Lawyerist Podcast
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The Lawyerist Podcast is your ultimate guide to building, managing, and growing a successful small or medium-sized law firm. Tailored for lawyers and attorneys who aspire to thrive in today’s fast-paced legal landscape, this podcast delivers actionable advice, proven strategies, and cutting-edge insights to help you run a modern law firm with confidence.Whether you're a solo attorney starting your practice, managing a growing firm, or looking to optimize your operations, The Lawyerist Podcast provides the tools you need. From mastering law firm marketing, streamlining workflows with legal technology, and improving client relationships to building sustainable firm culture, we cover everything that matters to entrepreneurial lawyers.Hosted by industry leaders and packed with interviews featuring top legal professionals, tech innovators, and law firm management experts, each episode dives deep into topics like law firm profitability, automation, time management, and future trends in legal services.If you’re searching for practical advice on how to run a law firm, grow your legal business, and stay ahead of the curve, The Lawyerist Podcast is the resource you’ve been waiting for. Subscribe now to elevate your practice and build the law firm of your dreams.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 27min
Improve Client Satisfaction Without More Work: Designing Smarter Legal Services, with Laura Hartnett
Laura Hartnett, legal design consultant and founder of Law by Design, brings design thinking to make legal services clearer and more human. She discusses mapping the client journey, spotting hidden friction, and redesigning deliverables clients can actually use. She also explores visuals, client empathy techniques, and how to adapt services for AI and changing client behavior.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 25min
Business Development forLawyers: Building Real Relationships That Lead to Clients, with Megan Senese
Megan Senese, former Big Law business development pro and founder of Stage, helps lawyers build authentic client relationships. She discusses why traditional networking fails, using personal interests and small thoughtful gestures to connect, intentional follow-up over blasting content, and how to ask for work naturally. The conversation focuses on relationship-driven, human-centered approaches that feel natural rather than salesy.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 31min
The Future of Law Firm Business Models in the Age of AI, with Jordan Furlong
Discussion of how AI is transforming how legal work is produced and what lawyers will actually do. Examination of why hourly billing may collapse and pricing should shift to outcomes and experience. Exploration of the rising value of judgment, character, and client guidance when routine work is automated. Practical focus on small firms adapting faster through mentorship and new systems.
9 snips
Mar 5, 2026 • 44min
Breaking the Copycat Cycle: Building a Law Firm with Personality, with Patrick Patino
Patrick Patino, attorney and host of The Newfangled Lawyer who experiments with human-centered law practice design. He explains leaving a traditional practice to build approachable, community-minded services. Short takes cover targeting creatives in real-world spaces, swapping hard sales for gifts and connection, and designing memorable client experiences that break the copycat sameness in legal marketing.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 27min
From Practice to Business: Scaling Beyond Yourself, with Andy Hays
Andy Hays, a Chicago estate and trust litigator and co-owner of Staza Law with ~18 years running firms, talks about shifting from practitioner to business owner. He explains rebranding off his name, building hire-and-delegate systems, automating routine work, and creating accountability and sellable firm structures. Short, practical ideas on scaling beyond yourself.
Feb 19, 2026 • 30min
Healing the High-Achieving Lawyer: Rethinking Sobriety and Success, with Melissa Silverstein
Melissa Silverstein, an IP attorney turned recovery coach, shares her journey from high-achieving lawyer to long-term sobriety and now supports other professionals. The conversation covers how achievement can hide alcohol problems. They discuss flexible paths to recovery, workplace drinking culture, signs colleagues may be struggling, and practical ways firms can reduce stigma and support wellbeing.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 34min
Turn Expertise into Clients: Building Authority That AI Recognizes, with Karin Conroy from Conroy Creative
Karin Conroy, founder and creative director of Conroy Creative Council who builds law firm authority and media presence. She discusses how AI changes marketing and why real expertise—not shortcuts—rises in an AI-filtered world. Topics include why visibility often starts off-site, the power of third-party validation and media appearances, and how to systematize referrals and grow authority over time.
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Feb 12, 2026 • 42min
Ethics, Judgment, and Trust in a World of Legal AI, with Damien Riehl
Damien Riehl, Clio Solutions Champion and former Fastcase/Vlex engineer who built legal AI tools, discusses AI that makes judgments and embeds values. He explores why verification matters more than transparency. Short scenes cover agentic AI, grounding outputs to avoid hallucinations, and how intuition, trust, and integrity stay crucial as machines take over routine legal work.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 27min
Beyond Chatbots: Using Agentic AI in Law Firm Intake, with Matt Spiegel from Lawmatics
Matt Spiegel, founder and CEO of Lawmatics and veteran legal tech entrepreneur, talks about applying agentic AI to law firm intake. He explains why surface-level AI falls short. He contrasts recommendation-focused agentic systems with opaque lead scores. He describes practical tools that automate decisions, preserve privacy, and improve lead qualification.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 35min
Designing a Law Firm You Actually Want to Run, with Stephanie Everett
Stephanie Everett, co-founder of Lawyers Lab who helps lawyers design firms that avoid burnout and scale, talks about intentionally designing a firm instead of defaulting into one. She outlines three firm paths—lifestyle solo, scalable niche, and founder-for-exit. Short moves cover heroics versus systems, three constraints that break firms, and practical first-30-day steps to choose a path.
