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Lawyer BFF: Lawyer Coaching & Career Resources

Expert attorney career coaching and practical resources for lawyers.

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The Job Jumpstart Course is Live

Looking for a new opportunity? Let us help.

🚀 We call this program a "jumpstart" for a reason - its gets you moving. Our program includes:

🔑 Step-by-Step Action Plans – know exactly what to do and when.

🗂️ Downloadable Checklists & Worksheets – practical tools you can use right away.

🎥 Short Video Tutorials – more than 25 quick lessons that make updates simple.

🌱 Mindset Support – tools to manage stress and stay confident.

 Private Member Access – all resources in one easy, organized space.

Special launch pricing available for a limited time.

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Career Resources From a Trusted Expert.

Programs for Busy Lawyers

Whether you’re a lawyer building a book of business, preparing for leadership, developing thought leadership, creating cross-marketing initiatives, or simply learning the ropes of practice, our programs can help you strategize and amplify your success.

How We Help Lawyers

From on-demand courses to strategic lawyer coaching, everything we offer is built for how we know you actually think and work, with strategies and tools inspired by our study of the world’s most successful business leaders and top performers.

We know how demanding the legal world is: our founder has been a lawyer for more than 30+ years and coached lawyers for over 20, and works with amazing lawyers every day as the Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer of a national law firm. We know lawyering is hard, and so we're  here to be a resource for you as you navigate your success.  

Consider us your professional best friend. 

For Lawyers: The Job Jumpstart

A better blueprint for finding your next position. 🌟

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Lawyer Midnight Worries

🌙 How can I focus on my work and business development? This feels impossible.

🌙 I'm worried I'm not progressing the way my firm wants  me to.

🌙 How can I stand out from all the  competition?

If you nodded your head to any of these questions, I've got you covered. 

Learning business success skills can feel daunting when you're short on time. 

Some of you may also be in job transitions, where you're looking for new opportunities. This is even more challenging, particularly if the change was unwanted & unexpected.

Your career can be a rollercoaster, so having a strategic wingman like me along who knows the worlds of Big Law and small firms, nonprofits and government, in-house legal work and solo practitioners (and everything in-between) - is a good investment in future-proofing your success. 

My approach is strategic & streamlined, using tools loved by my lawyer clients for 20 years.

Let's put your most brilliant foot forward, together. 
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Meet Marianne:

30+ Years in the Legal Industry

Marianne was a trial lawyer handling complex commercial litigation in NYC and the DMV, including working for over a decade with the lawyer who won Loving v. Virginia. Marianne then pivoted into the professional development & marketing side of the industry. 

1000+ Taught

Marianne was not only an adjunct at two D.C. law schools, but she's led and/or been the featured speaker at CLEs, conferences, workshops, roundtables, podcasts, and other events with participants and students now numbering in the thousands.

Professional Coach

Marianne's been coaching lawyers and other professionals (including tech gurus, fashion designers, and award-winning actors) for over 20 years.

Entrepreneur

Marianne's the founder of numerous businesses over the last 15+ years, both in NYC and in the DMV. She wrote a career guide and planner for women lawyers, and frequently presents on topics about professional development.

"You'd be hard-pressed to find a more passionate coach than Marianne. I've personally witnessed lawyer transformation using Marianne's system. Follow her advice and in a short amount of time, you'll discover the balance and success you desire from your career." 

Cole Silver, former Chief Client Officer, Blank Rome LLP

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⚖️ Programs and Coaching for Busy Attorneys

MEET THE EXPERT

Hi, I'm Marianne —

I help lawyers get what they want. 

I know the unique challenges of being a busy lawyer, because I was one too. 

After handling high-profile litigation for 14 years, I changed course and became an entrepreneur, coach, and business development expert. I still work in a law firm - now as its Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer - with lawyers I deeply admire. 

I'm also a career and job navigation expert. 

So if you're a lawyer in the middle of a legal career transition, or thinking about how to increase your success and leadership, let me help you navigate those waves with lawyer coaching, lawyer leadership training, and our attorney career coaching programs. No matter how many years you've practiced, what your area of law may be, or who you work for (Big Law or at a small firm, in-house, with the government, at a nonprofit, or transitioning back into the workforce after time away), the tools I use work immediately for everyone. 

I'm always in your corner with ideas, support, & inspiration. 

 

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Recent Appearances Include:

"It's every much her command of strategy as her training skills that has won Marianne Talbot the respect of perhaps one of the most demanding audiences imaginable - namely, senior lawyers from some of the most highly respected law firms in the world."

International Law Group Chief Executive Officer