Exec-Comm’s team of experienced attorneys brings an added dimension to the learning experience for your participants. With a combined 30+ years of practice in both corporate and litigation settings, Exec-Comm’s attorney-consultants leverage real-life, substantive and relevant experiences when teaching communication skills to attorneys. Our Law Firm Curriculum, provides a roadmap for training your attorneys in the skills most relevant to them at different points in their careers. See the seminars we deliver at law firms, internal corporate legal departments, government agencies and law schools.
Beth Adler
Beth Adler is an Exec-Comm faculty instructor who trains lawyers and business executives from law firms, investment banks, commercial banks and professional services firms. Clients that Beth has worked with recently include The National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Marsh, Deutsche Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Prior to her coaching career, Beth was a lawyer for 15 years. Her experience includes nine years at Sony Music Entertainment Inc, most recently as Vice President in the legal department and Senior Vice President, Business Affairs at Sony Classical.
In addition to her Exec-Comm role, Beth is also an actor. She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, and received a join J.D./M.B.A. from the Northwestern University School of Law and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. At Northwestern, Beth was an editor on the Law Review.
Ethan Cadoff
Ethan brings a variety of experiences to Exec-Comm as a faculty member. Trained as an attorney, he has worked for over 15 years helping attorneys, salespeople, business managers and customer service personnel to develop their presentation and communication skills.
Prior to joining Exec-Comm, he formulated and conducted one-on-one training courses as the senior recruiter at a national legal recruiting firm. Subsequently, he facilitated and participated in numerous improvisational simulation training seminars focused on team building, pharmaceutical sales skills, and legal client interview, deposition and trial skills.
Ethan holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from Villanova University where he was a member of the Law Review.
Sean Romanoff
Sean is part of Exec-Comm’s Law Firm Group and also consults with a wide variety of other clients. He specializes in presenting, writing, and relationship building, and uses this expertise to help clients communicate more effectively by focusing on their audience. The goal is always to help clients deliver complex ideas more simply so their message becomes memorable and has greater impact.
After working as an attorney in general practice, Sean taught writing and presentation courses at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He focused on key concepts like voice, clarity, and persuasion, and trained students to manage their own reactions to the stress of speaking in front of others.
In addition to his teaching, Sean also worked as a freelance copywriter and marketing consultant where he helped organizations of all sizes develop genuine, authentic communications designed not only to add clients – but build a loyal community. As a freelance copywriter, he wrote for organizations like ADP, Pearson Education, and Seton Hall Law School. Prior to work, Sean earned his JD from Rutgers School of Law after receiving his BA with honors from the Ohio State University.
When he’s not helping clients, Sean enjoys spending time with his family and pursuing his twin passions of reading and writing. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey with his wife, son, daughter, and two dogs.
Jay Sullivan
Jay Sullivan is the Managing Partner at Exec-Comm and leads the firm’s Law Firm Group. Jay works closely with the learning and development professionals at Citi, KPMG and many national law firms to create customized communication skills solutions for senior executives and partners. Jay is a featured columnist for the New York Law Journal, where his column, The Art of Communication appears regularly.
Whether working with groups or in one-on-one coaching arrangements Jay helps professionals have greater impact by teaching them to focus on the needs of their audiences.
Jay joined Exec-Comm after nine years as a practicing attorney. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1989. That year, Jay was named among the first class of Skadden Fellows by the Skadden Foundation. As a Skadden Fellow, Jay acted as in-house legal counsel at Covenant House, a crisis shelter for runaway and homeless teenagers. In addition, as a member of Covenant House’s Speakers Bureau, he was a frequent spokesman for the agency. Following his Fellowship, Jay spent seven years practicing insurance law on behalf of Lloyds of London.
After graduating from Boston College in 1984 with a B.A. in English, Jay spent two years in the Boston College International Volunteer Program teaching English language and composition and public speaking. As a freelance writer of both serious and humorous short essays, he has been published in Readers Digest, Catholic Digest, Parents Magazine, The Golfer, and The New York Times.
