Maximum Lawyer

There is one thing that will give you a little more of that freedom that we crave as owners of our firms. And in the pursuit of freedom the secret comes from --- customer service! Make it your secret weapon and that will help you get over the mindset of selling your services.  Within customer service there are three things that have really helped today’s podcast guest, John Ting. The three topics...

Building a new business or shifting to a new business model? How do you get started? How can you make the processes easier? How can technology help small law firm owners? In today’s episode Jim and Tyson are talking to Dorna, CEO and founder of Gavel.io, a no-code platform for building document automation and client facing legal products. Prior to starting Gavel, Dorna was a litigator at Sidley Au...

After outsourcing her SEO and digital marketing for seven years, Billie Tarascio, founder of My Modern Law , decided — never again, it wasn't working for her law firm and her numbers proved it. It's really hard to know if what you're paying for digital marketing is actually bringing you business. You’ll get impressions, you'll get page rank, you'll get subscribers. You can look at it to see how yo...

Today, we are combining forces with another terrific legal podcast, Everything Except the Law , with host Nick Werker, who is interviewing Jim and Tyson!  In this episode we're going to be learning all about the origins of Maximum Lawyer, and of course Jim and Tyson will be sharing some of their top law office management tips. From: ➡️ The headaches and heartaches that happen when starting your fi...

Looking to set up a virtual system that runs without you? That runs like clockwork? Listen to today’s episode with Regina Edwards, as we share her 2022 MaxLawCon presentation about the automation you can set up to qualify your leads, create a smooth client journey and to maximize your time wherever you are in the world.  Regina walks through the basics setup and intentionality behind her automatio...

What pieces do you need in place to start your law firm? What is the thought process and mindset that gets you to “take the leap”? What foundations would you need to get started?  In today’s episode Jim and Tyson are interviewing Josh Rohrscheib the new law firm owner and start up of Onward Injury Law. Josh started his own firm recently — and as he says in this interview there are so many great th...

Building a firm and starting a firm is not easy! But what Bill is going to cover today is easy. It's easy to learn. It's easy to do. And it will have a disproportionate positive impact on your business.  The reason this stuff works is that it goes to the core of any successful business, which is client happiness! That is at the core — If your clients are happy, they will go out and rave about your...

Is it realistic for a law firm owner to strive for a law firm that runs without them? Jim and Tyson have changed their thinking around this topic of a law firm owner working towards the goal of being only in the owners box.  Is this possible? It’s an interesting idea, however, we don’t think it's really possible for a law firm owner to be in the owners box only and run a highly successful firm tha...

When your personality and your professional life do not align with who you are, it causes friction. In today’s episode Elise Buie is pointing out the strengths of embracing your unique qualities. What is the impact that your uniqueness will have? Professionally and personally? Elise unpacks the effects of being your authentic self — and how that will uplevel your emotional intelligence as a leader...

Just getting started in your own firm? Wanting to uplevel your firm and grow faster? Today’s episode has Jim and Tyson in the interview seat as they are guest’s on Kara Vaval podcast: Laptop Lifestyle Lawyer .  Listen in as Tyson and Jim share their starting points of their firms, as well as the start of Maximum Lawyer Podcast and Group Coaching (the Guild)  With their: ➡️ organic coaching growth...

If you want to become the visionary of your law firm, there is this whole “big relationships" responsibility that falls on your shoulders as the business owner.  The three top ways to super charge your relationships and networking efforts are:  ➡️ being a giver ➡️ being a connector ➡️ being the go to expert of your area  Listen in as Joey deep dives into each of these three ways you can network ea...

When you reach that point in your business that you are ready to hire an associate — How do you make that decision? How do you make sure the payment is there? How can you make the process smooth?  What if you are worried about what you will do with your time after to make your hire? What will you do if you are not sure if you have full time work guaranteed? Do you ask your new hire to bring in new...

Feeling some days like an imposter? We get it! And feel it too. In today’s episode, taken from MaxLawCon 2022, our guest Alexis Austin is teaching us all about using that feeling of imposter syndrome and working with it to make your law firm a better business.  Not only does Alexis go over HOW you can embrace this feeling that most of us don’t want to feel but she also goes over why it’s a good th...

People share their struggles here in the Guild and we want to have space on the show today for people going through a struggle right now!  BUT, while we empathize and encourage each other, we don’t want the work to stop there. We want high expectations and problem solving space made to work through the struggles as well.  So let’s talk about holding these two truths here on the show today. Listen...

Your ideas are worth millions of dollars! You have so much that you could do! But is this true? Sure, maybe your ideas are WORTH millions … but they will never make you a cent if they are not executed. Execution is the key to any great idea.  In today's episode, we're sharing a presentation from Max Lock Con 2022 with Tyson speaking about the topic of “Why Your Ideas Don't Matter”. Not only does h...

What are the challenges that lawyers are facing this year? What about the challenges that are the remnants of the pandemic?  What will the future of 2023 and beyond hold for law firm owners? These are some of the questions that Jim and Tyson answer as guest on Molly McGrath’s podcast Hire and Empower with Molly Listen in!  00:27 Where do you see an opportunity and best practices in the post pandem...

What if you knew the day that you were going to die? What if you gave your life your best shot because you knew that your time was limited? What would you do differently? What would you change in your law firm? Who would you call to make sure you talked to today?  In today's episode, we're sharing a presentation from Max Law Con 2022, where Jim gives his talk - “Why are you waiting?” Which encoura...

After handling his wife’s immigration papers, lawyer Erick Widman had a fire lit in himself to niche down to family and business immigration. His law firm is now 10 years old, with all the ups and downs that come from being an entrepreneur and owning your own firm.  One of the biggest challenges Erick faced was being unprepared for how difficult it would be to handle employees. And all of the coac...

Marketing your own law firm is an ongoing job for us entrepreneurs. A job that RizeUp Media has taken off owners plates, as they offer marketing services.  In this episode Travis and Vaidas deep dive into the do’s and don'ts for lawyer websites. As well as short term and long term marketing strategies according to your firm's needs. Let’s dive in! 1:12 RizeUp Media’s sweetspot and how they help la...

Taking the leap into running your own law firm is scary. We know it! In today’s episode Jim and Tyson chat about the top six things they love about being a law firm owner and why they would never go back.  If you are thinking of going off on your own and starting your own firm, or maybe you just need a pep talk to keep going the entrepreneur lawyer course — this episode is for you. It’s okay to be...

Ready to get control of your demands and distractions? Then you need to meet today’s guest, Mridu Parikh. The founder of Life Is Organized, Mridu is a time management guru passionate about teaching business owners how to focus, get out of the weeds, and take back control of their day. Her best-selling book, Accomplish It, and Productivity On Purpose podcast share simple strategies to ditch mental...

Where is your best dollar spent in marketing your law firm? What do you need to have in place before you get started? What are the biggest marketing mistakes lawyers need to be aware of? This and more is what our guest, Chris Casseday gives advice about on today’s podcast episode.  Chris is the director of operations at GNGF. He specializes in creating strategic marketing plans for law firms acros...

What if you could grow your leads, following and relationships with clients using social media marketing that cost you nothing? That is what our guest on the show, Kathleen Martinez did with TikTok.  Showing off her funny, controversial, and passion for immigration law, Kathleen has grown her TikTok following to over 800K+ by showing up consistently and being herself.  In this episode she goes ove...

Do you have a deep desire to travel the world? See different places? Most importantly, meet all the different people?  For some people traveling the world is on their bucket list of what they will be doing when they retire. Today’s podcast episode guest Don McClure took a different approach and sold his house, his cars, packed up his family and now slowly travels the world. All while running his o...

Let’s talk about running a law firm but instead of talking about running it the “right” way — let’s talk about what NOT to do and the mistakes that Jim and Tyson have made.  Here are six mistakes that cost them financially that they wish they could go back and fix. Hopefully you find this helpful and hopefully you can shortcut some of these mistakes to save yourself the financial headache.  Mistak...