Roy S. Ginsburg

online at

visit superlawyers.com

Lawyer and Coach

Roy Ginsburg is one of the most experienced attorney coaches in the country who still practices law for a select group of clients. He helps lawyers nationwide achieve practice development goals and career satisfaction. In his solo practice, he is legal marketing ethics counsel to Super Lawyers® and FindLaw, Thomson Reuters companies.

An attorney for more than 25 years, Roy has worked in large and small law firms, and as in-house counsel in corporate legal departments. This well-rounded perspective benefits coaching clients no matter where they practice.

Roy is also a frequent CLE speaker. Bar associations and law firms all across the country sponsor his popular programs, which are all designed to help lawyers create successful and satisfying careers.

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 Committee 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. Roy is a volunteer attorney for Children's Law Center of Minnesota and provides pro bono legal services to foster children. He also currently serves on the Board of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis.

Roy 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). For the past decade, he 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.