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The Law Firm Owners Podcast140 - The Lawyer’s Identity TrapMy guest today is none other than Liz Smith, a charismatic lady who is the Head of Talent at Bamboo Platform, which provides a centralised operational support to a group of legal businesses.One of those is Carbon Law Partners, a consultancy law firm.Through her work at Carbon, she helps lawyers step away from the structure they’ve always known and build something that gives them more freedom, control, and balance.She knows that moving from a firm to self-employment is a big emotional shift, so her role is all about guidance, re...
2025-10-2836 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast139 - The New Law Model That’s Crushing CompetitionMy next guest is the great Eliot Hibbert, the founder and CEO of Nexa Law Limited.Nexa is a new model law firm established in 2017 and now has over 175 lawyers operating as consultants and over 300 people now using their Leap case managment.Today, what we’re covering is The New Law Model That’s Crushing CompetitionTo find out more about nexa click here: https://nexa.law/About Dan:Currently, Dan is seeking a London Law Firm turning over £3M or more to invest in, so if you are i...
2025-10-2133 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast138 - How to build a brand that attracts ideal clientsMy next guest is James Quarmby, the founder of the private wealth team at the international law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP.James has won tons of awards, and he didn’t want me to go there out of fear of sounding like boasting.Saying this, he’s a well-known commentator on tax policy in the media, including the BBC and a top 10 Legal Influencer on LinkedIn.On today’s episode, we’re covering how to build a brand that attracts ideal clients.James' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-quarmby-24327411/Abo...
2025-10-1437 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast137 - Can Traditional Firms Survive Without New Technology?My guest today is the one and only James Geary, the Managing Partner of EMW, a full-service firm based in Milton Keynes, Northampton, Watford, London and Brighton.James Geary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-geary-b465572/EMW Website: https://www.emwlaw.com/About Myerson Connections:Myerson Solicitors is a 100% employee-owned independent law firm based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.Myerson supports many other law firms throughout the country on a daily basis through its referral network – Myerson Connections.Not only does Myerson help other law firms wi...
2025-10-0738 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast136 - Is Your Real Estate Law Firm Being Left Behind?My next guest is Simon Davis, Co-CEO and Co-Founder at Nimbus, which is a business in the Midlands specialising in property and land intelligence. Their clients consist of property professionals who are doing investment and developments for themselves and are also the professionals that service them, such as surveyors, planners, architects and some lawyers. In the last year, Nimbus has grown by 50% now with a team of over 60.On this episode, we're covering how real estate clients are adopting technology at a fast pace, and so law firms must keep up or they’ll get left behind....
2025-09-3027 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast135 - Use ChatGPT and AI or Be Left BehindJonathan started his firm in 2019 and by 2023 grew it to over £2m annual revenue.The firm currently has about 20 employees and 15 self-employed consultant solicitors.Most employees work from their head office in Haywards Heath (a commuter town between Brighton and Gatwick).The firm is a full-service firm, but its main client base is owner-managed SMEs, and the top practice areas are corporate transactional work and contentious dispute resolution.The firm has been shortlisted for awards relating to both workforce development and equality, diversity and inclusion (on two occasions for each award).
2025-09-2334 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast134 - A Certificate Or Resilience, Which Matters Most?My guest on this episode is Natalie Foster, Founder and CEO of Inspire Legal Group, which is an ABS structure law firm leading the way on building their own tech stack to improve day-to-day access to justice for clients, taking the pain out of property transactions and supporting disabled clients with bespoke solutions to facilitate just outcomes.Inspire Legal was born in lockdown 5 years ago in a bedroom on a laptop, and the question was, "If the world never opens up again, how are we going to practice law?" and to this day, this is the question...
2025-09-1635 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast133 - How consultant law firms are reshaping the legal industryMy next guest is Robert Young, an Associate Director of the consultant recruitment team at Setfords, which is becoming known as the market-leading consultancy model law firm.Setfords has been the number one recruiter in the UK legal industry for two consecutive years, a testament to the significant impact they are having on the legal sector.Today, we're covering how platform & consultant law firms are reshaping the legal industrySetfords Consultant Solicitor | Law For People, By PeopleAbout Dan:Currently, Dan is seeking a London Law Firm turning...
2025-08-1936 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast132 - How a law firm can attract private equityMy next guest is Simon David, the Group Chief Executive of Thomas Legal and Equilaw, both of which are multi-award-winning firms.Thomas Legal is a niche conveyancing firm based in Gloucestershire and London, which predominantly transacts in the middle to upper end of the property market, including prime central London. Equilaw, on the other hand, advises clients in the specialist later life lending space and is the largest in the UK.Simon has worked in both estate agency and financial services before retraining as a lawyer.His businesses attracted a very substantial Private...
2025-08-1235 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast131 - Why succession planning is the business owner's secret to successIn this episode, I have Heledd Wyn, a Partner in Rothley Law, a national private client firm, and she specialises in taking the pain out of estate planning.To find out more about Heledd and what she offers, click here: Heledd Wyn - Rothley Law.About Dan:Currently, Dan is seeking a London Law Firm turning over £3M or more to acquire, so if you are interested in selling your law firm or know someone who might be, please contact Dan on: dan@danwarburton.comDan also provides law firm o...
2025-08-0526 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast130 - How to Master Gen AI in LawIn this episode, I have Colin, who provides General Counsel at Malbek, a leading CLM company, as well as a legal technology expert and educator who bridges traditional legal practice with technological innovation.He has authored several books on legal technology, including "The Legal Tech Ecosystem" and "CLM for Dummies," and serves as the editor of the "Handbook of Legal Tech."His contributions further extend to numerous articles, podcast appearances, and webinar hosting, establishing him as a knowledgeable voice in the field who provides guidance to both newcomers and established professionals in the legal tech...
2025-07-2930 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast129 - How to beat the fear and go alone with confidenceOur guest on this episode is Lisa Haywood, the owner of Stutt Associates, a highly reputable firm in Cornwall that specialises in dispute resolution.Lisa has only been in business since November last year, but has been making real waves both locally and nationally with her unique offer and memorable marketing.What we’re covering today is how to beat the fear and go alone with confidence.Lisa’s website: stuttassociates.co.ukHer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lisahaywood-stuttassociatesAbout Dan:Currently, Dan is seeking a Lo...
2025-07-2233 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast128 - How law firm owners can build a profitable, values-led firm, without billable hour targets or burnoutMy next guest is Hannah Strawbridge, founder and CEO of HanLawCo — an award-winning employment law consultancy known for its flexible consultancy model, specialist tribunal work, and national menopause at work campaign. A Legal 500 recommended solicitor, Hannah launched HanLaw to challenge traditional law firm culture and now mentors other lawyers looking to do the same.HanLawCo website: https://hanlawco.com/Hannah’s personal Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-strawbridge-93215b13/About Dan:Currently Dan is seeking a London Law Firm turning over £3M or more to acquire so if you are i...
2025-07-1532 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast127 - Why Having a Vision is KeyMy next guest is Paul Sams the Managing Partner of Dutton Gregory LLP a mid sized law firm with offices in Bournemouth, Chandlers Ford, Liverpool, Southampton, Winchester and Woking servicing clients nationwide.Paul lectures extensively to other lawyers across England and Wales in the area of Property Law, regularly being asked to speak at events for lawyers and alongside other professionals.Paul is often known for his “Lego Paul” Linkedin profile picture the theme of which has become a big part of his online presence.To find out about Dutton Gregory’s Property Lettin...
2025-07-0831 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast126 - Time to Take AI SeriouslyMy next guest is Sunny Patel, a tech enthusiast and co-owner of Signature Law based in Romford, Essex. It’s a modern, tech-led law firm specialising in family law, property, wills, and probate.Sunny has worked on implementing AI to streamline his firm's operations, and it’s interesting to learn how he’s done this.About Dan:Dan is a law firm investor currently seeking a London law firm turning over £5M or more, and also provides law firm owners and partners with leadership and management skills that have been proven to dramati...
2025-07-0127 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast125 - How To Use AI To Become a Lawyer of The FutureMy next guest is, Mathew Kerbis, The famous Subscription Attorney.Mathew is on a mission to affordably serve clients at scale via the subscription model and inspire attorneys (or lawyers as we call them) to abandon the billable hour.Today, what we’re covering is how to use AI the right way, ditch the billable hour, and become a lawyer of the future.To find out more about Mathew or get in contact see links here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerbisversehttps://www.lawsubscribed.comhttps://ma...
2025-06-2440 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast123 - The power of personal branding for lawyersMy guest today is Jon Gregson, a Partner at Weightmans, a UK national law firm.Jon is an employment lawyer within Weightmans' Employment, Pensions, and Immigration team, with over 20 years of experience in the law.Jon is also consistently ranked as one of the top Legal LinkedIn influencers from the UK's Top 200 law firms.Today, what we’re covering is the power of personal branding for lawyers and how to use LinkedIn to stand out from the competition.Jon's LinkedIn is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongregson/Weightmans we...
2025-06-1031 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast122 - Issues affecting firms based close to big citiesMy guest today is Juliet Schalker, who is the Head of Dispute Resolution and equity partner at Debenhams Ottaway, which is a full-service, top 200 law firm based in Hertfordshire.Today we’re looking at the Issues affecting regional firms based close to big cities and what law firms that aren’t based in any of the major UK cities can do to attract and retain top talent.You can find out more about Juliet on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliet-schalker/About Dan:Dan provides law firm owners and...
2025-06-0332 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast121 - Imposter Syndrome & High-Profile CasesMy guest today is Senior Partner at Moore Barlow and Head of Major Trauma.In 2021, Trevor became the first black senior Partner of a top 100 UK law firm and is a social mobility champion and Founder of the Be The Ladder Awards and the Be the Ladder Foundation, which promotes social mobility, educational equality and community upliftment.Moore Barlow was established in 2020 following a merger between legacy firms Barlow Robbins and Moore Blatch, the firms collectively have a history spanning 200 years.Moore Barlow is now a full-service regional law firm based in South...
2025-05-2735 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast120 - The three secrets to law firm successMy next guest is Jonathan Watmough. He was an M&A partner in the City at 30 and managing partner at 38.Over the next ten years, the firm won Law Firm of the Year three times, The Managing Partners' Forum's strategic leadership award and he was personally named twice in the Top 100 lawyers in the UK.He is now an adviser, coach, speaker and author who helps law firm partners and partnerships drive performance.Check out his extraordinary work here: https://www.helpinglawyersthrive.com/About Dan:Dan provides law f...
2025-05-2045 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast119 - Top 10 tips for Young Partners to Increase Their Personal Brand and Excel in 2025My guest today is Paul O’Halloran, an employment law partner and Head of Office in Melbourne at Dentons, the largest law firm in the world.He has a strong focus on resolving high-risk disputes in the workplace for employersWhich frequently involves employee misconduct, union disputation, governance and workplace culture, industrial action, vulnerable stakeholders, media interest and reputational risk.Today, Paul will share his top 10 tips for how young law firm partners can increase their personal brand and excel in 2025.Here is Pauls “IR Insights” podcast: https://www.dentons.com/en/ins...
2025-05-1339 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast118 - The Greatest Financial Literacy Mistake Law Firm Owners MakeMy next guest is Carla Hoppe, the Founder of Wealthbrite which is a company on a mission to create a generation of financially savvy professionals.After a career in finance, Carla founded Wealthbrite to help professionals build confidence with money and make smarter, informed choices.Through her workshops and strategic programmes, she supports high-performing firms to embed financial literacy into their culture, turning learning and development into a commercial advantage.To find out more about Wealthbrite, here is a link: https://www.wealthbrite.co.ukAbout Dan:Dan...
2025-05-0633 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast117 - The 4 Principles of Law Firm LeadershipSimon Tupman is the author of The Heart of Practice: Leadership Principles for Legal Professionals. He is also a brilliant speaker and has been a mentor to law firms and legal professionals for over thirty years.Having started his career as a practising solicitor in London, he moved into the business of law and moved to New Zealand in the early ‘90s.Simon now specialises in helping develop leadership in law firms large and small.To find out more, see his website here: https://www.simontupman.com/Or get a copy of...
2025-04-2938 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast116 - Law Firm Generative AI Versus CultureJordan Furlong is the principal at Law21 and provides keynote presentations to law firm retreats and other firm events.Jordan Furlong is a legal sector analyst, consultant, and forecaster who advises law firms and legal organizations about navigating the extraordinary changes transforming the legal world. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Jordan is a renowned keynote speaker and a widely read thought leader on the future of the legal profession.To find out more about Jordan here is his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanfurlong/Or see his free substack newsletter here: https://jordanfurlong...
2025-04-2245 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast115 - Consultant Lawyer Versus Law Firm Owner & Which Is BestIn this episode, I got to speak to Isabel Bathurst, the CEO and owner of a Consultancy firm called IB Consulting. She is also a solicitor under the umbrella of Scott Moncrieff, where she practices and has her own cases with a team of lawyers carrying the weight for her.Her focus is on catastrophic injury cases and fatal accidents, including those with a foreign element.Isabel is accredited as a senior litigator with APIL, as a high court advocate, and was one of the 14 solicitors representing the bereaved families on the Grenfell Civil Claims...
2025-04-1532 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast114 - How Learning and Development Creates Leaders of The FuturePete has specialised in learning and professional development in the legal sector for over 20 years. He joined LawNet in 2013 and has significant experience of designing and implementing learning strategies that help firms grow and develop their teams and their future managers and leaders. Pete is also very active in promoting the importance of mental health and wellbeing. As a Mind media volunteer and LawCare Champion, he regularly writes and speaks about his own experiences of mental illness. Pete is also host of the LawNet podcast.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-riddleston/Podcast: h...
2025-04-0830 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast113 - 5 Top Profit Drivers for Law FirmsMy guest is Alistair Marshall who has helped thousands of lawyers in over 200 firms worldwide, to win more new profitable client work.He is the founding director of Professional Services BD based in Sydney, Australia, but has worked with firms in Europe, North America and Asia.Alistair recently published a book ‘ How to grow your Professional Services Practice - The Practical Guide to BD’ which went to Number One on the Amazon business book chart.To get a copy of Alistair's book click here: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DDWK6B4N
2025-04-0144 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast112 - How to Build a Good Law Firm Culture For Future GenerationsÉamon is co-owner of Briffa, a boutique IP practice with offices in London and Dublin. He is interested in soft IP (especially trademarks, copyright, and design rights), data protection, information technology, and commercial law.Éamon advises a broad range of businesses in IP rich sectors, from fashion to technology. The Legal500 and the World Intellectual Property Review recommend him. Briffa is also recognised as a Leading Firm by the Legal500 and won the Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the Modern Law Awards in 2023.In this episode Éamon gives us amazing insights into how to...
2025-03-2540 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast111 - The 3 Secrets That’ll Turn Any Law Firm Owner Into A RainmakerSteve is a driven, focused, and passionate about helping law firm owners and partners to reach their full potential. Steve Fretzin is regarded as the premier coach, skills trainer, and roundtable facilitator on business development for law firm owners.Over the past 17 years, Steve Fretzin has devoted his career to helping lawyers master the art of business development to achieve their business goals and the peace of mind that comes with developing a successful law practice.In addition to writing four books on legal marketing and business development, Steve has a highly-rated podcast, BE THAT...
2025-03-1833 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast110 - The 3 Ways a Law Firm Owner Can Increase Profitability & Sustain Firm-Wide ValuesMy next guest is Chris Bishop, Senior Partner, and a former equity owner of Slater Heelis, with roots tracing back over 250 years. It is a full-service firm with offices in Manchester city centre, Sale, and has over 210 employees.About Dan:Dan provides law firm owners with the skills and capital investment to increase their profits while reducing their workload. Over the last five years, Dan’s clients have grown their revenues from 20% to 392% in one year while more than halving their workload.To find out about Dan's availability and programs, click here: ht...
2025-03-1138 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast109 - Efficiency & Outstanding Service Is Key to Earning Good FeesPeter owns The Partnership, an award-winning property law firm he founded 15 years ago, based in London and Guildford and employing 90 people. With his new firm, Legalito, he is sharing with other lawyers the benefits of technology that genuinely improves effectiveness.In this episode Peter breaks down how efficiency and outstanding service is the key to charging good fees, reducing risk and maintaining profitability. He will also explain how he has achieved this and how his latest venture, Legalito, is changing the way that lawyers look at technology.About Dan:Dan provides law f...
2025-03-0438 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast108 - The 3 Secrets to Attract, Develop & Retain High-Performance TalentIn this episode, Chrissie will take us through the three secrets that law firm owners can implement to attract, develop and retain high-performance talent.Chrissie Wolfe is a partner at Nexa who specialises in medical and cosmetics injuries and also has a consulting business focused on supporting law firm firms and legal teams in the attraction and retention of talent.Chrissis also has an online following of over 150,000 people between TikTok, Linkedin and other platforms and has won awards such as Solicitor of the Year, and Businesswoman of the Year and is ranked in the...
2025-02-2535 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast107 - The 3 Mistakes Law Firms Make that Can Destroy Their Business & How to Avoid ThemIn this episode Karen takes us through the 3 mistakes that law firms make that can destroy their business, and cause them to lose fees, or cost them income and how to avoid them.Karen has over 30 years’ experience of defending claims against professionals, primarily solicitors, accountants and tax advisors. She became frustrated by the fact that professional negligence claims caused significant devastation and harm to the 3 ‘stakeholders’- the firm, the staff and the firm’s clients, and that her role as a defence lawyer gave her an insight into the root cause of those claims, but did not...
2025-02-1836 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast104 - How to Effectively Partner with Others to Boost Efficiency, Profitability, Compliance and Client SatisfactionHosted on this episode is Grant Sanders, the head of Legal Operations at Stephen Rimmer Solicitors. He has a passion for turning law practice into a well-oiled machine – whilst meeting today’s demanding compliance regulations.In this episode, Grant broke down how effective it is to partner with consultants and other small law firm service providers to boost efficiency and a way that increase profitability while also meeting compliance demands and long-term client satisfaction.Useful links :linkedin.com/in/granttythansandersProudly edited with finesse by Mike at Making Digital Real...
2025-01-2832 minThe Law Firm Owners Podcast101 The 3 Mistakes Law Firm Owners Make that Negatively Impact Firm GrowthPatrick has spent over 30 years working as a “generalist” company commercial lawyer (both as an assistant and for the last 20 odd years as a partner in four firms in three of which he was Head of Department), primarily dealing with acquisitions and sales of companies and businesses, implementing corporate reorganisations usually for tax planning purposes and dealing with various commercial contracts, including Partnership and LLP Agreements. This was briefly interrupted by a year in house as the General Counsel to a medical start up which failed. He is currently Head of Corporate and Commercial at Anthony Gold....
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