Educated in undergraduate psychology at Penn and law at Columbia, Elise shares her thoughts on coaching lawyers and answering the question: where's my next client coming from?We discussed the three things small firm leaders need to do:One. High-level legal workTwo. Run your businessThree. Marketing and Business DevelopmentWe talk leadership development, business development, and some important tips on connecting with real humans – your future referral partnersShe is available for individual o...

Kurt is a graduate of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Kurt’s practice is bankruptcy, personal injury, worker’s compensation, landlord-tenant, and some wills and related document preparation.He practiced for many years with his mother, Linda, who came to the law practice after raising young children. His family includes mom and retired lawyer, Linda, dad and retired bank CFO, Carl, retired physician, Brent, and attorney sister, Pa...

Cara is a graduate of Rutgers University with majors in Genetics and Psychology. She went on to Seton Hall Law School. Her mentors include her attorney father, John Parmigiani, and an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School named Sr. Melanie DiPietro. She also credits multiple classmates, including attorney Debra E. Guston of Argentino Family Law and Child Advocacy, LLC and a beloved, previous guest of The Bold Sidebar.Cara is a true general practice attorney. On any given day she ma...

Jonathan is the managing partner of the long established 15 attorney law firm Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle, & Sacks. He is a matrimonial practitioner and mediator. He came to the the firm following a clerkship with the Hon. Ronald Hoffman a judge respected and admired by many. His firm has a work hard play hard mentality including a holiday party hosted by Jonathan and a beach party with a bonfire.His big ask is to maintain your civility be respectful to your adversary and to the...

Christine Matus has practiced law for 24 years. Over the past several years she has devoted her practice to families with special needs children as well as the Estate Planning & Real Estate practice areas. Christine's journey has taken her from associate attorney to law firm owner. Her team includes Colleen Clark Esq. and a coaching program called “How to Manage a Small Law Firm.” Christine brings the enthusiasm of a coach to our interview and I suspect everything that she does. She ...

Dan is an embryonic immigrant whose parents moved from the oppression of the Soviet Union to the US while his mom was pregnant with him. He is a graduate of Lehigh University and Seton Hall Law School. He operates his law firm – Dan Barli and Associates – out of multiple locations. His journey to practicing law took a severe turn on the first night of Hanukkah soon after the passed the bar exam. His cancer doctor called him at 7:30 pm to tell him that his leukemia had returned. Dan has ...

Russ, founder of Nesevich Law, LLC., is a triple graduate of Rutgers University – an undergrad degree followed by a joint MBA and JD. He is an attorney licensed in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.He began his career working for prestigious financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and UBS. He went on to a successful career with Resource Real Estate as a wholesaler.He emigrated to the US, with his parents, from Odessa, Ukraine in 1978. He is a sincere people person who repeated...

A very special thanks to Jay Ruane, Russ Nesevich, and the Maximum Lawyer gang for putting us together.Steve is a graduate of Ocean County College, Rutgers University, and Rutgers University – Camden School of LawHe is Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Municipal Court Trial Attorney.Steve has taken a deep dive into the law around driving under the influence and driving while intoxicated. His deep dive included learning the techniques of field sobriety testing and how to operate t...

Jared D. Correia, Esq. is the Founder and CEO of Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, is the host of the Legal Toolkit podcast on Legal Talk Network, and is the co-founder of Gideon – a legal app used to connect to, communicate with, and service prospects and clients. Jared knew in law school that he would thrive as a consultant to lawyers. He practiced for a while then started consulting. Now, he offers private law practice consulting and has served 3,500 clients.He was driven out of law pract...

Attorney Debra E. Guston of Guston and Guston has practiced law for 31 years. She practices primarily in the areas of adoption, assisted reproduction, and family formation and protection.She has been a frequent speaker on the topics of adoption and assisted reproduction, marriage equality, and LGBT issues. She comes to this practice as an advocate informed by the AIDS crisis. If you want to hear from a practicing lawyer who finds fulfillment and meaning in her career, listen in.Career Highlig...