles

• NALP Bulletin, “The No-Offer: 5 Steps to Avoiding a Bad Outcome – Or Ensuring the Best Version of the Worst” (May 2013)

• Amicus: University of Colorado Law School, “Building a Robust Legal Community: The Colorado Pledge to Diversity Legal Group and Dean’s Diversity Council” (Fall 2012)

• Amicus: University of Colorado Law School, “What it Takes to Be Marketable: Recent Graduates Comment” (Spring 2012)

• Co-author, California Lawyer, “Ask the Expert: A Call to Service” (October 2009)

Memberships and Professional Development Activities

• National Association for Law Placement, Member, 2011-2014

• Denver Area Legal Recruitment Association, Secretary, 2012-2013; Member, 2011-2013

• American Bar Association, Member, 2011-present

• California Bar, admitted December 2002 (inactive status)


COURSE LED BY JENNIFER WINSLOW: > How to Stand Out and Succeed as the Go-To Associate

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