Legal Management Consultant John Olmstead to Participate in Illinois State Bar Conference

Date: 5/15/2007

ST. LOUIS, MO, May 15, 2007…

Olmstead & Associates today announced that Dr. John W. Olmstead, president of the legal management consulting group, will facilitate a session on “Marketing on a Shoe String” at the Breakfast Symposium hosted by the Law Office Management and Economics Standing Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association. This event is part of the Illinois State Bar Association’s annual conference.

The conference is being held on June 22, 2007 in Lake of Geneva, Wis., at the Abbey Resort. Olmstead will facilitate the session. Roger Rutherford of Springfield, Illinois and Mary Corrigan of Peoria, Illinois will also serve as speakers and co-facilitators. Olmstead’s primary role as facilitator will be to lead discussion on the topic and act as an informative resource.

Dr. Olmstead is a Certified Management Consultant and the president of Olmstead & Associates, Legal Management Consultants and Life On Balance. Both firms are based in St. Louis, Missouri. Olmstead & Associates helps law and other professional service firms change and reinvent their practices. Dr. Olmstead has more than 39 years experience in law firm management and working with law firms. He is currently serving as Vice Chair, Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics of the Illinois State Bar Association and will assume the position of Chair in June. Dr. Olmstead is the Editor-in-Chief of “The Lawyers Competitive Edge: The Journal of Law Office Economics and Management,” published by Thomson-West. He has lectured for the Association of Legal Administrators, St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri Trial Attorneys, IBM, Illinois State University, Illinois State Bar Association, Solo-Map CPA Association of St. Louis and many other national, state, and local bar associations.

Olmstead & Associates provides practice management, coaching, marketing, and technology consulting services. Their coaching program provides attorneys and staff with one-on-one coaching to help them get “unstuck” and move forward, reinventing both themselves and their law practices. Life On Balance helps clients improve work-life balance and improve overall quality of work and life. Work-life coaching, consulting, and speaking services are provided. Founded in 1984, Olmstead & Associates serves clients across the United States ranging in size from 100 professionals to firms with solo practitioners.

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