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Stephanie talks with the Student Loan Lawyer, Stanley Tate, about leveraging tech instead of staff and having a fixed mindset vs a growth mindset.If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free!Thanks to LawPay, MyCase, and Posh Virtual Receptionists for sponsoring this episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why bother to become a board certified attorney? As it turns out, there are tons of advantages for your legal practice. The State Bar of Texas Podcast host Rocky Dhir welcomes Leo Figueroa to discuss the process of board certification and debunk common misconceptions. Leo Figueroa is executive director of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Special thanks to our sponsor, LawPay.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A leaked draft opinion informed the world that the far-right wing of the Supreme Court has broken from Chief Justice Roberts and intends to overrule Roe v. Wade outright based on... "we've got five votes now, so suck it." The gang discusses the opinion, the demise of stare decisis, the obsession with the leaker, and a law professor's problematic response to it all. Joe didn't even use the sound board this week, so you know it's serious.Special thanks to our sponsor, Posh Virtual Receptionists, LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Location, location, location. Strategic attorneys know where you file your lawsuit has a big impact. Today’s discussion covers important considerations such as damage caps, jury pool, and what to do if your case is removed from state to federal court. We also clarify some tricky details on multi-state filings, snap removals, and the pros and cons of hiring local counsel to assist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you’ve taken hundreds of depos or just a handful, you can always use a few tips to save time, better prepare your deponent, or clarify your argument for the jury. Part One of our three-part series on deposition tips addresses 13 specific suggestions for depo preparation and planning, when to take a depo and how to frame your questions more effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the cover of Brian Hochman's book The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States is a martini cocktail, complete with skewered olive. Someone attempting to judge a book by its cover may think this is a riff on James Bond and his brethren in espionage. But international espionage is not the primary use of wiretapping in the United States; it's a longer, stranger tale than that.Hochman shares the real story that inspired the cover in this episode of the Modern Law Library with the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles. It involves a private detective with a showman's instincts, a congressional hearing and an electronic bug hidden in a martini olive. It was an incident that spooked the legislature so much that in 1968, they banned the "martini olive transmitter"–even though a working prototype had never been built.In this episode, Hochman also talks about America's long history of wiretapping, from Civil War saboteurs to confidence tricksters, from suspicious husbands to rival corporations, from drug dealers to district attorneys. Wiretapping was often seen as "a dirty business," as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes opined in Olmstead v. United States (1928), but also as a necessary tool in the arsenal of law enforcement, particularly once the War on Crime kicked off in the wake of civil rights protests. In the late 1950s, wiretapping was considered by some to be so necessary that New York district attorney Edward S. Silver compared being asked to prosecute criminals without it to being asked to "hunt lions with a peashooter."Hochman kicks off the episode by telling the tale of the first American to be jailed for tapping a wire–and it's a tale with a twist. Special thanks to our sponsor, Posh Virtual Receptionists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You want to boost your conversions but only have so much bandwidth doing it all yourself. Stop thinking that tech equals cold and impersonal. Simple technologies like auto-response emails and text messages (done right!) can afford a personal touch for your clients, bring more prospects into your funnel, and convert those opportunities you’re currently missing out on.And has Google ended the era of the ad agency? The guys explore Google's new Performance Max campaigns and whether they’re really the biggest change to Google in 10 years.PLUS: IMPORTANT NEWS! Conrad adopts a puppy! A desperate play for social media attention, of course, because Lunch Hour Legal Marketing is now on YouTube (and puppies are cute).And In Less Puppy-Filled News: Google is offering certification for SEO.  In a new survey of how people find lawyers, surprise, the answers are Google, “the internet,” and referrals.  Special thanks to our sponsors Alert Communications, LawYaw, Posh Virtual Receptionists, and Clio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode’s discussion around the Community Table: How do I promote an employee to a part-time position without upsetting the current full-time coworker? Did I make a mistake hiring a friend? How do I overcome my reluctance to hand over the drag-in duties to a new hire?  Special thanks to our sponsors LawClerk, Alert Communications, LawYaw, and Scorpion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you leverage the power of LinkedIn as a lawyer? LinkedIn is a powerful tool when it comes to networking and establishing yourself as a thought leader. There are many great features that my guest Allison Nunes goes into in our conversation. Allison is the Director of Global Events for LinkedIn's sales org and has been with the company since 2013. In addition to her day job at LinkedIn, she is a workshop ambassador for LinkedIn's "Rock Your Profile" program which helps members create a profile that showcases their skills, experience and accomplishments. She is a champion for helping people leverage LinkedIn, their networks and share their voice.  Allison has 20+ years of experience in the travel, meetings, event marketing and hospitality industry. She is a frequent global traveler, a fitness enthusiast and a financial wellness advocate. Allison gives listeners actionable tips on: [1:35] The first steps in leveraging LinkedIn [5:45] How to optimize your LinkedIn profile [14:00] LinkedIn features, including the ‘Record Your Name’ feature [17:30] Tips to becoming a thought leader on LinkedIn  [19:00] The difference between LinkedIn posts and articles [23:00] Understanding LinkedIn’s ‘Creator Mode’ [24:20] LinkedIn’s podcast network [32:00] How to use hashtags on LinkedIn [35:30] Allison’s book recommendation  Resources mentioned in this episode: Brag Better by Meredith Fineman What's different about law school now with Samantha and Haylie from Ladies Who Law School  Connect with Allison here: Instagram LinkedIn Connect with me Instagram Pinterest Facebook Twitter Karin on Twitter Karin on LinkedIn Conroy Creative Counsel on Facebook https://conroycreativecounsel.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Choices can be complicated, but decision-making tools can help! Dennis and Tom talk through the concept of “decision trees” and explain a variety of methods for modeling out choices and outcomes to help you make better decisions. Then, the guys revisit their “Hot or Not?” segment to hash out their thoughts on the Apple Watch. As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation you can use the second the podcast ends.Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for the answers to your most burning tech questions. Special thanks to our sponsors, Posh Virtual Receptionists, Clio, and Embroker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices