James J. Stapleton is the Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Littler, Mendelson P. C.  His responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing business development and marketing strategy
• Overall business development results
• Marketing and business development initiatives
• Supervision of Client Relations staff
• Results-driven management
• Business development metrics and reports
• Business and market intelligence
• Client relations, feedback and post mortems
• Sales training, coaching and sales management
• Business development budget and vendor relations
• He is responsible for all strategic business development and marketing initiatives. 

Prior to joining Littler Mendelson, James served in various national and international marketing, sales and knowledge management roles for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arthur Andersen, Grant Thornton and Fenwick & West. He has a strong track record of creating explosive growth and employing best practice marketing strategies for industry-leading professional services organizations.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Legal Marketing Association
• Member, Association of Accounting Marketers
• Member, American Marketing Association
• Founding Member, Northern California Association of Legal CMOs