111: Brett Trembly of Trembly Law Firm discusses the founding of the Trembly Law Firm

Brett TremblyBrett Trembly, J.D. of Trembly Law Firm graduated from the University Of Miami School Of Law in 2008, after matriculating from Eastern New Mexico University, summa cum laude, in 2005. Brett started his first business venture at the ripe age of 4. This life-long passion for business and entrepreneurship has lead Brett to business law, dedicating his practice to businesses in the Miami community and beyond. Brett focuses on helping businesses incorporate, organize, re-organize, and expand; he also protects his clients both in and out of the courtroom. Brett also maintains his leadership emphasis and is strongly committed to giving back, currently serving as Vice President of the Rotary Club of South Miami, President of B.N.I. Superior, as a Director of the South Miami Kendall Bar Association, and as a member of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee.

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  • Brett says that not having a support staff early on was a big stumbling point.
  • Listen as Brett tells us that while he felt like he had to make money before he spent it on staff, he now wishes that he had been more business mature in the beginning.

Tell us something good

  • Hear how Brett had a big litigation case where a decedent gave everything to a nurse instead of the family.  He challenged the will and prevailed.  This was a huge satisfaction for him.

What’s on your desk?

  • Currently Brett is focused on corporate law. He thought that would give more opportunities for litigation.
  • Brett explains that he has found that frequently business owners skipped basic steps like having an operating agreement in place.

Favorite Resource

Favorite Books:

  • Think and Grow Rich Think and grow rich is the most important financial book ever written. Napoleon Hill researched more than forty millionaires to find out what made them the men that they were. By following the advice laid out clearly in this book you’ll be the one with an edge. It’s time to stop wondering what it’s like to be rich and start knowing. This book will change your life!

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110: Martin Truman of Truelegal discusses Why Lawyers Think “Building to Sell” is an Impossible Dream; and Other Observations of a Lawpreneur “Pond Jumper”

Martin TrumanMartin Martin Truman of Truelegal and YachtingLawyers.com is a UK Solicitor (NOT a Barrister) who qualified in Big Law (Freshfields) in London in the mid-1990s. He now is a Solo Law firm owner in a beautiful corner of South West England. His team at Truelegal supports entrepreneurial buyers and sellers of 6 and 7 figure retail businesses across the United Kingdom. His firm’s clients cover multiple business sectors ranging from hospitality (bars, pubs, cafes), specialty high street and online retail, wellness, vets and dentists, as well as technology businesses. Martin loves learning, sharing and applying the lessons from one business type to a different business sector. Most recently Martin has been pond-jumping to learn what US attorneys do differently…and this interview is part of that journey! His current business goal is to build his solo legal business to be sellable for £5m in 4 years. Martin has a personal goal to ski mountains on all 7 continents.

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  • Listen as Martin describes how he started out dabbling instead of committing fully to the business.

Tell us something good

  • Martin tells us that he enjoys helping clients get the best price for the value for both the buyer and the seller.
  • Hear Martin remind us that to grow  you must specialize.  He asks the question, “what do you do best? Do it and create momentum.”

What’s on your desk?

  • Helping people buy and sell businesses.
  • Developing a salable business.
    • Product versus Service
    • Build your list (or tribe)
    • Choose a value for the business and work toward the business achieving that value

Favorite Resource

  • Xero is the global leader in online accounting with over 300,000 paying customers in over 100 countries

Favorite Books:

  • Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You Most business owners started their company because they wanted more freedom and to eventually retire on the fruits of their labor.  Unfortunately, according to John Warrillow, most owners find that stepping out of the picture is extremely difficult because their business relies too heavily on their personal involvement. However, entrepreneurs can take specific steps—no matter what stage a business is in—to create a valuable, salable company.

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109: Gene Policastri of Mirsky Policastri LLC discusses how to create and deliver legal services in package format

Gene PolicastriGene Policastri of Mirsky Policastri LLC is a business lawyer right outside of Washington DC where he has a general litigation practice and focuses on delivering legal services to business and life coaches. He is currently completing a certification program for lawyers who provide services to the coaching industry. He is developing a program for business and life coaches to assist them with their internal corporate documents, contracts with clients, joint-venture agreements with other coaches, media rights agreements at live events, and other intellectual property agreements.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • Gene tells us about hanging his own shingle and then feeling like he had to pull it back in and return to big law.
  • Listen as Gene reminds us that being a Lawpreneur wasn’t always popular with other Lawyers.

Tell us something good

  • Listen as Gene discusses getting the attention of a couple of “Rock Star” coaches in April of this year.
  • Gene explains that his system is perfect for coaches who feel that they aren’t quite ready to take on a lawyer and he reminds us that if you have a client, you need a lawyer.

What’s on your desk?

  • Gene continues to handle general litigation along with supporting his coaching clients.
  • Delivering bite-sized legal services to coaches through Business Law for Coaches

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108: RJ Molligan, the founder of Peacemakers discusses pre-litigation mediation

IMG_0425RJ Molligan of Peacemakers has been practicing civil litigation for 25 years and is the founder of “Peacemakers: Pre- Litigation dispute resolution for worthy cases not worth litigating.”  It is the mission of Peacemakers to facilitate dispute resolution that promotes forgiveness, healing and closure. Peacemakers recognizes that all who strive for peaceful resolution of conflict are peacemakers in their own lives, and in the world.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • RJ discusses the physical, mental and emotional damage she experienced from litigating.
  • Hear how RJ began to wonder if she had been arrogant in thinking that she could change the legal profession.

Tell us something good

  • After years “at war,” RJ got a Masters in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
  • RJ describes seeing many people with small problems who are denied access to judgement because they can’t afford to litigate or the case doesn’t lend itself to litigation.
  • Listen as RJ explains that Peacemakers provides immediate access to justice for everyone who wants to resolve a dispute.
  • RJ explains two great skills that she brings to her clients
    • Heart-Centered listening
    • Perception check-in

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107: Alexis Neely of New Law Business Model discusses her business New Law Business Model

Alexis Neely 350After graduating first in her law school class from Georgetown University Law School, Alexis Neely of New Law Business Model clerked for Senior Judge Peter T. Fay on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and then began her career at the #1 AmLaw rated firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson. She survived there for 3 years before realizing that she would never be happy working for a big law firm, billing time in 6 minute increments and not really feeling as if she was making a difference in her client’s lives. With a brand new baby, a 3.5 year old and a husband staying home to take care of the children, Alexis threw caution to the wind and left the big law firm to open her own solo law practice in Redondo Beach, California. Despite knowing nothing about business, she built that law practice into a million dollar a year revenue generator in three short years by creating a revolutionary new law business model that her clients loved. She went on to write the bestselling book on legal planning for families, Wear Clean Underwear, and to teach lawyers how to attract clients, engage those clients without billing on an hourly basis, and to serve those clients using her new law business model. Lawyers using Alexis’ systems report far more happiness, bigger bank accounts, and that they love being lawyers again.

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Show Highlights

  • Alexis tells us that the New Law Business Model is based on creating lifetime relationships with clients.
  • The New Law Business Model focuses on how can I create a wow relationship with clients.
  • Listen as Alexis explains that the old “broken” law business model wasn’t going to give her the life of her dreams.
  • Alexis tells us that she wasn’t going to listen to other attorneys any more.  She knew that she had to create something different.
  • She learned from other non-traditional successful professionals how to be the go-to attorney for families and small businesses.
  • Alexis tells us that the turning point for the business was when her clients became raving fans.
  • Hear how Alexis chose a niche to serve, families with young children, and then created stream-lined systems to serve them well.
  • Today Alexis licenses those systems and certifies other attorneys in her methodology.

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106: David Gharakhanian of GP Law Group, APC will be discussing taking the Leap

David_Gharakhanian_350David Gharakhanian is the co-founding partner of GP LAW GROUP, which is a general civil litigation law firm based out of Beverly Hills. David heads the personal injury department of the firm. David earned his JD/MBA degree from Loyola Law School in 2007 and spent the first four years of his practice as insurance defense counsel of a mid-sized law firm defending some of the very same types of cases he now prosecutes. David “took the leap” and together with his law partner Manny Pazargad, started GP LAW GROUP in 2011 and they have not looked back!

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • David explains that when they first started the firm, he didn’t have an area of expertise.  He agrees that a “niche makes you rich!” and he has focused over the last three years on Personal Injury.

Tell us something good

  • Hear David proudly tell us that they are still standing after three and a half years.  Cases are getting bigger and more complex.
  • The firm has handled more than 400 cases.
  • David explains that to grow this way, that he has had to force himself out of his comfort zone.

What’s on your desk?

  • David is currently handling a wrongful death case and is up against the statute of limitations.  He is currently writing a settlement/demand letter holding the insurance companies feet to the fire.

Favorite Resource

  • BNI
  • Mentor – Legal Brainstorm discussion

Favorite Books:

  • Autobiographies

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105: David Fleck, President and Co-Founder of The Esquire Network, will be discussing crowd-sourcing your next client.

20141119_155530-1As a diver on the UCLA swim team, David Fleck was a two-time All-American and the PAC-10 Champion in the 10meter platform diving competition. As prosecutor in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, David became one of the nation’s leading authorities on real estate fraud, including mortgage fraud, loan modification fraud, title fraud, and foreclosure fraud. Within 3 years of launching his own firm, he founded The Esquire Network that makes it easy and enjoyable for lawyers to develop referral relationships with other lawyers. In just 2 1/2 years, The Esquire Network has grown from a single networking breakfast to over 30 monthly events from Ventura to south Orange County.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • Listen as David tells us that one of the early challenges in setting up TENworking.com was with members not taking advantage of all the resources that were provided.

Tell us something good

  • David states that the future for TEN is very bright.  They will be opening San Diego and the Inland Empire in California in the begging of 2015 and Northern California later next year.
  • Hear how David describes TEN as a big firm in a virtual way.

Favorite Resource

  • LinkedIn
  • Other Attorneys to ask questions and get support.

Favorite Books:

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104: Sharon Appelbaum of Law Offices of Sharon Appelbaum will be discussing Criminal Defense and Trial Consulting.

Appelbaum's headshotSharon Appelbaum of Law Offices of Sharon Appelbaum is a former Manhattan prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney. She uses her extensive trial and investigatory skills in her own criminal defense firm handling cases in Los Angeles and Orange County. As a prosecutor in NYC, Sharon handled violent crimes including attempted murder, burglary, robbery, and assault, and financial crimes including identity theft, money laundering, and cybercrime. She spearheaded an investigation into a large scale conspiracy to commit grand larceny wherein she indicted 94 defendants, the largest number of defendants in one case the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had seen at that time. After moving to California, Sharon coached the Pepperdine University School of Law Trial Team and was an attorney for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking interfacing with the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Now, Sharon combines her skills, experience, and knowledge to advocate for the rights of her clients and to ensure that her clients get the best defense through thorough legal and investigatory work. Additionally, she offers to share her hearing and trial skills and techniques by acting as a trial consultant for other attorneys looking to expand their advocacy skills. Sharon is a member of both the New York State Bar and California State Bar.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • Listen as Sharon describes the challenge of finding clients without a network.

Tell us something good

  • Sharon tells us that she feels most successful when her clients know that they are being taken care of.
  • Listen as Sharon describes how the New York City District attorneys thought that she was crazy to go to the dark side as they called criminal defense.

What’s on your desk?

  • Sharon tells us that currently she has a variety of criminal cases on her desk, including violent felonies, clients who are currently incarcerated, writing motions and acting as a trial consulting.

Favorite Books:

  • A Practical Guide to Federal Evidence: Objections, Responses, Rules, and Practice Commentary Whether in moot court or trial, A Practical Guide to Federal Evidence will guide you to mastery of making and responding to evidentiary objections. Objections and their responses are grouped by subject category of the objection for easy location. The extensive practice commentaries given for each objection will help you understand the application of the Federal Rules of Evidence in practice and enable you to deal with the common issues that arise.
  • Financially Fearless: The LearnVest Program for Taking Control of Your Money It’s time to throw away all your old notions of what financial advice should look like. Because if you’re looking for a book to put you on an austerity savings plan that has you giving up vacations and lattes, you’re out of luck. But if you’re looking to get your finances in rock-hard shape – in less time than it takes to finish a workout – then Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest, has your back.
  • Here is the link to the article mentioned in the interview regarding the 94 defendant conspiracy to commit grand larceny case

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103: Dale Krause of Krause Financial Services discusses Medicaid Compliant Annuities.

Dale_KrouseDale Krause is the President and CEO of Krause Financial Services, a Wisconsin based corporation that designs, develops, markets, and distributes insurance products used in Medicaid and Veterans benefits planning throughout the United States. Krause Financial Services is the only attorney-led financial services firm in the nation that specializes in helping families qualify for Medicaid and Veterans benefits through the use of various insurance products. With over 25 years of experience Mr. Krause is a national Veterans Benefits and Medicaid Planning advocate, earning the distinct reputation as the “Pioneer of Medicaid Compliant Annuities.”

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • Listen as Dale tells us that when starting a nationwide business there are large costs involved and his frustration by the early results almost had him throw in the towel.
  • Dale explains the importance of understanding how to market.

Tell us something good

  • Dale shares that his greatest success has been to stay in the game as long as he has.  He has created a very effective team in the industry.

What’s on your desk?

  • Dale tells us that annuities are their prime product.  He further explains that by converting assets to income, the form changes which creates eligibility for government grants.

Favorite Resource

Favorite Books:

  • Elder Law Answer Book 3rd Edition Written by nationally-known elder law practitioners, Robert B. Fleming and Lisa Nachmias Davis, the Elder Law Answer Book gathers the most current legal, regulatory, and practice guidelines from the core topics of elder law, long-term care, estate planning, retirement planning, healthcare decision making, and rights of the elderly — and presents this information in a thoroughly integrated, easy-access reference.

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102: Nikhil Nirmel of Lawdingo.com will be discussing the attorney-client matching platform, Lawdingo.

Nikhil HeadshotNikhil Nirmel is an NYC-based entrepreneur in the nascent virtual professional services space. He is the solo founder and CEO of Lawdingo, whose flagship product Lawdingo.com allows people across the country to work with a lawyer online. Nikhil single-handedly leads the company, and took Lawdingo through the seed accelerator Y Combinator as a solo, non-technical founder, and raised a seed round of $850k. Prior to starting Lawdingo, Nikhil led quantitative research at Yelp, and was in charge business analysis at Yodle. Nikhil holds a BS in Economics from Penn’s Wharton School.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

  • Listen as Nikhil explains that the original concept for Lawdingo, offering video chat consultations with Lawyers billed by the minute was wrong in pretty much every direction and how they were able to pivot to where they are now.

Tell us something good

  • Nikhil tells us that getting the funding from Y Combinator was a huge success
  • Hear how the biggest success was having the vision for the product and seeing it in action today.

How do you support a Lawpreneur?

  • Lawpreneurs apply online directly with Lawdingo.com defining their education and areas of practice.
  • Consumers make a call or web chat and are helped with defining their needs and are then directed to a Lawyer.

Favorite Resource

Favorite Books:

  • Micromotives and Macrobehavior was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells feel just as fresh today. And the subject of these stories—how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group—is more important than ever

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