About the Author

• Author: Faith Dianne Pincus
• Profession: Attorney and former Federal Law Clerk
• Pages: 181-182

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About the Author

Faith Pincus is an accomplished and experienced speaker who will boost

your self-confidence and give you the tools you need to succeed at public

speaking. Faith has trained CEOs, attorneys, elected and appointed offi-

cials, candidates, and management at nonprofit associations for more than

twenty-five years. As a licensed attorney and former Federal Law Clerk

she is also uniquely positioned to understand the speaking skills required

of attorneys. Faith’s national Continuing Legal Education (CLE) busi-

ness, Pincus Professional Education, has also provided her with a unique

perspective regarding attorneys and others speaking at events and insight

provided by hundreds of justices and judges discussing what they expect

from attorneys in their courtroom.

Faith has an innate ability to see what works in the public speaking

context. She has an unbridled passion for public speaking and for help-

ing people become better communicators. Faith is an expert in the art of

persuasion and an accomplished speechwriter.

Current and former clients include Chevron, John Deere, Amgen,

Manatt Phelps and Phillips, Buchalter Nemer, the U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, the U.S. Social Security Administration, the American

Diabetes Association of California, the American Lung Association of

California, the American Cancer Association, the Fair Political Practices

Commission (FPPC), Smith Amundsen, Farella Braun + Martel, Com-

mercial Law Litigators Association, and multiple other law firms, individual

attorneys, executives, and legal and national nonprofit associations.

Prior to opening Pincus Communications, Inc. and Pincus Professional

Education, Faith ran more than twenty-five political campaigns, including

campaigns for Congress, the California State Assembly and Senate, and

various City and County level seats and initiatives.

Faith previously taught communication at the university level, including

rhetoric (persuasion), public speaking, and interpersonal and small group

communication. She has published a variety of articles on communication

and persuasion, including an analysis of major war announcement speeches.

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