Akerman CEO and leadership

Scott Meyers is a Chairman/CEO at AKERMAN LLP. He has worked as Managing Partner at AKERMAN LLP, Partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP, and Partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein. Scott works or has worked as PRESIDENT at Park District of Highland Park, MEMBER at AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, and Member at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP. He attended Georgetown Law and Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania/The.

Pam Gikas Williams is a Chief Human Resources Officer at AKERMAN LLP and is based in Florida. She has worked as Sr. Recruiter at JPMorgan Chase & Co, HR Manager at Philips, and HR Manager at INVIVO CORPORATION. Pam attended Rollins College between 1991 and 1995 and Rollins College between 2006 and 2009.

Danielle is the Director of Legal Recruiting at Akerman LLP, a leading transactions and trial law firm, known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. Danielle oversees the firm's attorney recruitment efforts across 20 offices in the United States. She is responsible for all aspects of partner, associate and law student hiring for the firm. She is also oversees the firm's campus recruitment activities and firm-wide Summer Associate programs, including summer associate orientation, mentoring and training. She participates in the Associate performance review, compensation programs and mentoring programs. Danielle is also responsible for the oversight and implementation of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion efforts, and has been instrumental in drafting the firms diversity & inclusion mission statement and business plan, and in spearheading the firm's involvement with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and The OnRamp Fellowship. She also serves as a member of Akerman's Philanthropic Initiative (API) Council. As a Council member, she works closely with the firm's Chairman and key stakeholders to help define and champion Akerman's philanthropic vision, mission, and signature programs.

David Ristaino serves as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Independent Living Systems (ILS). In this capacity, David represents the company on all legal matters including regulatory affairs, corporate governance, compliance, contract terms and negotiations, and human resource matters. David joined ILS in September 2014 after a successful career as a Partner at Akerman LLP, a leading law firm where he represented a range of clients across several industries including financial institutions, healthcare, business services, manufacturing, and consumer services. An active member of his community, David has served on the Board of Directors at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County (Florida); the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida, Inc.; The Russell Life Skills and Reading Foundation; and the Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Chamber of Commerce. David earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Stonehill College and his Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree from the University of Notre Dame. He is a member the Florida, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Bar.

Responsible for innovative and proactive global business development and marketing efforts for Am Law 100 firms and business professionals. Led a global team of business development and marketing professionals. Created a world class business development and marketing department model for law firms. Led a solid team of professionals in designing and launching the most advanced business development initiatives in law firms today.Specialties: Texas attorney, member in good standing. Directed public sector law department, 50 lawyers; responsible for leading a law department with 100+ team members. Managed multi-million dollar budgets; served as a business development strategist and coach for high level partners in the USA and UK for several years; created and customized learning modules including partner business plans; client feedback program; client/industry service team programs. Design method to track, monitor and report results to management.