Profile - Despina Kartson

Despina Kartson

Despina Kartson, based in the firm’s New York office, leads Latham & Watkins’ global business development and marketing team which spans 24 offices and three continents.  She oversees an 80+ strong business development team, which includes strategic planning, marketing, practice development, public relations, creative services, internal and online communications. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins and for nearly two decades, Despina worked both inside the law firm environment and in the professional services arena.  Most recently, she was Vice President of Business Development at Bowne Business Solutions, a provider of outsourcing services to the professional services markets.  She has also worked for global law firms in technology director positions including at Cravath, Swain & Moore and White & Case LLP. She is a noted speaker and author. Her national and local speaking engagements have included several Legal Marketing Association and Marketing Partner Forum programs on alumni programs and Web sites and a conference workshop for new marketing partners, directors and CMOs.  She is active in legal marketing organizations and initiatives. As an author, she has published two books: Computerized Litigation Support and Designing Litigation Support Databases, both published by John Wiley & Sons.