Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief. And now here's your host

Cameron Harold. Our guest today is the chief operating officer of Knight Nicastro McKay LLC, Dr. Dana Knight

Reyes. Knight-McCastro-McCain LLC is a litigation-focused law firm from their regional offices

in Colorado, Missouri, Montana, and Illinois,

they've represented businesses including transportation entities, public employers, and insurers

throughout the United States. For 24 months Dana has assisted the Board of

managers in developing planning and executing the vision and business plan of

the almost four-year-old law firm. Dana manages the administrative operations of

the firm including supervising all non-attorney personnel,

managing the operation and information systems,

overseeing the finance functions,

assisting in the marketing of the legal services and evaluating managing and

supervising the facilities of this $20 million fast-paced law firm.

Dana holds a doctorate in organizational development and leadership

and brings diverse work experiences serving high-performing

organizations as a professional development coach and organizational development consultant

primarily in the education world. Dana is also a mother of two boys and a sister of four brothers. So Dana, welcome to the Second of Grand Podcast.

Thank you. My pleasure. So tell me your journey. How did you end up as the CEO for a law firm?

Because as we were kind of just getting started,

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