Transforming brilliant attorneys into brilliant leaders.
A premier partner for law firm leadership.
Lochran Leadership is a trusted partner to global law and professional services firms, working with C-suite executives, senior attorneys/partners, and leadership teams where the quality of leadership has a direct impact on people, performance, and the future of the firm.
More than 25 years driving results
Organizations Impacted:
The strongest evidence of our impact is the work itself.
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Next Executive Forum
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October 14, 2026 11am ET
When Intelligence is No Longer the Differentiator:
3 Leadership Skills That Will Set Lawyers Apart in the Age of AI
As AI makes extraordinary intelligence increasingly accessible, what will make clients choose you, teams trust you, and colleagues want to follow you? We’ll explore three distinctly human leadership capabilities that will increasingly define who stands apart.
Paths to Success
Every leader's path looks different. We offer a range of coaching, assessment, and team-based engagements, each designed to meet you at the moment you're in and help you lead with greater intention and impact.
Our Services:
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Through rigorous assessments, confidential stakeholder interviews, and 360° feedback, we make the patterns shaping effectiveness visible, creating a clear foundation for meaningful development and change.
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Highly personalized coaching for senior attorneys and executives navigating greater complexity, visibility, and responsibility. Our work expands leadership range, strengthens influence, and helps exceptional leaders become more intentional about how they lead and the impact they create.
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Designed for leaders who share responsibility for a team, practice, or function, this work strengthens the partnership at the centre of their leadership. We help co-leaders build trust, navigate differences, clarify roles and decisions, and lead with greater alignment and collective impact.
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Bespoke offsites designed for leadership teams facing important conversations, decisions, or moments of transition. We create the conditions for candour, stronger relationships, meaningful alignment, and decisions that continue to hold long after the room clears.
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A high-calibre development experience for accomplished female attorneys who want to grow alongside an exceptional community of women. Through coaching, assessments, feedback, and cohort learning, participants deepen their leadership range, influence, confidence, and capacity to build careers that are both successful and deeply fulfilling.
What Leaders Are Saying
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“Jac has helped me become a more effective and confident leader by helping me play to my strengths, see challenges from new perspectives, and lead with greater purpose and intention. She has become a trusted advisor, a true champion and cultivator of women leaders.”
Cathy A. Birkeland | Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
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“I'd recommend Jac to any leader seeking an experienced coach who can provide candid feedback, help translate self-awareness into meaningful behavioral change, and ultimately elevate their effectiveness as a leader.”
Jon Avina | Partner, Cooley LLP
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“Jac is a wonderful human, able to connect across a range of executive styles and personalities, develop trust and empower teams and individuals to grow as people and as leaders.”
Rachel Proffitt | CEO & Partner, Cooley LLP
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“Jac has become a trusted advisor and one of my most valuable professional resources. She has an exceptional ability to quickly identify the core issue beneath a challenge, ask the right questions, and guide me toward a path forward without imposing her own judgment. I am a stronger, more confident leader because of our work together, and I recommend her without hesitation.”
Katrina Hausfeld | Partner, BCLP
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“To further enhance performance across more departments in our business, Jac provided training to several of my executive members as well as their broader teams. Hundreds of our employees have benefitted from her incredible work and we are continuing to see the positive impact of her work spreading across the organization.”
Jan Swartz | Group President, Holland America Group
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"Jac is incredibly perceptive and capable of understanding the complex interplays between the personal and the professional. She has helped me become a more well-rounded leader by providing actionable advice and insightful perspectives."
David Wang | Chief Innovation Officer, Cooley LLP
Meet the Founder
The leadership shifts that matter most, often begin with a different conversation.
For more than 20 years, Jac McNeil, MCC, has advised senior leaders on navigating the complexity, pressure, and human dynamics of leadership at the highest levels.
As Founder and CEO of Lochran Leadership, she brings a rare combination of deep listening, strategic perspective, compassionate candour, and an intimate understanding of the law firm ecosystem. Jac helps leaders make the invisible patterns of leadership visible, transforming insight into greater clarity, range, and influence.
Connect to explore a strategic conversation — we’d genuinely love to understand what’s most pressing for you right now.
We host quarterly Executive Forums on law firm leadership development. These are invitation-only. Let us know if you’d like to attend.
