Sam Coupland - FMRC
Sam is involved in all facets of legal practice management. From his research, training and consulting activities, Sam understands the issues facing firms of all sizes. From a consulting perspective, he works with practices to achieve profit improvement, effective people management and strategy development. This experience is reflected in his presentations at training workshops.

Neil Oakes - FMRC
Neil has been working almost exclusively as a management consultant with the legal profession for over 20 years. He undertakes consulting assignments for law firms throughout Australia and New Zealand, specialising in strategic advantage, profit growth strategies, contemporary leadership and change management. Each year he is involved with some 120 law firms of various sizes and specialty areas of practice.

Annie Ross
Annie, a practising psychologist, has a special interest in stress & lifestyle management. She conducts stress management seminars and workshops for law firms, banks and schools. Annie’s session allows participants to develop a clear understanding of the impacts of stress, both physically and mentally.

Andrew Chen - WHK Horwath
Andrew provides business advisory, tax and accounting services to professional service firms and professional people. He presents seminars to legal associations and writes regular articles on tax and practice issues for the Australian Dental Association. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Simon Paterson - WHK Horwath
Simon assists members of the legal profession with tax compliance, business advisory, general taxation and business services. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Simon trained with KPMG and worked as a tax accountant in the United States of America.

Frances Moffitt - Snr Investigator, Law Soc. of NSW
Frances is a lawyer experienced in taxation, insolvency and proceeds of crime investigations including working with the Inspector General in Bankruptcy in Canberra. She has spoken to lawyers throughout the State about Chapter 3 of the Legal Profession Act 2004. Frances is the author of the “New Trust Account Regime” article in the October 2005 Law Society Journal.

Gavin Connor - Snr Investigator, Law Soc. of NSW
Gavin is a Chartered Accountant who has spent part of his career with Deloittes involved in management and receivership, taxation and public company audit. He was also the Group Internal Audit Manager with a diversified multi-national industrial company. He presents papers on trust accounts for Young Lawyers and regional law societies in NSW.

Janice Purvis - Risk Services Manager, LawCover
Janice Purvis is a Risk Services Manager with LawCover. Janice has worked as an Investigations Solicitor with the Professional Standards Department of the Law Society of NSW. She has investigated complaints made to the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner and worked in conjunction with Receivers, Managers and Investigators appointed to solicitors’ practices. Janice also worked as an Ethics Solicitor at the Law Society, providing advice to the profession.

Ray Hartley - Dibbs Abbott Stillman
Ray has held senior marketing and business development roles with Clayton Utz, Phillips Fox, Hunt & Hunt and DibbsBarker and has also consulted with progressive firms of all sizes. Ray has been at the forefront of the evolution of strategies and tactics that provide measurable results for law firm marketing efforts. He has an interest in enhancing client relationships as a path to better production and profitability and is currently a consultant and director of Shared Conversations.