Lead Counsel

Unlock the exact mental blueprints required to elevate your personal development and scale your business ventures. In this special mashup episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona brings together elite legal minds and top business consultants to break down the core characteristics of true self-improvement. Discover the power of a growth-oriented mindset, the freeing nature of kind candor,...

How do top tier legal professionals and high achieving founders scale their businesses without completely burning out? In this dynamic episode of the Lead Council Podcast, host Tom Tona dives deep into a masterclass of transformative book recommendations designed to optimize your legal mindset, elevate your client experience, and strategically maximize your profitability. The conversation kicks of...

Welcome back to the Lead Counsel Podcast. In this episode, host Tom Tona sits down with Uma Damodaran, the Head of Content and Strategy at StoryLeads, to dissect the content engine that drives high value lawyer referrals and law firm growth . Most lawyers approach LinkedIn by humble bragging or posting dry verdict alerts, but true market leadership requires turning your regular case updates into m...

Welcome to another powerful episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, hosted by Tom Tona, a New York personal injury lawyer dedicated to breaking down the intersection of elite law practice and business strategy . In this episode, Tom sits down with his personal EOS Certified Implementer and ProfitWorks coach, Mike Zappone . Together, they deliver a masterclass on how law firm founders and entrepreneur...

In this special mashup episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona brings together key conversations focusing on the monumental impact of building a law firm around authentic core values and culture . If you have ever felt that recruiting is a constant uphill battle or that scaling your practice risks losing the heart of your business, this episode provides the exact roadmap you need to tra...

A central theme of this episode is the critical role that continuous reading plays in personal development and corporate success. The featured speakers heavily emphasize and recommend the following books as essential tools for mastering leadership, driving business development, and optimizing your organizational systems: T he Credibility Code by Cara Hale Alter – Recommended by Sue Ann Van Dermyde...

Scaling a successful law firm requires a transition from working as a legal technician to operating as a strategic business leader. In this episode of the Lead Council Podcast, host Tom Tona is joined by Patrick Wilson, an elite law firm business coach with Atticus, alongside industry innovators to break down the exact frameworks needed to build a modern, scalable practice. The conversation focuse...

In this special mashup episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona brings together key insights from previous conversations centered around law firm growth, business coaching, and the transformative power of mastermind groups. Scaled law firms do not happen by accident. They require a shift from the technician mindset to that of a true business owner. Throughout this episode, Tom and indust...

In this episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona sits down with cybersecurity attorney Kellam Parks to discuss one of the biggest threats facing modern law firms. Cybersecurity breaches, ransomware attacks, phishing scams, AI misuse, and ethical compliance failures are creating massive financial and reputational risks for lawyers of every size firm. Kellam shares real world examples of l...

In this episode of Lead Counsel Podcast , Tom Tona sits down with Jacob Molina, founder of StoryLeads, to break down how lawyers are using LinkedIn to build authority, drive referrals, grow law firms, and create real business relationships that convert into high value cases. Jacob has interviewed more than 400 lawyers and helped generate more than 8,000 LinkedIn posts for attorneys across personal...

In this episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona sits down with returning guest Jenn Gore, founder of Evergreen Business Coaching and former owner of Atlanta Personal Injury Group, to unpack one of the most relevant transitions happening in the legal industry today. Jenn shares her full journey from building a fast-growing personal injury law firm to merging with Sweet James, navigating...

This episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast is another mashup episode from previous conversations that dives deep into the real impact of coaching and masterminds on building, scaling, and sustaining a successful law firm. Host Tom Tona breaks down how investing in coaching, peer groups, and high level masterminds became one of the most significant needle movers in his career and for many of the seve...

This mashup episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast brings together powerful insights from three previous conversations focused on coaching, masterminds, and law firm growth. If you are a law firm owner looking to scale beyond one million in revenue, build a high performing team, and step into the role of true business leader, this episode delivers practical strategies and real world perspective from...

This episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast is a curated mashup of previous episodes focused entirely on law firm marketing strategies that drive real results. If you are a law firm owner looking to increase high value cases, build a scalable referral network, and stop wasting money on ineffective marketing, this episode delivers a practical blueprint grounded in real experience. Host Tom Tona brings...

This episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast is a powerful marketing mashup featuring insights from three high level conversations on what actually drives law firm growth. Host Tom Tona brings together proven strategies from top legal minds to break down the real drivers of client acquisition, client retention and referral-based growth in modern law firms. If you are a law firm owner attorney or legal...

Seth Deutsch, founder of Samson Partners Group and author of  The Owner's Manual , joins the show to unpack how private equity really evaluates founder-led businesses — and why legal services may be one of the most consequential frontiers for private capital. We break down Seth's 7 Levers of Exit Value Realization, from vision and succession to revenue quality, financials, tech, and M&A, and explo...

This mashup episode brings together the most important marketing insights from the last three episodes of the Lead Counsel Podcast, breaking down what is actually working right now for law firm growth in a rapidly changing legal landscape. Host Tom Tona pulls together conversations with top marketing minds including Jason Hennessey, Brian Glass and Allen Boulos to give law firm owners a complete b...

In this episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast host Tom Tona sits down with Ron Latz founder of LegalFenix and fractional chief marketing officer to discuss the realities of modern legal marketing and what law firm owners must understand if they want to scale their firms without wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on ineffective marketing. Ron shares more than fifteen years of experience working...

This episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast is a special mash up of three previous conversations focused on one of the most important topics for law firm owners and operators scaling the business of law. Host Tom Tona brings together insights from multiple high level discussions with successful law firm leaders who have built fast growing firms by focusing on strategy systems hiring marketing and cli...

What does it actually take to scale a law firm to eight figures and beyond without breaking your culture, your team, or yourself In this special mashup episode of The Lead Counsel Podcast, Tom Tona sits down with three proven law firm leaders who have built, rebuilt, and scaled high performing firms. This episode distills powerful insights from Seth Price, Christopher Nicolaysen, and Michelle Dell...

In this high energy episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, Tom Tona sits down with Lee Rudin, founder of Rudin Law in New Orleans, to break down one of the most disruptive personal injury branding strategies in the country. Lee launched his firm in June 2023 and quickly built traction with a bold message that cuts through the noise in an overcrowded personal injury market: Stop Being Polite and Get...

In this powerful redo episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona sits down with Rilee Harrison, personal injury attorney at Cain Injury Lawyers in Oklahoma, to unpack the mindset, systems, and branding strategies that are helping him generate over 250 personal injury cases organically and build a scalable, client first law practice. Rilee shares how failing the bar exam the first time beca...

This episode of the  Lead Counsel Podcast builds directly on the previous full length conversation with Patrick Wilson of Atticus , offering additional insights, reflections, and high impact takeaways for law firm owners who want to scale without losing control of their lives or their values. Host Tom Tona continues the conversation with longtime friend and trusted law firm business coach Patrick...

In this high-impact episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast, host Tom Tona sits down with Oklahoma City personal injury lawyer Rilee Harrison—also known as "Barred and Bearded" on social media—to unpack the real formula behind modern legal marketing. From growing a loyal online following to generating over 250 cases organically without a single dollar spent on ads, Rilee shares a playbook for young la...

In this powerhouse episode of the Lead Counsel Podcast , host Tom Tona , founder and managing attorney of TonaLaw , sits down with nationally recognized settlement planning expert Michelle Fuller , founder of the Michigan Law Center. Michelle unpacks the critical yet often overlooked dangers that law firms face at the end of litigation—when settlement funds are distributed. Known for her expertise...