Tom Kane

As a former sole practitioner with over 20 years as a legal marketer (including chief marketing officer for a large national law firm), I head up a marketing consulting firm specializing in helping individual lawyers in any size firm develop and implement business development strategies to improve their law practices.

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Specialties
Coaching, strategic marketing planning, client satisfaction surveys, and marketing and business development strategies for legal professionals.

President

Kane Consulting, Inc.

2003 - Current

Focusing on planning and coaching individual lawyers in business development strategies, conducting client feedback interviews, and speaking on legal marketing at law firms and conferences.

Chief Marketing Officer

Blank Rome LLP

2001 - 2003

Responsible for all aspects of marketing and business development for this 450-lawyer firm. Duties included: marketing plans, proposals, advertising and public relations, marketing training, business development coaching, branding campaign and supervision of marketing staff.

Director of Marketing and Strategic Planning

Saul Ewing LLP

1999 - 2001

Responsible for all aspects of marketing and business development for this then 235-lawyer firm. Duties included: marketing plans, proposals, advertising and public relations, marketing training, business development coaching, branding campaign and supervision of marketing staff.

Director of Client Services

Carlton Fields, P.A.

1995 - 1999

Responsible for all aspects of marketing and business development for this 200-lawyer firm. Duties included: marketing plans, proposals, advertising and public relations, marketing training, business development coaching, branding campaign and supervision of marketing staff.

Prinicpal

Rainmaker Group

1992 - 1995

Served as a marketing and business development consultant to law firms, primarily in Ohio and North Carolina. Focus was on planning, coaching, and training lawyers in small law firms.

Director of Practice Development

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur P.A.

1988 - 1993

Responsible for all aspects of marketing and business development for this then 235-lawyer firm. Duties included: marketing plans, proposals, marketing training, business development coaching, client satisfaction surveys, and supervision of marketing staff. From October 1992 until July 1993, served in this capacity part-time, and assisted firm in finding my replacement.

Director of Practice Development

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

1987 - 1988

Headed up marketing for this then 110-lawyer firm. Duties included: marketing plannning, proposals, and marketing training.

University of Miami School of Law

J.D. | Law

College of the Holy Cross

B.S. | Economics

University of Miami School of Law

LL.M. | Ocean Law