In this episode Susan Guthrie speaks with Ashely-Nicole Russell, the founder of three successful collaborative law practice firms, who shares her top 3 pillars for success that helped her start, and continues to support, her ongoing achievements and you can do the same!

When Ashley-Nicole Russell told people that right out of law school she was going to start her own collaborative law practice, bypassing the tried and true career path of becoming a litigation associate in a law firm to get experience and exposure, most people just "patted her on the head and said 'how cute.'"  

Well, she not only made a huge success of that first firm, she has gone on to found two more successful firms in North Carolina and has helped other professionals to do the same accross the country.

In this episode, Ashley-Nicole shares her secret sauce, the things that she knows will fuel your journey, because they WORK!  Listen in to hear her 3 pillars of success and find out how you can make them the foundation of your practice, whether just starting out or decades into your career.

Honestly, just her enthusiasm and unquenchable belief that ANYONE can find her level of success will change your day, and change your practice, so do not miss this episode!

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More About This Week's Special Guest:  Ashley-Nicole Russell

Ashley-Nicole Russell, Esq. is an award-winning family law attorney, author, and speaker who is changing the way divorce is perceived around the world. She is widely-known as a dedicated, passionate, and trustworthy attorney with integrity. She is committed to protecting her clients while understanding the needs of their families. As a child of divorce and divorcee, she brings a unique, relatable, and personal understanding to AN|R Law Offices and the communities it serves. As the first collaborative law firm in eastern North Carolina, AN|R Law has office locations in Greenville, Raleigh, Beaufort, and Wilmington.

With more than a decade of experience in collaborative law, Ashley-Nicole knows first-hand how this model benefits families during separation and divorce. This method, which Ashley-Nicole used in her own divorce, allows the couple to move forward peacefully with understanding and respect. She is the author of The Cure for Divorce Culture and the host of the Divorce, Healthy! podcast. 

Ashley-Nicole is the creator of the game-changing new on-demand and personal coaching platform, "Delivering Divorce Differently" which is an outgrowth of her passion and goal of changing the face of divorce world-wide.  This program will support attorneys and collaborative professionals in building and growing their own SUCCESSFUL collaborative practice in three easy modules.  Ashely-Nicole knows the formula for success and she shares it in Delivering Divorce Differently!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Ashley-Nicole was a guest on Susan's other podcast, The Divorce and Beyond Podcast talking about the benefits of collaborative divorce.  You can listen here:  https://divorcebeyond.com/collaborative-divorce

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Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.

In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.

As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.

Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.

Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.