Lawyer and Coach

Roy Ginsburg is one of the most experienced attorney coaches in the Twin Cities area. He offers services that help lawyers achieve practice development goals and career satisfaction, as well as outplacement counseling for those who are in between jobs. He also has an active solo practice in employment law and is legal marketing ethics counsel to Minnesota Law & Politics® and Super Lawyers®, and FindLaw, a Thomson West company. In his 25 years as an attorney, Roy has worked in large and small law firms, and as in-house counsel in corporate legal departments. His well-rounded perspective benefits coaching clients located around the country.

Roy is also a frequent CLE speaker on the best practices and ethics of business development and client service. His "Refresh Your Legal Career" and "Job Hunting Strategies" programs address career management. All of Roy's popular seminars, designed to enhance attorneys' professional development efforts, are sponsored by Bar associations and law firms nationwide.

Contributions to Professional Organizations

Active in the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), Roy is a member of its Diversity, Professionalism, and Rules of Professional Conduct Committees, as well as its Practice Management and Marketing Section (former chair). He is also the former president of the Minnesota chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

Public service has always been a critical component of Roy's career. He is the co-chair of the Public Interest Special Interest Group for the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), a member of the MSBA's Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged (LAD) Committee and was a founding Board member of LegalCORPS, which coordinates the provision of pro bono services to nonprofit and microenterprises in Minnesota. He currently serves on the Board of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis.

Roy also belongs to the:

• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
• Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA)
• Legal Marketing Association (LMA)

Awards and Honors

Roy has twice received the MSBA's President's Award for his task force contributions on the rules of professional conduct (2003) and on diversity (2005). Since 2002, Roy has been selected every year for inclusion in Minnesota Super Lawyers®. Only five percent of the lawyers in Minnesota earn this honor. For information about its selection process, go to www.superlawyers.com.

Education

Roy's undergraduate degree is from Cornell University. He attended the University of Wisconsin Law School where he was an editor on the Wisconsin Law Review. Before entering private practice, Roy clerked for the Honorable Justice Donald Steinmetz of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He received his coaching training from the Coaches Training Institute.