The Importance of Authenticity, with Jason Melton

Jun 5, 2020

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Jason Melton is an attorney with nearly twenty years of experience practicing law. As a Managing Partner at Florida legal firm Whittel & Melton LLC, Jason specializes in catastrophic damages and trial advocacy arising in personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and employment disputes. Jason is also a founding member of NAMIL, the National Academy of Motorcycle Injury Lawyers. Prior to going into private practice, Jason worked as an Assistant State Attorney in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

How Jason’s career began by working as a prosecutor in Miami before working in private practice and then founding his own firm
How Jason became a founding member of NAMIL, the National Academy of Motorcycle Injury Lawyers, and how the group has helped Jason with the intricacies of motorcycle cases
What three key practices Jason recommends to any lawyer who wants to further grow their practice, and why you should be yourself and develop your professional personality
How Jason started out working in traffic tickets, and why he felt passionate about his work even though others had advised him not to work in traffic court
How Jason first got involved with PILMMA and with the mastermind group, and what value and sense of empowerment he has received from his membership
Why joining a mastermind can help you recognize and identify “the things you don’t know that you don’t know”
How the global pandemic outbreak is altering Jason’s law practice, and why he sees the virus as a stress test to show firms what is and isn’t working for them
How PILMMA’s mastermind has helped Jason keep up with the many changes being brought about by the pandemic
Why networking with non-criminal lawyers, marketing to your own clients, and forming connections with people in the criminal industry can be powerful marketing tools

Resources:

Website: www.thefllawfirm.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jason-melton-206990/

Additional Resources:

PILMMA’s Super Summit 2020: https://www.pilmma.org/pilmma-super-summit-2020/
PILMMA’s free Coronavirus Survival Kit: www.pilmma.org/free-resources/
Strategic Attorney Coach: https://www.pilmma.org/strategic-attorney-coach/
PILMMA Join Page: www.pilmma.org/marketing-lawyers-law-firm-management/