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President, The Remsen Group
Midyear Meeting Facilitator
John Remsen, Jr. is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading authorities on law firm leadership, management, marketing and business development. Since 1997, TheRemsenGroup has worked with more than 450 law firms to help them develop and implement long-term strategic objectives to improve cohesiveness, performance and profitability. In 2002, Remsen created The Managing Partner Forum, a highly acclaimed conference series for law firm leaders. In 2013, he was inducted a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management.
Remsen is a frequent speaker and author on law-firm leadership and marketing topics. He has spoken at national and regional conferences of the American Bar Association, Legal Marketing Association, Association of Legal Administrators and numerous state and local bar associations. His articles have appeared in dozens of highly respected legal publications, including the ABA Journal, Law Practice Management, Law Practice Today, Law360, Legal Management, Marketing for Lawyers, Marketing the Law Firm, Managing Partner, National Law Review and New York Law Journal.
Founder and CEO, CallidusAI
Keynote Speaker
Artificial Intelligence Developments in Legal
Ethically Integrating Technology into Your Practice
Justin McCallon is the founder and CEO of CallidusAI, a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) software company dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of legal professionals. With a unique blend of expertise as a technologist, operations leader and lawyer, McCallon is committed to driving innovation in the legal industry.
A graduate of Emory Law, McCallon began his legal career practicing mergers and aquisitions and commercial restructuring. Following a stint at McKinsey, he led legal transformation at AT&T, focusing on optimizations across people, processes and technology, generating nine figures of annual impact. His passion for technology and innovation led him to thereafter run a data science organization at DIRECTV, where he spearheaded the launch of the company's first generative AI product. Recognizing the transformative potential of generative AI in the legal field, McCallon founded CallidusAI to revolutionize how lawyers work and deliver value to their clients.
Partner, PP&C Consulting
Navigating Expectations and Workstyles in a Multi-Generational Environment
Yolanda Cartusciello, for more than 20 years, has served in senior administrative leadership roles in major law firms, including Debevoise & Plimpton and Cleary Gottlieb. At both firms, she led the marketing teams, designed their business development and media strategies and took charge of their implementation. She was the chief architect of profile enhancement strategies, perception studies, branding exercises, comprehensive client interview programs, and practice and lateral partner rollouts. In her last five years at Debevoise, she was often tapped to work closely with the Management Committee on a variety of high-level projects including as a member of the Pricing and Project Management committee, Professional Development Diversity Committee, and was an instrumental member of ad hoc committees focused on recruitment and retention as well as growth and profitability.
Since co-founding PP&C Consulting in 2016, Yolanda has worked with numerous firms on firmwide and practice strategic planning, and administrative function assessments, including a review of people, process and technology. Yolanda has also helped to launch several new firms. This work has included helping to develop partnership structures, administrative functions, selection of technology, and the “incubation” of those firms from inception through at least their one-year anniversary. Yolanda spends approximately half her time conducting client interviews for law firms.