Paul is also an experienced stage performer with credits ranging from classical (including the LA Opera, SF Symphony Chorus, and Chicago Symphony Chorus), to jazz, theatre, and improvisation (with over fifteen years of combined study with Groundlings, UCB, Impro Theatre, and Studio ACT). Paul has studied acting at Northwestern, Juilliard’s Summer Drama Intensive, and ACT, and is the only U.S. lawyer and senior business executive to hold a teaching certification from the world-renowned voice, presence, and Shakespeare coach Patsy Rodenburg.
In addition to his coaching business and work at Berkeley, Paul develops and teaches classes on presence and public speaking at the University of Chicago Law School and will be teaching “Public Speaking for Lawyers” at Stanford Law School in the fall of 2024.
Education
JD, U.C. Berkeley (2003)
B.A. / B.Mus., Northwestern University (2000)