Legal Mastermind Podcast - Presented By Market My Market

Matthew Prinn is the Principal at RFP Advisory Group. RFP stands for Request for Proposal and RFP Advisory Group specializes in the two most common RFPs known as preferred panel proposals and matter/project-specific proposals. RFPs are often used to purchase goods and services. Prinn has years of experience issuing RFPs to law firms to help corporate counsel better manage outside counsel legal spending and possesses experience with all the different types of RFPs used in the legal industry, covering all practice areas and industries.On This Episode, We Discuss...- What are RFPs and What is the Process Like?- Types of RFPs Being Used in the Legal Industry- Using RFPs to Develop Business- Technology's Impact on RFPs

David Fullmer is a Partner at WR Immigration, one of the largest business immigration law firms in the United States, that's located in many destinations across the globe including Los Angeles, New York, and Shanghai. WR Immigration is dedicated to helping the corporate world and the business investor with immigration law.Fullmer joined WR Immigration as a partner in 2017 and has practiced exclusively in the area of immigration law for over twenty years. His main goal is to provide leading-edge immigration legal services. He is a top-rated immigration lawyer and the past immigration section chair of the LA County Bar.  In 2021, he was recognized as Best Lawyers’ “Immigration Lawyer of the Year” in Los Angeles. On This Episode, We Discuss...- What is Immigration Law?- Understanding Business Immigration- How to Hire International Attorneys- The Process of Obtaining an H1B Visa - The Pandemic's Effect on Immigration Law

Ryan Kimler is the owner of Financial Clarity LLC, a company that partners exclusively with law firms that provide custom business and trust accounting services. Ryan is a Fractional CFO by trade, a trained Law Firm Accountant, and a planning strategist who helps self-employed attorneys and law firm owners leverage their business.Financial Clarity LLC gives their clients unprecedented control and clarity over their financials such as having 24/7 access to data and better decision-making power. Connect with Ryan:Facebook:www.facebook.com/rkimlerLinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/ryankfinancialclarityllc/Website:www.financialclarityllc.comRight Fit Call Booking (30 Min):https://go.oncehub.com/rightfitOn This Episode, We Discuss...- Building a Financial Dashboard for Your Client- Setting Attainable Targets with Your Client- Establishing a Safe and Reasonable Line of Credit- Learning How to Cash Flow Your Firm's Profits

Brenda Pontiff is the Managing Principal at Partner Track Academy. Brenda stays busy helping firms find or retain clients along with coaching young associates to senior partners. Partner Track Academy helps law firms figure out new innovative ways to go to market and service clients. On This Episode, We Discuss...- Hiring A Chief Marketing Officer for Your Law Firm- Determining If Your Firms Needs Marketing Help- A New-Hire CMO's Timeline & Responsibilities- Creating a Client Team Structure for Your Firm

Roy Sexton is the Marketing Director at Clark Hill and the President-Elect of the Legal Marketing Association. Roy has held the Marketing Director position since 2019 at Clark Hill and has begun his journey on LMA's board as Treasurer before being chosen as the 2022 President-Elect. Clark Hill is an international team of legal advisors focused on delivering exceptional growth for your business.LMA supports the legal marketing community through thought leadership, professional advocacy, and personal enrichment.Connect with Roy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/royesexton/Clark Hill: https://www.clarkhill.com/LMA: https://legalmarketing.org/Check out Roy's blog: https://reelroyreviews.com/On This Episode, We Discuss...- Shifting Your Firm's Culture to Digital - What is the Legal Marketing Association?- Benefits of Joining an Association

Chuki Obiyo is a Senior Business Development Manager at Vedder Price. Obiyo serves the firm’s rainmakers and aspiring rainmakers in Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, and Washington DC with exclusive business development insights and coaching.Vedder Price is a business-focused law firm with a global reach and a proud tradition of maintaining long-term client relationships.On This Episode, We Discuss...- Sustainable Business Development vs. Traditional Business Development- Generating Goals for a Sustainable Business Development- Finding the Right Mentee For You- The Triple I Commitment

David Kwartler is the Managing Partner and Founder of Kwartler Manus LLC based in Philadelphia and South Jersey. Kwartler Manus LLC is a bread and butter personal injury shop that was founded in 2014 and is committed to fighting with tenacity and skill on clients' behalf. On This Episode, We Discuss...- The Process of Hiring For Your Firm- Acknowledging the Mistakes Made When Hiring in the Past- How to Identify the Necessary Traits When Hiring- Teachable & Non-Teachable Traits For Potential Employees

Steve Pockross is the CEO of Verblio and has more than 20 years of startup, nonprofit, and Fortune 500 experience. He was part of the early management team at crowdsourcing pioneer LiveOps and previously led five SaaS and marketing businesses. Verblio is a content creation platform based in Denver, Colorado with a thousand highly curated writers and create 90,000 pieces of unique content per year. Verbilo is based on a marketplace of a similar dynamic to deliver high-quality content and a SaaS platform which holds all of content creation in one place. Read more about Verblio and their work in this Case Study with Rankings.io: https://www.verblio.com/case-studies/rankingsioOn This Episode, We Discuss...- Strategizing the Proper Content Creation Channels for Your Firm- Artificial Intelligence in the Content Creation Marketplace- Possible Trends in Content for 2022

Tom Lenfestey is the Managing Member of The Law Practice Exchange, LLC as well as a practicing North Carolina attorney and licensed CPA. Tom has spent many years in the legal world focused on transition and succession planning for a multitude of professions. He serves on the Transitioning Lawyers Commission with the North Carolina Bar Association and has provided a variety of educational events to attorneys, legal insurers, and law-related professional organizations on topics such as succession planning, selling and valuing your practice, and lawyer transitions. Tom is the author of the book "Designing a Succession Plan for Your Law Practice."The Law Practice Exchange is a law firm brokerage company that advises and assists owners of law firms in selling their firms over time using a transition-based process developed by lawyers, exclusively for lawyers.On This Episode, We Discuss...- Grasping the Process of Buying or Selling a Law Firm- Delegating Your Firm's Value- Who is Buying or Selling Firms?- Developing a Transition Plan

John Schroeder is the Owner/CEO at De Facto Digital Consulting which provides unbiased advice and strategy on digital marketing for lawyers and law firms. On This Episode, We Discuss...- Why Law Firms Benefit from a Digital Consultant- How Objectivity is Valuable to A Consultant- Creating Strategies to Retain Visitors on Your Firm's Digital PlatformYou can learn more about De Facto here https://defactodigitalconsulting.com/de-facto-deliverables/