Carolyn Elefant is owner of Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, a national law firm focused on power, pipelines and property and a longtime blogger who has covered solo and small firm practice, legal innovation, diversity in the legal profession and the future of law for decades at her blog, MyShingle.com as well as publications like Law.com and Above the Law.  Carolyn has been quoted in the New York Times, featured in the ABA Journal and appeared on the Daily Show to discuss law firm business models. Dubbed the patron saint of solo and small firm practice, Carolyn’s book Solo by Choice has helped to launch thousands of solo and small law firms.  Carolyn has been named an Energy and Environmental Super Lawyer since 2012 (the only small firm lawyer on a list of AmLaw 200 firms), an ABA Legal Rebel (2010), a Fastcase 50 Innovator (2011) and an ABA Woman of Legal Tech (2014).