Personal Injury Mastermind

Matthew Dolman is the president and managing partner of Dolman Law Group, a plaintiff-only personal injury and civil trial law firm. Matthew is a veteran in the courtroom, having taken on hundreds of personal injury, wrongful death, and general negligence cases. He has received millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients, earning him his lifetime memberships in both the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, as well as countless other legal awards. In this episode… Are you a new or growing firm looking to compete with the big guys? While you may not have the budget for premium TV, radio, and billboard ad slots, there is a better and more effective option: SEO. By optimizing your website for search engines, you can achieve top rankings for search terms that attract and convert potential clients. Just ask Matthew Dolman, managing partner of Dolman Law Group. He’s been leveraging SEO to dominate the accident injury niche in Florida, utilizing unique content and expert optimization tactics to earn top rankings. According to Matthew, SEO is the most significant part of his firm’s successful marketing approach. In this episode of The Rankings Podcast, host Chris Dreyer and Matthew Dolman of Dolman Law Group discuss how to use SEO to take your law firm to the next level. Listen in as Matthew talks about his best practices for creating optimized content, what Google measures to rank your site, and which blogs to follow to become an SEO expert today. 

Joe Zarzaur is the founder of Zarzaur Law, a personal injury firm based in Pensacola, Florida. Joe is a Board Certified Civil Trial lawyer, a distinction that only 1% of Florida attorneys can claim. Throughout his career in the courtroom, Joe has won record jury verdicts for injury cases in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. In addition to his Board Certification, Joe has also been awarded an AV rating and a 10 out of 10 on AVVO.com.

Kristin Tynski is the co-founder and Senior Vice President of Creative of Fractl, a content marketing agency that fuses data journalism with PR. At Fractl, Kristin leads a team of creative professionals that includes not only designers and programmers, but also SEO specialists, journalists, and writers. Kristin has a BA in Communications from Boston College, and for the past 13 years she has been at the forefront of viral content creation and promotion online. Today, she helps brands create and promote content that provides value for their audiences and yields consistent and high levels of success.

David Brauns is the founding partner of Brauns Law, a plaintiff's only law firm specializing in personal injury claims. David hasn’t had the same journey as most attorneys and actually had a promising career as a software engineer until he switched tracks at the age of 31 to become a lawyer. Join us as we discuss why David swapped coding for the courtroom, what lessons he brought from the IT world into his own law firm, and how nearly 50% of David’s new clients come from his old ones.

Sol Weiss is a shareholder and director of Anapol Weiss. He is one of the most renowned attorneys in the U.S. thanks to his success in the NFL players’ concussion injury litigation, his enormous $3.75 billion settlement on the Fen-Phen case, and due to the part he played in the infamous Luzerne County “Kids for Cash” civil rights class action. Join us on The Rankings Podcast as Sol reveals his secret to securing big settlements, and he shares what he thinks is the most important asset a lawyer possesses.

Brian Panish is partner at Panish Shea & Boyle and one of the country’s top trial attorneys. Brian’s victories in the courtroom include a $4.9 billion product liability verdict as well as over 100 other verdicts and settlements worth more than $10 million each. In this episode of The Rankings Podcast, Brian tells us why running a law firm isn’t for the faint of heart and how his younger days as an athlete equipped him with the skills he needed to become a great trial attorney. Brian also shares why, as a law firm owner, you can’t afford to tread water with your business and how you can boost your B and C players.

Braden Pollock is an angel investor, tech-startup genius and the entrepreneur behind companies such as Sultra, The Grooming Network, ScienceFiction.com and more. But perhaps what he’s best known for in the legal industry is Legal Brand Marketing, a lead generation source for law firms all over the country, providing immediate, high quality, vetted leads. Join us as Braden tells us how he went from selling domains for $7 to millions of dollars, why his leads are a great compliment to your SEO strategy and why you should consider email leakage when choosing a URL.

John Gomez is the CEO and lead trial attorney at Gomez Trial Attorneys. After discovering his affinity for trials, but not enjoying work as a prosecutor, John set out, along with a colleague, to establish Gomez Trial Attorneys, which soon positioned itself as San Diego’s largest plaintiffs' trial firm. In this episode of The Rankings Podcast, John tells us about the early days of the firm and the events that changed its fortune, and he explains how Gomez Trial Attorneys has handled business throughout the pandemic.

Jacob Baadsgaard is the founder and CEO of Disruptive Advertising. After spending years working for some of the biggest brands in the world and helping them to intelligently analyze their analytics data, Jacob realized that his skills would be valuable to more than just the Fortune 500 companies. With his company, Jacob now helps his clients to grow their own client base and develop their employees in order to foster sustainable client growth. Join us as we discuss how Jacob turned his business into one of the leading ad agencies in the US, why Jacob moved beyond founder-based selling and what he had to do to achieve that, and how Jacob nurtures his own staff to maximize their potential.

Seth Bader is the founder of Bader Scott Injury Lawyers, one of the leading workers’ compensation law firms in Georgia and the US. Seth’s expertise comes from his early days as a lawyer where he worked for the organizations he now fights against. With his insights, Seth now litigates on behalf of those who have been injured in the workplace and focuses on providing his clients “outstanding results, personalized attention, and uncompromising integrity.” On today’s show, Seth tells us what inspired him to leave behind insurance defense and he explains how he turned his small solo practice into a firm with over 140 staff in a little over a decade. We discuss what Seth did in the early days of his firm to secure clients, what Seth does to ensure continual growth for his firm, and who Seth looks to for inspiration and mentorship.