The Successful Lawyer Podcast

A personal injury attorney in Houston, Texas,  Don McClure  and his wife, Edith, are doing some great marketing with social media. Don specializes in helping clients with personal injury cases, car wrecks and truck accidents, and refinery injuries. On today’s show, he joins Larry Weinstein to share how he is getting the word out and marketing their firm, including using the book he wrote for PR an...

Nothing says credibility more than your own book. Parker Layrisson ’s rise to success proves that to be true. Through his book, Accident Handbook: The Practical Guide to Louisiana Personal Injury Law for Car Wreck Victims , Parker was able to build a big personal injury practice in a small space, receiving a steady stream of quality clients on top of his referral relationships. In this episode, La...

Representing your own business in small claims cases can be a tough nut to crack. One, you probably don’t know what you’re doing. Two, you most likely cannot afford to pay for an attorney for such a small case or, in some states, you’re not even allowed to take one. Would you believe there was a way to kill these two birds with one stone (in Georgia, at least)? Steven Lefkoff introduces Gavel, an...

Marketing is an important part of any business. Yet, in the law practice space, many attorneys struggle to find the time to do it, prioritizing client work more than marketing. In this episode, Larry Weinstein, CPA, invites someone who has founded a company that has been working to help attorneys with this overlooked area. He sits down with  Laura Lee Sparks , the founder of  Legal Marketing Maven...

Many lawyers tend to be very traditional and structured. However, with the changes of our time, it helps to consider whether the traditional models we operate from are serving our clients and us better or preventing us from doing so.  Billie Tarascio  is someone who has definitely moved past the traditional model. In this episode, she sits down with host Larry Weinstein to talk about that transfor...

As professionals, our time gets divvied up naturally. There are many things that we try to balance with our job, kids, and significant other. This balancing act becomes even more challenging with the COVID pandemic that we are currently dealing with. After undergoing her divorce and multiple relocations due to Hurricane Katrina, family law attorney  Elise Buie  truly understood what it meant to pu...

Immigration Law has gotten much bigger in the present historical moment. With the aggressiveness of US immigration policies and the rise of Donald Trump, lawyers practicing Immigration Law are more in demand than ever. Larry Weinstein, CPA is joined by Jim Hacking , the owner of Hacking Law Practice, LLC . Together, they talk about how Immigration Law is being practiced in the present. This is a d...

With all the political strife and unrest in various parts of the world, more and more people are seeking political asylum within the United States. Because of this, eyes are firmly on practitioners of Asylum Law to help represent these people and their cases. Brian Manning , the owner of Manning Asylum Law , joins Larry Weinstein, CPA. Together, they talk about the current state of the practice of...

Treated as a child by his uncle who was a chiropractor,  Guy DiMartino  fulfilled his dream of becoming a chiropractic physician at 23. In 1996, having lived in a town with a law school where he had a lot of lawyer friends, he decided to go to law school. Guy is now a chiropractic physician, a lawyer, and a pastor who is called to serve folks who find themselves in the middle of a legal storm. Tod...

A book is the most powerful indestructible business card that you can ever have to build a business. Larry Weinstein's guest for this episode is living proof of this, and he is going to pick his brain to share with us how he has grown. He has over  John H. Fisher , the founder of  John H. Fisher, P.C. , where he limits his practice to catastrophic injury law for injury victims in New York State. A...

It makes little sense for service providers to invest heavily in advertising when all you want is for a few dozen clients to come out of the funnel each year. For entrepreneur, author, and podcast host Steve Gordon , building an effective referral network is a better way to attract quality clients. Steve is the Founder of The Unstoppable CEO™ and host of The Unstoppable CEO Podcast. Today, he join...

Podcasting is undeniably one of the fastest-growing mediums out there that allows not only individuals but also businesses to create a space for in-depth learning about a niche subject with their community. A Los Angeles-based attorney whose practice is devoted to the representation of creative and business people in the fields of theater, film, television, and new media,  Gordon Firemark  already...

The COVID-19 Pandemic has been testing our abilities to connect with one another. As lawyers, we thrive on creating and maintaining relationships with our existing and potential clients. That is why this situation poses a whole new challenge for us to keep in touch with everyone. In this episode, Larry Weinstein, CPA sits down with medical malpractice attorney,  Richard Schwamm , to talk about how...

The military is one of the forerunners who use force multipliers in their operations. In this episode, guest, David Frees III , talks about them in the context of business and law. David M. Frees III is Chairman of the Trust, Estates, and Wealth Preservation section of Unruh, Turner, Burke and Frees and a Co-chair of the Elder Law Solutions section of the firm. He uses his decades of experience in...

In capturing a niche market, you need to have stronger and more specific marketing and networking strategies. In today’s episode, Larry Weinstein interviews Shawn Yesner , an attorney at Yesner Law Office, the author of Crushing Debt: 9 Strategies to Eliminate Financial Bullies , and host of the Crushing Debt Podcast . Understand the power of podcasting and networking in gaining clients as Shawn s...

In this day and age, many business owners are forgoing traditional marketing for its digital counterpart. However, using traditional marketing in tandem with digital marketing is actually very efficient. Larry Weinstein interviews personal injury lawyer Neal Goldstein of Goldstein & Bashner about how they’re promoting their practice and their profession as an ultimate brand mixing traditional...

Every department in every office in every place in the world operates with its own workflow, but as is often the case, the people going through these processes don't see the inefficiencies in their workflows that can be resolved using a few simple computer keystrokes. A lot of offices still don't see how practice management software can actually improve their workflow several times over, but that...

Getting the name of your firm or practice out there is a very different proposition between larger and smaller firms. As opposed to big firms with their own massive teams and larger networks, marketing a small firm and making sure it stays top of mind for both potential clients and others in the same community can prove to be a daunting task. D. Todd Smith is a Civil Appellate Lawyer running his o...

Being a lawyer is not easy, but it does not have to take over your whole life and make you feel unhappy, depressed, and unsuccessful. In this episode, Larry Weinstein, CPA talks with the founder of  Great Legal Marketing ,  Ben Glass , about the importance of lawyer wellness in legal marketing and how it impacts not only your personal life but also your practice. Through his recently published boo...

Advertising your legal services is a part of actually being able to grow your legal business, but the field of legal advertising is just now truly burgeoning. With the rise of digital marketing and social media, times are a-changing in the field, and everyone's trying to find their way through. Harlan Schillinger has four decades of experience in legal advertising with a passion for legal marketin...

Many of us have passions outside being a lawyer. For guest,  Joe Ott , music has always been a part of his life, even while being a personal injury attorney and a legal technology consultant. In this episode, Joe tells us how he has kept with these two passions in his life and found success in both of them. Combining the two, he shares how music has helped in his practice and why other lawyers sho...

A lot of times, we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on marketing companies not knowing what we wanted, not getting the results we want, and not getting the return we wanted. Our guest, Jordan Ostroff , started a lawyer-focused marketing company called LegalEase Marketing to help lawyers market their own firms. On today’s show, Jordan joins Larry Weinstein to talk about how you can market you...

In this profession, we can get so easily consumed by our work that we forget taking care of ourselves in the process. Being a lawyer can be so hectic and stressful, but it is never an excuse to let yourself go altogether. Not only will this compromise the quality of your work but also your wellbeing.  Alexis Austin  understands this struggle all too well and founded  Right Law Group . Instead of f...

Time is so precious in this industry that time spent doing operational tasks means time less spent on making important decisions and solving more problems.  Kelsey Bratcher , host of the  Get Automated Podcast  and Co-founder of Automatic Practice Profits, believes in automating operational type tasks in order to save time and add more value to grow your business. In this episode, he takes us thro...

There is a saying that goes, “if you don’t do marketing, then terrible things happen.” This very much applies even to law firms. Being an attorney, you constantly have to market yourself to meet people in the business. Here to share how he got his feet in the marketing world, along with his journey to becoming a lawyer specializing in immigration law, is  Michael Urbina —founder of  The Urbina Law...