Author: Nicole Abboud

Keeping up with Privacy Laws with Lily Li [GWL151]

Lily Li is a privacy lawyer and the owner of Metaverse Law, a practice dedicated to helping businesses comply with privacy and cybersecurity laws across the United States and Europe. She is a graduate of Duke Law School, and holds the Certified Information Privacy Professionals’ certificates for the United States and Europe from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. 

Prior to founding Metaverse Law, Lily was a commercial and intellectual property litigator at Brown Wegner in Irvine, and an intellectual property … Read More

The importance of having a community to achieve your goals with Dan X. Nguyen [GWL150]

Dan X. Nguyen is an attorney in Orange County, California that assist businesses with general counsel, franchising, trademark, and immigration matters, and facilitates a monthly mastermind for attorneys. He is a business nerd and his wife and 2 kids loath about his soliloquies on business strategies. Fun fact, in 2016, he tried out for a professional basketball team. In this episode, we chat about the importance of quarterly goals and importance of having a community … Read More

Save time with legal templates by attorneys for attorneys with Somya Kaushik [GWL149]

Somya Kaushik is a former litigator turned legal tech entrepreneur, having started the company EsqMe, Inc. (http://www.esqme.com), a legal document marketplace and legal service platform for lawyers, by lawyers. Kaushik is an expert in legal tech and has spoken across the country on entrepreneurship, legal technology and its rapid advancements in the practice of law, and most recently gender bias in the law and technology.  In this episode, we chat about how you can save … Read More

Using chatbots to maximize efficiency with Tom Martin [GWL148]

Tom is a legal bot advocate, lawyer, author and speaker. He is CEO and founder of LawDroid Ltd. (a bot development and consulting company for the legal industry). Tom is also co-founder of Vancouver Legal Hackers, advisor to ATJ Tech Fellow Program, member of ARAG Technology Innovation Committee, and Chair of Education for Group Legal Services Association. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Tom now lives in Vancouver, Canada with his wife and two daughters. In this episode, we discuss … Read More

Do what you do best and delegate the rest with Dina Eisenberg [GWL147]

Dina Eisenberg prepares lawyers to let go, delegate effectively and lead with assurance.  Her passion is helping lawyers create the law practice that fits the life they desire, earns them more and practically runs itself. She likes to give people power through knowledge. She works with fellow attorneys to give them the power and tools to create a better law experience for them and their clients. (Happy lawyer, happy clients).

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Hiring your first staff and coping with impostor syndrome with Aastha Madaan [GWL146]

Aastha started her own practice focusing on business law, franchise law, and estate planning.  She is a strong advocate of good planning, in life and in business. Aastha often writes and speaks on the topic of cultural competency in the practice of law. In this episode, we discuss moving out of a virtual practice and into an actual office, hiring your first staff and dealing with impostor syndrome

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Cultivating the right mindset to excel in your career with Drew Amoroso [GWL145]

Drew Amoroso is the founder of Move Associates, an innovative training company that empowers associates to achieve their performance goals, accelerate their growth and development, stay professionally fulfilled, and take control of their practice. Prior to Move, Drew was a senior associate at an international law firm and served on the firm’s hiring committee and as the head of its summer associate program. Drew also was the owner of his own firm where he practiced fitness law–representing … Read More

Launching a tech company and hiring the right people with Chris Smith [GWL144]

As a practicing attorney himself, Chris understands how important a native mobile experience is becoming for clients interacting with legal websites. When he couldn’t find a white label native app for his firm, he built one himself.  He launched Your Firm App, a practical development in legal technology.  It may not be blockchain or AI, but it will help make life better for attorneys and clients. 

A huge thank you goes out to our show sponsor, Abby … Read More

Set Up Efficient Systems and Scale Your Practice with Lee Rosen [GWL 143]

Finally! After two decades, Lee Rosen figured out how to own a lucrative law firm without having to be working in your law firm 24/7/365. Once he realized he could be the owner, not the practitioner, Lee found a team to run the business, then sold it. Now, he travels full-time while teaching other lawyers how they can build their practices into sellable businesses.

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How to automate your work and build an efficient practice with Jason Gershenson [GWL142]

Inspired by the surging startup communities in Portland, New York, and around the world, Jason started a law practice to serve those communities, then joined another firm to help them start a New York office. He admires the problem-solving and creativity required to introduce a product or service to the world. He is a tech lover and is always looking for ways to make every day work more efficient.

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