The Law Entrepreneur

Neil chats with Pilar Nichols, a bilingual practitioner who used her knowledge of the Spanish language to establish a niche and grow her practice.   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s book The La...

Neil chats with Amin Rahmani from Marketcircle, creators of Daylite, one of our usual sponsors. Amin works in sales for a variety of Marketcircle projects.   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s bo...

Neil chats with Katie Floyd, host of the Mac Power Users podcast and new solo practitioner, about how she broke off on her own to begin her solo practice.   Resources: Katie on Twitter - @katiefloyd http://floydlaw.net http://katiefloyd.com Mac Power Users Podcast www.squarespace.com - Make A Beautiful Website www.callruby.com - Answering class is smart. Delighting callers is Ruby. www.sanebo...

Neil chats with Craig Miller from Washington, D.C., a solo personal injury attorney. Most of this interview covers the necessary mindset for a solo practitioner, especially within the arena of medical malpractice.   If you’ve enjoyed the podcast, please head to iTunes and leave a rating & review for the show ! It only takes a moment, and really helps me to reach new listeners. You can also head to...

This week, a hard drive failure caused a delay in recording for the podcast. In lieu of an interview, Neil reviews some steps he’s put in place for his data backup, something which all practitioners (and entrepreneurs) should be doing. Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyer...

Neil shares his experiences from the recent 2016 MILO Fest conference in Orlando, Florida.   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s book The Law Entrepreneur website My Legal Academy Youtube My Legal...

Neil chats with Sharon Christie, yet another nurse-turned-lawyer, about her transition from health policy to social security law, as well as her referral network, speaking engagements, and her use of an email system to maintain contact with her clients.   Resources: The Accidental Entrepreneur: The 50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Starting A Business – by Susan Urquhart-Brown www.ne...

Neil chats with Karen, a nurse turned attorney, about her interest in nursing and social security, and how she began her practice, Levian Law.   Resources: Visit Karen on the web - LevianLaw.com   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with S...

Neil chats with Amy Griboff about how she started her solo practice, and now in this stage of her life she is making the transition out of that type of position. Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s boo...

Neil chats with Dana Bucy Miller about her experience post-graduation and how she started her solo practice. Notable mentions from Dana include the absolute importance of social media for marketing, something that older generations of lawyers usually shy away from.   Resources: Find Dana online at DM Law, LLC   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim cont...

Neil chats with himself this time around, and shares his ten favorite podcasts!   The Law Podcasting Podcast - with Gordon Firemark http://www.lawpodcaster.com   Mac Power Users - with David Sparks and Katie Floyd https://www.relay.fm/mpu   The Smart Passive Income Podcast - with Pat Flynn http://www.smartpassiveincome.com   Divorce Discourse - with Lee Rosen https://divorcedis...

Neil chats with Mark Merenda, who he met at the Mac Track Legal conference in Florida. Mark runs Smart Marketing, a marketing company helping lawyers promote their practices, of which Neil was a client for some time.   Resources: Influence – The Psychology Of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, PhD Selling the Invisible – A Field Guide To Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith Smart Marketing Now –...

Neil chats with Julie Tolek, founder of Think Pink Law. Julie works just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and stood out to me most notably for the unique branding of her practice.   Resources: Suffolk University New England Law/Boston John Akiba and his great legal podcast entitled JDBlogger lexicata.com acuityscheduling.com thinkpinklaw.com legallyblondbos.com   Join Lawyer Club FREE,...

Neil chats with Jeff Alford, a solo practitioner from Paducah, Kentcuky (you may have to look that up). Jeff focuses on family law, and has grown his practice from a solo operation to having a few employees on staff. Because of Jeff’s town in Kentucky, he has a lot of insight on what it means to be a solo practitioner in a mostly rural area.   Resources: The Practice - Brutal Truths About Law...

Neil chats with Neil Brown from across the pond in England, who practices law with his wife Sandra in Newbury, just west of London. Another pair of Apple fanatics, Neil and Sandra focus on a combination of pharmaceutical companies and new tech/internet start-ups.   Learn more about Neil & Sandra at http://www.decodedlegal.com   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners...

Victor Medina is back to chat about Mac Track Legal , previously dubbed MILOfest, the conference for Mac-Lovin’ Lawyers! Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s book The Law Entrepreneur website My Legal A...

Neil chats with David Sparks, Apple expert and host of The Mac Power Users podcast, which was the first podcast I started listening to and since has been an influence for me to start The Law Entrepreneur in the first place. David is also a solo practitioner which will dominate most of the conversation today, and he operates a small and comfortable firm in Southern California.   If you’ve enjo...

Neil chats with Alan Fanger, a civil litigator from Boston. Alan has been a solo practitioner since 1990, and has created products for law firms to be used in preparation with their clients.   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA W...

Neil chats with Ian Altman, a best-selling author and strategic advisor who is focused on integrity-based selling.   Ian’s books include Upside Down Selling & Same Side Selling . Ian also hosts the Grow My Revenue Business Cast on iTunes. Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tool...

Neil chats with Brett Burney, the founder of Burney Consultants, providing consulting to corporations in the “e-discovery” area. Brett is also an author and a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide.   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch wit...

Neil chats with Lisa Solomon, a freelance lawyer, consultant, and recent founder of the Now Counsel Network, a nationwide network of lawyers who can provide project work and temporary support for practices. I think of it as the “Uber for freelance lawyers.”   Resources: Now Counsel Network: http://nowcounselnetwork.com Part 1: http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/small-law-firms/add-...

Neil chats with Evan Goitein, a solo practitioner in Bethesda, Maryland and graduate of Massachusetts University. His focus is on family & construction law and foreclosure defense, and he is also the co-chair of the solo & small firm section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County.   Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms an...

Neil chats with Claude Ducloux, a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in ethical issues for attorneys and litigators. Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s book The Law Entrep...

Neil chats with Marc Cerniglia, a founder at Spotlight Branding , which helps people, understand and implement Internet marketing. Join Lawyer Club FREE, where lawyers and law firm owners come to reclaim control of their firms and their lives! Plus, get the full list of Best AI Tools For Lawyers inside! Get in touch with Sam: MLA Website LawyerClub Purchase Sam’s book The Law Entrepreneur website...

Neil chats with Nicole Whitaker, a solo practitioner in the Baltimore area focusing on immigration, trust estates, civil litigation, and family law. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. The interesting thing about Nicole’s career is that she was interested in opening her own practice from the start; as soon as her education was complete she began plans for...