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You can e-mail Mark at mark@markmaraia.com or call him at his direct number, 303-791-1042.
Mark authored his first book, Rainmaking Made Simple: What Every Professional Must Know, in 2003. Every idea presented has been field tested with thousands of attorneys around the world. This how-to book assists attorneys in developing their marketing skills without compromising their integrity or their professional status. Mark was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver, College of Law for 5 years. During that time, Mark designed and taught a skills course on client relations for second and third year law students. In 1990 Mark founded his own practice development coaching firm and is now a practice development coach who spends nearly all of his time developing the client relationship skills of lawyers throughout North America and Australia. Mark has personally coached thousands of lawyers and practice groups from numerous practice areas on how to develop the selling and networking skills needed to help them create and strengthen client relationships, both individually and in teams. In so doing, he has helped his clients achieve significant bottom line results. He has personally coached dozens of lawyers from each of the following practice areas: Corporate finance, real estate, complex commercial litigation, insurance litigation, tax, securities, international business, environmental, employment, trusts and estates, employee benefits/ERISA, bankruptcy, franchising, state tax, securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, health care, patent and trademark, and many others. Mark's prior experience as a practicing lawyer together with his involvement in individual and team selling efforts of law firms throughout North America has given him unusual insights on selling legal services and building client relationships. In addition, he is an avid student of how lawyer-client relationships are formed and deepened and how they are broken off. Mark has addressed scores of lawyer audiences throughout the world. Audience members find his energy contagious and his insights on law firm marketing invaluable. Mark’s most recent keynote address, Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers, was delivered at the 2006 Australasian Professional Services Marketing Association in Melbourne, Australia. Mark is a 1983 graduate of The University of South Carolina, College of Law, and a 1980 graduate of Villanova University. Maraia
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Mark
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Mark
Maraia has been licensed to practice law in
Colorado since 1983. He has worked both in private
practice and as in house corporate counsel. Much of
his private practice experience was spent
litigating complex commercial matters for a small
Denver-based securities boutique law firm. As in
house counsel for a Denver-based brokerage firm,
Mark had oversight responsibility for as many as
forty outside law firms. 
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