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James Durham
Jim Durham is the Chief Marketing Officer for Ropes & Gray, a leading national law firm with offices in Boston, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.He was previously President of The Law Firm Development Group, Inc., where he worked with hundreds of law firms to develop marketing and management strategies aimed at changing the way lawyers and clients work together.Jim practiced business law for over fifteen years, and previously worked with one of New England's largest law firms as the Director of Client Development.He was the General Counsel and Vice President of Marketing for Senior Tour Players, Inc. from 1988 to 1990.He also served as the Senior Vice President of Sponsorship and Affiliate Relations for MLB Advanced Media, which operates 31 web sites for Major League Baseball.
Jim has led law firms throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia in strategic planning and training in seminars, conferences, and retreats.In addition, he has done training for the DuPont network of law firms, Ford Motor Company's legal department, Timberland's legal team, the Canadian Department of Justice and a number of international law firm networks.Jim has conducted hundreds of client interviews to assist law firms in developing management, client service and marketing strategies.
Jim authored The Essential Little Book of Great Lawyering and The Law Firm Marketer's Guide to Survival.He is the co-editor and author of the ABA book entitled The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing Your Practice (Second Edition).Jim's articles have appeared in The American Lawyer, Legal Times, World Law Business, Marketing for Lawyers, and LMA Strategies, as well as business publications, such as Selling, Boston Business Journal and High Technology Business.
He is a member of the American Bar Association (Law Practice Management Section) and the Legal Marketing Association.Jim is a member of the Boston Public Library Marketing Committee; the PM Forum Advisory Board (New England Chapter); and is on the Board of Trustees for The Dedham Country Day School.
Jim received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College (1977) and his law degree from Emory University School of Law (1983).