Wondering if you are doing a good job as a lawyer? Wanting to quit, give up and close up shop? You are not alone. Today's guest Greg Steele shares his story of startup, struggles with self-doubt, confidence, and owning his own law firm. Maybe your challenges are not external but internal, like Greg? Listen in to how Greg reached out to peers, found his community, let go of a practice area that was draining his resources and how being part of the Maximum Lawyer Guild has helped him achieve succes...
May 02, 2023•22 min•Ep. 511
What are some ways to add to what you are already doing? Client intake form, listening to their story and asking questions are some ways that Josh talks about how to add more value. Not only to your practice, but also to your clients life! In today's episode, we're sharing Josh Rohrscheibs’ presentation from MaxLawCon 2022. Where Josh shares the reason why he is doing this, what he is doing and how all these slow down details are making a difference to his clients. Listen in. 00:43 Helping clien...
Apr 27, 2023•23 min•Ep. 510
Becoming a lawyer is a reality shock transition from school to the office. This is a transition Stephanie, today’s guest, did during the covid years and the reality of a lawyers work was discouraging - in the isolation she felt. So she posted her thoughts and feelings on LinkedIn and the response was incredible. Jim and Tyson talk to Stephanie today about the effects of isolation in the workplace and what we can do as law firm owners to help with that. Listen in! 3:26 Why become a lawyer? Was la...
Apr 25, 2023•28 min•Ep. 509
There is one thing that will give you a little more of that freedom that we crave as owners of our firms. And in the pursuit of freedom the secret comes from --- customer service! Make it your secret weapon and that will help you get over the mindset of selling your services. Within customer service there are three things that have really helped today’s podcast guest, John Ting. The three topics are: marketing, fees, and delegation. So let’s get started. 2:47 When people keep price shopping 3:37...
Apr 20, 2023•22 min•Ep. 508
Building a new business or shifting to a new business model? How do you get started? How can you make the processes easier? How can technology help small law firm owners? In today’s episode Jim and Tyson are talking to Dorna, CEO and founder of Gavel.io, a no-code platform for building document automation and client facing legal products. Prior to starting Gavel, Dorna was a litigator at Sidley Austin. There in her pro bono practice, she worked with legal aid organizations to build a web applica...
Apr 18, 2023•23 min•Ep. 507
After outsourcing her SEO and digital marketing for seven years, Billie Tarascio, founder of My Modern Law , decided — never again, it wasn't working for her law firm and her numbers proved it. It's really hard to know if what you're paying for digital marketing is actually bringing you business. You’ll get impressions, you'll get page rank, you'll get subscribers. You can look at it to see how your social media is doing. You might see which keywords you're ranking for, but being able to say tha...
Apr 13, 2023•22 min•Ep. 506
Today, we are combining forces with another terrific legal podcast, Everything Except the Law , with host Nick Werker, who is interviewing Jim and Tyson! In this episode we're going to be learning all about the origins of Maximum Lawyer, and of course Jim and Tyson will be sharing some of their top law office management tips. From: ➡️ The headaches and heartaches that happen when starting your firm ➡️The biggest financial mistake that lawyer make ➡️Most common lawyer marketing mistake ➡️The most...
Apr 11, 2023•28 min•Ep. 505
Looking to set up a virtual system that runs without you? That runs like clockwork? Listen to today’s episode with Regina Edwards, as we share her 2022 MaxLawCon presentation about the automation you can set up to qualify your leads, create a smooth client journey and to maximize your time wherever you are in the world. Regina walks through the basics setup and intentionality behind her automation system. And while there is work in the set up, as Regina said, if you don’t execute — it doesn’t ma...
Apr 06, 2023•21 min•Ep. 504
What pieces do you need in place to start your law firm? What is the thought process and mindset that gets you to “take the leap”? What foundations would you need to get started? In today’s episode Jim and Tyson are interviewing Josh Rohrscheib the new law firm owner and start up of Onward Injury Law. Josh started his own firm recently — and as he says in this interview there are so many great things about starting your own firm including starting with that blank canvas. Having the ability to ta...
Apr 04, 2023•25 min•Ep. 503
Building a firm and starting a firm is not easy! But what Bill is going to cover today is easy. It's easy to learn. It's easy to do. And it will have a disproportionate positive impact on your business. The reason this stuff works is that it goes to the core of any successful business, which is client happiness! That is at the core — If your clients are happy, they will go out and rave about your business and any people they talk to. If those people need help in the same area in the future, they...
Mar 30, 2023•28 min•Ep. 502
Is it realistic for a law firm owner to strive for a law firm that runs without them? Jim and Tyson have changed their thinking around this topic of a law firm owner working towards the goal of being only in the owners box. Is this possible? It’s an interesting idea, however, we don’t think it's really possible for a law firm owner to be in the owners box only and run a highly successful firm that you can scale. You probably could get most of the way there, but the nature of what we do requires ...
Mar 28, 2023•23 min•Ep. 501
When your personality and your professional life do not align with who you are, it causes friction. In today’s episode Elise Buie is pointing out the strengths of embracing your unique qualities. What is the impact that your uniqueness will have? Professionally and personally? Elise unpacks the effects of being your authentic self — and how that will uplevel your emotional intelligence as a leader. Listen in to this MaxLawCon presentation, if you are ready to dig deep into your authenticity and ...
Mar 23, 2023•30 min•Ep. 500
Just getting started in your own firm? Wanting to uplevel your firm and grow faster? Today’s episode has Jim and Tyson in the interview seat as they are guest’s on Kara Vaval podcast: Laptop Lifestyle Lawyer . Listen in as Tyson and Jim share their starting points of their firms, as well as the start of Maximum Lawyer Podcast and Group Coaching (the Guild) With their: ➡️ organic coaching growth and direction taken from what people wanted ➡️ to breaking up a law firm partnership ➡️to going from b...
Mar 21, 2023•42 min•Ep. 499
If you want to become the visionary of your law firm, there is this whole “big relationships" responsibility that falls on your shoulders as the business owner. The three top ways to super charge your relationships and networking efforts are: ➡️ being a giver ➡️ being a connector ➡️ being the go to expert of your area Listen in as Joey deep dives into each of these three ways you can network easily, with a mindset shift, and practical action steps to get started today! 01:45 Meet Joey 03:16 Ther...
Mar 16, 2023•16 min•Ep. 498
When you reach that point in your business that you are ready to hire an associate — How do you make that decision? How do you make sure the payment is there? How can you make the process smooth? What if you are worried about what you will do with your time after to make your hire? What will you do if you are not sure if you have full time work guaranteed? Do you ask your new hire to bring in new leads of their own? This is what Jim and Tyson talk about and coach Jeremy through as he troubleshoo...
Mar 14, 2023•33 min•Ep. 497
Feeling some days like an imposter? We get it! And feel it too. In today’s episode, taken from MaxLawCon 2022, our guest Alexis Austin is teaching us all about using that feeling of imposter syndrome and working with it to make your law firm a better business. Not only does Alexis go over HOW you can embrace this feeling that most of us don’t want to feel but she also goes over why it’s a good thing and what we can look for when we feel this way. Hint: it’s a red flag to investigate and improve ...
Mar 09, 2023•17 min•Ep. 496
People share their struggles here in the Guild and we want to have space on the show today for people going through a struggle right now! BUT, while we empathize and encourage each other, we don’t want the work to stop there. We want high expectations and problem solving space made to work through the struggles as well. So let’s talk about holding these two truths here on the show today. Listen in if you are having a hard time running your law firm today. 04:11 When sharing your struggles — ther...
Mar 07, 2023•23 min•Ep. 495
Your ideas are worth millions of dollars! You have so much that you could do! But is this true? Sure, maybe your ideas are WORTH millions … but they will never make you a cent if they are not executed. Execution is the key to any great idea. In today's episode, we're sharing a presentation from Max Lock Con 2022 with Tyson speaking about the topic of “Why Your Ideas Don't Matter”. Not only does he go over what to do with your ideas and the process you should put your ideas through in order to se...
Mar 02, 2023•19 min•Ep. 494
What are the challenges that lawyers are facing this year? What about the challenges that are the remnants of the pandemic? What will the future of 2023 and beyond hold for law firm owners? These are some of the questions that Jim and Tyson answer as guest on Molly McGrath’s podcast Hire and Empower with Molly Listen in! 00:27 Where do you see an opportunity and best practices in the post pandemic world? 04:04 What do you offer a team to grow themselves, and how to KEEP a team? 09:25 What if you...
Feb 28, 2023•41 min•Ep. 493
What if you knew the day that you were going to die? What if you gave your life your best shot because you knew that your time was limited? What would you do differently? What would you change in your law firm? Who would you call to make sure you talked to today? In today's episode, we're sharing a presentation from Max Law Con 2022, where Jim gives his talk - “Why are you waiting?” Which encourages you to live today with the mindset of your finite time and asking the important question of how w...
Feb 23, 2023•18 min•Ep. 492
After handling his wife’s immigration papers, lawyer Erick Widman had a fire lit in himself to niche down to family and business immigration. His law firm is now 10 years old, with all the ups and downs that come from being an entrepreneur and owning your own firm. One of the biggest challenges Erick faced was being unprepared for how difficult it would be to handle employees. And all of the coaching you have to do for the employees - and so Erick became a high performance coach. How do you mana...
Feb 21, 2023•25 min•Ep. 491
Marketing your own law firm is an ongoing job for us entrepreneurs. A job that RizeUp Media has taken off owners plates, as they offer marketing services. In this episode Travis and Vaidas deep dive into the do’s and don'ts for lawyer websites. As well as short term and long term marketing strategies according to your firm's needs. Let’s dive in! 1:12 RizeUp Media’s sweetspot and how they help lawyers market themselves! 2:47 What does this “help”look like for lawyers? 4:28 Step one: you need to ...
Feb 16, 2023•31 min•Ep. 490
Taking the leap into running your own law firm is scary. We know it! In today’s episode Jim and Tyson chat about the top six things they love about being a law firm owner and why they would never go back. If you are thinking of going off on your own and starting your own firm, or maybe you just need a pep talk to keep going the entrepreneur lawyer course — this episode is for you. It’s okay to be afraid of failing, but don't let that stop you. Listen in! 1:55 - Number One: Autonomy & freedom...
Feb 14, 2023•24 min•Ep. 489
Ready to get control of your demands and distractions? Then you need to meet today’s guest, Mridu Parikh. The founder of Life Is Organized, Mridu is a time management guru passionate about teaching business owners how to focus, get out of the weeds, and take back control of their day. Her best-selling book, Accomplish It, and Productivity On Purpose podcast share simple strategies to ditch mental drama – from procrastination to perfectionism. Mridu's teachings on mastering tasks and habits have ...
Feb 07, 2023•32 min•Ep. 488
Where is your best dollar spent in marketing your law firm? What do you need to have in place before you get started? What are the biggest marketing mistakes lawyers need to be aware of? This and more is what our guest, Chris Casseday gives advice about on today’s podcast episode. Chris is the director of operations at GNGF. He specializes in creating strategic marketing plans for law firms across the country. Over the past decade, Chris has helped drive millions of dollars of revenue for client...
Jan 31, 2023•28 min•Ep. 487
What if you could grow your leads, following and relationships with clients using social media marketing that cost you nothing? That is what our guest on the show, Kathleen Martinez did with TikTok. Showing off her funny, controversial, and passion for immigration law, Kathleen has grown her TikTok following to over 800K+ by showing up consistently and being herself. In this episode she goes over tips and tricks she’s learned along the way of growing her TikTok following as a law firm owner. She...
Jan 24, 2023•24 min•Ep. 486
Do you have a deep desire to travel the world? See different places? Most importantly, meet all the different people? For some people traveling the world is on their bucket list of what they will be doing when they retire. Today’s podcast episode guest Don McClure took a different approach and sold his house, his cars, packed up his family and now slowly travels the world. All while running his own law firm. To hear: ➡️ Why he made this switch ➡️ What made him finally take a step towards this dr...
Jan 17, 2023•29 min•Ep. 485
Let’s talk about running a law firm but instead of talking about running it the “right” way — let’s talk about what NOT to do and the mistakes that Jim and Tyson have made. Here are six mistakes that cost them financially that they wish they could go back and fix. Hopefully you find this helpful and hopefully you can shortcut some of these mistakes to save yourself the financial headache. Mistakes of: ➡️ Starting your own firm and not knowing your first hire ➡️ Riding a financial roller coaster ...
Jan 10, 2023•25 min•Ep. 484
If you’ve been around Maximum Lawyer for a hot minute you may have seen and heard about Jim’s health transform this past year. Losing 75+lbs in the last four months with the coaching help of our guest today, Charles D'Angelo. Charles knows first hand what it's like to feel stuck, once weighing 360lbs as a bullied teen. He took charge of his own life, dropped 160lbs, and for the last two decades has been on a mission to help others reclaim theirs. His unique coaching program focuses on changing y...
Jan 03, 2023•30 min•Ep. 483
Ever thought about buying or selling a law practice?! Our guest on the podcast today, Tom Lenfestey, helps lawyers buy and sell law practices. Law firm real-estate anyone?! It's a topic that people ask us about all the time and it's interesting because one thing we always hear people say is, “I wanna sell my firm. I'm gonna make it to some name that doesn't have MY name in it.” It’s like the branding and naming is the afterthought to what your end goal with your law firm is. If you are opening a...
Dec 27, 2022•26 min•Ep. 482
