MEET OUR COACHES
Choose the coach who best aligns with you and what you seek to accomplish.
All our coaches offer virtual and in-person coaching.
Allison Wolf – Vancouver, BC
As a coach with over 20 years of experience, my strengths lie in business development, practice management, and career growth at all levels of seniority. Having worked with a wide range of clients from every area of practice, I have developed a deep understanding of the national and international legal marketplace, which informs my approach.
My coaching practice is grounded in neuroscience, helping lawyers and law firms take a brain-aligned approach to leadership, productivity, and sustainable success. By integrating the latest insights into how the brain works best, I support my clients in optimizing their decision-making, focus, resilience, and performance. This science-backed approach enables legal professionals to navigate high-pressure environments more effectively while fostering well-being and long-term career satisfaction.
I also have extensive experience working with neurodiverse clients, tailoring my coaching to meet their unique strengths, challenges, and ways of thinking. By creating strategies that work with—not against—their natural cognitive styles, I help neurodiverse lawyers and professionals thrive in their careers while ensuring that law firms develop more inclusive and supportive workplaces.
Recognizing the challenges faced by law firm leaders, I founded the Flourishing Law Centre, a program designed specifically for founders and partners of small and midsized law firms. This initiative provides the critical support they need to reduce frustration, worry, and exhaustion—transforming firm leadership into a more satisfying, focused, and growth-oriented experience.
In addition to my coaching practice, I have over 20 years of experience as an in-house legal marketing and business development professional for law firms of all sizes and scope. My career began with the Beijing, New York, and Washington D.C. offices of an international law firm, followed by roles with a national Canadian firm and two large regional firms. As a recognized expert in legal marketing and business development, I am frequently invited to write for U.S. and Canadian legal journals and present to professional associations and private law firms.
I am a Certified Executive Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation, a former board member of West Coast LEAF, and a former President of both the LMA Vancouver Chapter and the Pacifica Family Addictions Foundation. I received my Executive Coaching Certification (CEC) from Royal Roads University in 2004, a program accredited by the International Coaching Federation. I am also a 2014 graduate of the Martha Beck Life Coach Training program.
Jennifer Yong
TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH LAWYER
I see you. I hear you. What you say matters.
Jennifer offers transformational business coaching to lawyers, professionals, and executives. Her experience in law and business – including roles as General Counsel, VP Legal, and executive leader – give her insight into what you might be experiencing as a high-performing, successful professional who is seeking to evolve in your career.
Jennifer’s trauma-informed approach will provide you with an opportunity to show up for yourself in a safe, judgment-free space. You will be supported to see where you might be stuck, explore your purpose, connect with your worth, and step into your power.
Jennifer is led by her values of empathy, courage, authenticity and service. She supports those she works with to connect with their own humanity to create the change they wish to see in their careers and workplaces.
Contact: jennifer@thelawyercoach.com
Amy Binder
Amy is a lawyer by training with a graduate degree in legal education, a graduate certificate in executive coaching, and about twenty years of experience in the field.
Her core interests exist at the place where high performance and a people-first approach meet. For much of her career, Amy pursued those interests in the context of a global law firm, where she was able to discover how lawyers are best supported in their development, engagement and performance.
In her coaching, Amy works with busy and ambitious professionals to cultivate awareness and nudge behaviours that build resilience, support strong leadership, and create the foundations for personal and career growth.
Sheizana Murji
JD, MBA, ACC
Lawyer | Leadership & Team Coach | Mediator
Sheizana is a former General Counsel and legal executive with over 15 years of corporate and commercial law expertise in national law firms and in-house environments. She works with lawyers and leaders to sharpen strategic focus, build stronger relationships, and foster effective collaboration in high-demand environments.
She coaches on improving communications, navigating challenging situations and conflict, expanding perspectives and strategically planning the next steps. She also coaches teams to enhance leadership capabilities and strengthen team performance. Her coaching style is calm, curious, and incisive, helping clients think more clearly, connect more meaningfully, and lead with intention.
Sheizana holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. She is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, a CEDR Accredited Mediator, and an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviors®. She also teaches business law and governance and advises emerging leaders across the legal sector.
Contact: sheizana@thelawyercoach.com
Janiene Chand
Janiene is a lawyer coach trained by an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited institution. She started her journey in the legal field over 16 years ago at a boutique law firm and has since continued building her legal career through various roles, along with pursuing her qualification as a Certified Professional Coach and certifications in neurodiversity and EDI. Her diverse experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, lawyer, and manager give her a unique understanding of the varying dynamics within individual practices and teams.
Janiene supports legal professionals and paraprofessionals who are experiencing challenges and need assistance in navigating aspects of their practice. As someone with a strong skill-set in practice and time management, she often works with clients to successfully strategize around their individual and team workflows.
MEET OUR ADMIN
Meet our Admin who works behind the scenes to organize and support our Team with skillful proficiency.
Trish Kimble
Trish is a Virtual Executive Administrator who takes a proactive collaborative approach to create order out of chaos by managing systems and processes that increase productivity to help small businesses, like The Lawyer Coach, run more efficiently.
She has over 40 years of administrative and project management experience supporting C-Suite executives in government and a multitude of private industries.
Trish is a Certified Administrative Professional and a Certified Virtual Assistant who combined her passion for helping others with her administrative background to reFIRE her career instead of retiring when she left the corporate world.
Trish relies on her acquired skills, knowledge and leadership to train administrative personnel to become highly regarded strategic members of the team in the TLC Indispensable Assistant program.
She is also a #1 best-selling author in a collaborative book about women in business and an inspirational speaker who helps people smile and find hidden opportunities to change their outcomes.
MEET OUR ADVISORS
Meet the advisors who support our work with expertise, insights, and guidance
Carina Bittel
Carina’s 25 years of experience in law firm senior management includes all aspects of business strategy and operations. She began her legal career as the first Marketing Dierctor at Clark Wilson LLP in Vancouver, providing her with a solid grounding in the complex business of law and its nuances. She progressed from marketing to broader business roles as she worked with the Managing Partner and Executive Committee to define and pursue new strategic goals and growth strategies. She served as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer for eight years.
As COO, Carina was responsible for all aspects of business operations, including: firm strategic planning and plan implementation; administrative team management; revenue planning and expense budgeting; lawyer recruitment, retention and management; premises planning and renovation; and policy development. She was known as a “sounding board” for leadership, lawyers and staff on all variety of complexities and decisions, and for providing strategic, practical and thoughtful advice.
Carina’s experience serves as the foundation for her practical and comprehensive approach as an advisor to law firm leadership. Her practice is focused on the areas where she is most passionate, authentic and has clear value to add: strategic planning; understanding and aligning strategy, vision and culture; and supporting law firm leaders and their teams in times of transition.
Carina has a B.Comm from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Director as certified by McMaster University and The Directors College. She is also certified as a 9EOI Strategy Facilitator.
Nicole Lee
Nicole Lee is a diversity, equity and inclusion expert, leadership coach, nationally recognized speaker and strategist.
The Lawyer Coach founder Allison Wolf has taken part in Nicole Lee’s Inclusive Life™ coaching program and regularly meets with Nicole and her team for on-going learning and support on applying diversity, equity, and inclusion to coaching practice and leadership.
Nicole is both an attorney and an intuitive coach. She brings a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens to her work in strategic planning, crisis management, training, advising, and coaching. Nicole brings light to serious issues in a poised and powerful way that evokes people to profound change. She knows this work is essential to achieving a just and equitable society.
Nicole is the voice of truth and power and has commentated on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and BBC. She has been recognized for her outstanding contributions in the private and public sectors through numerous awards, including Congressional Black Caucus, Running Starts “Women to Watch”, Black Women’s Roundtable TrailBlazer, Global Leadership, and the National Newspapers Publishers Association’s Press Champion Award.
MEET OUR COACHES
Choose the coach who best aligns with you and what you seek to accomplish. All our coaches offer virtual and in-person coaching.
Allison Wolf – Vancouver, BC
As a coach with over 20 years of experience, my strengths lie in business development, practice management, and career growth at all levels of seniority. Having worked with a wide range of clients from every area of practice, I have developed a deep understanding of the national and international legal marketplace, which informs my approach.
My coaching practice is grounded in neuroscience, helping lawyers and law firms take a brain-aligned approach to leadership, productivity, and sustainable success. By integrating the latest insights into how the brain works best, I support my clients in optimizing their decision-making, focus, resilience, and performance. This science-backed approach enables legal professionals to navigate high-pressure environments more effectively while fostering well-being and long-term career satisfaction.
I also have extensive experience working with neurodiverse clients, tailoring my coaching to meet their unique strengths, challenges, and ways of thinking. By creating strategies that work with—not against—their natural cognitive styles, I help neurodiverse lawyers and professionals thrive in their careers while ensuring that law firms develop more inclusive and supportive workplaces.
Recognizing the challenges faced by law firm leaders, I founded the Flourishing Law Centre, a program designed specifically for founders and partners of small and midsized law firms. This initiative provides the critical support they need to reduce frustration, worry, and exhaustion—transforming firm leadership into a more satisfying, focused, and growth-oriented experience.
In addition to my coaching practice, I have over 20 years of experience as an in-house legal marketing and business development professional for law firms of all sizes and scope. My career began with the Beijing, New York, and Washington D.C. offices of an international law firm, followed by roles with a national Canadian firm and two large regional firms. As a recognized expert in legal marketing and business development, I am frequently invited to write for U.S. and Canadian legal journals and present to professional associations and private law firms.
I am a Certified Executive Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation, a former board member of West Coast LEAF, and a former President of both the LMA Vancouver Chapter and the Pacifica Family Addictions Foundation. I received my Executive Coaching Certification (CEC) from Royal Roads University in 2004, a program accredited by the International Coaching Federation. I am also a 2014 graduate of the Martha Beck Life Coach Training program.
Jennifer Yong
TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH LAWYER
I see you. I hear you. What you say matters.
Jennifer offers transformational business coaching to lawyers, professionals, and executives. Her experience in law and business – including roles as General Counsel, VP Legal, and executive leader – give her insight into what you might be experiencing as a high-performing, successful professional who is seeking to evolve in your career.
Jennifer’s trauma-informed approach will provide you with an opportunity to show up for yourself in a safe, judgment-free space. You will be supported to see where you might be stuck, explore your purpose, connect with your worth, and step into your power.
Jennifer is led by her values of empathy, courage, authenticity and service. She supports those she works with to connect with their own humanity to create the change they wish to see in their careers and workplaces.
Contact: jennifer@thelawyercoach.com
Amy Binder
Amy is a lawyer by training with a graduate degree in legal education, a graduate certificate in executive coaching, and about twenty years of experience in the field.
Her core interests exist at the place where high performance and a people-first approach meet. For much of her career, Amy pursued those interests in the context of a global law firm, where she was able to discover how lawyers are best supported in their development, engagement and performance.
In her coaching, Amy works with busy and ambitious professionals to cultivate awareness and nudge behaviours that build resilience, support strong leadership, and create the foundations for personal and career growth.
Sheizana Murji
JD, MBA, ACC
Lawyer | Leadership & Team Coach | Mediator
Sheizana is a former General Counsel and legal executive with over 15 years of corporate and commercial law expertise in national law firms and in-house environments. She works with lawyers and leaders to sharpen strategic focus, build stronger relationships, and foster effective collaboration in high-demand environments.
She coaches on improving communications, navigating challenging situations and conflict, expanding perspectives and strategically planning the next steps. She also coaches teams to enhance leadership capabilities and strengthen team performance. Her coaching style is calm, curious, and incisive, helping clients think more clearly, connect more meaningfully, and lead with intention.
Sheizana holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. She is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, a CEDR Accredited Mediator, and an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviors®. She also teaches business law and governance and advises emerging leaders across the legal sector.
Contact: sheizana@thelawyercoach.com
Janiene Chand
Janiene is a lawyer coach trained by an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited institution. She started her journey in the legal field over 16 years ago at a boutique law firm and has since continued building her legal career through various roles, along with pursuing her qualification as a Certified Professional Coach and certifications in neurodiversity and EDI. Her diverse experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, lawyer, and manager give her a unique understanding of the varying dynamics within individual practices and teams.
Janiene supports legal professionals and paraprofessionals who are experiencing challenges and need assistance in navigating aspects of their practice. As someone with a strong skill-set in practice and time management, she often works with clients to successfully strategize around their individual and team workflows.
MEET OUR ADMIN
Meet our Admin who works behind the scenes to organize and support our Team with skillful proficiency.
Trish Kimble
Trish is a Virtual Executive Administrator who takes a proactive collaborative approach to create order out of chaos by managing systems and processes that increase productivity to help small businesses, like The Lawyer Coach, run more efficiently.
She has over 40 years of administrative and project management experience supporting C-Suite executives in government and a multitude of private industries.
Trish is a Certified Administrative Professional and a Certified Virtual Assistant who combined her passion for helping others with her administrative background to reFIRE her career instead of retiring when she left the corporate world.
Trish relies on her acquired skills, knowledge and leadership to train administrative personnel to become highly regarded strategic members of the team in the TLC Indispensable Assistant program.
She is also a #1 best-selling author in a collaborative book about women in business and an inspirational speaker who helps people smile and find hidden opportunities to change their outcomes.
MEET OUR ADVISORS
FIND THE RIGHT ADVISOR FOR YOU
Carina Bittel
Carina’s 25 years of experience in law firm senior management includes all aspects of business strategy and operations. She began her legal career as the first Marketing Dierctor at Clark Wilson LLP in Vancouver, providing her with a solid grounding in the complex business of law and its nuances. She progressed from marketing to broader business roles as she worked with the Managing Partner and Executive Committee to define and pursue new strategic goals and growth strategies. She served as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer for eight years.
As COO, Carina was responsible for all aspects of business operations, including: firm strategic planning and plan implementation; administrative team management; revenue planning and expense budgeting; lawyer recruitment, retention and management; premises planning and renovation; and policy development. She was known as a “sounding board” for leadership, lawyers and staff on all variety of complexities and decisions, and for providing strategic, practical and thoughtful advice.
Carina’s experience serves as the foundation for her practical and comprehensive approach as an advisor to law firm leadership. Her practice is focused on the areas where she is most passionate, authentic and has clear value to add: strategic planning; understanding and aligning strategy, vision and culture; and supporting law firm leaders and their teams in times of transition.
Carina has a B.Comm from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Director as certified by McMaster University and The Directors College. She is also certified as a 9EOI Strategy Facilitator.
Nicole Lee
Nicole Lee is a diversity, equity and inclusion expert, leadership coach, nationally recognized speaker and strategist.
The Lawyer Coach founder Allison Wolf has taken part in Nicole Lee’s Inclusive Life™ coaching program and regularly meets with Nicole and her team for on-going learning and support on applying diversity, equity, and inclusion to coaching practice and leadership.
Nicole is both an attorney and an intuitive coach. She brings a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens to her work in strategic planning, crisis management, training, advising, and coaching. Nicole brings light to serious issues in a poised and powerful way that evokes people to profound change. She knows this work is essential to achieving a just and equitable society.
Nicole is the voice of truth and power and has commentated on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and BBC. She has been recognized for her outstanding contributions in the private and public sectors through numerous awards, including Congressional Black Caucus, Running Starts “Women to Watch”, Black Women’s Roundtable TrailBlazer, Global Leadership, and the National Newspapers Publishers Association’s Press Champion Award.
