A licensed attorney since 1992, Nora Riva Bergman is a law firm coach who understands the unique challenges that lawyers face in the 21st century. She has practiced as an employment law attorney and certified mediator and has served as an adjunct professor at both Stetson University College of Law and the University of South Florida. Nora has been a speaker at conferences for the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, the National Association of Bar Executives, the Florida Bar, and other national and regional legal organizations. She also served for eight years as the executive director of a voluntary bar association with over 1,200 members. Nora received an undergraduate degree in journalism, summa cum laude, from the University of South Florida and her JD, cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law, where she was a member of the law review and served as a mentor for incoming students.