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Melinda Colon Cox is a commercial litigation partner at New Jersey mid-size firm Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP.

Her practice focuses on the representation of a broad range of financial institutions in the mortgage banking industry in litigation, compliance and regulatory matters, including foreclosures and bankruptcy proceedings, in both state and federal courts.

As a passionate advocate for the law, Melinda has been very active in the New Jersey legal community for many years.

She was the president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey in 2020 and served on its board since 2008. She also co-founded its Young Lawyers Committee. She is a member of the National Women’s Law Center Leadership Advisory Committee and serves on the Professional Ethics and Leadership Academy Committees for the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Learn more about Melinda in this Women Who Wow profile.

Meet the next Woman Who Wows, Erika Galarneau, the Marketing and Business Development Manager at Hawaii law firm Cades Schutte LLP.

I met Erika through the Legal Marketing Association in NYC, when we were both volunteers, and I very much enjoyed getting to know her. She now lives in Hawaii (lucky her!). Learn more about Erika’s career path and background.

Jeanne Hammerstrom is the next woman who wows.

Jeanne is Benesch’s Chief Marketing Officer and brings 30 years of legal marketing experience to her post. Jeanne has firm wide responsibility for business development, marketing, communications and practice development, and oversees a staff of business development, public relations, advertising, event planning and other professionals.

In 2019. Jeanne was inducted to the Legal Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame, which recognizes the lifetime achievement of individuals in the legal marketing industry and their outstanding contributions to the association.

I was there when Jeanne was inducted into the Hall of Fame and it was such a well-deserved honor for someone who is a true leader.

I met Jeanne through her team members at an LMA conference about 12 years ago. I instantly bonded with Julie Gurney, Benesch’s Director of Marketing, and then when I met the rest of her colleagues, including Jeanne, I felt like I was part of the Benesch team myself. I always looked forward to seeing the Benesch group at various conferences throughout the years. Jeanne has always been nothing but kind and helpful to me, offering advice and a helpful ear. I am so thankful our paths crossed.

Learn more about why Jeanne is a woman who wow.

I am so lucky to have this blog as a platform to share content and even more importantly, to share the spotlight with some amazing women in the legal industry. One such woman is Jessica Grayson, the Chief Business Development Officer at Phillips Nizer LLP. Jessica and I were introduced to each other by a mutual dear industry friend Trish Lilley, and we hit it off immediately and had so much in common.

Jessica has a strong background in the legal industry, having worked at Morgan Lewis in lateral partner growth and integration, and at Stradley Ronon as Assistant Executive Director.

Learn more about why Jessica is a woman who wows.

Florida-based Jody Maier Piazza is a marketing communications and business development strategist and executive coach for professional services. She is a fractional CMO and represents emerging growth and entrepreneurial firms with marketing communications strategies, projects and business development strategies/coaching.

Jody was a longtime New York resident before relocating to South Florida about six years ago. She was the head of marketing at Kramer Levin and Kenyon & Kenyon before joining Berger Singerman when she moved to Florida.

Learn more about Jody and her career path in this Women Who Wow profile.

In this installment of Women Who Wow, get to know Lavinia Calvert, the General Manager of Marketing and Business Development Solutions at Intapp where she is globally responsible for leading the growth strategy and success of Intapp’s Business Development and Marketing solutions business.

Intapp serves the technology needs of marketing and business development professionals in the legal, accounting and consulting sectors.

Learn more about Lavinia and her career path.

In the next installment of Women Who Wow, learn more about Rafeedah Keys, Senior Marketing Manager at Perkins Coie LLP. I met Rafeedah at a Legal Marketing Association Leaders Conference a few years ago and instantly connected with her when we worked together on a group project. I admired her creativity and leadership style among so many other things.

Rafeedah was on the initial task force that organized LMA’s focus on and implementation of D&I in 2018 and she served as the SIG co-chair during the first two years of the D&I launch. She is now a member of the committee and in the process of getting an official certification as a D&I coach.

Learn more about Rafeedah.