David Adams is a seasoned coach, author, and speaker. He brings over 20 years of experience to his role of helping attorneys and firm leaders improve their business development and leadership skills. David is an expert in helping lawyers, working individually and in practice groups, develop the necessary attitudes, behaviors, and capabilities to succeed.

He is committed to helping attorneys achieve that ideal combination of professional success and personal fulfillment.

As the founder of Revenue Wise, a business development & leadership firm for lawyers, David has worked with hundreds of lawyers at such firms as Davis Polk, Cleary Gottlieb, Gibson Dunn, King & Spaulding, Morgan Lewis, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Seyfarth Shaw, Cadwalader, Fenwick & West, Latham & Watkins, Locke Lord, Kilpatrick Townsend, Littler Mendelson, Polsinelli, Holland & Hart, Keker & Van Nest; and many others.

In his roles as a coach, consultant, and trainer, David is sharply focused on producing measurable results and helping lawyers overcome internal and external obstacles to achieving business development success. Many firms have standardized on the Revenue Wise approach to business development.

David works with practice groups to refocus their efforts, reposition them in the marketplace, formulate effective plans, overcome personality conflicts among leaders and members, and create methods of accountability that help them achieve their objectives.

David also works with firm management and its leaders to develop effective growth strategies and plans; implement cross-selling programs; develop the next generation of leaders; help the management committee work more effectively together and resolve issues amongst the partnership; and facilitate effective retreats and meetings.