Gerry Riskin
Edge International
Organization Type: Consulting Firm
Position/Title: Partner
Functional Area: Management/Consulting
The Valley, Anguilla
Business Phone: 44.20.7078.7475
Fax:
riskin@edge-international.com
http://www.edge.ai/
Gerry Riskin is a Canadian lawyer and Business School graduate with a global reputation as an author, management consultant and pioneer in the field of professional firm economics and marketing. After winning two Queen Elizabeth Scholarships, he practiced law from 1973, in 1979 becoming a partner with one hundred-year-old Emery Jamieson and then in 1984 becoming the Managing Partner of Snyder & Company with offices in Canada and Hong Kong. Gerry was consistently one of the top three rainmakers in his firm and quickly began to develop a reputation which led to a demand for his abilities to teach others to do the same.
In 1983, Gerry co-founded The Edge Group which in January 2001 evolved into Edge International. Over our history we have topped the list in a survey depicting the most popular marketing consultants by major U.S. firms and have been named one of the top three legal consultancies by U.S. Managing Partners.
Gerry has served the Conference Board of Canada, is a Fellow of The College of Law in London and a Visiting Professor at the University or Pretoria in South AfricaGerry co-authored, at Butterworths’ request, a text on the marketing of legal services called Practice Development: Creating the Marketing Mindset, and, for The Institute for Best Practices, two works for those in firms with management responsibilities: Herding Cats and beyond KNOWING, both of which have become management best-sellers (Herding Cats has remained on the “Canadian Management Bestsellers” list for several years).
A popular facilitator, teacher and retreat speaker, Gerry is a widely recognized expert on managing professional service firms, described by The Financial Post as “Canada’s professional firm management and marketing guru, with a client base stretching from Britain to the United States.”
He blogs at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices at www.gerryriskin.com
Gerry was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management in 2011.
