Meet Tara Antonipillai

A lawyer, a psychology practitioner, and a coach.

I bring a combination to this work that's hard to find: a Georgetown Law JD, a Master's in Applied Positive Psychology from Penn, and a coaching certification from Brown. I practiced tax law in Big Law before dedicating my career to the question most firms are still working through — how to develop leaders and high-performing teams in a profession that wasn't designed for it.

That combination of legal experience and behavioral science is what makes Cultivate different. I understand the culture, the pace, and the pressures — and I build programs that earn credibility inside firms because they're grounded in research and built for measurable results.

Over the years, I've partnered with firms of all sizes to design leadership coaching engagements, cohort-based team programs, and firm-wide performance strategies. My work draws from performance psychology, positive organizational scholarship, and the practical realities of how law firms actually operate.

I've served as Director of Programming at the Institute for Well-Being in Law and am a member of the D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Committee.

Cultivate is the result of that work. Every program is shaped by real partnership with firms and designed for the specific pressures of legal practice.