The Managing Partners Podcast: Law Firm Business Podcast

Nicole Scott is the Managing Partner at NMS Family Law Firm in Illinois. Nicole is a Family Law Practitioner, currently servicing the Chicagoland area. She graduated from Philadelphia University with my Bachelors of Science in Law and Society. While attending Philadelphia University, she interned for Councilman Curtis Jones Jr., of the 4th District and she worked for Kane and Silverman, P.C. While...

Erik J. Olson talked to Samah Abukhodeir, the Managing Partner at The Florida Probate & Family Law Firm. Her career started as a judicial intern for the Honorable Marisa Tinkler Mendez and the Honorable Maria M. Korvick, both Circuit Court judges in Miami-Dade, Florida. After law school, she returned to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida as a staff attorney/case manager for Judge Korvi...

Nicholas Clekis is the Managing Partner of Clekis Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina. This firm handles Personal Injury, Accident, Workers Compensation, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, and Criminal Defense. Early on in his career Nick worked with firms like Morris, Duffy & Boone (now known as McNair Law Firm, PA) and Grimball & Cabaniss, LLC. After working in larger firms, Nick kn...

Ed Herman is the Managing Partner of Brown & Crouppen Law Firm. After graduating from Washington University School of Law, Ed spent more than a decade handling cases for injured people. Since joining Brown & Crouppen, he has turned his attention to educating the public about their rights. Ed has appeared on local programming more than 500 times, offering legal advice to a large audience. H...

Ronald R. Petroff is the Managing Partner at Petroff Law Offices, LLC in Columbus, Ohio. He's a man of many accolades, including a Columbus Business First's 40 Under 40 Honoree, Super Lawyers' "Rising Star," winner of AVVO’s “Client’s Choice” award, and is considered in the top 1% of attorneys by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He has been voted by the American Institute of Fami...

Elise Holtzman is the Managing Partner at The Lawyer’s Edge. In addition to providing business development and leadership coaching, Elise leads seminars, interactive workshops, and group coaching sessions for law firms and frequently speaks for bar associations and other legal organizations on leadership and business development topics. Organizations for which she has spoken include the New York S...

Kevin Daisey chatted with Jessica Klarer Pride, the Managing Partner at The Pride Law Firm. Jessica left one of the top personal injury firms in San Diego to build her own firm that specializes in helping survivors of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and sexual harassment. Jessica is the Co-Founder and current Co-Chair of the Sexual Assault Litigation group at the American Association of Justic...

Erik J. Olson chatted with Rosanne Felicello, the Managing Partner at Felicello Law P.C., a boutique litigation firm that assists clients with solving their complex business disputes. Their team includes litigators experienced in state and federal courts, as well as appearing before administrative bodies, such as the S.E.C. Learn from her expertise and what trends are helping grow her firm on this...

Kevin Daisey talked to Krsna Tibbs, the Managing Partner at Tibbs Law Office. For 15 years, Krsna Tibbs has served the people of Louisville, Kentucky—offering them the balance of legal expertise and compassionate, down-to-earth service they need. Tibbs offers services in criminal defense, family law, personal injury representation, and beyond. Learn from his expertise and what trends are helping g...

Erik J. Olson chatted with Andy Corea, the Managing Partner at Murtha Cullina. He started practicing trademark law in 1999, receiving his initial training at the USPTO as a trademark examining attorney before moving into private practice. He appears regularly before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and has represented clients in federal court cases throughout the country. He assi...

Kevin Daisey talked to Vincent McKnight is a managing partner of the DC office of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP who has represented clients in several cases under the False Claims Act. In 2005 and 2006, Mr. McKnight represented whistleblowers in a series of successful actions alleging that office products companies were illegally selling products from non-compliant countries (China) to the United Sta...

Erik J. Olson talked to Brian Henry, the president of Rolfes Henry Co. He serves the firm from its Florida offices and has an extensive background in insurance litigation, fire science litigation, and product liability. Brian has been included in SuperLawyers multiple times since 2011, and holds an AV® rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest possible rating given for legal ability and ethical...

Erik J. Olson chatted with Cheryl Kelly, the Managing Partner at C. Kelly Law, LLC. Cheryl’s legal career journey began in 2004, when she began to work as a legal assistant handling complex personal injury claims as well as interned with the American Bar Association in Washington, DC. While attending UGA School of Law, she founded the law school’s first student organization focused on the practice...

Kevin Daisey chatted with Nick Schnyder, the Managing Partner at Nick Schnyder Law Firms helps personal injury victims get the compensation they deserve. He graduated top 8% of his law school class and has won numerous awards, including top 40 under 40 from National Trial Lawyers. His legal expertise, integrity, and negotiation skills are key to bringing justice and restoration to those wrongfully...

Erik J. Olson talks to Michelle Calcote King, the Managing Partner at Reputation Ink, a B2B and professional services marketing and PR agency. Her firm serves corporate law firms, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) companies, and a range of business-to-business companies, helping them build their reputations and drive sales through thought leadership activities. Learn from her expert...

Kevin Daisey talks to Brian Ross Gustman, the Managing Partner at Gustman Law P.C. He attended Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 2015. He began his legal career at Omrani & Taub, P.C. in 2006 as a paralegal. In 2017 Mr. Gustman decided it was time to open his own practice. He is licensed to practice law in the State of New York and the State of N...

Erik J. Olson chatted with Linley Richter, Jr., the Managing Partner at Memphis Family Law in Cordova, Tennessee. While in law school, he excelled to a position on the Moot Court Board, and in 1990 he received the Best Brief Award for his work in the Mock Trial Competition. In 2014, he formed Richter Family Law Group, P.C. he currently concentrates his practice mainly in the area of family law whi...

Kevin Daisey chatted with Ayeshinaye Smith, the managing partner at Smith Dominguez. Before law school, she worked in the financial industry which led her to get a Master's degree in Trust and Wealth Management to help people with their broader needs. Working for a financial institution taught her the very real ways that your personal life and finances are intertwined - if something goes wrong in...

Erik J. Olson talked to Scott P. Kelsey, Esq., the Founder and Managing Partner of the Kelsey Law Group. Mr. Kelsey has over 19 years of civil litigation experience in various areas of law. He has also provided oral argument before the Nevada Supreme Court on 2 separate occasions. To date, in Mr. Kelsey’s representation of individuals and corporate entities in the prosecution of their legal rights...

Kevin Daisey chatted with Luis Scott, the managing partner at Bader Scott where he sets out to fight for people who need good legal representation because the system has failed them. As an attorney he has helped many people get the benefits or the compensation they were entitled to after suffering a work or auto accident. Heralded as a Super Lawyer’s “Rising Star,” The National Trial Lawyers Assoc...

Erik J. Olson talked to José Ignacio, the managing partner of Gonzalez Calvillo. He has over 15 years of experience providing legal and business advice to domestic and foreign clients, actively representing individuals and companies from a wide range of sectors, in multi-million local and cross-border transactions. Additionally, he serves in the board of directors of several companies, including A...

Kevin Daisey talked to Jonah Zweig, the Founder and Managing Partner of The Zweig Law Firm, P.C. He has represented a wide variety of clients in civil litigation actions, with expertise in a broad range of personal injury cases. Jonah is a committee member of New York City Bar Association Tort Litigation Committee. He was also selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2019 and 2020. This peer des...

On this episode of The Managing Partners Podcast, we have a trifecta of lawyers full of knowledge! We'll be joined by Kent E. Baldauf, Jr., Cecilia Dickson, and Kirk M. Miles from Webb Law Firm. Their firm focuses on intellectual property law surrounding patent, trademark, and copyright law. Their main expertise include varying fields of science and technology. Kent is an experienced trial lawyer...

Kevin Daisey talks to Mark Webber, the US Managing Partner for Fieldfisher. He is a European digital regulation and technology transactions lawyer. EU privacy and data laws underpin almost every transaction or issue he supports. Mark holds and trains the CIPP/E and is an IAPP Privacy Faculty Member. With 21+ years of experience in tech, these days he is predominantly advising on technology deals a...

Erik J. Olson talks to Michael E. Duffy, the Managing Partner and General Counsel of the Long Island, New York law firm, Duffy & Duffy is a highly experienced civil litigator with a passion for the law and a desire to represent victims of medical malpractice. Throughout his career he has been actively involved in a number of professional organizations and has been repeatedly named in Best Lawy...