From Burnout to Balance: Strategies for a Sustainable Law Practice (Presented by the Federal Bar Association Professional Development Committee, and Younger Lawyers Division)

Moderator, Benjamin de Seingalt | MarketVision Research

Benjamin de Seingalt is the Corporate Counsel and Director of Compliance and Privacy for MarketVision Research, one of the largest primary market research and consulting firms in the United States. His work focuses on global privacy compliance, corporate social responsibility, artificial intelligence, and post-market drug surveillance. Ben is also a Senior Fellow at the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and serves on the board of the Federal Bar Association’s Section on Civil Rights, the BHBIA’s Ethics and Compliance Committee, ESOMAR’s AI Task Force, Intellus’ Data Integrity and Artificial Intelligence Task Force, and the Insights Association’s Standards Committee. He is a graduate of Tulane University Law School, the A.B. Freeman School of Business, and Washington College.

Krystal Lyons, Senior Legal Counsel | Stream, Kim, Hicks, Wrage & Alfaro, PC

With over 20 years of experience, Krystal Lyons has served as trusted counsel to a broad range of clients in various industries and across a wide spectrum of practice areas, including general business, commercial litigation, eminent domain, municipal law, condominium and homeowners’ association law, appellate practice, and employment law matters. Krystal’s litigation practice includes shepherding cases through every stage of litigation—from investigation to trial and appeal. She guides clients through all forms of alternative dispute resolution but when those efforts are unsuccessful, Krystal will not hesitate to try a case before a judge, jury or arbitrator.

Over the course of her career, Krystal’s practice has evolved from providing legal advice and serving as trial counsel into supporting her clients in broader capacities such as personnel management, change management, and performance improvement. She has supplemented her legal experience with formal academic experience by earning an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership and becoming certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Before joining Stream Kim Hicks Wrage & Alfaro, Krystal was General Counsel & Director of Legal Services for the San Bernardino Superior Court where she served as legal advisor and in-house counsel for the court in performing a wide range of complex legal services and providing leadership and administrative oversight for the Legal Research Department. Krystal’s varied career also includes higher education where she served as the Director of Operations & Budget at the University of La Verne College of Law where she was responsible for managing the overall administration of the law school which included strategic planning, administrative operations, co-curricular activities, finance and budget management, procurement, campus safety, shared governance, and risk management with respect to premises liability, contractual liability, and regulatory compliance. Krystal is licensed to practice law in California, Michigan, and Georgia.

Stuart Slavin, MD, Med, Vice President, Well-Being, Accreditation Council | Graduate Medical Education

Dr. Stuart Slavin is the ACGME’s vice president for well-being. A graduate of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Slavin completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and then served as a faculty member there for 17 years. While at UCLA, Dr. Slavin held several leadership positions in education, serving as pediatric residency program director, pediatric clerkship director, co-founder and co-chair of the UCLA Doctoring course, and co-chair of the medical school Curriculum Management Committee. Dr. Slavin returned to Saint Louis University as Associate Dean for Curriculum in 2004. While there, he led efforts to improve the mental health of medical students that produced dramatic decreases in rates of depression and anxiety in pre-clerkship students. He joined the ACGME in 2018 as a senior scholar for well-being and has helped to lead efforts to improve the mental health of residents, fellows, faculty members, and staff across the US. In addition to his work in graduate medical education, Dr. Slavin is engaged in research focusing on mental health of high school, college, and medical students.

Amy Boyle, Managing Partner | MSB Employment Justice

Amy Boyle is the Managing Partner at MSB Employment Justice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After working in law firms, in 2021 Boyle and her partners founded MSB Employment Justice. Their motivation for starting a new firm was generated by a feeling there is a better way to serve clients compared to what the partners had experienced in the past working at other firms. This motivation translates to how Boyle and her partners run the law firm and manage their team. They take a non-traditional and “whole person” approach that benefits the firm, its employees, and their clients.

She handles all types of employment matters, with a particular focus on representing women who have experienced sex discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, and retaliation at work and whistleblower clients who have reported illegal workplace practices or companies engaged in deceitful conduct. Amy also represents clients who have found themselves in an untenable work situation, advising and negotiating severance agreements for executive-level employees often leaving long-term employment. Boyle is the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and a Past Chair of the Younger Lawyers Division. A frequent speaker on the topics of employment law, discovery, trial, and diversity and inclusion, Boyle has organized and presented at many FBA events. Aside from her work with the FBA, Boyle is active with the Minnesota Women Lawyers, serving as a Board Member and the Co-Chair of its Judicial Initiative, and Minnesota NELA.

I. Discussion on cognitive psychology, organizational change, and culture for lawyers presented by Dr. Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd | 2:00pm – 2:30pm

II. Discussion on approaches to well-being in law firm cultures, consequences of burnout and how to develop healthy habits | 2:30pm – 3:00pm

III. Q&A * Please be advised that this 15-minute session does not qualify for CLE credits * | 3:00pm – 3:15pm