Roy S. Ginsburg

Roy S. Ginsburg is a lawyer coach, consultant, law firm appraiser, and law firm broker with more than 40 years of legal practice experience. His background includes work in law firms of different sizes and in-house counsel roles. Over the past two decades, he has focused on helping solo practitioners and small-firm owners with succession planning, law firm sales, practice valuation, estate planning, family, immigration, and injury, and transition strategies for their professional futures at Roy Ginsburg, J.D.

Roy earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, where he served as an editor on the Law Review. He also earned a B.S. from Cornell University, majoring in Industrial and Labor Relations. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Donald Steinmetz at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, gaining valuable insight into legal reasoning, court process, and professional judgment before developing his broader career.

Roy began moving into lawyer coaching in the early 2000s after years of practicing law. His work now helps attorneys evaluate exit options, identify successors, value law practices, broker sales, downsize, or wind down responsibly. He has worked with firms of different sizes, rural and metropolitan, across many practice areas from Alaska to Florida, helping more than a hundred attorneys capture and maximize practice value.

Roy S. Ginsburg is also a frequent speaker, blogger, and CLE presenter on law firm sales, succession planning, practice management, and lawyer transitions. He contributes to attorneyatwork.com and remains active in professional and community organizations. His involvement includes volunteer work with Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota and Volunteer Lawyers Network, along with bar association service, including the Minnesota State Bar Association Senior Lawyers Section, supporting lawyers through practical guidance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Roy S. Ginsburg, J.D.
• Volunteer Lawyer, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM)
• Member, Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Minneapolis, Marketing Committee
• Volunteer Lawyer, Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN)
• Former President, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), Minnesota Chapter
• Member, Hennepin County Bar Association (HSBA)
• Vice-Chair, Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), Senior Lawyers Section

Licensed State

• Minnesota

Education

• University of Wisconsin Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Cornell University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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