Named one of PRNews’ Top Women in PR and Lawdragon’s 100 Legal Consultants You Need to Know, Cari Brunelle has spoken nationally on personal branding for women lawyers. She is a founding partner at Baretz+Brunelle, a national corporate advisory firm for elite law firms, high-profile businesses and prominent individuals. For more than 25 years, leaders of law firms and CEOs have regularly relied on her judgment in high stakes matters and in building and protecting their brands.
 
Cari began her career as a broadcast news anchor and reporter and produced two documentaries for PBS, one of which was nominated for an Emmy. Prior to her experience in the legal industry, she served as the public information officer for a Virginia state agency and managed media relations at two public universities and their teaching hospitals. She is a member of the women’s executive network Chief and the Legal Marketing Association and holds a degree in communications from the University of Virginia.