Lloyd Pearson   Founder and Director,   Pearson Communications Pearson Communications

     Lloyd Pearson is a legal directories specialist and the founder of Pearson Communications. He has held senior editorial positions at the market’s leading legal directories and in-house directories management roles at top law firms in the U.S. and U.K. In the late 1990s he was part of the launch and development of Chambers Global, one of the leading international guidebooks, where he later became editor; he worked extensively on editions of Chambers USA and contributed to Chambers UK. In 2004, he joined the international law firm of Herbert Smith and ran their press office, working on legal directories, communications, and media relations initiatives. In 2006, he moved to White & Case to manage their global directories’ program. He then consulted with Best Lawyers, helping to develop the Best Lawyers-US News “Best Law Firms” survey, and in 2008 became a legal directories consultant. 

 John Malpas  Editor, The Global Legal Post 

   Bill Carter President & CEO, ALM

 Jordan Furlong Principal, Law21

Jordan Furlong of Ottawa, Canada, is a consultant, author, and legal market analyst who forecasts the impact of changing market conditions on lawyers and law firms. He has given dozens of presentations to audiences in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia over the past several years, including to law firms, state bars, courts, and many legal associations. Formerly an award-winning editor of three major Canadian legal periodicals, Jordan is also a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and a member of the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association's Center for Innovation. He is the author, most recently, of Law is a Buyer's Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm, and he writes regularly about the changing legal market at his website, law21.ca.