The Gen Y Lawyer Podcast

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Breaking into a crowded field and into real estate investing with Jeff Greenman [182] Mar 11, 2019

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Jeffrey Greenman is a solo practitioner at GREENMANLAW P.C. in Aliso Viejo, CA. He specializes in catastrophic personal injury and medical malpractice cases and is often hired for his abilities in premises liability and medical malpractice cases as they approach trial. In this episode, he shares his story about how he got started in a crowded practice area and how he made a name for himself. He also talks about how he got started in real estate investing.

Jeff has developed and had interests in real estate projects throughout the United States worth over $300 million, including over 500,000 square feet of commercial retail space. He has worked on ground up construction projects for Hyatt Hotels as well land entitlement for large scale home builders in the Detroit area. Recently Jeff has focused on syndicated purchases of NNN single tenant industrial and commercial properties, with notable tenants such as Caterpillar, Premier Packaging and American Fire Protection Group.

In this episode we discuss:

- Starting a personal injury practice,

- Popular multi-million-dollar verdicts, how much do attorneys get to take home, and how much work goes into those cases

- How to get started in real estate investing,

- Best practice for real estate investment.

Contact Information:

Greenmanlawpc.com

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Millennial Burnout, Perfectionism, and Our Four Year Anniversary [181] Mar 04, 2019

Show notes

We are celebrating our four-year anniversary on the pod! Yowza! Thank you so much for your continued support. It means the world to Karima and me. In this celebratory episode, Karima and I are chatting about a symptom that many Millennials seem to be suffering from and don't even realize it – Millennial burnout. We also touch upon the issue of perfectionism that many lawyers find themselves grappling with. Must we spend hours reviewing a simple email out of fear of sending a less-than-perfect draft? We round out the conversation by exploring what "self-care" really means and if it truly lives up to its promise.

Resources Mentioned:

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation article

Millennials Care About Job Titles So Much They'll Take a Pay Cut For Them article

Millennial Attorneys and the Pressure to Be Perfect article

Preply language learning website

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How I'm Using Public Speaking to Grow My Business and Brand [180] Feb 25, 2019

Show notes

For many, public speaking is terrifying. For others, it's just a fun hobby. For me, having the opportunity to stand in front of a crowd and capture their attention for a prolonged period of time is a privilege and an opportunity for business development, when done right. Over the past 7 years, when I decided to take public speaking more seriously and to make it part of my business, I've learned how to work the stage, so to speak, to make public speaking an additional source of revenue in my business.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

Before you begin your speaking journey, you should know what you're talking about
Why selecting a few topics to become known for is way more effective than listing about 30 things you can talk about
Practice and preparation is key and can mean the difference between delivering a mediocre presentation and delivering a presentation that helps you secure business long after you present
Even if you're serving on a panel with others, how can you best prepare?
Set up a speakers page either on an existing website or as an entire website dedicated to you as a speaker
Should you speak for free or only accept engagements that pay you?
What can you be doing with your slides to help provide the necessary information for attendees to know about you
When responding to questions
How can you promote an upcoming speaking engagement on social media without sounding obnoxious?
What is the best way to get the most out of video footage that you might have recorded while you were presenting?
How to find conferences to apply to speak at

Resources Mentioned:

The Rebel Speaker Podcast (now renamed the Rebel Rising)

The Speaker Lab demo video episodes, Ep. 40 and 56

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F*ck Positive Thinking: Effective Methodology to Retrain Your Brain with Kara Loewentheil [179] Feb 18, 2019

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The way you think about things affect how you feel and that impacts how you behave and how you show up in the world. If you're like me, you might have a lot of negative self-talk that feels limiting. If only we knew how to change our mindset, we could probably unlock a whole new level of amazingness, right? Well, let's undo some mindset damage, shall we?

My guest today is Master Certified Life Coach, former women's rights lawyer, and host of the popular podcast, Unf*ck Your Brain, Kara Loewentheil. Kara holds a B.A. from Yale and a J.D. from Harvard Law. She helps women break through their confidence issues and negative self-talk and finally put into action their true desires. Her work isn't based on manifestation and law of attraction bs, it's rooted in cognitive psychology-based techniques and feminist theory.

Kara shares how we can decipher between helpful and unhelpful thoughts, what the two steps are to begin retraining our brains, why "fake it til you make it" is utter crap, and how to assess our thoughts throughout the day.

Contact Information:

Unf*ck Your Brain Podcast

5 Day Confidence Challenge

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Making Time and Room for Love as a Working Professional with Dr. Sharon Cohen [178] Feb 11, 2019

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As we celebrate Valentine's Day this week (and yes, we realize this is a totally made up "holiday"), we thought it'd be fun to talk about love and relationships as a lawyer. Lawyers are busy and often work long hours so finding time to date or nurture a loving relationship can often be difficult.

Joining me today is Dr. Sharon Cohen, relationship and love consultant. She received her PhD from the University of Texas and has been helping busy professionals have committed and fulfilling relationships.

Dr. Cohen shares why it's important for women to tap into their inner energy when seeking a partner, how you can reignite the spark in a long-term relationship, and how to make time for your loved ones.

Contact Information:

sharon@drsharoncohen.com

www.drsharoncohen.com

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Strategic Networking and Landing Your Dream Job with Rachel T. Gezerseh [177] Feb 04, 2019

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California-based lawyer, law professor, writer, and accomplished speaker Rachel Gezerseh is the author of The Law Career Playbook (February 2019), which focuses on helping new and aspiring lawyers learn to market themselves and get ahead in the competitive legal industry. After 10 years as a Business Litigator at Jones Day in Los Angeles, Rachel is now a partner at boutique law firm Liang Ly LLP and continues to focus on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts. She recently joined the part-time faculty at the University of Southern California as an adjunct law professor. In addition to creating the popular Break Into BigLaw and BIBL Voices blogs, Rachel has also been featured in Bloomberg Big Law Business and ABA For Law Students. Rachel holds a law degree from Southwestern Law School.

Rachel shares with us:

A blueprint of how she landed her dream job,
Tips on how to differentiate yourself in the legal marketplace,
How to network strategically
And on becoming a law professor.

Contact Information:

Blog: www.breakintobiglaw.com

www.lawcareerplaybook.com

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Can Twitter Be Used to Start a Movement? with @LadyLawyerDiary Jaime Santos and Kendyl Hanks [176] Jan 28, 2019

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There is more to social media than just mindless scrolling and Instagram rabbit holes. In fact, Jaime Santos and Kendyl Hanks have managed to create a forum celebrating women in the law, highlighting their war stories, and occasionally outing stupid sexist stuff under the Twitter account @LadyLawyerDiary

Kendyl is an appellate advocate, who litigates high-stakes business litigation and test cases involving contract disputes, fraud, fiduciary duty, alter ego, constitutional law, to name a few.

Jaime A. Santos is an appellate litigation associate where works on cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appellate and trial courts, on a wide range of cases. She has helped to spearhead sexual harassment reforms within the federal judiciary and has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding these issues.

Jaime and Kendyl share:

How the idea for the account @LadyLawyerDiary came about, their main goal and purpose for the forum,
Changes and impact made by the forum in the community,
Why they chose Twitter as opposed to other social media platforms,
And interesting stories from account users.

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Contact Information:

https://twitter.com/LadyLawyerDiary

https://twitter.com/ClerksForChange

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Are You Ready for the Opt Out Life? with Dana Robinson [175] Jan 21, 2019

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Is it time to rethink success? Maybe you dream of buying a big house or you want to travel all over the world. Maybe you want to work fewer hours each week or you want to spend more time with your family. Lawyers have so many aspirations but for some reason, we tend to think that there is only one way to achieve those dreams – work ridiculously hard for many years and then eventually, acquire everything you want. Well, it's time to get creative and smart with how we make our money and how we craft our dream lives.

If that's what you want, then it's time to opt out.

Joining me on the show today to explain what opting out means is attorney, entrepreneur, law professor, and LinkedIn Learning educator, Dana Robinson. Dana shares his proposal for a new way of achieving success and wealth which rely on three income pillars:

Establishing a side gig
Owning a business
Investing in real estate

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Resources Mentioned:

The last time Dana was here - Episode 49

The 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

Opt Out by Dana Robinson

Contact Information:

www.danarobinson.com

dana@danarobinson.com

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Why You Are Made to Rise Above Your Circumstances with Jennifer Hoverstad [174] Jan 14, 2019

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You are going to be moved by my guest today, Jennifer Hoverstad. Her story will make you reconsider your priorities and will force you to reevaluate where and with whom you're spending your time.

Jen is a lawyer, speaker, and breast cancer survivor. In 2018, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and her life changed for ever! She was courageous enough to share her treatment journey on social media and through her blog. Jen's authenticity and openness with her treatment journey broke down the fear and anxiety often associated with cancer and allowed her to connect with other women who were going through similar journeys.

Jen's Contact Information:

www.jenhoverstad.com

Instagram: @jenhoverstad

Twitter: @jenhoverstad

Jenfluence on Facebook

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What is Your Vision and Will You Chase It Down? With Heather Hubbard [173] Jan 07, 2019

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Seeing that it's the beginning of a brand new year, assuming you're listening to this right when it airs, I thought it would be perfect to talk about clarifying our vision, laying down some goals, and fiercely chasing after them. Whether you already set your intentions for the year or you're just now getting around to thinking about the year ahead, it's never too late to learn how to properly align your goals for the year with your vision for your life and career. If you're thinking of adding a new practice area, transitioning to a new job, or leaving the law all together, you'll find the courage and the action plan in this episode.

Joining me to help us do just that is attorney, speaker, author, and personal and professional development strategic coach, Heather Hubbard.

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Highlights from the Conversation:

Start with your vision of what you want in life (and you can DREAM BIG here!)
What if you can't formulate your vision because it's too scary or overwhelming? What do you do then?
Once you've locked down your vision, you have to ask yourself: where am I now and where do I want to be?
After setting your strategy, you then begin to lay down some goals to support the strategy
What should you use to measure your progress and determine if you're even moving in the right direction?
When you finally reach your goal(s), you should celebrate! So should you pop bottles, buy new clothes, or celebrate with others?

Resources Mentioned:

Life and Law Planner

Hustle and Flow Podcast

Contact Information:

www.heatherjoyhubbard.com

Instagram: @heatherjoyhubbard

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