Business coaches for lawyers
Compare 22 business coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are scaling and growth, leadership and team building, operations and systems and finance and profit. They most often work with lawyers, founders and business owners and executives. Most charge $95 to $225 per hour or session.
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Atticus
Atticus is a law firm coaching company that helps attorneys grow their practices and protect their personal time. The team is made up of attorneys who know the daily work of running a firm. They have worked with over 20,000 attorneys, from solo lawyers to large practices. Coaching covers client development, cash flow, staffing, time management, and using AI. Atticus also runs a membership program with a hotline and peer groups.
Ben Glass
Ben Glass is an attorney who coaches lawyers on marketing. He helps solo and small firm owners build law practices that earn more and take less upkeep. He has practiced law for more than 40 years and has led a community of entrepreneurial lawyers for more than 20 years. He runs Great Legal Marketing with Brian Glass, and the company has helped hundreds of lawyers. He is based in Virginia.
Brooke Lively
Brooke Lively is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps law firm leaders grow their practices with less stress and more control. She has more than 20 years in the legal industry and has worked with hundreds of law firms across the country. She holds an MBA and the CFA designation. She founded two law-firm focused companies, Cathcap and Scaling Law, and has published seven books, four of them for law firms.
David Barlow
David Barlow coaches attorneys who want to launch or grow their own law firms. He is a Honolulu personal injury lawyer who started his firm in 2009. He has run every side of the business, from marketing and client acquisition to staff, operations and referral networks. He also brings courtroom experience with car, motorcycle and pedestrian injury cases on Oahu. He shares what he learned over 18 years so newer lawyers can avoid early mistakes.
Ed Poll
Ed Poll is a coach and consultant for lawyers and law firms. He helps sole practitioners, managing partners, executive directors and financial directors grow revenue and cut stress. Ed practiced law for 25 years and served as Chief Operating Officer of a mid-size firm before he became a consultant. He created The Business of Law® and wrote The Profitable Law Office Handbook. He also helps lawyers buy, sell or move a practice.
Elise Holtzman
Elise Holtzman is the founder of The Lawyer's Edge. She coaches lawyers and law firms on business development and leadership. She is a former attorney at Am Law 100 firms and holds a JD from Columbia Law School. Since 2008 she has worked only with lawyers. She helps them build books of business, step into roles like managing partner, and improve teamwork. Her signature group program is called Lawyers Making Rain.
Russ Katzman
Russ Katzman is a business and executive coach who helps entrepreneurs and small business owners. He runs Progeny Coaching and Consulting. He brings over 25 years in integrated systems and human behavior, with work in change management and process optimization. In the past five years he taught and mentored more than 1000 business professionals. He also shares books and articles that fit each owner's situation.
Law Firm Success Group
Law Firm Success Group is a legal consulting and coaching firm for solo attorneys and small law firms in the US. Its Practice Advisors work one-on-one with firm owners on business systems, financial discipline and leadership. The firm has served more than 500 clients. It also offers HR and recruiting help and law firm management services. Its work is built around how legal practices bill, operate and grow, not general business coaching.
Nancy Brown
Nancy Brown is a business and life coach for physicians, attorneys and entrepreneurs. She helps them balance busy lives, streamline solo practices and recover from burnout. Before coaching, she built a virtual assistant agency from her bedroom closet and grew it into a company with employees and clients across the US. She launched her coaching practice in 2017 and trained in core energy coaching. She also coaches accomplished women facing business and life decisions.
Michael Hanegan
Michael Hanegan is an innovation coach in Oklahoma who works as an Intellectual Property Architect. He helps leaders, thinkers and experts turn their hard-earned knowledge and experience into wider reach and impact. He is most interested in people with big ideas who want to move from idea to action. He works across many fields with people at the top of their game. He is also a Senior Fellow at The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute.
Tiffany Ablola
Tiffany Ablola is an EOS Implementer who helps law firms and professional services companies get clear, build accountability, and improve team health. She worked as an employment attorney before this, mediating tough executive talks and running workplace investigations. She is also a Kolbe Certified Consultant. She leads virtual sessions built around remote team dynamics. Some of her clients have made the Inc. 5000 list.
Nancy Myrland
Nancy Myrland is a marketing and business development advisor who coaches lawyers and law firms. She focuses on content, social and digital media. She is known as the LinkedIn Coach For Lawyers and trains firms on LinkedIn. She founded LinkedIn Course For Lawyers, where she guides lawyers step by step through building their profile and presence. She also helps with personal branding and online presentations, and she guides select firms through social media strategy on high-stakes, visible cases.
Anna Rappaport
Anna Rappaport is a lawyer and coach who works only with attorneys. She helps law firm partners, aspiring partners and in-house counsel with business development, leadership and career strategy. She has 22 years of experience training leaders and coaches in personal growth. She is trained as an ontological coach. Her clients include lawyers in big firms, boutique practices and new firms, in Washington, D.C. and around the world.
Janicek Performance Group
Janicek Performance Group is a communication coaching firm for executives and senior leaders. It covers executive coaching, public speaking, media training and personal branding. The team includes Emmy-winning journalists, performance trainers and communication advisors. The firm has trained more than 10,000 executives over 20 years. Clients range from Fortune 500 CEOs to venture-backed founders. It teaches its own system, the JPG Method, to help leaders communicate with clarity and authority.
Jennifer Yeh
Jennifer Yeh is a coach and mediator who helps leaders, teams and individuals handle conflict, bias and hard conversations. She has coached since 2015 and mediated since 2007. She is a trained lawyer with a Juris Doctor and MIT degrees in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Political Science. She has researched the psychology of bias and conflict. Her global work and travel shape her cross-cultural coaching. She also coaches cancer survivors and their caregivers.
Samorn Selim
Samorn Selim is a career, executive, and leadership coach who helps BIPOC, women, and first-generation professionals build careers they enjoy. Samorn is a lawyer turned coach and the founder of Career Unicorns. Samorn was a big law attorney, then Director of Employer Outreach at Berkeley Law. Samorn has coached more than 1,000 lawyers, tech workers, and leaders. Samorn's programs aim to get clients to their goals in 3 months.
Arudia
Arudia is a leadership and executive coaching firm led by Anne Collier. It coaches first-time managers, mid-level leaders, senior leaders and professionals such as doctors and lawyers. The firm has over 20 years of experience. It starts each client with an intake package and chosen leadership assessments, then builds a focused development plan. It also runs workshops, keynotes and an online academy, and has expertise in law, associations, behavioral health and nonprofits.
Dina Cataldo
Dina Cataldo is a Master Certified Coach who helps lawyers calm overwhelm, grow their law practices, and take back their time. She is a former criminal prosecutor and trained with The Life Coach School. She built her own business while working full time as a prosecutor. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29, and that led her to change how she worked. She is not taking new clients right now.
Shauna C. Bryce
Shauna C. Bryce runs Bryce Legal, a career and leadership coaching practice for lawyers. She works with law firm partners, general counsel, associates, junior attorneys, law students and lawyers leaving law practice. Since 2006, she has helped lawyers in law firms, corporate legal departments, government and non-profits build both hard and soft skills. Her services cover leadership coaching, job search help, resume writing, LinkedIn profiles and outplacement. She also offers group training for legal teams.
Megan Smiley
Megan Smiley is a career and life coach who helps lawyers and other professionals leave unfulfilling work and start their own businesses. She founded Megan Smiley Coaching and hosts The Lawyer's Escape Pod. Before coaching, she practiced corporate law and worked as the Director of International Programs at a law school. Her clients explore entrepreneurship and build businesses that fit their values, talents and life vision.
Bay LeBlanc Quiney
Bay LeBlanc Quiney is a business and executive coach for driven entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals. She holds an MBA and the ICF PCC credential. Her focus is perfectionism, the habit of trying harder to be perfect until it stops working. Her clients include Olympic-level athletes, artists, designers, lawyers, doctors and executives from media companies such as NBCUniversal, Inc. She is based in Victoria, B.C. and travels to work with clients around the world.
Julie Han
Julie Han is a career and leadership coach in Summit, New Jersey. She helps clients who want more happiness or success in their careers and personal lives. She is an experienced attorney and senior executive, and she coaches lawyers who want to develop their careers or make a change. She holds a JD and is a Certified Career and Life Coach. She also writes articles on career coaching, bosses, and happiness.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Atticus | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Ben Glass | Scaling and growth and Marketing | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Brooke Lively | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $160 to $290 an hour |
| David Barlow | Scaling and growth and Marketing | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Ed Poll | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Elise Holtzman | Sales and Leadership and team building | $135 to $200 an hour |
| Russ Katzman | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $115 to $175 an hour |
| Law Firm Success Group | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Nancy Brown | Operations and systems and Women entrepreneurs | $80 to $160 an hour |
| Michael Hanegan | Coaches and consultants | $160 to $260 an hour |
| Tiffany Ablola | Operations and systems and Leadership and team building | $160 to $225 an hour |
| Nancy Myrland | Marketing and Agencies | $150 to $260 an hour |
| Anna Rappaport | Sales and Leadership and team building | $125 to $200 an hour |
| Janicek Performance Group | Startups and founders | $130 to $255 an hour |
| Jennifer Yeh | Conflict, bias and workplace culture coach for leaders and teams | $145 to $275 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a business coach cost?
Most business coaches charge $95 to $225 per hour or session.
What else do these business coaches help with?
Common focus areas include scaling and growth, leadership and team building, operations and systems and finance and profit.
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Last updated September 2026.