041: Matthew Stein of Pardes & Stein discusses Business Law and Networking

What makes a Lawpreneur? Matthew Stein of Pardes & Stein focuses his practice in the areas of business litigation, real estate and premises liability. An experienced trial lawyer and skillful negotiator, Mr. Stein is a tenacious adversary who consistently obtains significant results for his clients regardless of the challenges presented. Mr. Stein has handled cases throughout the state of California and obtained several significant wins for his clients.

Matt believes that the best results are achieved when every case is meticulously prepared for trial and this philosophy has enabled him to obtain scores of favorable settlements in all kinds of actions. Matthew G. Stein has been selected to the 2014 California Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

• Matt learned that when you represent smaller businesses, they don’t always pay their bills on time. Matt learned to be OK with that — to take a step back and realize that they will pay you, you just have to have patience.

Tell us something good

• As a new Lawpreneur. Matt never expected to get a big corporate client. But he did! One of the largest corporate clients in the world. When Matt asked the client why they chose him, the client said that it was precisely because Matt is NOT part of big law that he was drawn to him. Matt realized that the value in service is greater — he can get big clients and make them happy by producing big law work product for less money.

What’s on your desk?

• Half of Matt’s desk is his resume building work — work that is typically put on the back burner but needs to be done. This includes website revisions and blog entries.
• The other half of Matt’s desk is his day-to-day work, including discovery, letters to clients, and other litigation work.

Favorite Resource

• Provisors
• Google
• Myshingle.com
• Going to other solos, small firms, and entrepreneurs

Favorite Books:

• Entrepreneur Magazine Ideas and innovations come to the forefront in every issue of Entrepreneur magazine. Aimed at business owners and influential decision makers, the magazine covers the people, places, and concepts that up-and-coming successful individuals need to know about.

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