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Practicing law doesn't have to suck. Crafting a meaningful career is possible. Leaving the law doesn't have to be scary. That's why this show exists. You don't have to navigate through this profession and world as a Millennial lawyer alone. Join host, Nicole Abboud, former practicing attorney, leadership speaker, and consultant each week as she brings you conversations with lawyers, legal innovators, and leaders in the profession to help you in your journey to building a meaningful life and fulfilling career.
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Now displaying: February, 2018
Feb 26, 2018

Annette Stepanian is an attorney and business strategist who equips other creative professionals and small business owners with the legal and business knowledge needed to confidently start and grow their businesses.  After practicing litigation at a national law firm in San Francisco for over five years, she took a leap of faith and started her own creative business. Today, through one-on-one services, contract templates, trainings and her Office Talk podcast, Annette strives to make the law practical, approachable, and dare we say it – even a little fun. Learn more at www.annettestepanian.com

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

  • How Annette went from Big Law to starting a jewelry business, then to starting her own practice 
  • How taking a break from the law has helped her find her ideal clients and tailor her legal services to that ideal community, 
  • How she created legal products such as a podcast, webinar and legal templates to answer some of the needs of her ideal clients.

 

Resources:

Annette’s podcast – The Office Talk 

 

Contact Information:

 

Website: www.annettestepanian.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/annettestepanian/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annettestepanianesq

Twitter: https://twitter.com/annetteesq

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/annetteesq/

Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/annettestepanian

 

 

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Feb 19, 2018

Kelly Phillips Erb is a Senior Editor at Forbes where she writes about tax and tax policy; she also serves as editorial lead for Bankable by Forbes. She was previously a managing shareholder at The Erb Law Firm, P.C., where she focused on tax law for businesses and families. Kelly is also a mom to three children, so she can add "dinosaur expert," "cupcake baker" and "hockey mom" to her resume. In this episode, she shares her story about how spending time developing her craft, writing about tax law, finding her unique voice and making tax law accessible to everyone didn’t go unnoticed.

 

  

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

 

 

  • How Taxgirl got started with her career and writing her blog,
  • How she found her unique voice and unique writing style and how she managed to make tax law understandable and accessible to most people,
  • How she thought her blawg went unnoticed for a while until she started winning ABA awards and then got an offer from Forbes,
  • Her book "Home, Sweet Rental: Busting the Hype Of Homeownership” and how home ownership is declining with Millennials, and how home ownership might not make financial sense to everyone,
  • How her family factors into the mix, and how she always knew that she wanted to be a mom and also wanted to work. How it was important for her to have the two co-exist.

 

 

 

Resources:

 

Home, Sweet Rental: Busting The Hype Of Homeownership Kindle Edition

by Kelly Phillips Erb  (Author),‎ J. Christopher Erb  (Author)

http://amzn.to/2BEs32E

 

  

Contact Information:

 

Kelly can be found on various platforms and her handle is @taxgirl


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Facebook

LinkedIn

Instagram

 

Thanks for Checking Out the Show Notes and for Listening!

I really hope you enjoyed this episode. I would really appreciate it if you shared this episode with a friend who could benefit from listening to this particular episode.

 

Also, please don’t forget to subscribe to the GWL Podcast in Apple Podcasts or in Stitcher Radio. That way, every time I prepare a new episode for you, it’ll automatically show up in your phone.

Once last thing: I would truly appreciate it if you could leave an honest review for The Gen Why Lawyer Podcast in Apple Podcasts. Positive ratings and reviews help boost the visibility of the show and help me in reaching more lawyers.

Feb 12, 2018

Andrea Evans is an intellectual property attorney who started the Kidgineer program, a creative and fun educational program that captures kids’ interest! Kidgnieer is designed to accelerate kids interest and growth in science, technology, mathematics and engineering or STEM. In this episode, she shares her story about how that program came about, how she got started with her TV appearances and how she grew her Intellectual Property practice.

  

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

 

-  How Andrea started the Kidgineer program, and how she turned her passion for spreading STEM education into an award-winning program,  

  

- how she got her initial training at a government office and the thorough training that government offices offer their employees, 

                                                                       

- Andrea's TV appearances, how she is part of a national TV show and how that opportunity arose, 

 

- Best advice on how to be involved in your kids life in a fun and productive way.  

 

 

Resources:

 

http://kidgineer.com

 

 

 Contact Information:

 

 

https://evansiplaw.com

https://www.facebook.com/evansiplaw/

https://www.linkedin.com/evansiplaw

 

 

You can also find Andrea on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter under the handle @evansiplaw

 

 

Thanks for Checking Out the Show Notes and for Listening!

I really hope you enjoyed this episode. I would really appreciate it if you shared this episode with a friend who could benefit from listening to this particular episode.

 

Also, please don’t forget to subscribe to the GWL Podcast in Apple Podcasts or in Stitcher Radio. That way, every time I prepare a new episode for you, it’ll automatically show up in your phone.

Once last thing: I would truly appreciate it if you could leave an honest review for The Gen Why Lawyer Podcast in Apple Podcasts. Positive ratings and reviews help boost the visibility of the show and help me in reaching more lawyers.

 

Feb 5, 2018

 

Sonia Lakhany is a trademark attorney and the owner of her own award-winning bicoastal trademark law practice with offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Orange County, California. In addition to her practice, Sonia has recently become well-known for her online courses teaching other attorneys content in the areas of practicing trademarks and marketing and branding their law practices. 

 

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

  

- How to build a strong reputation in your field,

 

- How Sonia started teaching other lawyers her craft and how she used her legal expertise to create courses and teach others trademark law. She also shares how she came up with her idea, the execution portion of it and how she spread the word about her courses.

  

- Marketing – How Sonia has been showcasing her expertise through writing for some of the biggest names such as Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Business News Daily, USA Today and CBS

 

- Advice for attorneys trying to diversify their income and not be enslaved to the billable hours - or basically how to use the education and knowledge to make money in creative ways. 

 

 

Resources:

  

https://www.helpareporter.com  to get published with some of the big names

For Sonia’s Trademark and Marketing classes, you can reach her at sonia@lakhanylaw.com

 

 

Contact Information:

sonia@lakhanylaw.com

www.lakhanylaw.com

You can also find Sonia on Instagram under the handle @trademarklawyerlady

 

 

Thanks for Checking Out the Show Notes and for Listening!

I really hope you enjoyed this episode. I would really appreciate it if you shared this episode with a friend who could benefit from listening to this particular episode.

 

Also, please don’t forget to subscribe to the GWL Podcast in Apple Podcasts or in Stitcher Radio. That way, every time I prepare a new episode for you, it’ll automatically show up in your phone.

Once last thing: I would truly appreciate it if you could leave an honest review for The Gen Why Lawyer Podcast in Apple Podcasts. Positive ratings and reviews help boost the visibility of the show and help me in reaching more lawyers.

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