HELPING YOU CREATE THE PRACTICE OF YOUR DREAMS
And empowering you with the tools and training to get there.
Our Story
PILMMA (Personal Injury Lawyers Marketing and Management Association), is the brainchild of Ken Hardison, an attorney who built not one, but two multi-million-dollar law firms before selling them at age 52.
Ken created PILMMA to share his attorney trade secrets to build a profitable and successful law practice. It has grown into a multi-million-dollar organization with members from all across the United States, Canada, and Australia.
PILMMA started as a part-time venture arising out of Ken’s passion to help other lawyers get out of the 9-5 rat race and significantly increase the amount of free time they have.
To help as many lawyers as possible create the practice of their dreams. More profits. More Cases and a law firm that gives you freedom to live the life you want and experience greater success on your own terms.
PILMMA provides its members with a multitude of Practical and Proven Tools, Tactics, Strategies, Coaching and Mentoring all designed to help lawyers scale their law firms for greater growth and success.
Our Vision
To Create THE Preeminent Trusted Resource to Help Lawyers Achieve Their Goals for Success.
Our Mission
PILMMA will provide POWERFUL and INNOVATIVE training and tools that help lawyers achieve their ideal practice.
Our Core Values
We are Authentic, Transparent, and Honest with our clients and each other.
We are Innovative, always asking “What if…”
We provide excellent client service that under-promises and over-delivers.
We take care of our members and each other.
We work as a team, for the betterment of our members.
The PILMMA Team
Executive Team
KEN HARDISON
Founder
"KEN HARDISON is known as the “Millionaire Maker” for a reason. He’s helped lawyers across the country double, triple, or quadruple their law practices and income!"
TIANA HINNANT HARDISON
VP of Development & Content
"Tiana is an attorney, PILMMA Content developer and Editor of PILMMA’s Legal Marketing and Management Magazine, The Insider Journal."
SHERRY MYERS
Chief Operating Officer
"Sherry Myers has served as PILMMA’s Director of Operations since July 2016 and recently move to Chief Operating Officer."
GRACIE HOWES
Marketing Manager
"Gracie Howes serves as the Marketing Manager at PILMMA, where she excels in leading the marketing team"
Creative Team
NAZIA REHMAN
Graphic Designer
"As a former Head of Creative at a conference design company, Nazia brings a passion for visual communication design to PILMMA."
SIERRA SAUSKOJUS
Graphic Designer
"Sierra is a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience, developing her skillset across diverse sectors including non-profit organizations, scientific institutions"
ABDUL SUBHAN
Website Assistant
"Abdul Subhan is a skilled Website Assistant at PILMMA, where he leverages his expertise in web development and design to create impactful online experiences."
HAMMAD HASAN
Video Editor
"Hammad Hasan is a visual storyteller mostly through his editing skills, and sometimes with his lens."
Administrative Team
TY BACKHUS
Admin Assistant
"Ty is the personal assistant for Ken Hardison, coming onboard the beginning of January 2024."
ZOE PALMER
Administrative & Sales Assistant
"Zoë is the Administrative & Sales Assistant to Sherry Meyers, helping with the day to day operations of PILMMA"
Learn more about PILMMA team
- TIANA HINNANT HARDISON
- SHERRY MYERS
- GRACIE HOWES
- NAZIA REHMAN
- SIERRA SAUSKOJUS
- ABDUL SUBHAN
- HAMMAD HASAN
- TY BACKHUS
- ZOË PALMER
TIANA HINNANT HARDISON
VP of Development & Content
Tiana is an attorney, PILMMA Content developer and Editor of PILMMA’s Legal Marketing and Management Magazine, The Insider Journal.
Before joining PILMMA, Tiana spent approximately 30 years practicing law, representing plaintiffs in personal injury, medical malpractice, adoption law and Social Security Disability cases. She uses her legal background and passion for legal marketing to help PILMMA create educational content that helps lawyers grow their law firms and leverage the latest legal marketing and management strategies. Working closely with Ken Hardison, Tiana creates blogs, articles, PILMMA resources, training materials and books, all designed to give lawyers to tools they need to take their firms to the next level. She is widely published in numerous journals and periodicals.
Since she and Ken live in Myrtle Beach, SC, Tiana loves to spend her free time taking bike rides, long walks on the beach and boating up and down the Intercoastal Waterway. She also enjoys writing music and knitting blankets for friends and family.
You may reach her at tianamhinnant@gmail.com.
SHERRY MYERS
Chief Operating Officer
Sherry Myers has served as PILMMA’s Director of Operations since July 2016 and recently move to Chief Operating Officer.
Before joining the PILMMA team, she worked in roles in the hospitality and entertainment industries. She began working as lead case manager at Mr. Hardison’s Carolina Disability Lawyers in 2014, before becoming a marketing assistant with PILMMA the following year.
Today, as Chief Operating Officer, Sherry is tasked with the day-to-day operations of PILMMA and its staff; schedule coordination; project management; and event planning for PILMMA’s numerous events each year.
In her free time, Sherry enjoys camping, traveling, being in the mountains and spending time with her family.
GRACIE HOWES
Marketing Manager
Gracie Howes serves as the Marketing Manager at PILMMA, where she excels in leading the marketing team, devising and executing social media strategies, spearheading impactful marketing campaigns, and managing creative projects. In addition to these responsibilities, Gracie is a key representative of PILMMA at various legal conferences and plays a crucial role in educating members on effective marketing and management practices.
Before joining PILMMA, Gracie was an AP English teacher, where she honed her ability to break down complex concepts. She leverages this skill in the marketing realm, making intricate marketing and tech topics accessible and understandable to facilitate business growth and development.
Outside of her professional life, Gracie enjoys teaching yoga, cooking, and hiking with her husband, Jon, and their pup, Coach.
You can contact Gracie at gracie@pilmma.org.
NAZIA REHMAN
Graphic Designer
As a former Head of Creative at a conference design company, Nazia brings a passion for visual communication design to PILMMA. With over 6 years of experience in the design field, she has honed her skills in creating impactful graphics and animations for a range of industries including book publishing, Summit architecture, news and education.
Her proven track record of designing 7 successful summits/conferences for various industries such as Technology, AI, Healthcare, HR, and Retail has earned her recognition as a highly sought-after professional. She has received numerous accolades for her print and digital branding, as well as glowing appraisals from cross-industry leaders.
She is a lifelong learner and enjoys taking on new challenges and experiences through design thinking and problem-solving courses. In her free time, Nazia loves capturing nature through photography, learning Korean, and spending time with her family.
SIERRA SAUSKOJUS
Graphic Designer
Sierra is a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience, developing her skillset across diverse sectors including non-profit organizations, scientific institutions, academic circles, sports industries, and lawyer-associated communities. Through Sierra’s career, she has blended creativity with precision, delivering aesthetically-pleasing and impactful visual solutions that resonate across various professional fields. Sierra has been a graphic designer with PILMMA since 2019, where she has continued to grow and refine her abilities in visual communication.
At home, Sierra enjoys being a mother to her two young children. With her husband and children, a lot of time is spent exploring and hiking outdoors. In addition to hiking, Sierra enjoys traveling, rock hounding, and creating fine art.
ABDUL SUBHAN
Website Assistant
Abdul Subhan is a skilled Website Assistant at PILMMA, where he leverages his expertise in web development and design to create impactful online experiences. With a strong background in computer science and a passion for staying updated with industry trends, Abdul has successfully collaborated with numerous international companies, tailoring websites to diverse audiences. His contributions play a vital role in enhancing PILMMA’s online presence and fostering connections with a global clientele.
In his spare time, he loves to play video games and sometimes play cricket with his friends.
HAMMAD HASAN
Video Editor
Hammad Hasan is a visual storyteller mostly through his editing skills, and sometimes with his lens.
He has a passion for filmmaking and spends most of his time on the Internet learning about the art and craft of storytelling
Previously he had worked for Pakistan’s renowned news channels such as ARY News, Express News Samaa News. He has also been a part of gaming organization known as Garena Free Fire.
During these ten years, he had worked as a Social Media Manager and Video Editor, and edited 300+ videos
After all these years he consider himself a learner and still trying to discover where he stands in the world of filmmaking.
TY BACKHUS
Admin Assistant
Ty is the personal assistant for Ken Hardison, coming onboard the beginning of January 2024. As a former Junior High School teacher, she is detail oriented and efficient, coordinating meetings and schedules for Mr. Hardison. Ty is looking forward to learning more about PILMMA and the business that is associated with personal injury lawyer marketing and management.
In her free time, Ty enjoys watching her husband Kyle play baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks Organization, being outdoors in general, and travelling anytime she has the chance!
ZOË PALMER
Administrative & Sales Assistant
Zoë is the Administrative & Sales Assistant to Sherry Meyers, helping with the day to day operations of PILMMA. Coming from ten years in the hospitality industry, she has exceptional customer facing skills specifically when it comes to creating and maintaining connections with others. She is very excited to learn a new industry and see where her old skills overlap with new ones. In her free time, Zoë enjoys practicing yoga, beach trips, taking naps with her cat, Fen, and being the best Auntie to her two nieces P & P. You can contact Zoë at zoe@pilmma.org
7 Reasons to Choose PILMMA
PILMMA is Authentically a Cut Above the Rest. Although there are lots of Legal Marketing Groups you can join. Here’s why what we offer our members is Unparalleled.
WE’VE “BEEN THERE, DONE THAT,” AND TEACH YOU HOW TO DO THE SAME.
Think about it; If you wanted to climb Mt. Everest, would you hire someone to help you who has never climbed the mountain before, or taught others to do the same? Of course you wouldn’t. Building a law firm is a lot like climbing a mountain- There’s just no substitute for real life knowledge, experience, and expertise to guide you as you build your law firm.
PILMMA IS BUILT ON YEARS OF EXPONENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW AND SUSTAIN SUCCESSFUL LAW FIRMS.
Successful Law Firm marketing means harnessing the very latest Digital Marketing Strategies, while also Leveraging Proven Evergreen Grass Roots Marketing Strategies infused with cutting-edged application- all designed to help lawyers become dominating pillars in their respective communities and markets.
PILMMA’S MEMBER SERVICES IS EXCEPTIONAL.
PILMMA’S 100% IRONCLAD MONEY BACK GUARANTEE IS UNPRECEDENTED.
No other Legal Marketing or Consulting Group offers a full and complete Money-Back Guarantee.
Our commitment to helping lawyers runs deep. We don’t want your money if we can’t help you. That’s why we offer two powerful Guarantees:
- If you join PILMMA’s Basic Membership and aren’t happy after 90 days, we will give you a full 100% refund.
- If you join a PILMMA Mastermind Group and aren’t happy after attending the first meeting, we will give you a full refund. (Although in all the years we’ve offered PILMMA Mastermind group members this offer, no lawyer has ever taken us up on it!).
Other companies ask you to sign long term contracts, but that’s not how PILMMA operates. We understand that PILMMA isn’t for every lawyer- and we don’t want your money if we can’t help you grow. Period.
What have you got to lose? The risk is all on us, not on you.
WE AREN’T PUSHING A HIGH PRICED “SILVER BULLET.”
PILMMA isn’t like that. We aren’t selling you a high-priced Silver Bullet, that promises to be the one answer to Law Firm Success.
When Ken was building his law firms, he recognized you can’t just rely on a few key strategies. Marketing in today’s economy, with today’s sophisticated consumers, means employing a litany of strategies. One “Silver Bullet” won’t cut it, not in the long run.
Yes, we hope you will join the PILMMA Mastermind Group when you are ready, and we have a slot open in your market, but we are committed to bringing all our PILMMA Basic members a host of strategies to help you grow your law firm. It’s why we are Content driven, and push out Webinars, Q & A’s, Zoom Meetings, our Monthly Magazine, Intake Training, Monthly Marketing and Management Team Roundtables, Video training modules and more to all our PILMMA Basic and Mastermind members each month.
PILMMA GIVES YOU COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES FOR LAW FIRM GROWTH BY BRINGING YOU THE LATEST IN BOTH LEGAL MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT TO SCALE YOUR LAW FIRM FOR DRAMATIC AND SUSTAINABLE RESULTS.
That’s why PILMMA brings you the Best Proven Strategies in both Legal Marketing and Law Firm Management.
What good is making the phone ring if you can’t convert those leads into cases? What good is getting more cases if you don’t have the infrastructure in place to ensure you make a profit? If you don’t have the superstar employees on board to help you work the cases? If you don’t have the systems, processes, and procedures in place to Scale your firm?
Because PILMMA is built by lawyers, for lawyers, we understand the intrinsic relationship between Legal Marketing and Management and are committed to bringing both of these essential elements together to help our members GROW highly successful law firms.
PILMMA’S MASTERMIND GROUPS ARE THE GOLD STANDARD IN LEGAL MASTERMIND GROUPS. PERIOD.
Ken has been mentoring, organizing, and facilitating Mastermind Groups for 17 years. There’s no substitute for the depth and breadth of knowledge this level of experience and expertise brings to the table. It’s one of the reasons PILMMA’s Mastermind Groups are one of a kind.
