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TEL: (617) 338-2959

Dianne C. Hertneky

Chief Operating Officer

Dianne C. Hertneky serves as Chief Operating Officer for Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Ms. Hertneky has over fourteen years of experience serving in the capacity of an executive operating officer for multi-office, mid-size law firms. As Chief Operating Officer of Sullivan & Worcester and a member of the firm’s management committee, Ms. Hertneky provides strategic guidance in addition to managing the firm’s day-to-day business operations. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hertneky was Chief Operating/Chief Financial Officer for Pennsylvania-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP. She served in similar executive and finance positions with  Eckert Seamans, Cherin & Mellot, LLC; MacElree Harvey Gallagher Featherman & Sebastian, Ltd.; and Knollridge Co., Inc., a real estate development company.

Speaking Engagements

  • Presenter – "Translating Marketing Expenditures To Revenues," Law Firm CFO Institute (April 2006)
  • Panelist – "Lateral Hiring and Integration Best Practices," audio conference (May 2005)
  • Panelist – "How to Strategically Apply Law Firm Economics to the Marketing and Business Development Functions," 2005 Legal Marketing Association of New England Chapter Annual Regional Conference (November 2005)
  • Presenter - "Doing Business with Law Firms," National Court Reporters Association Firm Owners Executive Conference (February 2005)

Professional & Civic Activities

  • National Board of Directors, NCRA Trust and Service Corporation
  • Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Honorary Societies
  • Association of Legal Administrators, LFA Caucus
  • The Boston Club

Education

  • M.B.A., Highest Honors, Vanderbilt University, 1990
  • B. A., summa cum laude, NC State University/University of North Carolina