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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Jun 25, 2020 • 27min
20. Brian Panish, Panish Shea & Boyle — Developing Excellence Through Coaching and Grit
Brian Panish is partner at Panish Shea & Boyle and one of the country’s top trial attorneys. Brian’s victories in the courtroom include a $4.9 billion product liability verdict as well as over 100 other verdicts and settlements worth more than $10 million each. In this episode of The Rankings Podcast, Brian tells us why running a law firm isn’t for the faint of heart and how his younger days as an athlete equipped him with the skills he needed to become a great trial attorney. Brian also shares why, as a law firm owner, you can’t afford to tread water with your business and how you can boost your B and C players.
Jun 23, 2020 • 36min
19. Braden Pollock, Legal Brand Marketing — Selling Premium Domains and Providing Top-Tier Leads
Braden Pollock is an angel investor, tech-startup genius and the entrepreneur behind companies such as Sultra, The Grooming Network, ScienceFiction.com and more. But perhaps what he’s best known for in the legal industry is Legal Brand Marketing, a lead generation source for law firms all over the country, providing immediate, high quality, vetted leads. Join us as Braden tells us how he went from selling domains for $7 to millions of dollars, why his leads are a great compliment to your SEO strategy and why you should consider email leakage when choosing a URL.
Jun 18, 2020 • 27min
18. John Gomez, Gomez Trial Attorneys — Building a Titanic Firm and Persevering Through a Pandemic
John Gomez is the CEO and lead trial attorney at Gomez Trial Attorneys. After discovering his affinity for trials, but not enjoying work as a prosecutor, John set out, along with a colleague, to establish Gomez Trial Attorneys, which soon positioned itself as San Diego’s largest plaintiffs' trial firm. In this episode of The Rankings Podcast, John tells us about the early days of the firm and the events that changed its fortune, and he explains how Gomez Trial Attorneys has handled business throughout the pandemic.
Jun 16, 2020 • 26min
17. Jacob Baadsgaard, Disruptive Advertising — The Importance of Developing Your Team and Life Lessons That Will Transform Your Firm
Jacob Baadsgaard is the founder and CEO of Disruptive Advertising. After spending years working for some of the biggest brands in the world and helping them to intelligently analyze their analytics data, Jacob realized that his skills would be valuable to more than just the Fortune 500 companies. With his company, Jacob now helps his clients to grow their own client base and develop their employees in order to foster sustainable client growth. Join us as we discuss how Jacob turned his business into one of the leading ad agencies in the US, why Jacob moved beyond founder-based selling and what he had to do to achieve that, and how Jacob nurtures his own staff to maximize their potential.
Jun 11, 2020 • 21min
16. Seth Bader, Bader Scott Injury Attorneys — Breaking Free of Plateaus and Scaling Up While Maintaining the Client Experience
Seth Bader is the founder of Bader Scott Injury Lawyers, one of the leading workers’ compensation law firms in Georgia and the US. Seth’s expertise comes from his early days as a lawyer where he worked for the organizations he now fights against. With his insights, Seth now litigates on behalf of those who have been injured in the workplace and focuses on providing his clients “outstanding results, personalized attention, and uncompromising integrity.” On today’s show, Seth tells us what inspired him to leave behind insurance defense and he explains how he turned his small solo practice into a firm with over 140 staff in a little over a decade. We discuss what Seth did in the early days of his firm to secure clients, what Seth does to ensure continual growth for his firm, and who Seth looks to for inspiration and mentorship.
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Jun 9, 2020 • 29min
15. Nathan Gotch, Gotch SEO — How To Become an SEO Content God
Nathan Gotch is an SEO content advisor and the founder of Gotch SEO. Through his SEO academy, Nathan has taught over 3,000 clients how to improve their search engine optimization practices, and he’s given away free advice to countless more people through his YouTube channel and blog. In this episode, Nathan tells us all about how he got into the world of SEO and how he developed his skillset to the point where he was able to teach others his knowledge. Join us as we discuss why you need to take a good look at your link-building efforts, how Nathan continues to grow and improve his SEO academy, and why less can be more when it comes to content.
Jun 4, 2020 • 32min
14. Ed Herman, Brown & Crouppen — Building A Loveable Brand and Lessons From the Viral Marketing Master
Ed Herman is managing partner at Brown & Crouppen, a personal injury law firm based in St. Louis, Missouri. But as well as a lawyer, Ed is a viral marketing genius. With his hit YouTube series “Ed Versus” and “3 Lawyers Eating Sandwiches”, Ed has achieved millions of views across Facebook and YouTube, putting his firm at the forefront of potential clients’ minds and catapulting their brand into the annals of pop culture. On today’s show, Ed tells us about his foray into viral video marketing and some of the lessons he’s learned along the way. He also shares with us his thoughts on how we should approach branding, why you shouldn’t be afraid to get creative with your marketing material and how you can measure the success of your campaigns.
Jun 2, 2020 • 27min
13. Terry Dohrmann, Litify — Streamlining Practice Management and Revolutionizing Efficiency
Terry Dohrmann is the founding executive and chief revenue officer at Litify. Litify is a business transformation platform with a focus on law practice management that combines case management, marketing, analytics, and more into a single streamlined solution, which has been helping law firms and other businesses to simplify their operations since 2016. On today’s show, Terry shares with us how Litify evolved from a simple client request into the powerhouse of a management tool that is it today. He’ll also explain how the system is helping law firm owners across the country, what makes the platform so secure, and how their new tool, Docrio, is changing the way lawyers generate and manage documentation.
May 28, 2020 • 30min
12. Eric Chaffin, Chaffin Luhana - How to Build a Memorable Law Firm Brand
Eric Chaffin is managing partner at Chaffin Luhana, a plaintiffs only law firm. Eric is a trial lawyer with over 25 years’ experience and he is trustee of the Chaffin Luhana Foundation, a not-for-profit established by him and his law partner, Roopal Luhana. Eric and his partner’s altruistic ambitions also extend to their practice where it is their goal to “do good by doing right. On today’s show, Eric tells us how and why he uses his charitable work to promote his own brand and those of local businesses, and he shares with us his high value activities that ensure his firm’s continual growth.
May 26, 2020 • 30min
11. Rand Fishkin, SparkToro, Lost and Founder — Building Multimillion Dollar Businesses With The SEO Expert
Rand Fishkin is the founder and CEO of SparkToro and the author of the brutally honest book, Lost and Founder, in which he details his journey in turning his startup idea into a $45 million dollar company. Join us as Rand tells us about the business and life lessons he’s learned while setting up two hugely successful companies, and why, for him, owning a multi-billion-dollar corporation isn’t a measure of success. And we’ll discuss the near-limitless marketing capabilities of SparkToro and why he’s always so candid about his successes and failures.
