LMA Midwest Region

Who is leading the way in legal marketing across the Midwest?

The Best of the Midwest Awards are now accepting submissions, and this week we’re spotlighting the individual awards recognizing the professionals whose leadership, initiative, and impact deserve to be celebrated.

Categories include:
Kindling Award – Emerging Talent & Early Career Impact
Catalyst Award – Ex*****on, Influence & Immediate Impact
North Star Award – Leadership & Sustained Impact

Firm award submissions are also open, recognizing the team efforts, initiatives, and projects helping move law firms forward across the Midwest Region.

Review the trail rules and submit your entry today - deadline to submit is June 26!

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Thank you to everyone who joined our LMA Minnesota Business Development Professionals Meet Up on June 10!

Facilitated by Sally Schmidt and Nick Manty, the conversation focused on practical ways to help attorneys strengthen client relationships, prepare more effectively for pitches and presentations, and stay accountable to follow-up and business development goals.

The group shared ideas on making outreach more client-focused, using thought leadership as a meaningful touchpoint, keeping presentations conversational and relationship-first, and helping attorneys re-engage clients in ways that feel relevant and authentic.

Thank you to Sally, Nick and all who participated for a thoughtful and energizing discussion!

Looking to sharpen your digital marketing skills alongside legal marketing peers who understand the work?

Registration is now open for the 2026 LMA Midwest Learning Lab – Digital Marketing Mastermind Group, a peer-to-peer mentoring experience designed to help digital marketing professionals connect, learn, and grow.

Participants will be matched into small groups based on growth interests and skill levels. Each group will meet virtually once a month for nine months, creating a consistent space to ask questions, share ideas, get feedback on projects, and learn from others navigating similar challenges.

Learning Lab groups will begin meeting by August 15 and continue through April 2027.

Registration is open through Wednesday, July 15.

Member cost: $149
Non-member cost: $199

Ready to connect and grow? Register today.

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Minnesota legal marketing professionals — join us Tuesday, July 21, from 10:30-11:30 am CT for the Social, Digital & Marketing Technology Professionals Meet-up at Spyhouse at the Emery Hotel.

Facilitated by Laura Gutierrez, director of referral partnerships at JD Supra, this meet-up will be a chance to connect, share recent experiences and discuss best practices in social, digital and marketing technology.

Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04k-ryt0

Which trail did your firm blaze this year?

The Best of the Midwest Awards are now accepting firm award submissions, recognizing the marketing, communications, creative, strategic, collaborative, and innovative work that helps move law firms forward across the LMA Midwest Region.

Firm submissions are free, and eligible work must have been completed between January 2025 and June 2026. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, June 26.

This year’s firm award categories include:

• Compass Award: Strategy & Business Impact
• Signal Award: Marketing Campaigns & Visibility
• Imprint Award: Creative, Brand & Design
• Keystone Award: People, Collaboration & Impact
• Wayfinder Award: Innovation, AI & New Approaches

The Summit Award: Best in Show will be selected from all firm award submissions.
Individual award submissions are also open and will be spotlighted next week.

Submit your nominations here: https://hubs.li/Q04kQkGy0

Join LMA Michigan on Wednesday, June 17, at 12:00 pm ET for Marketing at the Top: Insights from Legal CMOs, an in-person panel discussion at JAMS Detroit, our event sponsor.

Featuring Linda Moss of Dykema, Joseph Caffrey of Varnum LLP and Patrick Johnson of Honigman, this conversation will explore how legal CMOs are shaping firm strategy, aligning marketing and business development with firm leadership, and responding to trends influencing the future of the profession.

We hope you’ll join us for an afternoon of insight, discussion, and connection with the Michigan legal marketing community.

📍 JAMS Detroit
150 W Jefferson Ave, Suite 1600, Detroit

Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04kNNDx0

⚽ Kansas City Legal Marketers ⚽

Can’t get enough of soccer this summer? Join your fellow legal marketers for a women’s soccer match at CPKC Stadium. We’ll cheer on the KC Current in their game against Racing Louisville and socialize. Attendees are welcomed and encouraged to bring family and friends.

🌍CPKC Stadium, Kansas City
⏱️7-9 pm CT, Wednesday, July 29
💵 $45 for members and prospective members
📌Register today: https://hubs.ly/Q04kBYK70

Join fellow Minnesota events professionals for a morning meet-up on Thursday, July 16, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. CT at Gray Fox in Deluxe Plaza.

Facilitated by Kristine Migely and Christine Berndt, this gathering will offer an opportunity to connect, share event experiences, and discuss best practices with peers in the industry.

We hope to see you there!

Register: https://hubs.li/Q04k7rs60

Submissions are now open for the 2026 Best of the Midwest Awards.

Also known as the Your Honor Awards, the Best of the Midwest Awards celebrate standout legal marketing and business development work across the region — recognizing the strategy, creativity, collaboration, and impact moving our profession forward.

This year’s awards will be presented during the 2026 LMA Midwest Summit & Awards: Basecamp: Midwest Expedition, taking place Thursday, Sept. 24, at Bank of America Tower in Chicago.

Award categories include:

Firm Awards
• Compass Award: Strategy & Business Impact
• Signal Award: Marketing Campaigns & Visibility
• Keystone Award: People, Collaboration & Impact
• Imprint Award: Creative, Brand & Design
• Wayfinder Award: Innovation, AI & New Approaches

Individual Awards
• Kindling Award: Emerging Talent & Early Career Impact
• Catalyst Award: Ex*****on, Influence & Immediate Impact
• North Star Award: Leadership & Sustained Impact

Submissions are due June 26.

Submit your work and help us celebrate the ideas, teams and professionals shaping what’s next for legal marketing and business development in the Midwest.

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Thank you to everyone who joined yesterday’s LMA Ohio Chapter event at Vorys in Cleveland, and to those who participated virtually from Columbus and Cincinnati! LMA members came together for a great conversation on how legal marketing and business development professionals are helping shape the future of law firms and strengthen client relationships.

A special thanks to our sponsor, Evergreen Podcasts, for supporting this event, and to our attorney panelists for sharing thoughtful, practical insights with attendees across the state!