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Melissa Lamore is the Senior Vice President of Communications at Velawcity, a legal advertising network. Her superpower lies in building relationships that are deep-seated and wide-reaching. For Melissa, the lines between personal and professional are blurred. When she battled breast cancer, much of her support network came from the legal industry. As a result, her rapidly expanding network natura...

Stephanie Forbes has seen - and improved - the inner workings of some of the most successful firms in the nation. The COO turned consultant is on a mission to help growing firms replicate their success. Owner of Forbes Consult, Stephanie helps Personal Injury Law Firms capitalize on maximum results by teaching swift, quality case management, and elite customer service. Today, we discuss how system...

You can spend all the money in the world on marketing - but if your intake team is not dialed in, your marketing budget has gone to waste. Associate and intake manager at West Coast Trial Lawyers, Liana Khachatryan oversees 15 offices and intake teams across California. One of the most successful personal injury and employment firms, the team consists of over 100 staff and 20 attorneys. Today, we...

When all you have is the calling - helping people is enough. Hillary Walsh, owner of New Frontier Immigration Law, began her immigration law firm with few resources. In the early days, she pretended to be her own receptionist and would drive over three hours to avoid a twenty-dollar filing fee. Four years later her firm has grown to over 90 employees and she helps hundreds of families through the...

As an immigration and personal injury attorney, Keren Barrios clients trust her firm with their lives. She loves making an impact on her community and fulfills the promise she made to herself to help change and improve the lives of others. Over the past decade, the managing and founding partner of Barrios & Virguez has grown her firm to over 30 staff members and has helped countless families in Ge...

In 1692 witchcraft was an indisputable fact of life in Massachusetts. Those accused faced felony charges. The Salem Witch Trials were the result of a rational worldview shared by well-reasoned people who saw witchcraft as the devil incarnate and a threat to daily life. But how did they get there? What can we learn from the trials about access to power and how social dynamics shape legal systems? H...

Renata Musial, an attorney turned coach, teaches female attorneys how to go after their happiness - unapologetically. The owner of The Happy Lawyer Project spent years struggling to find happiness in her career despite ticking standard boxes guaranteed to bring joy. After an Adult ADHD diagnosis and realizing the power of the stories we tell ourselves, Renata mentors female attorneys to help them...

Bibi Fell is one of the strongest trial lawyers in the country. And her firm, Fell Law is consistently recognized as the top in the legal field by the Daily Journal, Lawdragon Leading Plaintiff Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, and Superlawyers. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego School of Law who has recovered millions for her clients. She is also a Partner...

As the saying goes - if you're not growing, you're dying. But what goes into successfully growing a firm? Today, Ashton Bremer offers her marketing expertise and explains why to grow your firm you need more than a Facebook page. The driving force behind the explosive growth of Stewart Guss Injury Accident Lawyers, Ashton commands a marketing department that spans four states and nine locations. We...

Sparks Law opened its doors in April of 2022. Today we dive into what it is like to open a practice - from a woman who is living the experience. Samantha Sparks is managing partner at the Missouri based firm and wears two (of many) hats. The personal injury cases and consumer protection attorney also manages the firm. Today we discuss how to wade through the uncertainty when starting a firm, jumpi...

Reb Masel doesn't just entertain her 1.1 Million followers. The attorney best know for reading baffling public depositions on TikTok creates an outlet for legal professionals who often feel isolated. The litigation attorney at Buchalter demonstrates to young lawyer hopefuls that there is no one right way to be an attorney. We discuss leveraging social media as a platform for representation, privil...

On TikTok, LawyerPaige, aka Paige Sparks, has over two hundred thousand followers. Attracting millions of eyes, she offers practical legal advice and tosses out myths that are more like urban legend than law. How does extreme social media exposure inform a business plan and re-imagine the client journey? Owner of freshly-minted Sparks Law is here to show us the way. She has already figured out one...

Managing Partner at San Diego-based Haeggquist & Eck, Alreen Haeggquist has more than 19 years of experience recovering millions of dollars for her clients and a 99% success rate. She is a compassionate advocate who never backs down from a fight. Today we discuss how her role has shifted as her practice has grown, the values of J.U.S.T.I.C.E. that ground her firm, and how to create meaningful soci...

Crisp has grown from $500 to over $40 Million in just nine years. This success is thanks, in no small part, to Jessica Mogill. Jessica's official title is Head of Coaching Strategy but she has done it all - from sales to systems. The former industrial engineer has laid the track for the exponential growth of Crisp. Today we dive into asking for - and taking - help. Why you needed to implement proc...

In 2018, only 1% of women-owned businesses broke a million dollars in revenue. Jennifer Gore, founder of Atlanta Personal Injury Law Group, secured her firm's position as one of the fastest growing in America - three years in a row - and built her way to that 1%. The goal is simple: create a better law firm with better jobs. Exponential growth is what happened along the way. Learn from one of the...

Lisa Bloom, owner of The Bloom Firm, is synonymous with high-profile cases that expose men in power for sexual misconduct. She has represented women in the Cosby, O'Reilly, and Epstein cases to name a few. The Bloom Firm has fought for and won tens of millions of dollars for victims of discrimination, harassment, and abuse. She is a human and animal rights champion activist, three-time author, tel...

President of legal marketing firm LawRank, Maria Monroy's list of responsibilities is all too familiar for business owners: client-facing operations, speaking at conferences, sales, employee management, and business development. But how can you find time to do it all, when everything calls for your attention? Today we dive into mindset, time management, the power of delegation, and letting go of g...

Marlie Willer, Principle owner at Liro Willer Law, advocates for families and children whose lives have been wrecked by medical malpractice, with a focus on obstetric negligence. Today, we discuss how medical malpractice suits can help change the medical industry for the better. Women perform the bulk of unpaid labor in the home - we look at ways to seek financial compensation for caregivers and e...

Since 1974, and the passing of The Equal Credit Opportunity Act, American women have unfettered access to banking. Despite nearly 50 years of financial female firsts, women remain largely absent from high finance. Today, we sit down with Brooke Lively, president at Cathedral Capital to discuss why so few women are in finance, why she prefers to hire mothers, and the six key numbers your firm needs...

Genie Harrison's success is fueled by her unflinching high standards and bolstered by her grit. Dogged advocate for employees and lead trial counsel at The Genie Harrison Law Firm, she advocates for victims of all forms of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. She has recovered over $220 million in settlements and verdicts for her clients, but sees the real wins come fr...

A Super Lawyer since 2018, a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College, and a devoted mother - in the courtroom and at home - Candice Klein thrives in the chaos. With 20 years of experience, she has taken over 30 cases to verdict and recently founded Chang | Klein with partner Deborah Chang. Between the two, billions of dollars have been recovered on behalf of their clients. And in its first year, Cha...

Kelly Deutsch, CEO and Executive Producer of Verdict Video, has produced nearly 600 videos for mediation and trial. With over 25 years of experience, her deep compassion and empathy can be felt in every production. Her Dateline-style presentations for mediation or arbitration have helped secure the recovery of multiple 9 and 10-figure verdicts. A natural leader - and introvert - Kelly shares the s...

Nothing beats real trial experience. You can read books and attend seminars, but to become the best you have to get in the ring. Aslin Tutuyan's first trial - a premises liability case against LA Times - set the tone for her career. Never shying away from a fight, as the personal injury trial attorney at Mandell Trial Lawyers she has walked away from massive companies like Disney and represented o...

Felice Duffy, founder of Duffy Law, is a dedicated Title IX advocate and former head coach of the Yale Division I Women’s Soccer Team. She is committed to excellence and driven by passion - in the courtroom and on the soccer field. Felice's first experience with Title IX was when she filed an action against UCONN under the then-new Title IX statute to compel the creation of a woman’s soccer progra...

Diandra Debrosse Zimmermann's 15-year career has spanned four firms as managing partner or partner as recovered over $45 million for her clients. Managing partner of the Birmingham office at DiCello Levitt Gutzler and co-chair of their mass tort practice, she is ranked Top 100 by National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers, and numerous other accolades. Today, we discuss...