Personal Injury Mastermind w/ Chris Dreyer
Chris Dreyer, Rankings.io
Get more cases. Grow Revenue. Build a Personal Injury law firm that wins in any market. ‘PIM’ gives you the systems, frameworks, and decision models top law firms use to grow with intent. If you run a personal injury practice and want scale, without chaos, start here.
Host Chris Dreyer talks with the attorneys, operators, and founders who have already built what most firms are chasing. They walk through how they acquire cases at volume, master legal marketing, strengthen intake, control case costs, adopt AI, hire effectively, expand into new markets, and operate like disciplined businesses built for durability.
Guests include leaders behind some of the most effective PI firms in America: James Helm, Ross Cellino, Amanda Demanda, Mike Morse, Joe Fried, Jennifer Gore, and Nick Rowley. And innovators reshaping client acquisition and legal operations.
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Host Chris Dreyer talks with the attorneys, operators, and founders who have already built what most firms are chasing. They walk through how they acquire cases at volume, master legal marketing, strengthen intake, control case costs, adopt AI, hire effectively, expand into new markets, and operate like disciplined businesses built for durability.
Guests include leaders behind some of the most effective PI firms in America: James Helm, Ross Cellino, Amanda Demanda, Mike Morse, Joe Fried, Jennifer Gore, and Nick Rowley. And innovators reshaping client acquisition and legal operations.
Outperform the competition. Start here. Subscribe to Personal Injury Mastermind (PIM)
Join the newsletter: www.newsletter.rankings.io
Episodes
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Feb 18, 2021 • 47min
60. Harlan Schillinger, Grandfather of Legal Advertising — Supercharge Your Intake Process
Harlan Schillinger is a titan in the legal marketing space. He’s best known as the “Grandfather of Legal Advertising” and has helped well over 1 hundred firms exceed their goals. After making a start in television advertising in the 70s and 80s, Harlan quickly turned his attention to legal marketing and founded the first TV production firm for Lawyers. Harlan now consults with a handful of highly motivated law firms and continues to enable them to exceed their own expectations, and he has also helped countless other law firms with his case management tool, Lead Docket. In this episode, Harlan shares with us his impressive career journey that led to where he is today, the secrets to optimizing your intake and why your marketing dollars aren’t worth a thing if you haven’t got the credibility to back them up.
Feb 11, 2021 • 28min
59. Mike Morse, Mike Morse Law Firm — Smart Risks, Smart Choices and Becoming Fireproof
Mike Morse is the founder of the Mike Morse Law Firm and one half of the duo that brought us the Fireproof method and book. Along with his business partner, John Nachazel, Mike has developed a framework to turn good law firms into great ones. Using their Fireproof method, Mike and John took their own firm from a $17 million business to a $160 million business, and now it's their mission to share their tactics with the world. On today's episode, Mike tells us all about what it means to be a visionary and how it's vital to know yourself before you can think about growing your firm. We also discuss some of Mike's secrets to hiring successfully and why in a world of digital media, there's still a place for traditional marketing methods.
Feb 4, 2021 • 27min
58. Andrew Finkelstein, Finkelstein & Partners — Acquisitions, Delegation And Operational Synergy
Andrew Finkelstein is legendary in the personal injury attorney space for heading up a grand total of FIVE different firms, from New York to California! From dominating the New Jersey market for catastrophic cases at Finkelstein & Partners, Andrew rose to new heights through shrewd acquisitions, operational synergy, and strong core values. Today, Andrew takes it back to where it all began - we hear about how his legal empire started out, what his non-negotiables are when it comes to acquisitions, and what is the secret sauce in the art of delegation.
Jan 28, 2021 • 24min
57. Gordon McKernan, Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys — Law Firm Family Succession And Giving Back
McKernan makes giving back to his local community a priority. The hugely successful Louisiana personal injury attorney grew his father's firm from a single site to 10 offices, with over 50 attorneys. But for Gordon, it's not about the numbers, it's about the individuals. Today, we discuss what it was like taking over the reins of a family business, how you and your firm can become more active in the community, and why you should always scrutinize your marketing strategy- even when it's working!
Jan 21, 2021 • 28min
56. William Denninger, Weitz & Luxenberg — The People, Process, Profit Venn Diagram
Bill Denninger wants you to work on the business, not for the business. As the Director of Business Strategy at Weitz & Luxenberg, the biggest plaintiff's law firm in New York, Bill has transformed the firm's processes into the perfect Venn diagram of people, process, and profit. Today, we discover how Bill reimagined the firm's interdepartmental approach, which data sets the law firms of the future need to have a handle on, and why Bill believes you should always hire a geek.
Jan 14, 2021 • 32min
55. Steven M. Levin, Levin & Perconti — Revolutionizing Nursing Home Litigation, Niche Marketing, And Mentorship
Steven M. Levin is a true trailblazer. From his early career in criminal defense, Steven forged his own path in the then little-known area of nursing home litigation. Now, alongside the team at Levin & Perconti, Steven has reached verdicts and settlements topping $660 million for their clients in Chicago and beyond. Today, Steven shares his story of groundbreaking work in the category of nursing home and medical malpractice litigation. We talk about the difficulty of linking your marketing messaging when you're niching down and expanding at the same time. Plus, discover how you can become an authority in your niche!
Jan 7, 2021 • 36min
54. John Nachazel, Michael Morse Law Firm — How Process Makes Profit From The Fireproof Data Evangelist
John Nachazel has a five-step model to take your law firm from unpredictable to wildly profitable, yes, really! He's half of one of the legal world's most respected visionary-integrator duos, and co-author of the hugely successful *Fireproof* alongside his partner Michael Morse. He's a data enthusiast, an EOS evangelist, a jumbotron fan, and an absolute master at perfect planning and execution! Today, we discover how John transforms blue-sky thinking into concrete results every time, why the successful firms of the future need to be big on data, and why John can't stop dreaming about owning a Ford F-150!
Dec 31, 2020 • 27min
53. Patricia Refo, American Bar Association — Making The Most Of Going Digital & Adapting Your Law Firm In The Post-Covid World
Patricia Refo , partner at Snell & Wilmer, has achieved more than most lawyers ever will. Trish has received countless professional recognition and awards, established herself as a first-class commercial litigation lawyer and she’s the current president of the American Bar Association. In today’s episode of The Rankings Podcast, Trish tells us all about her journey from aspiring newspaper editor to president of the ABA, and shares with us her views on how the legal industry has had to adapt throughout the pandemic and what she thinks some of the lasting impacts will be.
Dec 24, 2020 • 31min
52. Chris Mursau, Topgrading — Hiring For Excellence, Interview Strategy, And The New PIP
Chris Mursau can spot an A-player from miles away! Chris is the President of Topgrading, a market-leading company that helps organizations find A-players and hold onto them. He's spent his career tackling the big intake questions and he shares that expertise with us. Today, we discuss how to motivate and retain high performers, what you should and shouldn't do in an exit interview and whether those personality profile tests are worth your time. Plus, we hear the eye-opening financial ramifications and cost savings relating to hiring wrong, or right!
Dec 17, 2020 • 28min
51. George Salinas, The Law Office of George Salinas — Client-Centric Firms, Personalized Experiences & Hybrid Marketing
George Salinas is a Texas super lawyer with a list of achievements as long as your arm. But he, like many lawyers, knows that he’s in a competitive game and that being great at what you do isn’t always enough. So George found a way to set himself apart from the crowd. George set out to make his firm, The Law Offices of George Salinas, different from the others by putting customer service at the heart of everything it does. In this episode we talk how his firm keeps its clients happy and how he utilizes hybrid marketing to communicate his brand.
