I published my first book Building a Better Law Practice with the American Bar Association, which is one of the largest publishers in the legal and law practice space. I worked with some really good people and am happy with how the book came out, but I learned along the way that traditional publishing isn’t for me. It allowed me to become an author, but limited my opportunities for an author business with multiple income streams. It gave me some things I thought I needed in the moment. Having my book picked up by the ABA gave me the pride...
In Episode 7 of Lawyerpreneur, David Kempston and I talk about his two books, That’s Why They Call It Practicing Law and Lessons Learned on the Run; the importance of having a restorative place to recharge; how writing a book about lawyering led to opportunities he hadn’t expected; and more. David Kempston has been running and practicing law for most of his life. Now his written books about both of those pursuits. While we discuss both of those things in this interview, perhaps the most important thing we talk about is what of person goes running when it’s -29 Fahrenheit...
Today’s episode of Lawyerpreneur is an excerpt from Level Up Your Law Practice, which I had originally scheduled for release today. But after the COVID-19 pandemic affected all of our workflows and stress levels, I released it early to give people mindset tips that would help them cope. This excerpt is about not sacrificing your creativity to your law practice and choosing to be your own client. You can listen here or on your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, and RSS. Achieve Your Goals by Selling Yourself Some Time Billionaire lawyer and real...
In Episode 5 of Lawyerpreneur, I talk with Frank Ramos about using LinkedIn to grow his network and extend his reach, mentoring other lawyers, and how being a Latino lawyer has affected his law practice. Frank Ramos has mastered the art of maximizing the benefits of using LinkedIn as a platform to connect with people and raise his profile for the purpose of helping other lawyers along their journey. I think of Frank as a Seth Goden-like figure for lawyers because of his commitment to daily posting in the form of a microblog. Some of his posts are inspirational while...
Most people who have big ideas either do not have the practice experience or the business acumen to actually implement them. Mike Whelan is not among them. In Lawyer Forward, Whelan explains his ideas about changing up the law practice paradigm by lawyers implementing systems to more effectively manage their law practices. We discuss those and other ideas in this interview. In Episode 4 of Lawyerpreneur, Mike Whelan and I talk about the personal experiences that resulted in his systems thinking and the culprit that affects so many lawyers, which he names The Churn. We also discuss Whelan’s transition from...
In today’s episode of Lawyerpreneur, we talk with Ross Guberman about his career in the legal support sector. Ross built his consulting business from the ground up and was eventually able to leave his law practice and job as a law professor to work for himself full time. Having survived the recession a decade ago, Ross shares insights on persevering and persisting through difficult times. Ross Guberman has built career from the ground up as the founder of his consulting business Legal Writing Pro, author of Point Made and Point Taken, and the creator of BriefCatch. In this interview, we...
Having a niche law practice and writing about your practice areas in public. You can listen here or on your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS. A Niche Law Practice with Tax Attorney Steven Chung In today’s episode of the Lawyerpreneur Podcast, we talk with Los Angeles attorney Steven Chung about his niche law practice that focuses on helping businesses and individuals with their taxes and on providing solutions to people with large student loan debt. Chung has also been writing about his practice areas for Lawyerist and Above the Law since 2014; we discuss what effect...
For a long time, I’ve considered podcasting as a new venture. But time and fear have always served as an impediment. Since I’ve been working from home under social distancing protocols, I’ve had some time and flexibility in my schedule that I didn’t have before. So I set aside my fears and set about launching the Lawyerpreneur Podcast. You can listen here or on your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS. Launching the Lawyerpreneur Podcast Having an entrepreneurial spirit helps us fill our creative wells and excel in our work, because being a lawyer doesn’t have...
