Mr. Reader will sit on a panel titled, “The Changing Role of the Managing Partner for the Mid-sized Firm: Striking the Balance between Leadership, Management and Client Relationships,” which will address strategies for addressing new economic challenges, managing growth, the role of the managing partner as a producer versus a manager, staffing models, term length, succession planning, and changes in billing models.  Other panelists will include David Brown, Editor-In-Chief of The National Law Journal; Timothy J. Ochsenhirt, chairman and CEO of Roetzel & Andress, LPA; and Ronald H. Shechtman, managing partner at Pryor Cashman LLP.

Mr. Reader, who, as Ulmer & Berne’s managing partner for the last 15 years, has helped grow the Firm to its current size of more than 175 attorneys – including an aggressive expansion into the Chicago market over the last year.  In addition, despite the challenging economy, he led the Firm to a strong 2009 financial performance, avoiding the attorney layoffs that plagued many of its competitors. 

Ulmer & Berne, established in 1908, is a full-service Midwest regional firm with approximately 175 attorneys in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago.  Ulmer & Berne represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, family businesses, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.