Dianna S. Leach

Current

• Principal and Consultant at D.S. Leach Consulting, Inc.

Past

• Senior Attorney Editor at Thomson West
• Assistant Director of PBI/Publications Attorney; Program Attorney at Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Education

• Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

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Connections

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Industry

Publishing

Websites

• My Company

Dianna S. Leach’s Summary

Experienced publishing professional with significant people and project management skills. Exploring use of social media technology as cost-effective yet highly focused method of product development and promotion. Interested in using my background, experience and status as an "educated" African-American woman to help people better understand themselves, the communities in which they live and work and the larger world around them.

Dianna S. Leach’s Experience

• Principal and Consultant

  D.S. Leach Consulting, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  November 2005 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Our firm provides client-specific editorial, publishing technology and project management solutions to a diverse and global clientele.

• Senior Attorney Editor

  Thomson West

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TOC; Publishing industry)

  August 2001 — October 2005 (4 years 3 months)

  As a senior attorney editor, I served as publication editor of New York Pattern Jury Instructions—Civil, a premier Thomson West publication, successfully managing all aspects of product development and author relations, enhancing publication quality and increasing revenue annually. I also served as publication editor of several other notable Thomson West publications, including West’s McKinney’s Forms for New York and Guide to Employment Law and Regulation. In this role, I collaborated with team members to develop and implement best practices in utilizing editorial resources and coordinating work-flows, which resulted in increased efficiencies for the team and allowed us to increase our workload with each deliverable.

• Assistant Director of PBI/Publications Attorney; Program Attorney

  Pennsylvania Bar Institute

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry)

  June 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 3 months)

  As an assistant director, I advised PBI’s board of directors, executive director, and other staff on best practices for publication and continuing legal education development, production and delivery.
  As a publications attorney, I contributed to the successful publication of all PBI Press titles, including new books, new editions of existing books and supplements; edited manuscripts by PBI Press authors; composed advertising copy and attended conferences to promote PBI Press; and helped the PBI Press Director launch the PBI Press online bookstore and manage the PBI Press budget, staff and other departmental resources.
  As a program attorney, I helped launch PBI’s online continuing legal education programs; managed the seminar planning process to produce high quality courses; edited seminar manual manuscripts; and collaborated with the marketing director and PBI's authors to develop copy for letters, flyers and catalogs promoting PBI seminars and conferences.

Dianna S. Leach’s Education

• Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

  1991 — 1994

Additional Information

Dianna S. Leach’s Websites:

• My Company

Dianna S. Leach’s Groups:

Association for Women in Communications--Rochester, NY Chapter
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, NY

Dianna S. Leach’s Contact Settings

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