Bill Jawitz
203.876.8999
bill@successtrackesq.com
Bill is the founder of SuccessTrackESQ and has been working exclusively with attorneys since 2002. He helps high-achieving attorneys learn how to run great practices while becoming healthier individuals. Bill’s clients speak of his knack for understanding them and motivating them to learn new ways of thinking and doing that result in less stress and increased peace of mind.
A frequent CLE presenter who consistently receives high scores for content and style, Bill has conducted dozens of training programs for numerous Bar Associations, and has been brought in by law firms and corporate legal departments to guide them on wide-ranging practice management projects.
Bill is certified in the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching Model.
Bill holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University in Communications and Technology. Prior to founding SuccessTrackESQ, Bill founded and ran Connecticut’s first public charter school (The Odyssey Community School, in Manchester) and served as the founding Technology Coach at The Learning Corridor in Hartford. He is also the author of the nation’s top-selling textbook on media literacy, Understanding Mass Media, 5th Edition.
His lifelong passion for language and civics explains the comfortable fit he enjoys with attorneys. A long-time C-SPAN junkie, Bill maintains a strong interest in public policy and stays abreast of leading-edge thought in organizational development, business, marketing, technology, and leadership development. He devours countless books, articles, blogs, and webinars on every aspect of law practice management and personal development.
Bill is an active guitarist and vocalist and performs a range of material from Cole Porter to John Lennon with his band, Monterey Collective. He lives on Long Island Sound, in Milford, CT.
What Bill’s client say about him
“In my role as FEMA Deputy Chief Counsel, I coordinate a large number of tasks in a fast-paced, complex environment. Our department gained valuable information and several useful techniques for managing our time more effectively from Bill’s presentation at the 2008 annual training conference for the FEMA Office of Chief Counsel. His TimeSavvy program and techniques proved very helpful to me and my staff of over 120 who attended the session. I found the presentation to be both practical and engaging.”
Adrian Sevier, Jr
Deputy Chief Counsel
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C.
“As a former NFL lineman, police officer, and then prosecutor, I have always been drawn to competitive, high-stress work, and I brought that intense energy to the criminal defense firm I started 12 years ago. But it took a heavy toll on me despite having plenty of business. Now, since working with Bill, I am much less stressed. I have put in place routines that have already brought me increased time with my family, increased profit margins, and a significantly more effective and happier staff. Bill’s knowledge, insight and ability to help me change for the better has been priceless.”
Don Pumphrey, Jr
Criminal Defense
Tallahassee, FL
www.DonPumphrey.com
“Several years ago I attended one of Bill Jawitz’s seminars titled “Marketing Your Practice Online.” Prior to the seminar, I had tried to promote my website online, with mediocre results. Using Bill’s suggestions, I was able to hone my focus and substantially improve my web presence. I now get multiple inquiries each week from potential clients that learned about me from web searches — and I don’t spend anything on advertising.
Bill does not just have great ideas on how to market your practice. He is also a productivity guru. He has helped me in numerous ways to become more efficient so that I now provide even more cost effective services to my clients. I highly recommend Bill to any law firm looking to improve its marketing or its productivity.”
Andrew Mitchel
International Tax Attorney
Andrew Mitchel, LLC Essex, CT
www.andrewmitchel.com
“My practice had hit a plateau and although I was spending a lot of time on marketing efforts, the results were less than satisfying. Bill worked with me to evaluate my marketing strategies and separated the methods that worked from those that provided little or no return. We then worked together to develop a targeted plan and I am very pleased with the results. I nearly tripled my originations within the first year, and continued building volume at a rate of more than 20 percent per year over the next few years, and all while using my marketing time much more efficiently.”
Karen A. Mignone
Environmental Litigation
Verrill Dana, LLP
Boston, MA
www.verrilldana.com
“Our Firm invited SuccessTrack to our recent annual meeting to discuss marketing and client development. The hour-long presentation covered a wide range of key marketing skills while providing enough specific details to make it very practical. Our younger lawyers learned a great deal, and even our senior attorneys were fully engaged. We were all challenged, educated and entertained. In short, the program was excellent and I would highly recommend it to other law firms interested in developing more business in today’s environment.”
Nicholas Paindiris
Partner
Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP Glastonbury, CT
www.bpslawyers.com
“In addition to representing business owners in litigation matters, I also represent many attorneys in discipline and ethics matters, and both, understandably, need lots of attention. Bill helped me create a much more efficient structure for organizing and managing my clients’ demands, and for generally handling the competing priorities I faced (and still face) on a daily basis. His understanding of both human nature and how work flows through a legal practice let him pin-point what I needed to start doing – and what I needed to stop doing – to give myself breathing room (which is something I hadn’t had in years). Bill also helped me with a few important marketing questions, and as a result, my client development activities are more focused than ever. Bottom line is that Bill is an outstanding practice advisor and I recommend him without reservation.”
Stephen J. Conover
Partner
Sandak Hennessey & Greco, Stamford, CT
www.shglaw.com
“Working with Bill has been one of the most rewarding professional development experiences I have ever had. I initially sought Bill’s services to assist and guide me on improving my time management skills, but he quickly seized upon the opportunity to show me how to improve on other management skills that I could, and now do, implement every day. Bill’s tips, exercises, encouragement, and reinforcement have not only resulted in a noticeable reduction in my daily stress levels, but they have allowed me to reconnect with much of the joy I used to get from practicing law but which had become buried beneath the increasing workload associated with leading our firm’s growing IP practice. And of course, my family loves it too that I’m happier in my work.”
Arthur Schaier
Carmody & Torrance, LLP
Waterbury, CT
Intellectual Property Law
www.CarmodyLaw.com
“As president of our firm, I’ve been dealing with the transition and modernization issues common to small firms founded by lawyers who are reaching the end of their careers. It has not been easy work, and Bill Jawitz has been a very helpful consultant. Bill combines in one smart, engaged, funny brain a suite of interlocking knowledge and skills. He understands the business of lawyering — practice building; personnel management; and law firm finance. He knows how to manage, how to teach management, and the psychology of management. He knows how to help me sell ideas and build consensus without offending — as well as how to herd cats without getting clawed too badly. He is technologically savvy in all these areas, knowing the print and web resources out there, weeding out drivel, and recommending concise, authoritative sources to solve specific problems. He is valuable, and fun to work with. I consistently get my money’s worth.”
Jonathan Katz
Jacobs & Dow PC
New Haven, CT
Personal Injury and Business Litigation
www.JacobsLaw.com
“When I finally decided to open a firm after 11 years as an Assistant United States Attorney at the Department of Justice and 4 years in medium-size firms, I chose to work with Bill after talking with several law firm coaches. His sharp analytical skills and business sense would add value to any professional service firm, but it is the breadth of his field-tested experience with lawyers that makes him invaluable. My partner and I have grown quickly and Bill continues to make vital contributions by guiding us in the set-up and management of financial, HR, client development, and other key systems that we didn’t exactly know how to focus on by ourselves. I would advise any lawyer seeking to improve their firm to consult him.”
Shanlon Wu
Wu, Grohovsky & Whipple, PLLC
Washington, D.C.
White Collar Criminal Defense and Qui Tam
www.DCWhiteCollar.com
“I’m now getting regular press on the topic of amicable divorce, I have the best staff I’ve ever had, I’ve raised my rates, and I’m more focused than ever — all thanks largely to the accountability that working with Bill brings. As I get more comfortable running the business — and not just having a law firm — I’m putting in place the strong foundation upon which I’ll continue to grow my practice. I have built a referral base of more than 30 psychologists/therapists to my divorce practice by starting a quarterly newsletter newsletter (called “Family Matters”) for mental health professionals and by using Bill’s guidance to build one-on-one relationships.”
Randy Pitler
Randall B. Pitler, PC
Royal Oak, MI
Family Law
www.AmicableDivorce.com
“Bill Jawitz’s Productivity Bootcamp was excellent. It struck the perfect balance between providing practical tools for organizing and prioritizing work on the one hand, and establishing a clear framework for understanding how increased productivity really happens on the other. Bill is a very strong and engaging presenter. His extensive knowledge of what our lawyers face on a day-to-day basis was clearly evident. His use of creative visuals, well-organized materials, and even some magic tricks kept our attorneys totally engaged throughout the entire 90-minute presentation. Both as individuals and in teams, our department of 34 lawyers is beginning to see tangible benefits in improved efficiency. This was well worth the time!”
Duncan MacKay
Deputy General Counsel
Northeast Utilities, Berlin, CT
www.NU.com
“Hiring Bill has been among the best decision our firm has ever made. The overarching accomplishment we credit directly to Bill’s consulting work with us is our transformation from being a general practice firm to fast becoming THE state-wide leader in our niche (landlord/tenant law). We initially engaged Bill to help us with personnel management issues, but quickly realized that his talent in both business development and organizational dynamics could help us in many more areas.
Our brand, our firm culture (including decision making, communication, and client service) and our overall strength heading into the future have all been developed thanks to our work with Bill. Now that our firm’s path is set, my partner and I continue to work with Bill as our executive coach. Not only has our business benefited, but Bill has challenged us to grow as individuals, as well, which has impacted the quality of our lives outside of the office. We’re eager for our office to continue to grow and improve with Bill’s guidance.”
Robert Chesson
Partner
Chesson & Schweickert, LLC, Milford, CT
www.LandlordLawFirm.com
“I was a lawyer with seventeen years experience who looked at the way I was practicing law and decided to change it. I wanted more productivity, more profitability and more satisfaction with my work. I wanted less stress and better health. I had lost my enthusiasm for practicing law, and I wanted to get it back. I turned to coaching not out of desperation, but out of confidence that I already had within me all the skills and abilities I needed to transform the way I practiced – I just needed ideas, structure, guidance, and follow-up to make it happen. I can unequivocally say that the program delivered the results I wanted. I changed the way I worked and built a more successful and more profitable practice. I put in place the attitudes and the habits that literally lowered my stress and improved my overall health. Coaching was the key. Coaching made it all possible.”
David Sheridan
Former Partner, Municipal Law
Levy & Droney, P.C., Farmington, CT
www.LDLaw.com
“Bill Jawitz helped me revolutionize my law firm. His 8 SuccessTrack Essentials allowed me to see that organization, systematization and attention to the performance of my practice were what I needed to work on to make it an outstanding and profitable business. Bill brought to coaching a perfect mix of the pressure that made me effect the change I wanted and a compassionate understanding of how uncomfortable change can be. Working with Bill helped me to do the things I knew I should be doing but wasn’t. If Bill can’t help you improve your practice, you don’t want it to be better.”
Scott Kern
Principal
Scott C. Kern, Attorney at Law, New Haven CT
www.FranchiseLawSource.com
“Bill is a highly engaging presenter who connects with our members and helps them successfully address the challenges they face every day in running their practices. His approach is both to inspire as well as to share practical tips. Like all lawyers, our members are extremely busy and they want strong value when they attend educational seminars. Bill has received excellent evaluations from his audiences because he delivers that value. NHCBA enjoys working with Bill, appreciates his skills, and looks forward to his continued participation in our educational programs.”
Carolyn Breen Witt
Executive Director
New Haven County Bar Association
www.newhavenbar.org
