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Experts in business development, strategic planning and legal marketing

We have more than 18 years experience in legal marketing. We know your world. We understand the challenges you face and your need to work with consultants who deliver results.

Law firms choose us because of our proven track record in helping lawyers build their brand and attract desirable and profitable clients. Our commitment to your long-term success means we form strong partnerships, becoming a valued extension of your management team.

Meet Elizabeth Ferris

Elizabeth is the founder of Ferris Consulting and will lead the work we do with you. With more than 25 years experience in marketing, business development and strategic planning and 18 years in legal marketing, she has advised some of the most successful North American and UK law firms. She has particular experience in advising law firms with niche practices, including those specializing in family law, estate planning, personal injury, business law, criminal defense and employment law.

Elizabeth and her team created the original brand for Collaborative Law, significantly increasing awareness and demand for this dispute resolution process across the globe.

A frequent speaker and author on legal marketing, Elizabeth has led marketing workshops and planning retreats throughout North America, England, Scotland, Ireland, Austria and Australia.

Prior to starting Ferris Consulting on March 29th, 2000, Elizabeth was Vice President of Business Development for a subsidiary of a fortune 100 health care company in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Over a seven-year period she increased revenues from $6 million to $40 million. Elizabeth is certified in Myers Briggs and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison.

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What Clients Are Saying

I recently attended a firm retreat led by Liz with Ferris Consulting. Out of the 5 retreats I have attended with my various firms over the years, this was by far the most effective and beneficial retreat I have ever attended. Liz took the time before the retreat to discuss what each person in the firm wanted to get out of this retreat. She created an agenda that was thoughtful and really helped us hone in on what our firm does best. I left the retreat feeling encouraged and excited for our firm’s future. I also felt closer to our employees in the various offices across the state. Having Ferris Consulting as a resource for my business development and personal brand has also been invaluable. Please consider having Liz plan your next company retreat and help your employees with developing their personal brand.

— Britany Harrison, GoransonBain

Working with Liz Ferris gave us a unity of purpose – a kind of commitment to a vision – that allowed us to be vulnerable with each other, and to make mistakes and course corrections with enthusiasm.  Liz successfully transformed an assortment of individuals into a cohesive force whose transformational potential knows few limits. 

— Jennifer Tull, Law Offices of Jennifer Tull

 

Elizabeth is top notch when it comes to understanding how to market yourself and your practice. Her insight on how to reach your target audience and how to capitalize on your efforts is invaluable. I highly recommend Liz and her expertise in the legal marketing world!

— Jason Sposeep, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck

Along with Henry Brown’s lecture, this workshop, presented by Elizabeth Ferris, was my highlight at the 2017 DR Conference. The presentation was excellent and it provided delegates with considerable food for thought in relation to how we attract more of the clients we want.

— Carrie Rudge, Hedges Law

 

Liz Ferris is a force of nature. Her dynamic enthusiasm and focused intelligence have made a truly incalculable contribution to the development of collaborative practice worldwide. Liz began putting her vision and skills to work building the collaborative “brand” at precisely the moment when our movement was poised to catapult into international visibility. Her work with IACP, with regional and local practice groups, and with individual practitioners and firms has been one of the vital catalysts that made it all happen.

— Pauline Tesler, Tesler & Sandmann

My firm has just spent another exhilarating afternoon with Liz Ferris planning our marketing strategy. Liz once again brought the energy and focus to our planning work which in the last two years has helped us drive our practice forward. We may have had the ideas but Liz added the cohesion and pointed out the direction. We couldn’t have done it without her!

— Gillian Bishop, Family Law in Partnership

Your presentation in London last week was properly inspirational. Instead of the usual marketing tricks repackaged as a new product, your presentation was fresh and relevant and has inspired me to adopt a new strategy.

— Family Law Solicitor London

I have had the privilege of working closely with Liz as our firm has grown from 11 attorneys to 28 and can attest to the direct correlation between her work and the tremendous success GoransonBain has enjoyed, not only in numbers, but also in depth and breadth of expertise.

— Curtis Harrison, GoransonBain

Our Team & Strategic Partners

Neil Becker

Neil Becker

Neil has more than 25 years design experience and is the founder of Becker Design, offering a wide range of design and advertising services, including corporate identity, web communications/interactive development, creative direction and writing, and marketing analysis.

His experience includes work on accounts such as Knoll International and HBO Video. He’s currently on the advisory committee at the William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design.

Karen Spillers

Karen Spillers

Karen is the founder of Corp Comm Strategies, a public relations firm that specializes in influencing public opinion. A practical and conceptual thinker with a rare ability to identify the interesting and the significant, she offers highly creative and effective counsel.

Her career includes business media relations and financial writing at The Financial Relations Board, the nation’s largest investor relations agency, and serving as Director of Corporate Communications at Boulevard Bancorp, Inc.

Robert Schultz

Robert Schultz

Creative director Robert Schultz is a veteran advertising and public relations writer with a career that spans agency and client-side work. He specialises in writing for service industries, particularly legal and accounting firms, academic medical centres and financial services organisations.

His exceptionally broad experience means he is equally at home developing a brand strategy or discussing the nuances of technology with product managers.

Hannah Schwartz

Hannah Schwartz

As a Marketing Assistant for Ferris Consulting, Hannah manages website content and social media platforms. Hannah leverages her broad experience in editing to create concise and effective content. She has a BA in English and Legal Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.