Jeanne Hammerstrom
Chief Marketing Officer
Overview
Jeanne brings over 30 years of legal marketing and business development experience to her post and has firm-wide responsibility for client service and communications. Jeanne also participates in the firm’s Executive, and Strategic Growth Committees.
Jeanne has transformed marketing’s role at Benesch, making it an integral part of the firm’s ability to attract, serve and retain clients as well as top-notch legal talent. During her tenure, Benesch has grown substantially in size and reach, joining the AmLaw 200 and perennially earning recognition as one of Northeast Ohio’s Best Workplaces. Under her leadership, Benesch was named one of BTI Consulting’s Badass Business Development Firms; Client Service A-Team; Innovation Builder; and Brand Elite. Benesch’s marketing department was recognized as the Sales & Service Team of the Year by The Legal Sales and Service Organization for their Team Everest Peak Performers’ Program and also as the “Best Business Team” at the 2025 American Lawyer Industry Awards.
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- Legal Marketing Association
- Member, Advocacy Advisory Council (2020)
- Law School Education Working Group
- Hall of Fame Committee (2020)
- Regional Nomination Committee (2020)
- Nomination Sub-Committee Chair (2013)
- President-National (2011)
- Annual Conference Co-Chair (2009)
- Nominating Committee (2008)
- President-Pittsburgh Chapter (1998-2000)
- Member, Advocacy Advisory Council (2020)
- Fellow, College of Law Practice Management
- Member, TerraLex Strategy Advisory Task Force
- Member, Intapp CMO/CMBDO Advisory Board
- Member, Kaitongo Strategic Advisory Board
- Board Member – Editorial Advisory, DeNovo Business Brief
- Associate Member, American Bar Association
- Inductee, Legal Marketing Association Hall of Fame – 2019
- Honoree, Crain’s Cleveland 2017 C-Suite, Chief Marketing Officer – Private Company
- Recipient, the Legal Sales and Service Organization’s 2017 Sales & Service Team of the Year
- Recipient, 2013 Communicators Award of Excellence for Law and Legal Services for the Benesch website: www.beneschlaw.com
- Recognized nationally as the #4 law firm marketing department in 2012 by MLF (an American Lawyer Media publication)
- Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference Awards:
- First place for Practice Management – 2015
- Second place for Identity Projects – 2015
- Second place for Interactive Recruiting Campaign – 2013
- Third place for Shale Initiative – 2013
- First place for Competitive Intelligence/Market Intelligence Team – 2008
Favorite Vacation Spot
Key West
Favorite TV Show
David Letterman’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”
Favorite Restaurant
Pier W
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Speaking & Events
Past Events
Navigating Success: Insights from Ohio’s Leading Chief Marketing Officers
Cleveland, OH
CMO Experience Roundtable: Influencing and Managing Your Team
Accelerating Action
Inside Out: Building Client Service Teams for Better Business Development
Las Vegas, NV
Fishbowl Peer Exchange: Maximizing your Business Development, Client Service, and Cross-Selling Pipelines
The Wand’s Wish: Reengineering the Firm via a Client-Centric Experience Strategy
Connecting PR Plans to Firm Strategy
If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now
Successful Succession: Maximizing Leadership and Client Transition
Longevity, Growth, Execution & Retention as a Legal CMO
Timeline of an Accomplished Law Firm Senior Marketer from Coordinator to CMO (1989 -Today)
Dynamic Growth of a Law Firm: How to Maintain and Enhance a Positive, Energetic Culture
Women Who Wow
Integrating Feedback into the Entire Client Lifecycle
Harder Better Faster Stronger: Maintaining a Culture of Innovation
Safe Harbor: Law Firm Marketing & Business Development Strategy in the Current Climate
How to Build a Business Development Team that Means Business
Detroit, MI
The Fault in Our Stars?: Case Studies in Lateral Integration Assessments
Dana Point, CA