Molly McGrath has left an indelible mark on Bellomo & Associates and countless other law firms. Her passion and expertise is in hiring, coaching, and empowering members of the legal team, especially teams in the field of estate planning and elder law. She heads up Hiring & Empowering Solutions, which offers results-driven legal staffing, employee development, and legal consulting to firms across the country.
Your host, Jeffrey R. Bellomo, the founder of Bellomo & Associates, is a licensed and certified elder law attorney with a master's degree in taxation and a certificate in estate planning. He explains complex legal and financial topics in easy-to-understand language.
Key Takeaways
(00:51) – Entered estate planning industry in 1997
Hired by National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys
Learned the value of training and coaching when it was provided to her early on
Believes that estate planning and elder law attorneys tend to be different with a more service-oriented mindset
(07:11) – Passionate about developing the team
Runs the "Law Firm Admin Boot Camp"
A good team is an extension of the servant-leader and shares their mission and spirit
The value of training is starting to be seen in other specialty areas: criminal defense, family law, personal injury, etc.
(10:33) – Molly's podcast
Podcast: "Hiring and Empowering Solutions with Molly McGrath"
Dedicated to teaching attorneys to see their team as an asset
Promotes the importance of understanding the views and concerns of the clients as well
(13:30) – First impressions
The most important person in the law firm is the person responsible for the first impression
A leader must keep their mind and eyes open to see what is happening around them
The leader must be coachable, too
(19:00) – Destined for estate planning
Believes that her family's experience led her to this career
Her grandmother had Alzheimer's Disease and required custodial care, but there was no estate plan in place
As a result, her father's big, close family was destroyed by fighting over the estate
Molly's parents died with a trust, but there were lessons to be learned there as well
Hiring and Empowering Solutions with Molly McGrath (podcast episode on YouTube with Jeffrey Bellomo) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJIXegb9b00
Molly's website – https://hiringandempowering.com/
National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys –
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