This Legal Life: Lessons Learned from a Life in Legal

This is Part I of a three-part series on developing client relationships.

For our 10th episode, we're celebrating by bringing you a three-part series with experienced business development & marketing leader Dave Southern (current Director of Marketing Communications at Mayer Brown). Ben Chiriboga and Dave discuss how client teams can drive law firm growth and its role in revenue operations.

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

In this episode of This Legal Life, Nexl's Chief Growth Officer, Ben Chiriboga, and Tel Aviv University's Co-Director, Legal Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Noa Mayer, dive into the world of Generative AI and what it means for legal marketing and business development. -- This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.Connect with Us:Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

Join Chief Growth Officer Ben Chiriboga and BD & Marketing Director Barbara Koenen-Geerdink, from Al Tamimi & Company as they explore the latest tools hitting the legal business development market.

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

Rachel Horning, Senior Vice President Of Business Development at Cooley, joins Chief Growth Officer Ben Chiriboga to discuss the importance and "how to" of building an effective ecosystem within the legal business development world.

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

Nicole Suissa, esq. believes it isn't about equality - because men and women inherently think differently. In this episode of This Legal Life, join Ben and Nicole as they dive into Nicole's journey being a mom within the legal career, work-life balance, and supporting working parents.

Watch Nicole's TEDxHartford talk: Working Moms: America's 1.6 Trillion Dollar Investment

Fairplay Documentary: https://www.fairplaylife.com/documentary

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

This week our Host Ben Chiriboga is joined by Business Development Director from Day Pitney, Jennifer Croessman, who has an outstanding 20+year career journey with Day Pitney.

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

This week, Ben Chiriboga sat down with Colin Levy, Director of Legal and Evangelist at Malbek, to chat about where we are at with AI technology within the legal world.

Connect with Colin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinslevy/

This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal; no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

"How do you not have someone waiting in the wings for this..."

In this episode of This Legal Life, Ben Chiriboga sits down with Mandy Hicks (Director of Marketing & Business Development, Poston Communications) to chat about the good, the bad, and the ugly of solo/in-house marketing vs. agency marketing in the legal world.

Our Guest:

Mandy Hicks, Director of Marketing & Business Development at Poston Communications - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandy-hicks-50976718/

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal, and no topic is off-limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benchiriboga/

Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

This week Ben is joined by Mark Howe, Director of Business Development & Client Relations at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP to break down the three pillars of client-centered business development.

This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl) Ben Chiriboga sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal and no topic is off limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/

Julie Henson, Chief Client Officer at Taft join This Legal Life to chat building better and more supportive client relationships this year.

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This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl) Ben Chiriboga sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with the best in legal and no topic is off limits.

Connect with Us:

Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl: Nexl: A Legal CRM. But Better. https://nexl.cloud/