Nader Anise is an American lawyer and marketer based in
Florida
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,
known best as the founder and
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of Nader Anise Lawyer Marketing. He is the founder of the ''American Lawyers Public Image Association'' where he currently serves as national director.
Anise is a former adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University where he taught law and marketing. Anise is the founder of Love Your Lawyer Day, an
unofficial holiday
A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tra ...
promoting "no lawyer bashing."
Early life and education
Anise was born in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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and came to the United States when he was two and a half, growing up in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
.
He grew up in New Jersey and attended
Monmouth University
Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter.
There are about 4,400 full- ...
prior to going into law. Anise pursued a career in law, despite having a background in sales, marketing, and real estate. He attended
Shepard Broad Law Center at
Nova Southeastern University
Nova Southeastern University (NSU or, informally, Nova) is a private nonprofit research university with its main campus in Davie, Florida. The university consists of 14 total colleges, centers, and schools offering over 150 programs of study. ...
in Florida, graduating and passing the Florida Bar exam in 1995.
Career
Anise began his career in law in 1995 when he started the Anise Law Firm, focusing on business law and international business transactions. Four and a half years later, he moved into marketing and consulting. He focused on solo practitioners, small firms and medium firms who do not have their own marketing departments. He began ''Nader Anise Lawyer Marketing'' in 1999. He has since been a marketing strategist to law firms and businesses, giving presentations to large groups throughout the United States.
Anise is the founder of the American Lawyers Public Image Association (ALPIA), an organization with a goal of promoting a positive image for lawyers.
He serves as the organization's national director.
[ Anise and the Association made news in 2001 after they publicly denounced NBC-TV's First Years, a television show that documented the life of first-year lawyers.] The show was later cancelled after the first season. Anise founded I Love My Lawyer Day, a day of "no lawyer bashing" and lawyer appreciation that takes place on the 1st Friday of November each year. He established the day after hearing too many negative comments about lawyers.
In addition to his marketing business, Anise is a former adjunct professor of both law and marketing, teaching at Nova Southeastern University's H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship
The H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship is the business school of Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, United States, and is accredited by Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and School ...
. He is also credited with coining the term lawyerpreneur.
References
External links
Nader Anise official website
American Lawyers Public Image Association (ALPIA) website
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Florida lawyers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)