Sports ‘N Torts is live on the road in Ireland for a special episode of the podcast. Jason Mullen, one of Josh’s oldest and best friends since 1st grade joins the podcast from their golf trip in Ireland where Josh, Jason, Jason’s brother John and 5 other guys are celebrating the life of Jason’s dad – Coach John. Coach John passed away a few years ago and one of his last wishes was asking his sons to spread his ashes on the 1oth hole at a golf course in Ireland called Lahinch. So they planned the trip and here we are – currently making our way playing courses from Dublin to Lahinch.

In this episode we talk about:

-the special meaning behind the trip and how/why this trip came together;

-the planning;

-traveling logistics of a golf trip in Ireland;

-the courses we are playing;

-our reviews of the courses and our favorite;

-style of golf in Ireland;

-the food;

-the pubs;

-the locals;

-the merchandise;

-what lays ahead in the next few days;

-and everything else in between about this trip and of course we fit in some talk about Jason and his family and his world travels

We enjoyed doing this podcast to help us document and remember this trip and hope you enjoy following along.

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com

Jason, Laurence, Tom and Nick join join forces on this weeks College Football Last Call and take you all around the country.

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga - www.jsteinlawfirm.com

Lawyer Cory Sterling joins us for this weeks episode of Sports ‘N Torts. Cory is a lawyer from Canada who has completely reinvented how to practice law. HIs practice is something that so many of us lawyers simply dream about. A former big firm lawyer who felt trapped by his desk job, Cory is now an entrepreneur who runs an online law firm and practices law from all over the world. He was kite surfing in Brazil when I interviewed him..

The name of his firm is Conscious Counsel. Cory describes the firm as “heart-leading” with the goal of transforming the legal service industry out of its archaic, overwhelming and intimidating status, to an informed, approachable and fun practice. Their goal is making the LAW = FUN. This all started with a question – “Is this the only way to live?” Over the last 15 years Cory has been on a mission to live on his own terms, creating a business, traveling to 95 countries, learning 5 languages, and writing a book on Yoga Law. Take a listen to Cory and get inspire to start living just a little bit differently. Cory also his his own podcast which is properly named "Little Bit Different"

Cory talks about building an online firm, hiring remote workers and working with clients who share your vision. Cory is also a business coach who hosts retreats in tropical destinations. An avid kite surfer, Cory gives his advice on traveling and living in remote towns and living a healthy lifestyle as a law firm. You are not going to want to miss this.

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com

Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the nation to recap Week 3 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:

-UGA surviving its trip to Kentucky

-Bama blowing out Wisconsin

-Texas Longhorns love

-Florida/Florida St. freefall

-Status of the Power 4 conferences 25% of the way into the season

-Sucker Bet of the Week

-Jimbo of the Week

-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report

As always this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga - www.jsteinlawfirm.com

Seth Eisenberg joins us as this weeks guest on Sports ‘N Torts. Seth is the founder of The Eisenberg Firm in Atlanta, GA. After a short time working for insurance companies and seeking more significant opportunity in high-profile cases, Seth moved to the City of Atlanta Department of Law where he began his employment as an Assistant City Attorney. He was quickly promoted to a Senior Attorney position and saved the City of Atlanta over $50 million dollars in damages as a result of his courtroom success. Seth experienced noteworthy victories in the state and federal trial and appellate courts; litigating cases against the government arising out of premises liability, motor vehicle accident, bicycle accident, slip and fall, police pursuit, nuisance, breach of contract and pension class action. Seth then used these experiences to open up his own firm specializing in these same government type cases where every day he litigates claims against cities, counties and the state of Georgia. Seth is one of the only lawyers in Metro Atlanta with this sort of specialty and is the go to resource on all things suing Georgia government or quasi-governmental entities.  

In this episode we discuss:

-Defending City of Atlanta and working as a City Attorney

-Serving as legal counsel to the Mayor

-Filing lawsuits and claims against cities, counties and states

-Procedural rules in Government claims

-How immunity for claims works

-What is a nuisance case and how do they work

-Marketing a Government practice

-Philly sports

-Fantasy Football Draft Order Competition

Bottom line – Seth takes on City Hall…. and wins

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com.

Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the nation recapping all of the top stories from Week 2 of the College Football Season. We discuss:

-UGA taking care of business vs. TN Tech

-SEC with 6 teams ranked in the top 7 of this weeks AP Top 25

-Tough sledding for Alabama, Oklahoma, Auburn and Kentucky

-Notre Dame upset by NIU

-Coloraod and Coach Prime Crashing and Burning

-Preview of UGA vs. Kentucky

-Larry’s Sucker Bet

-Jimbo of the Week

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm and personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com

Peter A. Law joins Sports ‘N Torts for Season 4 Episode 3. Pete is the senior principal of Law & Moran a 5 lawyer trial firm dedicated to the representation of individuals who have suffered injuries and death due to the negligence of others. Pete has been recognized by various independent surveys as one of Georgia's top trial lawyers, and has been selected as Georgia's Top Lawyer with multi-year number 1 selections (top vote getter of all lawyers, all categories).

His firm's recoveries approach $1.5 billion worth of jury verdicts and settlements. Pete has been counsel for the Plaintiff in approximately 200 recoveries each exceeding one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), including more than 45 separate recoveries exceeding five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), more than 85 separate recoveries exceeding three million dollars ($3,000,000.00). Pete has been called “the Million Dollar Man” by the Fulton County Daily Report.

All of that is to say that when Pete talks about injury cases and trying cases, those of us in this industry listen. While Pete regularly does CLE presentations, this is the first podcast he has done and you are not going to want to miss this one. During this great conversation we discuss:

-the story that led him to becoming lawyer

-what brought him to Atlanta

-decision to start trying cases and how he got good at it

-his advice to those wanting to become a great trial lawyer

-career as a defense lawyer

-opening and building his firm and his view on marketing and social media

-mentoring young lawyers

-changes in the practice of law over the years

-taking cases apart and putting them back together like a piece of machinery

-building demonstrative aid evidence for use at trial (story of building a mechanical room to show the jury how an explosion happened)

-making adjustments to trial presentations on the fly

-trying cases to rural juries

-simple, straight forward and speedy trial presentations

-how he views “the ask” for amount of verdict

-voir dire- his favorite part of trial

-protecting big verdicts from an appeal

-motivation to continue trying big cases and doing the work

And of course between his connections to Florida State, Texas and Notre Dame we talk the 2024 college football season.

This episode also features our colleague, Chris Gunnels. Chris provides great insight on trial work and, as an Alabama fan, gives his thoughts on the upcoming season as well.

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com

Josh, Jason and Laurence recap week 1 of the 2024 College Football Season. We discuss:

-UGA dismantling Clemson

-Where Clemson and their fans go from here

-Season debut for Coach Prime

-ND defeating TAMU

-USC trending up and LSU trending down

-What, if anything, we learned about the top end of the SEC

-FSU and the ACC off to a rough start

-Preview of UGA-Tennessee Tech

-Larry’s Sucker Bet of the Week

As always, this podcast is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com

We are back! Season 4 of Sports ‘N Torts is officially underway with our annual College Football Preview Show. Laurence Kessler, Jason Ganz and Andy Goldner join the show to discuss all things to get your ready for the 2023 college football season. We cover:

-Outlook for UGA including players to watch and schedule highlights

-New look SEC with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma and elimination of the two divisions

-Conference realignment

-Alabama in a post Saban world

-Current state of NIL

-What a 12 team playoff is going to look like

-Year 2 of Coach Prime

-Season predictions

-Heisman predictions

-Atlanta as venue for title game

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com

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Natanya Brooks joins us for Episode 106 of Sports ‘N Torts. Natanya is a lawyer in Atlanta, which of course we discussed. However, we spent the bulk of this podcast talking about her experience as a swimmer who through hard work, grit, and dedication earned a scholarship to swim collegiately at Georgia Tech. Swimming has had a profound effect on her life and has installed the values that set her up for success in life.

We had a great discussion about youth sports. Natanya talked about how to maximize the youth sports experience for children while making it fun and keeping them competitive. We discuss time management, early mornings in the pool and what it takes to succeed. A former swim coach, Natanya has strong feelings on “burn out” and shares her tips on raising successful athletes.

We talked about when she realized that college swimming was a possibility and her recruitment process. Natanya talked about her college experience to include the connections made and how it prepared her for business and her law practice. We talked about the different trips she has taken involving swimming and being in the water.

In 2018, Natanya founded Brooks Injury Law to have the opportunity to make a real difference in the life of others. Natanya wanted to bring individuals and families out of despair through recovery and to work with families to honor and comfort those who are not able to recover from their injuries.

Natanya has implemented different marketing strategies and has followed the growth. Her goal for Brooks Injury Law was to always be able to help clients in need. As clients began to ask for help in different areas of personal injury law, instead of turning them away, she decided to expand our team. She was always well-equipped to handle road wrecks but as premises cases like negligent security shootings came in, we were able to bring in additional attorneys to handle the complex legal issues and appellate work that comes with those cases. Next, a medical malpractice branch was added to the firm, followed by a products, civil rights, and class action practice area. She has done just that with her firm now employing 9 lawyers and 25+ staff.

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com