About True Value Partnering Institute
The next frontier of career advancement for legal professionals
True Value Partnering institute
Welcome to the digital home for the highly regarded True Value Partnering Institute (TVPi.) We have been in existence for nearly a decade and are one of the leading forums for senior legal operations folks, pricing experts, legal project management gurus and a host of other allied legal business professionals.
TVPi is dedicated to the learning, networking and professional advancement of legal business professionals that take the lead in driving value.
Why TVPi?
Our Objectives
- Recognize professional development through accreditation
- Conduct research on a broad range of trends and issues in the legal profession;
- Learning and knowledge sharing among members of the Think Tank;
- Generation of new knowledge and thought leadership on trends and challenges affecting client service delivery (practice of law) and law practice management (business of law);
- Development and publication of articles, blog posts, white papers, and research reports;
- Speaking engagements at conferences, law firms, corporate legal departments, and academic institutions.
Core Values
Fellowship
We support the professional development, friendship and collective cohesiveness of our cohort and the institute.
Participation
We strive to advance our role through active participation, the creation of thought leadership together and the mentoring of our fellow members.
Humility
We acknowledge that to become stronger we must continually learn and develop professionally.
Integrity
We uphold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
Community
We support our friends who contribute to the study and advancement of value
in the legal profession.
More about TVPi
TVPi was founded and run by leaders and experts in the legal business profession with the primary objective of enhanced learning, networking and professional advancement of legal business professionals.
TVPi celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2023 and launched its first Accreditation, the Accredited Legal Pricing Professional (ALPP) several years ago.
Since then it has added a handful of additional Accreditations on cutting edge and emerging specialist disciplines within the Business of Law. In addition, it hosts an Annual Meeting (Intersect) every year in Miami and has an online community of over 500 legal business professionals called “Intersect Legal”, including a Law Firm Chiefs Cohort comprising of nearly a 100 participants.
With decades of experience in the legal industry, TVPi has formed a highly qualified accrediting body to designate these official statuses to professionals in the field.
Meet the Advisory Board
Matt Beekhuizen
Chief Pricing & Innovation Officer
Greenberg Traurig, LLC
Leslie Brown
Director of Client Value
Blanke Rome LLP
Hush Cott
Chief Strategic Pricing Officer
Covington & Burling LLP
Melissa Prince
Chief of Legal Operations
Ice Miller LLP
Steve Manton
Client Value Officer
McDermott Will & Emery
John Ferko
Chief Operating Officer
Richards, Layton, & Finger
Elizabeth Satterfield
Chief Operating Officer
Moor & Van Allen PLLC
James Shoemaker
Chief Legal Operations Officer
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Dwight Floyd
Chief Operating Officer
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Peter Geovanes
Chief Innovation & AI Officer
McGuire Woods LLC
Michael Boussy
Global Revenue Officer
Ropes & Gray LLP