November 18, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET > REGISTER TODAY
Law firms are facing unprecedented changes. Escalating costs, increasing client expectations, talent mobility, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence are transforming how legal services are delivered and how law firms compete. The firms that thrive will be those that align high-value legal services with deliberate business growth strategies, strong leadership, thoughtful technology investments, magnetic workplace cultures, and effective succession planning.
This presentation is designed for future-focused law firm partners and executives, practice group leaders, and next-generation talent in firms of all sizes who want to build stronger, more sustainable law firms. This presentation will explore the Smart Growth Strategies that will help you navigate the disruption that is transforming the business of law as you position your firm for long-term financial and professional success.
Key Takeaways:
- Elements of a Smart Growth Strategy for your firm
- Emerging trends in attracting, retaining, and developing top talent
- Best practices for strengthening your firm’s client value proposition
- Recommendations for capturing and pricing AI-enhanced legal services
Speakers:
Gene Commander, Executive Business Advisor to Legal Industry, Gene Commander Inc
Gene is an executive business advisor and thought leader for the legal industry, with a special focus on law firm smart growth strategies, pricing and compensation models, leadership and ownership transitions, and talent development. Gene helps firms adapt to the fast-changing technological, demographic, and professional trends that are transforming the business of law. He is an accomplished author and speaker with more than 40 years of experience practicing law in small, midsize, and national firms. His past leadership roles include serving on the management committee of a midsize firm and as the office managing shareholder in a rapidly expanding regional hub for an Am Law 100 firm.
Stephanie Shivar, Founder, Gallantry Coaching & Consulting
Stephanie Shivar is the founder of Gallantry Coaching & Consulting and a strategic advisor to law firm leaders and professional services organizations, with a special focus on leadership development, strategic planning, and helping firms navigate growth and disruption with clarity, alignment, and execution. Stephanie helps law firms build the strategic, operational, and human capital foundations needed to scale successfully in a changing professional landscape. She is a certified executive coach with the International Coaching Federation and a certified trainer of the New York Times bestseller, The 12 Week Year. Before launching Gallantry in 2018, she spent her executive career at Northwestern Mutual, holding the regional roles of Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Growth Officer, and Chief Development Officer.
This webinar is a complimentary, value-added program for SCG Legal members. If the date/time does not work for your schedule, please register anyway so you can receive the recording.