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Episode 59 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Joan Bibelhausen from Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) and Robin Wolpert and Tara Antonipillai from the Institute For Well-Being In Law (IWIL).

In this episode, Joan, Robin, Tara and host Taryn Winter Brill discuss what the legal community has learned about well-being over the past few years, how working remotely can impact lawyer wellness, creating conditions for lawyers to do their best work and much more!

About our guests:

Joan Bibelhausen has served as Executive Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers since 2005. She is an attorney and received her JD from the University of Minnesota Law School. Joan is nationally recognized for her work in the lawyer assistance and diversity and inclusion realms and has significant additional training in counseling, mental health and addiction, diversity, employment issues, and management.

Learn more about Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers here: https://mnlcl.org/

Robin Wolpert is an appellate practitioner, business litigator, and white-collar criminal defense attorney at Sapientia Law Group in Minneapolis. Her 20-year career began in BigLaw, and she went on to serve as a prosecutor and Senior Counsel of Compliance & Business Conduct at 3M. Robin handles a diverse mix of criminal and civil lawsuits and appeals, focusing on constitutional law, defamation, business fraud, money laundering, and cyber-harassment and misinformation campaigns. 

Tara Antonipillai is a well-being consultant, speaker, teacher, and author. Tara combines her unique expertise as a practicing attorney and a positive psychology practitioner to help professionals, teams, and organizations thrive. Tara also helps law firms and other organizations develop and expand workplace well-being programs in a wide variety of formats.

Learn more about IWIL here: https://lawyerwellbeing.net/

Explore the ABA's directory of lawyer assistance programs here: https://tinyurl.com/2ycxhxuy

Check out Joan's article describing the work of lawyer's assistance programs here: https://tinyurl.com/wjsf5fed

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This podcast is produced and edited by Joe Galotti. You can reach Joe via email at [email protected].

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Episode 58 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Jordan Ostroff, the Managing Partner at Driven Law and author of "Love Your Law Firm : A Roadmap to the Law Firm You Always Wanted".

In this episode, Jordan and host Nick Werker discuss being intentional about what you want from your legal career, mapping out your ideal schedule, building up a strong referral network and much more!

About our guest: 
A true Floridian, Jordan Ostroff grew up in South Florida; and graduated from The University of Central Florida and Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law. His first “real law job” was for the State of Florida as an Assistant State Attorney. Jordan, along with his better half and fellow attorney, Heather Trick, opened up Jordan Law; a PI law firm located in Orlando, Florida in 2015.

After losing a substantial amount of money on marketing agencies that didn’t understand how to market a law firm properly, Jordan buckled down, learned the basics and put into practice as he kept learning more and more. He then partnered up with some of the best marketing minds to form something totally new and different, a firm built for lawyers, by lawyers. That takes the long view to drive the most success for his fellow attorneys, and hopefully change some lives for the better.

Today, Jordan has no student loans, and his firm is a successful, multi-million dollar firm. He oversees over a dozen people, and works only 3 days a week. 

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Connect further with Jordan here: https://www.jordanostroff.com/

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Episode 57 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Lana Olson, the Immediate Past President of DRI and Partner at Lightfoot, Franklin & White.

In this episode, Lana and host Nick Werker discuss the growth of DRI's women's committee, normalizing conversations about mental health within the legal industry, the importance of unplugging from work and much more! 

About our guest:
Lana Olson is a partner with Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC in Birmingham, Alabama. She focuses her practice on civil defense litigation, handling matters involving environmental, toxic tort, product liability, catastrophic injury, and commercial disputes. Olson served as the 2022-2023 President of DRI – Lawyers Representing Business, which is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation. She can be reached at [email protected].

Learn more about Lana's firm here: https://www.lightfootlaw.com/

Learn more about DRI here: https://www.dri.org/

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Episode 56 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Luis Scott, Owner of 8 Figure Firm Consulting.

In this episode, Luis and host Nick Werker discuss how lawyers can differentiate themselves from competitors, whether it's possible to grow a law firm without making serious sacrifices to your personal life, building up your resiliency muscle and much more!

About our guest:
Luis Scott prides himself in growth. Whether it is in his personal life or professional life, he is always looking to find the slight edge that will put him ahead of the competition. An avid reader, he reads over 50 books per year on personal development. Luis believes this habit over the last 10 years has positioned him in multiple organizations to double and even triple their revenues. As the owner of 8 Figure Firm Consulting he has helped 100s of law firms around the country reach multiple 7 figures in revenue growth in 2 years or less.

In this interview we discuss two of Luis' books, "The King of Growth: How to Dominate Your Market, Increase Predictability, and Unleash the Power of Your Law Firm for Personal and Financial Freedom" and "It Has to Hurt: Accepting Life's Harsh Reality, Finding Yourself Along the Way, and Actually Enjoying the Journey".

Learn more about Luis and his books here: https://luisscottjr.com/

Check out Luis' recent appearance of The Earley Show here: ow.ly/S3pb50Rcg93

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Episode 55 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Bo Royal, CEO & Co-Founder of Pareto Legal.

In this episode, Bo and host Nick Werker discuss how paid advertising fits into a law firm's overall marketing strategy, what law firms need to have in place before investing in paid ads, things to look for in a marketing partner and much more!

About our guest:
Bo and Pareto co-founder Jake Barufkin and met a decade ago at eBay's marketing solutions division, where they led large teams of digital marketing experts and analytics specialists that oversaw $250M+ in annual advertising budget for their clients. Some of the large clients they worked with included: Aeropostale, Alex & Ani, BCBG, bebe, Calvin Klein, Dr. Marten's, GNC, JACK SPADE, Kate Spade New York, Nixon, Perricone MD, Sallie Mae, Serta & Stuart Weitzman.

Today, Bo and Jake own and operate two "sibling" agencies: Pareto Legal & Pareto PPC. Both agencies leverage their experience and expertise that they developed working for fortune 1000 brands and in-house as CMO & COO at a large Philadelphia-based injury law firm (a firm that they were able to scale from 7-figures to 8-figures in under 3 years).

Learn more about Pareto Legal here: https://legal.paretoppc.com/

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Episode 54 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Dorna Moini, the CEO/Founder at Gavel.

In this episode, Dorna and host Nick Werker discuss the growing trend of legal productization, how law firms can better utilize their tech tools in 2024, automating your practice through Gavel and much more!

About our guest: 
Dorna Moini is the CEO and founder of Gavel (www.gavel.io), a no-code platform for building document automation and client-facing legal products. Prior to starting Gavel, Dorna was a litigator at Sidley Austin. There, in her pro bono practice, she worked with legal aid organizations to build a web application for domestic violence survivors to complete and file their paperwork, which led to the idea for Gavel.

Dorna is on the Legal Services Corporation Emerging Leaders Council and a member of LAFLA's Advisory Board. She was named an ABA Legal Rebel and a Fastcase 50 honoree. She also teaches the Legal Innovations Lab at USC Law School.

Be sure to follow @dorna_at_gavel on social.

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Episode 53 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with ABA TECHSHOW 2024 presenters Mathew Kerbis and Gyi Tsakalakis.

In this episode, Mathew, Gyi and host Nick Werker discuss what lawyers should know about attending the ABA TECHSHOW, how to make the most of your time in Chicago, what types of AI discussions will take place at the event this year and much more!

About our guests:
Mathew Kerbis is The Subscription Attorney. He’s on a mission to get more attorneys to adopt the subscription model and abandon the billable hour. He founded the law firm Subscription Attorney LLC in 2022 after working for private practice law firms for nine years. It’s a modern law firm offering legal advice starting at $19.99/month. Kerbis realized the subscription model could revolutionize the legal profession, so he launched the podcast Law Subscribed to help the rest of the legal profession make the same choice.

Kerbis is a frequent public speaker, and you can watch/listen to him at https://mathewkerbis.com.

As the President of AttorneySync, Gyi Tsakalakis has been helping law firm leaders exceed their business objectives with digital media for over 15 years. He is a licensed Michigan attorney (not practicing), a Google certified partner, a Moz Local trusted provider, an Avvo SEO partner company, and a contributor to the Moz Local Search Engine Ranking Factor survey. Gyi is also interested in emerging technologies and innovative solutions for the legal industry.

Learn more about Gyi's company here: https://www.attorneysync.com/

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Episode 52 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Dan Ambrose, the founder of Trial Lawyers University.

In this episode, Dan and podcast host Nick Werker discuss the most damaging mistakes committed by trial lawyers, what the best trial lawyers tend to have in common., why Trial Lawyers University can help attorneys of all experience levels and much more!

About our guest: 
Dan Ambrose is the Co-Founder of Trojan Horse Method. Trojan Horse workshops focus on trials skills, then dive into more technical skills that are beneficial no matter what your career path. These programs have four to six students and one instructor per class. This allows adequate time for each student to have one on one instruction. 

Learn more about Trial Lawyers University here: https://triallawyersuniversity.com/

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This podcast is produced and edited by Joe Galotti. You can reach Joe via email at [email protected].

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Episode 51 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Jim Christy (President of Postali) and Jonathan Breeden (Owner of the Breeden Law Office).

In this episode, Jim, Jonathan and podcast host Nick Werker discuss how attorneys should approach AI tools for marketing and management, the biggest reason law firms see their marketing efforts fail, what's necessary to have sustained success in the legal world and much more!

About our guests:
Jim Christy is the President at Postali, a digital marketing agency for law firms. He and the Postali team have built over 100 law firm websites, many of which have won awards from Webby, Lawyerist, and others. He is passionate about working with firms of all sizes, and serving as a consultant to bring marketing and operations strategies together to achieve broader business goals.

Learn more about Postali here: https://www.postali.com/

Jonathan Breeden is the principal attorney at the Breeden Law Office. Founded in 2000 and with multiple offices in North Carolina, he provides representation to families going through divorce, child custody disputes, adoption, and all manner of domestic law issues. Attorney Breeden has dedicated his career to offering families the guidance and advocacy they deserve. He has a reputation for balancing tenacity and compassion, especially for children, and has helped countless people in North Carolina.

Learn more about the Breeden Law Office here: https://www.breedenfirm.com/

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This podcast is produced and edited by Joe Galotti. You can reach Joe via email at [email protected].

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Episode 50 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Annette Choti, the Owner of Law Quill, and Steve Fretzin, the President of FRETZIN, Inc.

This episode was recorded in front of a live virtual audience at Answering Legal's Law Firm Summer Reboot Camp. 

In this episode, Annette, Steve and podcast host Nick Werker discuss what lawyers tend to get wrong when it comes to business development, the best place for attorneys to begin with their digital marketing efforts and much more!

About our guests:
Annette Choti is an attorney of 20 years, and the President & Owner of Law Quill, a legal digital marketing agency focused on law firms. Law Quill is a full-service digital marketing for attorneys, and provides websites, SEO-optimized content, SEO audits, social media marketing, branding, and pay per click advertising.

Annette hosts the podcast Legal Marketing Lounge. Annette used to do theatre and professional comedy, which is not so different from the legal field if we are all being honest. Annette can be found on LinkedIn or at [email protected]

Learn more about Law Quill here: https://lawquill.com/
Learn more about Annette's book "Click Magnet" here: https://ow.ly/XEpJ50PpkWK

Steve Fretzin coaches and trains lawyers the most modern-day business development skills, providing precise tips, fresh ideas and actionable tasks that drive tangible results.

The host of the BE THAT LAWYER podcast, Steve has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Crain’s and Entrepreneur.com and has appeared on NBC News and WGN Radio. He has written three books on legal business development, is a regular contributor to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and has published articles in Attorney at Law magazine, the National Law Review, the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Learn more about FRETZIN, Inc. here: https://www.fretzin.com/
Learn more about Steve's book "Legal Business Development Isn't Rocket Science" here: https://ow.ly/fLjB50PpkQ9

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