THE PRACTICE PODCAST

Listen to this conversation with Olga Vodolazschi, the founder of OV Law Group, located in Miami Beach, Florida.

Brett and Jeff talk to Olga about the fascinating career trajectory that started for her as a paralegal, what it was like to work as an attorney at one of the Big Four accounting firms, and her vision of providing legal services that do not need to be intimidating nor prohibitively expensive. This vision led Olga to open her firm to provide high-quality advisory and consulting services in international tax, pre-immigration planning, US inbound investment, estate planning, and tax compliance. Olga also talks about the advantages of speaking five languages, especially in South Florida, which positions her to spare her clients the effort and expense of bridging language and cultural barriers by understanding cultural nuances.

Learn more about Olga and her fascinating practice.

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Brett and Jeff talk to John E. Hurley, the founder of Hurley Tax Law, PLLC., about how he became a tax lawyer while working for a law firm in Boca Raton, Florida, to subsequently making the move in-house into his client’s tax department to continue his tax controversy work.

John talks about his twenty-year tax career and highlights some of the work he has done for some of the world’s largest multinational corporations leading tax controversy teams and successfully representing organizations before numerous tax authorities. John also shares why it made sense for him to go back into private practice and open his own firm.

Learn more about John and his fascinating practice.

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Amy Mariani is a compassionate, calm, curious, and creative connector. She is also an attorney specializing in mediation for Mariani Mediation Services in Boston. 

Brett and Jeff talk to Amy about her mediation practice, the immeasurable stress that comes with litigation, the importance of trust, and the strategies she has applied in her meditation practice for over thirteen years to bring parties together calmly and effectively.  These attributes keep Amy on the short list of attorneys seeking to resolve six and seven-figure cases.  Listen in to learn the keys to resolving complex cases.

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Brett and Jeff dive into a conversation about the differences between general practices and specialized boutiques.  The topic arose with the recent influx of national firms merging with smaller firms in South Florida.

They talk about the pros and cons of a full-service firm versus a specialized practice. Does it benefit boutique firms to stay in their lane?  Or should lawyers become part of a big law platform?   What suits your practice? 

Do not miss out on the great takeaways from Brett and Jeff.

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Brett Amron and Jeffrey Bast talk to Brian Bieber, a shareholder with the Florida law firm of GrayRobinson, P.A., about his illustrious career as a criminal and civil white-collar defense attorney. 

Brian talks about his twenty-eight-year career, how he started in law school as a law clerk for the attorney he would ultimately call his partner, how his partnership with Joel Hirschhorn evolved, and how their street fighting criminal practice attracted the interest of big law in 2013 and why they chose GrayRobinson over multiple firms vying for their practice. 

Brian also talks about how he defines success as being the happiest you can be and shares some valuable insights from which anyone in the legal profession, or any profession, can benefit. 

Learn more about Brian and his fascinating practice. 

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Today’s conversation is with Scott Schonfeld, a partner in the Corporate & Securities and Real Estate Groups of Fox Swibel, a leading boutique business law firm in Chicago.

Brett Amron and Jeffrey Bast talk to Scott about how he transitioned from being a real estate lawyer to a prominent corporate and securities lawyer.  And he shares how he built his broad-based transactional practice with an expertise in representing restaurant companies and celebrity chefs across the country.

Learn more about Scott’s fascinating restaurant practice. 

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Listen to this conversation with Philip Herzberg, a lead financial advisor at Team Hewins, a wealth management firm with offices in South Florida and the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Brett Amron and Jeffrey Bast talk to Philip about his practice as a Certified Financial Planner and his expertise in helping clients implement tax-efficient investment, retirement, and estate planning strategies. 

Philip shares how he helps empower clients with the resources and clarity to make well-informed financial decisions during challenging times and talks about how he provides a high level of personalized support and advice by closely collaborating with family law and other professionals and how he helps successful people with unique and complex needs find peace of mind in their financial lives.

 Philip provides some great takeaways all professionals at any stage in their career can benefit from. It’s never too early to have a plan.

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Different stages of life- get the help early – adopt a strategy early on so that your Long-term strategy options are not limited.

Brett and Jeff recognize that with their success as lawyers comes an obligation to give back to the community and those less fortunate.   In this new episode, they weigh in on the importance and commitment to delivering pro bono legal services for those in need. They talk about how they encourage and facilitate charitable work for their teams as a way to connect with each other and the community.  

Jeff and Brett share some suggestions on how and why lawyers at any stage in their practice can and should give back to those who are unable to afford legal counsel.

Do not miss out on the great takeaways from Brett and Jeff. 

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Listen to this conversation with Nicole Westbrook, a commercial litigator with the law firm of Jones & Keller in Denver, who handles high-stakes litigation for parties around the country.

Brett Amron and Jeffrey Bast talk to Nicole about her successful practice as a trial lawyer and the importance of her experience as a federal law clerk in the busiest trial court in the United States. Nicole shares how her decision to accept a federal clerkship out of law school proved to be an invaluable experience that she recommends for all young lawyers.

Nicole also discusses her role as an instructor for National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), the program, and the gap between what young lawyers are taught in law school and what really happens in the courtroom. Nicole provides some great takeaways for lawyers of all ages.  

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Michael J. Feuerman, Esq., SIOR, CCIM, Managing Director of Berger Commercial Realty / CORFAC International for Palm Beach County. Michael is our first return guest to The Practice Podcast. In August 2020, Michael was one of our first guests on episode 15 when we talked with him about market trends for office leasing and the best strategies for law firms and other commercial tenants in the new environment.

In this episode, Brett Amron and Jeffrey Bast talk to Michael about his career as a business trial lawyer and why he decided to embark on a commercial real estate career. Michael shares how he realized early in his career that litigation just wasn’t for him. He talks about the importance of work ethic, putting in the work, and liking what you do to be successful. Michael also weighs on the current leasing market, the demands, and what he sees for the future of commercial leasing.

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