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096: How and Why Lawyers Should Be Creating Webinars – John Corcoran

John Corcoran is an attorney, a writer, and a father, and a former Clinton White House Writer and Speechwriter to the Governor of California. Throughout his career, he has worked in Hollywood and the heart of Silicon Valley. John owns his own boutique law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area catering to small business owners and entrepreneurs.

He is the creator of Smart Business Revolution and the Smart Business Revolution podcast.

His writing has appeared in Forbes, Huffington Post, Art of Manliness, Lifehacker, Business Insider, Get Rich Slowly, Dumb Little Man, and numerous other publications, blogs and websites.

Success Quote/Mantra:

Succeeding in business is all about making connections.

– Richard Branson

Recommended Resource:

LastPass

Recommended Book:

Give and Take, Adam Grant

Contact Info:

6figurelawfirm.com

smartbusinessrevolution.com

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095: Contrarian Business Development for Lawyers – David Godofsky

David Godofsky is Leader of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group of Alston & Bird LLP, an AmLaw 100 law firm. Mr. Godofsky is also a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary. He recently represented the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees in the Supreme Court of Illinois in the Matthews case, which challenged the constitutionality, under the Illinois State Constitution, of the CTA’s pension reform agreement with its unions (decision pending). Mr. Godofsky also successfully represented the Governor of Florida in the Supreme Court of Florida in the Williams case, which challenged the constitutionality, under the Florida State Constitution, of the State’s pension reform legislation.

US News & World Report named Alston & Bird LLP the Law Firm of the Year for Employee Benefits (ERISA) for 2015 and the Law Firm of the Year for ERISA Litigation for 2016.

Success Quote/Mantra:

The product sells itself.

Recommended Resource:

Recommended Book:

Strategic Selling, Robert Miller

Contact Info:

www.alston.com

David’s Bio

david.godofsky@alston.com

202-239-3300

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094: Lessons from Marketing an Export Control and Economic Sanctions Practice – Sanjay Mullick

Sanjay Mullick concentrates his practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in export controls, economic sanctions, international dispute resolution and international trade regulation. He is a member of the firm’s India practice and is located in the Washington, DC office.

Mr. Mullick has a broad range of experience providing counsel to companies on export control matters administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Department of Energy’s rules on nuclear exports under Part 810, as well as economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He also assists clients with compliance matters concerning foreign trade zones (FTZ) and foreign lobbying rules under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Success Quote/Mantra:

The only failure is in not trying.

Recommended Resource:

Various Daily Alerts in Your Practice Area

Recommended Book:

The Wise Men, Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas

Contact Info:

pillsburylaw.com

Sanjay’s Bio

sanjay.mullick@pillsburylaw.com

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088: How to Market Your Practice in a Focused Niche – Jonathan Mook

Jonathan R. Mook is a partner in the law firm of DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a nationally recognized practitioner in employment law and has written two treatises on the Americans with Disabilities Act: Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations; and Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities, both published by LexisNexis. He frequently counsels employers on issues involving compliance with the ADA and accommodating disabled employees, as well as other employment-related matters. He is a co-editor of the Virginia Employment Law Letter and is a regular contributor to several legal publications, including Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin. Mr. Mook is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars, and he is a member of the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities. Mr. Mook earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. He authored the 2013-2015 updates to Chapter 5A, “The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.”

Success Quote/Mantra:

Keep on trucking.

Recommended Resource:

Law360-Employment

BNA’s Daily Labor Report

Recommended Book:

Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow

Contact Info:

www.dimuro.com

Jonathan Mook Bio

jmook@dimuro.com

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084: Periscope for Lawyers – Nicole Abboud

Nicole Abboud is an attorney practicing in Los Angeles. She works with small businesses, helping them build and protect their brands legally. Nicole graduated from Southwestern Law School in 2011. She serves as the President of the Southwestern Young Alumni Association (Nickel Club), as the Secretary of the Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California, and on the Young Lawyer Board of California’s State Bar.

When she’s not lawyering, you can find Nicole chatting with inspiring millennial attorneys on her podcast, The Gen Why Lawyer Podcast. Nicole’s guests range from attorneys who are finding great success in their legal careers to attorneys who have decided to pursue alternative non-legal careers to find happiness. Through her podcast, Nicole hopes to inspire professionals to shake off their fear of being unconventional and embrace their unique voice.

Success Quote/Mantra:

Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you.

– Mark Cuban

Recommended Resource:

Calendly

Recommended Book:

Book Yourself Solid, Michael Port

Contact Info:

nicole@genwhylawyer.com

genwhylawyer.com

http://www.genylawyer.com/shakethingsup

@nicoleabboud (Twitter)

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083: Business to Business Client Development for Lawyers – Stephen Fairley

Stephen Fairley is the CEO of The Rainmaker Institute, the nation’s largest law firm marketing company specializing in marketing and lead conversion for small to medium-sized law firms. Over 10,000 attorneys nationwide have used the marketing and lead conversion strategies taught by The Rainmaker Institute, LLC.

Stephen works exclusively with attorneys to find new clients using online and offline legal marketing strategies, and to convert more prospects into paying clients using automated marketing, and by fixing their follow-up systems.

Stephen is a nationally recognized law firm marketing authority and the international best-selling author of 12 books, a library of cutting-edge webinar programs, and 10 audio and video training programs.