Episode 41 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Joe Patrice, Senior Editor at Above The Law.

In this episode, Joe and podcast host Nick Werker discuss how recent developments in AI will impact the legal world, potential improvements to the law school experience, the wildest stories Above The Law has covered over the years and much more!

About our guest:
Joe Patrice joined Above the Law in 2013. Joe received a degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Oregon and a J.D. from the NYU School of Law. From 2001, he worked as a litigator for both Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton and Lankler Siffert & Wohl, representing a variety of individuals, institutions, and foreign sovereigns in criminal and civil matters. Joe left legal practice in 2012 to pursue writing, contributing to numerous publications, including ATL, before joining the full-time staff.

Check out more from Joe here: https://abovethelaw.com/author/joe-pa...

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

Episode 40 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we welcome back Michelle Calcote King, the Principal & President of Reputation Ink. 

In this episode, Michelle and podcast host Nick Werker discuss the biggest benefits law firms will see from engaging in PR activities, dos and don'ts for pitching story ideas to the media, whether most law firms are prepared to handle a PR crisis and much more! 

About our guest: 

With two decades of marketing and PR experience that spans from Australia to England and back to the States, Michelle Calcote King brings a global perspective to her clients in the Southeast and beyond. After graduating with a master’s degree in international communications from the University of Florida, Michelle began her career in London during the dotcom boom. It was then she discovered her niche helping companies in highly complex industries. 

Before founding Reputation Ink in 2011, Michelle was the Senior Vice President of a national PR firm focused on corporate law firms. Prior to this role, Michelle was the Public Relations Director for a regional marketing firm based in Jacksonville, Florida. 

Michelle is an active community leader. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Legal Marketing Association's Jacksonville chapter, is a member of the Florida Bar's Grievance Committee, is a Trustee for the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, and is a board member with Greenscape of Jacksonville. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

"Is this legit" checklist: http://resources.rep-ink.com/is-this-... 

List of spammy/scammy awards & networks: http://ow.ly/LJWC50N4WEU 

Learn more about Reputation Ink here: https://www.rep-ink.com/ 

Check out Michelle's last appearance on "Everything Except The Law" here: http://ow.ly/mZfw50N4Xkx 

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Episode 39 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Paul Campson, Managing Partner at the firm Campson & Campson.  

In this episode, Paul and podcast host Nick Werker discuss what Paul’s firm does to keep up in a highly competitive market, whether or not law firms can rely on remote workers, why reaching out for phone answering help is the right choice for every firm and much more!  

About our guest: 

Paul J. Campson is an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully litigated personal injury cases on behalf of injured plaintiffs in supreme courts throughout New York, as well as in federal courts. Within Personal Injury, Paul is an experienced lawyer with lead and mold cases, abuse, motor vehicle accidents, and work injuries.  

Learn more about Paul's law firm here: https://campsonlaw.com/ 

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Episode 38 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Laura Terrell, an executive coach for legal professionals.

In this episode, Laura and podcast host Nick Werker discuss how lawyers can overcome imposter syndrome, steps attorneys can take to recover from a professional setback, tips for achieving a better work-life balance and much more!

About our guest:
Laura Terrell is an executive coach with over twenty-five years of experience as a legal and business leader. She offers an insider’s perspective for business, legal and corporate professionals, working to help her clients to improve and achieve success in their work lives.

Prior to coaching, she was a Special Assistant to the President at the White House, a senior level appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice, an equity partner in two large, global law firms, and in-house counsel at a publicly traded company. Laura has also led and managed teams of people across multiple countries, serving as a top advisor to many Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies.

Use the following links to learn more about Laura:
https://www.lauraterrell.com/
https://bit.ly/9lawyerquestions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralter...

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Episode 37 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Benjamin Sachs, author of the book "All Rise: Practical Tools for Building High-Performance Legal Teams".

In this episode, Benjamin and podcast host Nick Werker discuss how psychological safety can translate to increased productivity, strategies for managing conflict between team members, whether legal teams can maintain high performance with remote workers and much more!

About our guest:
Benjamin Sachs is an expert in management, strategy, and negotiation. He teaches at the University of Virginia School of Law and provides consulting and training services to a wide range of government and private sector organizations around the world, including thousands of attorneys and other professionals through CLEs, seminars, and workshops.

Sachs’s professional career spans law and business. He first served as a litigator at Sidley Austin LLP and then as a strategic management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group before moving to Storyblocks, a technology and media company, where Ben served as general counsel and chief operating officer. After helping secure the company’s private-equity acquisition in 2020, he now focuses exclusively on teaching and consulting. He lives outside Washington, DC.

Learn more about "All Rise" here: http://ow.ly/Y3WI50Mp0rU

Purchase "All Rise" here: http://ow.ly/esUa50Mp0vq

Special thanks to MeanPug Digital for sponsoring this week's episode. Learn more about their company here: https://www.meanpug.com/

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Episode 36 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Nancy O'Hare-Zika, owner of Gavel Marketing.

In this episode, Nancy and podcast host Nick Werker discuss why attorneys need to be intentional about increasing awareness of their firm, how to get started with building your practice’s brand, the value of storytelling for law firms and much more!

About our guest:
Nancy O’Hare–Zika is the owner of Gavel Marketing, a Upper Michigan-based creative agency focusing on the marketing needs of legal professional across North America. Gavel Marketing is a full service marketing agency specializing in Video Creation, Media Buying and Strategy, Digital Marketing, Audio Services, Graphic Design and Social Media Management.

Nancy has spent the past 17 years working exclusively in the world of “Storytelling Marketing” and has extensive knowledge in the area of branding and cinematic excellence. She has worked with hundreds of professionals, from large organizations to small groups across the US and Canada with one goal in mind: To properly and  professional help you tell your story!

Visit https://callgavel.com to learn more about Gavel Marketing. To contact Nancy, email her at [email protected] or call her at (906) 250-7478.

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Episode 35 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Melody Eagan, managing partner at the firm Lightfoot, Franklin & White.

In this episode, Melody and podcast host Nick Werker discuss the role law firm leaders play in creating their practice's culture, how building a positive culture can give firms a competitive edge, the importance of having diversity at your firm and much more!

About our guest:
Melody Eagan has decades of experience defending clients in high-stakes catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. A trusted regional counsel for a number of manufacturers, Melody has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict throughout the Southeast.

In addition to her product liability practice, Melody regularly represents doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases. She also serves as appellate counsel for a number of clients, assisting them not only with appeals but also preparation and oral argument of dispositive and other significant pretrial motions at the trial court level.

Melody, Lightfoot's current managing partner, is the first woman to lead the firm in its history. She is also on the firm's Executive Committee. Melody previously served as the president of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) in 2012-13, only the third woman ever elected to the office. Melody is also a member of the 2018 Leadership Alabama class.

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

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Episode 34 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Laura Cowan, a New York City estate planning attorney and creator of 2-Hour Lifestyle Lawyer.

In this episode, Laura and podcast host Nick Werker discuss how estate planning attorneys can get down to working just a few hours a day, finding the right clients for your firm, the power of live events for estate planning lawyers and much more!

About our guest:
Laura Cowan, Esq., CPA is the Founder of the Law Office of Laura Cowan, an award-winning estate planning law firm located in New York City. She has been voted a Super Lawyer™ 2019-2022, was ranked the "2nd BEST Estate Planning Lawyer in New York" by Yelp! out of over 800 lawyers, and was featured in the NY Times as a "Top Woman Attorney in New York". Laura has presented at UN Headquarters on estate planning for non-citizens and has written for both Forbes and Entrepreneur. In 2022, Laura created "2-Hour Lifestyle Lawyer™" to teach lawyers how to make $10k+ a month doing virtual estate planning working just 2 hours a day.

Book a Discovery Call here to see if you qualify: https://calendly.com/estateplan/2hllgroup-schedule

Learn more about Laura's 2-Hour Lifestyle Lawyer program here: http://ow.ly/ECCE50LjcYZ

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Episode 33 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Matt Spiegel, Founder & CEO at Lawmatics.

In this episode, Matt and podcast host Nick Werker discuss what lawyers need from their software, how Lawmatics can save law firms 15 to 20 hours per week, the importance of metrics and much more!

About our guest:

Matt Spiegel is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur in the legal-tech space. He is the Founder and CEO of Lawmatics, the #1 automation platform for law firms, offering legal client intake, CRM, marketing automation, billing, and much more, all in one easy-to-use software. With Lawmatics, law firms streamline their operations, impress clients, and win more business. Prior to Lawmatics, Matt was Co-Founder and CEO of MyCase, a legal practice management software company that was most recently acquired by AffiniPay.

About our Lawmatics:

Lawmatics is the #1 automation platform for law firms, offering legal client intake, CRM, marketing automation, time & billing, and much more, all in one easy-to-use software. With Lawmatics, law firms streamline their operations, impress clients, and win more business. To learn more, visit https://www.lawmatics.com/.

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Episode 32 of the "Everything Except The Law" podcast has arrived! This time we're speaking with Robin Wolpert, an attorney for the Sapientia Law Group and Treasurer of the Institute for Well-Being In Law.

In this episode, Robin and podcast host Nick Werker discuss what recent data tells us about the state of lawyer wellness, what makes attorneys likely to struggle with wellness-related issues, how well-being can impact work performance and much more!

About our guest:
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.

Robin is passionate about public service. Robin is President-Elect of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, Treasurer of the Institute for Well Being In Law, Member of the ABA House of Delegates, Member of the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism, and past President of the Minnesota State Bar Association. She served on the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being from 2018-20. She was Chair of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board from 2017-2021, responsible for oversight of Minnesota’s lawyer disciplinary system.

Connect with Robin here: http://ow.ly/HmWn50KUtCQ

Learn more about Robin here: http://ow.ly/WzOY50KUtIZ 

About IWIL:
The Institute for Well-Being in Law (IWIL) is dedicated to the betterment of the legal profession by focusing on a holistic approach to well-being. Through advocacy, research, education, technical and resource support, and stakeholders’ partnerships, they are driven to lead a culture shift in law to establish health and well-being as core centerpieces of professional success.

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