Dianne C. Hertneky serves as Chief Operating Officer for Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Ms. Hertneky has over fourteen years of experience serving in the capacity of an executive operating officer for multi-office, mid-size law firms. As Chief Operating Officer of Sullivan & Worcester and a member of the firm s management committee, Ms. Hertneky provides strategic guidance in addition to managing the firm s day-to-day business operations. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hertneky was Chief Operating/Chief Financial Officer for Pennsylvania-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP. She served in similar executive and finance positions with Eckert Seamans, Cherin & Mellot, LLC; MacElree Harvey Gallagher Featherman & Sebastian, Ltd.; and Knollridge Co., Inc., a real estate development company. Speaking Engagements Presenter "Translating Marketing Expenditures To Revenues," Law Firm CFO Institute (April 2006) Panelist "Lateral Hiring and Integration Best Practices," audio conference (May 2005) Panelist "How to Strategically Apply Law Firm Economics to the Marketing and Business Development Functions," 2005 Legal Marketing Association of New England Chapter Annual Regional Conference (November 2005) Presenter - "Doing Business with Law Firms," National Court Reporters Association Firm Owners Executive Conference (February 2005) Professional & Civic Activities National Board of Directors, NCRA Trust and Service Corporation Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Honorary Societies Association of Legal Administrators, LFA Caucus The Boston Club Education M.B.A., Highest Honors, Vanderbilt University, 1990 B. A., summa cum laude, NC State University/University of North Carolina |