Ryan R. Daniels

Chief Marketing Officer

Ryan Daniels is the Chief Marketing Officer of Steptoe & Johnson, where he directs the firm’s business development and marketing efforts across the United States.

With more than 20 years of marketing and business development experience, Daniels has a proven track record of driving strategic growth through business development opportunities; client service and relationship programs; and results-oriented marketing and communication plans and campaigns.

Daniels collaborates with firm management to develop and implement strategies that align with firm-wide initiatives including client feedback, client teams, attorney business development training, and expansion and lateral integration. He works with a team of marketing and business development professionals to help attorneys build relationships through client-focused activities.

Memberships

  • Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (2019-Present)
  • Membership Committee, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (2020-Present)
  • Legal Marketing Association (2005-Present)
  • Director, Nomination Committee, Midwest Region, Legal Marketing Association (2016, 2019, 2021)
  • President, Ohio Chapter, Legal Marketing Association (2010)
  • Board Member, Ohio Chapter, Legal Marketing Association (2008-2013)
  • Presenters Taskforce, Legal Marketing Association (2011)
  • Columbus Rotary Club (2024-Present)

Speaking Engagements

  • “Law Firm Business Development & Marketing,” Columbus Bar Association (2014-2016)
  • “Business Nuts and Bolts and Firm Functions,” The University of Akron School of Law (2012)

Publications

  • “Branding…It’s More Than Your Logo,” Legal Marketing Association, Ohio Chapter Newsletter (2011)

Education

  • M.S. Franklin University
  • B.A. Ashland University

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