Building Trust in the Legal Profession: Strengthen Your Network, Advance Your Career, and Better Serve Your Clients

Rudhir Krishtel
Rudhir Krishtel | Krishtel

Prior to becoming an executive coach and consultant, Rudhir practiced law for 15 years as a Federal Clerk, as a Patent Litigation Partner, and then as Senior Counsel at Apple. His lawyer days led him to train as a teacher for yoga and mindfulness meditation, and as a professional CoActive coach and leadership instructor where he serves as a much- needed support for the professional workplace community.

Live Video-Broadcast: September 10, 2025

1.5 hour CLE

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Program Summary

Building relationships can be challenging in a legal environment and yet also extremely valuable for our success. Whether we’re aiming to build our legal network, advance our careers, better serve our clients, or build a book of businesses, knowing how to build trust is a fundamental skill to continue to master in this environment. If we want to master it, let’s spend some time investigating trust, especially for those in the legal profession. In this program, we will explore the role of trust in legal and business relationships and the various ways to engender trust with others.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Importance of trust in client and professional relationships
  • Identifying who trusts you and whom you trust within your legal network and understanding how those dynamics developed
  • Strategies to deepen trust with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders by reflecting on your existing professional relationships

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Date / Time: September 10, 2025

  • 12:00 pm – 1:40 pm Eastern
  • 11:00 am – 12:40 pm Central
  • 10:00 am – 11:40 am Mountain
  • 9:00 am – 10:40 am Pacific

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Rudhir Krishtel | Krishtel

Prior to becoming an executive coach and consultant, Rudhir practiced law for 15 years as a Federal Clerk, as a Patent Litigation Partner, and then as Senior Counsel at Apple.

His lawyer days led him to train as a teacher for yoga and mindfulness meditation, and as a professional CoActive coach and leadership instructor where he serves as a much- needed support for the professional workplace community. Rudhir and his team specialize in creating the space for having difficult conversations and growth at the intersection of Leadership, well-being, business development, and engagement issues.

He focuses on increasing team engagement and provides tools for those affected by the most challenging aspects of work.

Agenda

I. Importance of trust in client and professional relationships | 12:00pm – 12:30pm

II. Identifying who trusts you and whom you trust within your legal network and understanding how those dynamics developed | 12:30pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

III. Strategies to deepen trust with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders by reflecting on your existing professional relationships | 1:10pm – 1:40pm

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