The Bronx Attorney Broadcast

Kris Burgess started practicing law with his father in "Door Law" (whatever comes through the door). After a few years he realized personal injury was his passion and decided to specialize.

In this episode we discuss how preparing your case for trial generates great settlements for clients and how effective storytelling can strengthen a case.

In this episode, Nick Gullo and I talk about what it was like to wrestle at Wheatley High School for the legendary Tom Fitzpatrick and the lessons we learned from wrestling. Nick tells the stories about what led him to owning a jiu jitsu academy and the confidence he had to go out on his own. Join Monarch Jiu Jitsu in Malverne!

In just seven short years, Rilee Harrison of Maples, Harrison, and Zeaman, has gone from newly admitted attorney to law firm owner. Rilee leveraged networking and social media to acquire new business. Tens of thousands of people follow Rilee on social media. He wants them to think of him when they think Oklahoma. Although his firm is only a few months old, he already has big plans for the future.

Christina Gullo is a partner at The Kantor Gullo Firm and a Board Member of the NYS Trial Academy.

She is located in Buffalo, but practices across the state. She practices all types of personal injury cases, but has a large portion of her caseload dedicated to motorcycle and railroad accidents.

Christina helped start the "Special Term" program live streaming court proceedings so lawyers can see what real practice looks like. She also stays busy by training for a half marathon supporting MS research and spending time with her one year old son.

After a professional experience with an unfair law about holding dog owner's responsible for dog attacks, Carey Beyer made it his mission to help change the law.

Carey also discusses his new move back to his hometown and new role at O'Connor and Partners.

Also, Carey and I discuss his heavy involvement with the Trial Academy.

Lindsay is a trial lawyer, business owner, mom, Trial Academy Associate Board Chair, networking group founder, and more!

In this episode Lindsay talks about how she manages all these different roles and the exciting things happening in her firms and organizations.

Michael Solomon is the Senior Trial Attorney at Smiley and Smiley LLP. Michael transitioned from Assistant District Attorney to Personal Injury Attorney in March 2020. Recently, he tried a case to verdict for an individual who was assaulted on a construction site. He discusses how he was able to obtain a jury verdict over 250k for his client in a case where the defendants heavily disputed liability.

Michael Solomon is the Senior Trial Attorney at Smiley and Smiley LLP. Michael transitioned from Assistant District Attorney to Personal Injury Attorney in March 2020. Recently, he tried a case to verdict for an individual who was assaulted on a construction site. He discusses how he was able to obtain a jury verdict over 250k for his client in a case where the defendants heavily disputed liability.

Michelle Stern is the Executive Director of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers - a bar association dedicated to providing trial attorneys with interesting and informative CLEs and networking events.

Michelle started as ED right out of law school and helped to take the academy from a few hundred members to over 5,000.

Devin Hogan is an insurance broker with Hudson United. Devin can help you insure anything from investment properties to businesses to cars and boats. He has leveraged his affinity for meeting new people into a bulging book of business. In this episode we talk about how we met, his high school wrestling career, what it is like to be the president of a BNI Chapter and how he keeps attracting new business.