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Who: Primerus™ firms from the following states have been invited to this meeting: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Members outside the region are also welcome to attend.

Why: To bring multiple Primerus™ attorneys from firms in the region together for networking and business development purposes.

Primerus™ will be applying for CLE for this event.


A Special Thank You to our Host Firms:
Beresford Booth PLLC
Johnson Graffe Keay Moniz & Wick, LLP
Menzer Law Firm, PLLC

Meeting Location
Office Building of Johnson Graffe Keay Moniz & Wick, LLP
Fourth & Madison
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2300
Seattle, WA 98104


$399 Registration Fee

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Agenda
Wednesday, June 21st
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Reception and Dinner at AQUA
2801 Alaskan Way, Pier 70, Seattle, WA 9812
Thursday, June 22nd
9:00 am - 9:30 am Welcome and Member Introductions
Fourth & Madison - Office Building of Johnson Graffe Keay Moniz & Wick, LLP
 9:30 am - 10:30 am Law Firm Strategy
Marci Taylor - Mantra Legal Consulting (Sedona, Arizona)
 10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
 10:45 am - 12:00 pm Next Generation of Legal Talent - Demographics, Needs, Wants
Bill Bailey - Law Professor, University of Washington School of Law (Seattle, Washingtion)
 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch
 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm How the Public and Jurors View Our Legal System and Lawyers
Richard Gabriel - Decision Analysis Litigation Strategy (Topanga, California)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Break
 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging - Understanding Equity vs. Equality 
Nicole Quintana - Ogborn Mihm (Denver, Colorado)
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Round Table Discussions
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Closing Remarks
Speakers

Marci Taylor

Marci Taylor is a principal and a legal industry veteran with 25+ years of experience. She provides strategy, management and marketing consulting services to law firms throughout the country. Marci works with law firm managing partners, department/practice leaders and C-suite executives and advises clients on strategic planning and growth, succession planning, firm and practice management, brand strategy, marketing and business development and client relations. She facilitates law firm retreats and provides leadership and management development and marketing/business development training programs.


Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey has combined a career as a criminal and civil trial practitioner with legal scholarship and teaching. Long interested in research on behavioral psychology, communication strategy and brain function, his research and writing have focused on the use of images, words and stories to influence thought and decisions.


Richard Gabriel

Richard Gabriel is the President of Decision Analysis. Since 1985, Richard has been a leader in the field of jury research, jury selection, and litigation communication in more than a thousand trials in both the civil and criminal arenas across the country. Richard has assisted counsel in thousands of cases across the country, including the O.J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, Aaron Hernandez, Phillip Spector, Whitewater, and Enron Broadband trials, among others. Three cases he has participated in have resulted in United States Supreme Court rulings.


Nicole Quintana

Nicole Quintana is a partner at Ogborn Mihm, LLP, in Denver, Colorado. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and plaintiffs’ legal malpractice, in which she frequently represents companies and works with in-house counsel to resolve disputes arising out of prior counsel’s negligent legal representation. Nicole frequently publishes and presents on topics pertaining to trial practice, as well as a particular area of interest for her in mental maintenance and self-care within the legal profession.

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Questions?

Contact Sarah Russ at sruss@primerus.com or by phone at 1.800.968.2211 or 1.616.454.9939.