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Krista Mathis Related Seminars and Products

Virginia State Bar

Krista M. Mathis Samuels serves as Assistant Ethics Counsel at the Virginia State Bar. Prior to joining the VSB, Krista was in private practice, first with a small Richmond firm immediately after law school, and then for nearly 14 years at her own solo practice where she focused on juvenile and mental health law. She left private practice in 2020 to work with the Virginia Office of the Attorney General representing agencies within the Virginia Department of Health and Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and joined the VSB in October 2022. Krista graduated from the University of Virginia with majors in psychology and government in 2000 and received her JD from the University of Richmond in 2003.

Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq Related Seminars and Products

Risk Manager

ALPS

Since 1998, Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq., has been a Risk Manager with ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice insurance. In his tenure with our company, Mr. Bassingthwaighte has conducted over 1200 law firm risk management assessment visits, presented over 600 continuing legal education seminars throughout the United States, and written extensively on risk management, ethics, and technology. Mr. Bassingthwaighte is a member of the State Bar of Montana as well as the American Bar Association where he currently sits on the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility’s Conference Planning Committee. He received his J.D. from Drake University Law School.

Lisa Brook Related Seminars and Products

Good Counsel Group

Lisa Brook is a lawyer who has dedicated nearly thirty years in the law to civil dispute resolution with empathy and understanding. The vision for Good Counsel Group grew out of a desire to create opportunities for people and businesses to work through conflict together.

Meaningful connection with clients, co-workers, judges, clerks, and attorneys on both sides of the aisle has defined Lisa's career. She held the hand of a mesothelioma victim struggling to breathe as she explained how his family would be taken care of after his death. She witnessed the stories of people in debt and tenants who could not make the rent as they explored ways to move forward after legal proceedings. She discovered kinship with jurors performing their civic duty to balance the scales of justice in trial.

Lisa has received a Certificate In Mediating Disputes from the Harvard Law School Executive Education Program on Negotiation. She has training in mediation and dispute resolution through the Supreme Court of Virginia certification program. She is a member of the Virginia Mediation Network. 

As a leader in the bar and In the community, Lisa's goal Is to bring connection, collaboration and respect to every level of dispute resolution. In the words of Helen Keller,  "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."