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Sara Pauley Coffey is a Columbus, Ohio-based marketer and co-chair of the Legal Marketing Association’s Ohio Local Steering Committee. A former law firm marketer, she is the Documentation and Training Specialist at ContactEase CRM Made Easy where she manages marketing and works with clients to enhance their use of CRM products. Learn more about her in this Women Who Wow profile.

Michelle Calcote King is the principal and president of Reputation Ink, a B2B professional services marketing and PR agency.

Before founding Reputation Ink 10 years ago, Michelle was the senior vice president of a national PR agency exclusively serving law firms. Before that she held a variety of roles in PR agencies in several cities throughout the U.S. Southeast, London and Australia. Michelle serves on the Legal Marketing Association Southeast (LMASE) Regional Governing Board, and previously led the local Jacksonville LMA group.

I always learn from Michelle whenever I hear her speak or read one of her articles or blog posts. She is someone you should definitely follow.

Learn more about her in this Women Who Wows profile.

Kim Lyons (she/her/hers) is an experienced legal marketer for the international law firm Holland & Knight. She manages marketing for the firm’s U.S. West Coast offices, which include: Los Angeles; Orange County; San Francisco; and Portland, Oregon.

Kim is passionate about social media marketing and serves as the current Legal Marketing Association Pacific Northwest Regional Co-Chair.

When she is not in the office or posting content on LinkedIn, Kim spends her time with her three teenagers, or surfing in the Pacific Ocean. (Kim and I met through the LMA in San Francisco a few years ago and we have kept in touch through social media (you can follow her on Twitter at @legalMKTmaven).

We spoke the same language and I felt an instant connection with and a warmth from her.

Get to know more about Kim in this Women Who Wow profile.

Laura Leopard is the Founder and CEO of Leopard Solutions, the largest law firm data platform serving the legal industry with actionable intelligence and insights on more than 4,200 law firms worldwide and 7,000 US corporate legal departments.

Laura’s career path is so interesting as you’ll read about in her profile. She started businesses to help sustain her acting career – so becoming an entrepreneur was a necessity for her to pursue her love of acting.

Laura spearheaded Leopard Solutions’ growth and development over the company’s 18-year history and continues to push the envelope designing new systems and data points for their expanding client base.

She began her career as an actress in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to New York to pursue greater opportunities. Laura keeps her hand in the “acting game,” performing with yet another successful entrepreneurial venture, Gotham Radio Theatre, which she founded in 2010.

Learn more about Laura and her career path.

Monica Phillips is the President of Spark Plug Labs. Monica has been working with lawyers for 20+ years, and leads keynote and coaching programs on wellness, equity and inclusion. She brings key topics to the forefront of law firms and legal departments. Join her on Clubhouse to discuss Legal Wellness & Innovation, Tuesdays at 6pm pacific (@BodegaBay1).

Learn more about Monica in this Women Who Wow profile and follow her on LinkedIn

Melinda Colon Cox is a commercial litigation partner at New Jersey mid-size firm Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP.

Her practice focuses on the representation of a broad range of financial institutions in the mortgage banking industry in litigation, compliance and regulatory matters, including foreclosures and bankruptcy proceedings, in both state and federal courts.

As a passionate advocate for the law, Melinda has been very active in the New Jersey legal community for many years.

She was the president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey in 2020 and served on its board since 2008. She also co-founded its Young Lawyers Committee. She is a member of the National Women’s Law Center Leadership Advisory Committee and serves on the Professional Ethics and Leadership Academy Committees for the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Learn more about Melinda in this Women Who Wow profile.