Vanessa V. Petrea
Senior Manager, Business Development
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Vanessa Petrea finds joy in building up others and genuinely loves getting to know people on a deeper level. An unapologetic extrovert, Vanessa created an unlikely path into legal marketing. More than 20 years ago, she started as a legal secretary and currently serves as the Senior Business Development Manager covering the IP practice for a global law firm. She has worked as a legal marketing professional for 15 years. During that time, Vanessa has developed extensive experience writing and managing proposals in connection with legal services. She currently serves as president of the Legal Marketing Association Southwest Region and the president of her local school board in Central Texas consisting of more than 20,000 students and 3,000 staff members. She is also the co-host of The Legal S/ant podcast which is focused on bringing the legal marketing community together to provide wisdom, humor, camaraderie and life hacks.
