Before joining the PipelinePlus faculty, David Wood built a distinguished career as a top rainmaker at an Am Law 100 firm, where he ultimately transitioned his practice to trusted successor partners. His expertise in business development, firm management, and strategic planning is rooted in a career that spans founding his own firm, serving as a senior partner at a midsized boutique, and holding senior leadership roles at an Am Law 100 firm. Today, David advises law firms on their most critical growth challenges.
An accomplished writer and speaker, David has authored articles for Bloomberg Law Insights, Business of Law Digest, ALM’s Marketing the Law Firm newsletter, the Association of Legal Administrators’ Legal Management magazine, ALM’s Accounting Financial Planning newsletter, and Legal Business World magazine. He has presented at our Managing Partner Roundtables and various ALM events, including regional General Counsel Roundtables and the Pro Webinar series, and has been a featured guest on the ALA’s Legal Management Talk podcast and Furia Rubel’s On the Record podcast. Additionally, David serves as a faculty member for Lawline CLE.