Advancing the Profession Since 1985
An Interactive History of LMA
Can't get enough LMA history? Explore the early days through the present with this interactive timeline! Just choose a decade, click to expand, then select any of the hyperlinks in pink to expand highlights from the chosen year.
View our video timeline that walks through not only LMA's history, but the history of the profession itself.
LMA members may obtain up-to-date contact information for past presidents by visiting the member directory.
2018
M. Ashraf Lakhani
Director of Business Development and Marketing, Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX
Southwest Region
2017
Jill S. Weber
Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer, Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Minneapolis, MN
Midwest Region
2016
Keith N. Wewe
Vice President – Strategy and Solutions, Content Pilot LLC
Dallas, TX
Southwest Region
2015
Adam Severson
Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Nashville, TN
Southeast Region
2014
Timothy B. Corcoran
Principal
Corcoran Consulting Group
Lawrenceville, NJ
Northeast Region
2013
Aleisha Gravit
Chief Client Services and Marketing Officer
Akin Gump Strauss & Feld Hauer LLP
Dallas, TX
Southwest Region
2012
Alycia Sutor
Partner
Akina Corporation
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region
2011
Jeanne Hammerstrom
Chief Marketing Officer
Benesh, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Cleveland, OH
Midwest Region
2010
Nathan A. Darling
Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Washington, DC
Mid-Atlantic Region
2009
Jennifer A. Manton
Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
Kramer Levin
New York, NY
Northeast Region
2008
Lisa M. Simon
Chief Client Development Officer
Lathrop & Gage LLP
Kansas City, MO
Midwest Region
2007
Nathaniel (Nat) E. Slavin
Founding Partner
Wicker Park Group
Newport Coast, CA
West Region
2006
Kim A. Perret
Chief Marketing Officer
Jones Walker
Baton Rouge, LA
Southwest Region
2005
Diane E. Hamlin
President
Hamlin Strategy Group
2004
Nathalie Daum
Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
Gordon Silver
Las Vegas, NV
West Region
2003
Heather Gray-Grant
Director of Business Development
Borden Ladner Gervais
Vancouver, BC
Western Canada Region
2002
Roberta Montafia
Chief Visionary Officer
The Legal Mocktail
The Villages, FL
Southeastern Region
2001
Silvia L. Coulter
Principal
LawVision Group
Manchester, MA
Northeast Region
2000
Barbara Sessions, Esq.
Chief Marketing Officer
Winston & Strawn
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region
1999
Maggie T. Watkins
Chief Business Development & Marketing Officer
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Birmingham, AL
Southwest Region
1998
Betsy W. Huntley
Principal
Huntley Marketing
Wayfield, MA
Northeast Region
1997
Robbin L. Smith
1996
Norm Rubenstein
Chief Marketing Officer
Zeughauser Group LLC
Washington, DC
Mid-Atlantic Region
1995
Karen L. Braun
Co-Executive Director & Chief Marketing Officer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, NY
Northeast Region
1994
Vicki Cummings
Director of Marketing and Business Development
Smith Moore Leatherwood
Charlotte, NC
Southeast Region
1993
Kelly Kiernan Largey
Chief Marketing Officer
Fish & Richardson PC
Boston, MA
Northeast Region
1992
Kevin D. McMurdo
Principal
McMurdo Consulting
Seattle, WA
West Region
1991
Marceline O'Conner Johnson
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region
1990
Michael R. Ralston
Business Development Proposal Manager
Foley & Lardner LLP
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region
1989
Donna L. G. Shaft
Marketing Counsel and Consultant for Professional Business Development
DLG Shaft Consulting
Oak Park, IL
Midwest Region
1988
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton
Partner/Catalyst
Attorney at Work
Golden, CO
Southwest Region
1987
Carol Scott James
Director of Marketing & Business Development
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
San Francisco, CA
West Region
1986
Sally Schmidt
President
Schmidt Marketing
Minneapolis, MN
Midwest Region
