This Legal Life: Lessons Learned from a Life in Legal

In this special edition of This Legal Life, host Ben Chiriboga sits down with some of our favourite connects from this year's Legal Marketing Association conference . Ben is joined by: Jacob Bourne - Media Relations Manager at Haynes and Boone, LLP Caroline Hall - Marketing ManagerMarketing Manager, Allensworth | Texas Construction Lawyers Hans Chang - Director, Business Development at McMillan LL...

Co-Founder + CEO at AltFee Scott Leigh joins This Legal Life to discuss how using AFAs can help create a better client relationships. Scott will dive into not only what alternative fee arrangements look like but also how you can use them to drive better communication within your firm.

What does networking mean? What is networking? What is networking even mean today? What is authentic networking mean? In this episode of This Legal Life, host Ben Chiriboga is joined by Principal and Co-Founder of Stage, Megan Senese. Megan and Ben are diving into what it really means to network and how can we network authentically to build stronger and more impactful relationships.

Business Development expert Michelle Murray joins Ben Chiriboga to dive into the art and importance of building strong relationships with executives and leaders within the legal world.-- This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on...

This is Part III of a three-part series on developing client relationships with experienced business development & marketing leader Dave Southern (current Director of Marketing Communications at Mayer Brown). Ben Chiriboga and Dave discuss how client teams can drive law firm growth and its role in revenue operations.-- This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people an...

This is Part II of a three-part series on developing client relationships with experienced business development & marketing leader Dave Southern (current Director of Marketing Communications at Mayer Brown). Ben Chiriboga and Dave discuss how client teams can drive law firm growth and its role in revenue operations. -- This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people an...

This is Part I of a three-part series on developing client relationships. For our 10th episode, we're celebrating by bringing you a three-part series with experienced business development & marketing leader Dave Southern (current Director of Marketing Communications at Mayer Brown). Ben Chiriboga and Dave discuss how client teams can drive law firm growth and its role in revenue operations. --...

In this episode of This Legal Life, Nexl's Chief Growth Officer, Ben Chiriboga, and Tel Aviv University's Co-Director, Legal Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Noa Mayer, dive into the world of Generative AI and what it means for legal marketing and business development. -- This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each epis...

Join Chief Growth Officer Ben Chiriboga and BD & Marketing Director Barbara Koenen-Geerdink , from Al Tamimi & Company as they explore the latest tools hitting the legal business development market. ------ This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down wi...

Rachel Horning , Senior Vice President Of Business Development at Cooley, joins Chief Growth Officer Ben Chiriboga to discuss the importance and "how to" of building an effective ecosystem within the legal business development world. ------ This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl),...

Nicole Suissa, esq. believes it isn't about equality - because men and women inherently think differently. In this episode of This Legal Life, join Ben and Nicole as they dive into Nicole's journey being a mom within the legal career, work-life balance, and supporting working parents. Watch Nicole's TEDxHartford talk: Working Moms: America's 1.6 Trillion Dollar Investment Fairplay Documentary : ht...

This week our Host Ben Chiriboga is joined by Business Development Director from Day Pitney, Jennifer Croessman, who has an outstanding 20+year career journey with Day Pitney. -- This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiriboga, sits down with guests and goes deep on a relati...

This week, Ben Chiriboga sat down with Colin Levy, Director of Legal and Evangelist at Malbek, to chat about where we are at with AI technology within the legal world. Connect with Colin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinslevy/ This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl), Ben Chiribog...

"How do you not have someone waiting in the wings for this..." In this episode of This Legal Life, Ben Chiriboga sits down with Mandy Hicks (Director of Marketing & Business Development, Poston Communications) to chat about the good, the bad, and the ugly of solo/in-house marketing vs. agency marketing in the legal world. Our Guest: Mandy Hicks, Director of Marketing & Business Development...

This week Ben is joined by Mark Howe, Director of Business Development & Client Relations at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP to break down the three pillars of client-centered business development. This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl) Ben Chiriboga sits down with guests and go...

Julie Henson, Chief Client Officer at Taft join This Legal Life to chat building better and more supportive client relationships this year. ___ This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl) Ben Chiriboga sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering ab...

This Legal Life is not another legal industry podcast. It’s about people and the relationships between them. Each episode host (Chief Growth Officer at Nexl) Ben Chiriboga sits down with guests and goes deep on a relationship topic everyone’s whispering about – siloes and collaboration, toxic work environments, client relationships, changing cultures, mental health, and more. We’re chatting with t...

In this episode of This Legal Life , host Ben Chiriboga sits down with Trent Blacket, co-founder of EMT Partners for a deep dive into the law firm business management. Trent Blacket: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentblacket/ Learn more about EMT Partners: https://www.emtpartners.com.au/ This Legal Life is brought to you by Nexl - A Legal CRM. But Better . Hosted by Ben Chiriboga , Chief Growth Off...

In our first episode of This Legal Life, Ben Chiriboga, Chief Growth Officer at Nexl, speaks with Ben Paul, BD and Marketing wizard - all about BD during the holiday season.