Author: Nicole Abboud

Building a network and managing your time with Stephanie Hanna [GWL161]

Stephanie has been coaching law students and attorneys for the past decade – helping them navigate the profession, build their reputation, and develop their careers. Having been a prosecutor, judicial staff attorney, solo practitioner, magistrate, and law firm associate, Stephanie understands the dynamics at play in each environment. She has been successful in different settings and has been elected by her peers to serve the profession and the community at high levels.

The secret? Mastering The Other 85. Stephanie … Read More

Teach what you know and create passive income with Cindy Nicholson [GWL160]

As a former teacher and corporate trainer, Cindy Nicholson works with entrepreneurs who have dreams of building their business beyond just trading dollars for hours. They’re ready to grow their business by offering online courses but have no idea where to start. Cindy helps walk them through the process so that they can create a course that they’re proud of and that their clients will love.

In short, Cindy helps amazing entrepreneurs turn their incredible content into effective … Read More

The ethics of content marketing and adopting new technologies with Megan Zavieh [GWL159]

Megan saves lawyers’ careers. She defends lawyers before the State Bar of California in disciplinary investigations and proceedings.  She also looks for new ways to help lawyers face ethics challenges, including creating The Playbook: The California Bar Discipline System Practice Guide, a membership website for lawyers defending themselves on disciplinary charges; podcasting on Lawyers Gone Ethical; writing for online and print publications; and speaking to lawyers on ethics issues.

Thank you to our show sponsor Abby Connect, … Read More

Implementing great systems and building a 7-figure practice with Ally Lozano [GWL158]

Award-winning immigration attorney Alexandra Lozano is author of Be the CEO of Your Law Firmand founder of the Association of Mother Immigration Attorneys (AMIGA), which helps solo women attorneys transform their practices into thriving businesses. In this episode, Ally and I chat about the mistakes she’s made as a solo practitioner and the steps she took to take her practice to 6 figures and now to a 7-figure practice.

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Online marketing and dominating the search engine optimization game with Phil Singleton [GWL157]

 

Phil Singleton is a web designer, an SEO expert and an award-winning author. Phil co-wrote SEO for Growth: The Ultimate Guide for Marketers, Web Designers & Entrepreneurs.  SEO for Growth is an Amazon bestseller and has been listed as a top marketing book by Mashable, MSNBC, Entrepreneur and Search Engine Journal, and was named by Forbes as the #1 SEO book on its list of “Essential SEO Books for Every Startup to Read”. He is also … Read More

Recognizing and overcoming imposter syndrome and unconscious bias [GWL156]

Neha Sampat is CEO, founder, coach, and consultant at GenLead|BelongLab, where she focuses on building belonging and true inclusion. Through consulting, training, speaking, and writing, she helps organizations create peak-performance, inclusive teams by addressing hidden barriers to belonging, such as Imposter Syndrome and internalized bias, unconscious bias, generational diversity, and distrust in teams. Through professional development coaching, she helps her individual clients develop job situations and leadership styles that engage their true and best selves. Neha practiced law at both large … Read More

Starting a law firm: vision, marketing, and systems [GWL155]

After a year of solo practice, I wanted to share the good, the bad and the ugly of starting a law firm.

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What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

– Starting a law firm,

– Having a vision for your firm,

– Marketing for your firm,

– Setting up systems and processes … Read More

Understanding and overcoming procrastination, burnout and anxiety with Will Meyerhofer [GWL154]

A lawyer and a therapist Will Meyerhofer has many accolades after this name: JD LCSW-R.  He is a psychotherapist and former biglaw attorney with a private practice treating lawyers and others in TriBeCa, New York City (visit http://www.aquietroom.com for more information.)  He is the author of four books, including “Way Worse than Being a Dentist: the Lawyer’s Quest for Meaning,” and its sequel “Still Way Worse…” about life in biglaw, as well as a book introducing and elaborating upon … Read More

Fine tuning your career to improve quality of life with Robert Baird [GWL153]

From professional musician to CEO of a 60 year old non-profit, Bob’s climbed the career ladder through a series of career pivots.Before becoming a CEO, he was a Navy Supply Corps Commander, technology consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IBM Business Services, a risk management consultant and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a major insurance company,

He’s successfully pivoted 12 times to obtain career success and is a career transition practitioner and expert. As a former “C” level … Read More

Managing your Finances and Student Loans with Travis Hornsby [GWL152]

Travis founded Student Loan Planner after helping his wife figure out her six figure med school loans and realizing that all their friends needed help too. He’s consulted on more than $250 million of student debt, which is more than any one person in the country. He loves helping clients realize that financial freedom and security is possible no matter how high their student loan balance. He lives in St. Louis, MO. 

Thank you to our show sponsor Abby Connect, … Read More