“My email was flooded with wonderful comments saying you were our best speaker ever. You are fabulous!!! ”
~DeeAnn McLaughlin, ALA Leadership Lunch
Called “one of the nation’s leading experts on law firm marketing” (Of Counsel) and a “marketing guru,” (Lawyers Weekly USA), Ross Fishman is widely regarded as one of the legal profession’s most dynamic, engaging, and effective presenters. He is a sought-after keynote speaker for law firm retreats, CLE programs, ethics programs, and leadership conferences around the world.
Ross’s presentations are consistently rated among the best at conferences and retreats because they are both educational and entertaining. He has trained tens of thousands of lawyers, accountants, and marketers in 50 countries on six continents.
His programs are carefully designed around how professionals actually learn — clear structure, real-world examples, and immediately usable tips.
Ross speaks credibly on branding and differentiation, law firm strategy, ethics, business development, LinkedIn and social media, websites and SEO, international law firm networks, and practical networking skills. In recent years, Ross has become a leading speaker on “ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Law,” teaching the safe, ethical, and practical use of generative AI in legal practice. Many of his most popular programs qualify for CLE and ethics credit in most states.
A former litigator, big-firm marketing director, and marketing partner, Ross has delivered more than 500 law firm retreats, CLE programs, and marketing trainings from New Mexico to New Zealand, and Duluth to Dubai.
He regularly speaks for national and international legal organizations including LMA, ALA, ABA, LCA, CLSA, Meritas International, MSI Global Alliance, Alliott Global, Lex Mundi, American Bankruptcy Institute, SBLI, NACTT, BCLMA, and other leading legal and professional associations. He has also keynoted international conferences, including a week-long program in Bangkok for United Nations government ministers and Asian business leaders.
Ross doesn’t just talk about marketing — he’s actually done it. As CEO of Fishman Marketing, Inc., he has likely won more international legal marketing awards than any marketer in the world, including the Legal Marketing Association’s optional grand prize, “Best of Show,” fully half of the times it has ever been awarded.
After launching an especially effective marketing and branding initiative, his appreciative Louisville law firm client even had the Governor commission Ross as a Kentucky Colonel.
Clients and conference organizers routinely describe Ross as “Brilliant,” “Outstanding,” “The best of the best,” and “Magical.” He also created a 15-part online video series for West LegalEdcenter’s Beyond the Bar initiative, training newer lawyers in marketing and client service.
Ross is the recipient of the LMA’s first peer-selected Lifetime Achievement Award and was the first marketer inducted into both the LMA’s Midwest Chapter and international Hall of Fame. A Fellow of both the College of Law Practice Management and the Litigation Counsel of America, Ross has written more than 500 bylined articles, including a dozen monthly columns, a widely read blog, and ten marketing books.
An especially credible and persuasive speaker for litigators, Ross is a member of the Federal Trial Bar (N.D. Illinois) and successfully tried nine felony jury trials. He is also regularly engaged as a Daubert-approved expert witness in legal marketing lawsuits. He earned his B.A. in Speech Communications, cum laude, from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Emory University School of Law.
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Call him directly at +1.847.921.7677 or email him at ross@fishmanmarketing.com.
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