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)
  • American Marketing Association (2003-2011)
  • AIM Awards Committee, AMA Columbus (2008)
  • Legal Marketing Association (2005-Present)
  • Midwest Region Director Nomination Committee, LMA International (2016, 2019)
  • Ohio Chapter, Board Member, Legal Marketing Association (2008-2013)
  • LMA International Presenters Taskforce (2011)

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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