RainDance 2009 - June 3-5 - Hotel Sax, Chicago

Keynote Speakers: Dr. David Godes, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School and Michele Coleman Mayes, Esq., Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Allstate Insurance Company.

Speakers include: Carl Leonard, Esq., Chairman, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) 1984-1994; Founder, Hildebrandt Institute; Professor, GWU Master's in Law Firm Management, James M. Neis, Esq., Managing Partner 1993-2006; Office Managing Partner; Member, Executive Committee and Diversity Committee, Winston & Strawn and Harry P. Truehart, III, Chairman, Nixon Peabody.

LSSO's RainDance Conference™ is the conference conceived and designed for senior leaders in law firms and legal departments. It's the place where sophisticated professionals and industry thought leaders turn for their own professional development.

Join LSSO and Register for RainDance '09 Get BOTH at ONE, Discounted Rate -  Special Offer Expires 12/31/08 - Learn more about this special offer and other early-registration and membership specials or, please contact Amy DiLisio. Director of Member Services, at amy@legalsales.org or 617.726.1500.

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LSSO Women Lawyers Survey - Closing Keynote at Marketing Partner Forum 2009

LSSO's 2008 Women Lawyers Study results will be discussed - from the client perspective - at Marketing Partner Forum 2009. Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD,, President, LSSO, will present the latest LSSO findings with Sherrese Smith, Vice President and General Counsel, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. As a valued LSSO member, you can receive a 10% discount on the registration fee! Simply enter the promotion code LSSO10 and hit “apply” before completing your transaction. Thanks again to our supporting organizations for this study: ABA Women Rainmakers, InterLaw, Larry Bodine Marketing, Legal Marketing Association, MA Women's Bar Women's Bar Association and Women's Bar Foundation.

Lighting the Way: Strategies for Influencing Change is the theme of the 16th Annual Marketing Partner Forum. With experts representing both law firm and corporate perspectives, this conference will give you the tools you need to lead your firm through challenging times to find the opportunities waiting ahead. Developed by the experts at The Hildebrandt Institute, The 16th Annual Marketing Partner Forum will also feature:

A General Counsel Roundtable moderated by ACC's President Fred Krebs featuring:

William B. Sailer, SVP, Legal Counsel, QUALCOMM Incorporated

Michael Holston, EVP, GC and Secretary, Hewlett Packard Company

John E. Page, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Golden State Foods

James Potter, GC & Secretary, Del Monte Foods Company

Laura Stein, SVP & GC, The Clorox Company

An ACC "Value Challenge" panel moderated by ACC's Susan Hackett featuring:

Michael A. Gruskin, Managing Attorney, Commercial and Product Litigation, General Motors

Michael Roster, Chairman, ACC Value Challenge; former GC at Golden West and Stanford University; and former Managing Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP (Los Angeles)

John E. Page, VP, GC and Secretary, Golden State Foods Corp.

January 28-30, 2009, St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA

Easy ways to register:
1. Online: website
2. Call (800) 308-1700 or (212) 337-8444

LSSO Welcomes Barrie Drum to Board of Advisors

LSSO welcomes Barrie Drum, Vice-Chair, ABA Women Rainmakers and Forensic Accounting Consultant to our esteemed Board of Advisors. Contact Barrie at barriedrum@yahoo.com.

LSSO Job Bank

New in the Job Bank: Business Development Assistant, Wolf Greenfield, Boston, MA ....Business Development Specialist, Houston, TX...North American Regional Proposal Manager, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, New York, San Francisco or Washington DC... visit the job bank at www.legasales.org/jobs.

LSSO welcomes your suggestions and comments - please contact LSSO President and Co-Founder Catherine Alman MacDonagh at cam@legalsales.org or 617.726.1500. Thanks for reading LSSO News - and pass it on!