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Debby Stone, JD, CPCC, PCC
Mission Statement:
Debby Stone, JD, CPCC, is a former practicing attorney, a certified coach, and a principal with Corner Office Coaching, a professional coaching and consulting company. Corner Office Coaching works exclusively with lawyers, their firms and others in the legal community, providing values-based coaching to individuals and groups. Debby also presents workshops and facilitates group retreats in order to enhance learning and development in the law firm environment. Corner Office Coaching helps its clients bring life to the practice of law.
Experience:
Debby Stone, JD, CPCC, PCC is a former practicing attorney, a certified coach, and a principal with Corner Office Coaching, a professional coaching and consulting company. Debby frequently facilitates retreats and workshops for lawyers and their firms.
In her coaching, speaking and facilitating, she combines her coach training, extensive experience practicing law, and entrepreneurial creativity to help her clients attain their goals more quickly and easily. Debby helps her clients bring more life to the practice of law. Debby received her certification as a Professional Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute.
She has also completed training in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching through the Coaches Training Institute and the Center for Right Relationship. Debby currently serves as Co-President of the Board of the Georgia Coach Association, a chapter of the International Coach Federation.
Debby received her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the Institute of Policy Sciences at Duke University and received her Juris Doctorate with high honors from the Duke University School of Law. Prior to becoming a coach, she spent over 16 years practicing law, both at a large Atlanta firm and in her own firm, Stone Law Associates, Inc. Debby also has experience working as a management consultant at Bain & Company.
Debby has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, and numerous other publications. She serves as a senior editor and contributing writer for The Complete Lawyer, has been a columnist for several Atlanta area periodicals, and created and hosted “Practical Strategies for Business Success” on AM 1620 Radio Sandy Springs.
She is a sought-after speaker, with presentations and workshops focusing on networking and business development, managing energy, life balance, defining success, and methods for setting and achieving goals. Debby contributes her time to a number of non-profit organizations and enjoys making jewelry and reading novels. She is also an avid Duke basketball fan. Debby lives in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, with her husband, fifteen-year-old son, and three cats.
