Heather Hansen

An advocate is one who speaks up in support of something. You are an advocate, whether you speak up for your business, your team, your ideas, or yourself. Heather Hansen shows audiences how to use the tools of a trial lawyer—questions, objections, credibility, evidence, and persuasion—to win.

Hansen combines her psychology degree, her 20 years of experience as an award-winning trial attorney, and her experience as an anchor to create interactive, compelling experiences that audiences love. Her keynotes are high energy and actionable, leaving audiences with tools and exercises they can use the same day to improve their advocacy skills as leaders, in sales, in marketing, and at home. She has been a trial attorney in Philadelphia for over 20 years, defending doctors and hospitals when they’re sued. She’s consistently been named one of the Top 50 Female Trial Attorneys in Pennsylvania and was recently inducted into the American College of Trial Attorneys, an honor reserved for the top 15% of trial attorneys in the nation. She has been speaking to juries for decades and has given keynotes on advocacy internationally in places like Kuwait, Ireland, Mexico, and across the United States.

Hansen is the author of the Amazon best-seller "The Elegant Warrior-How to Win Life’s Trials Without Losing Yourself,” a book Publisher’s Weekly calls “a template for achieving personal and career goals” with “plenty of valuable, adaptable life lessons designed to help readers through tricky situations." She’s the host of "The Elegant Warrior" podcast, where she’s interviewed guests such as Kelly Rutherford, Dan Abrams, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, and more. Heather is also a television analyst, having appeared on "The Today Show," CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and CBS. She’s an anchor and a contributor to Thrive Global.

Hansen's stories from the courtroom (and her life—she lost 100 pounds over 25 years ago) have led to a 100% return engagement rate. Once you’ve seen her speak, you will want more. Audience reactions include “Heather wove a captivating web! Great human stories, studies, and humor create a memorable session” and “thank you for the reminder, the stories, the wisdom, and the amazing speech you gave. Fantastic job!”, "we have been to our share of seminars and thought this was one of the best.” Ask better questions, object and overcome objections, build credibility, know when to settle and use evidence to persuade. All of these tools are available to your audience.