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How a blawg led to a Forbes editor position with Kelly Phillips Erb [GWL133] Feb 19, 2018

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Kelly Phillips Erb is a Senior Editor at Forbes where she writes about tax and tax policy; she also serves as editorial lead for Bankable by Forbes. She was previously a managing shareholder at The Erb Law Firm, P.C., where she focused on tax law for businesses and families. Kelly is also a mom to three children, so she can add "dinosaur expert," "cupcake baker" and "hockey mom" to her resume. In this episode, she shares her story about how spending time developing her craft, writing about tax law, finding her unique voice and making tax law accessible to everyone didn't go unnoticed.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

How Taxgirl got started with her career and writing her blog,
How she found her unique voice and unique writing style and how she managed to make tax law understandable and accessible to most people,
How she thought her blawg went unnoticed for a while until she started winning ABA awards and then got an offer from Forbes,
Her book "Home, Sweet Rental: Busting the Hype Of Homeownership" and how home ownership is declining with Millennials, and how home ownership might not make financial sense to everyone,
How her family factors into the mix, and how she always knew that she wanted to be a mom and also wanted to work. How it was important for her to have the two co-exist.

Resources:

Home, Sweet Rental: Busting The Hype Of Homeownership Kindle Edition

by Kelly Phillips Erb (Author),‎ J. Christopher Erb (Author)

http://amzn.to/2BEs32E

Contact Information:

Kelly can be found on various platforms and her handle is @taxgirl

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

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How to leverage TV appearances while doing good in your community with Andrea Evans [GWL132] Feb 12, 2018

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Andrea Evans is an intellectual property attorney who started the Kidgineer program, a creative and fun educational program that captures kids' interest! Kidgnieer is designed to accelerate kids interest and growth in science, technology, mathematics and engineering or STEM. In this episode, she shares her story about how that program came about, how she got started with her TV appearances and how she grew her Intellectual Property practice.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

- How Andrea started the Kidgineer program, and how she turned her passion for spreading STEM education into an award-winning program,

- how she got her initial training at a government office and the thorough training that government offices offer their employees,

- Andrea's TV appearances, how she is part of a national TV show and how that opportunity arose,

- Best advice on how to be involved in your kids life in a fun and productive way.

Resources:

http://kidgineer.com

Contact Information:

https://evansiplaw.com

https://www.facebook.com/evansiplaw/

https://www.linkedin.com/evansiplaw

You can also find Andrea on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter under the handle @evansiplaw

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Building a solid reputation and teaching others your craft with Sonia Lakhany [GWL131] Feb 05, 2018

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Sonia Lakhany is a trademark attorney and the owner of her own award-winning bicoastal trademark law practice with offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Orange County, California. In addition to her practice, Sonia has recently become well-known for her online courses teaching other attorneys content in the areas of practicing trademarks and marketing and branding their law practices.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

- How to build a strong reputation in your field,

- How Sonia started teaching other lawyers her craft and how she used her legal expertise to create courses and teach others trademark law. She also shares how she came up with her idea, the execution portion of it and how she spread the word about her courses.

- Marketing – How Sonia has been showcasing her expertise through writing for some of the biggest names such as Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Business News Daily, USA Today and CBS

- Advice for attorneys trying to diversify their income and not be enslaved to the billable hours - or basically how to use the education and knowledge to make money in creative ways.

Resources:

https://www.helpareporter.com to get published with some of the big names

For Sonia's Trademark and Marketing classes, you can reach her at sonia@lakhanylaw.com

Contact Information:

sonia@lakhanylaw.com

www.lakhanylaw.com

You can also find Sonia on Instagram under the handle @trademarklawyerlady

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Setting legal trends with cannabis lawyer Andrea Bird GWL130 Jan 29, 2018

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Andrea Bird, a founding attorney at Bird Law Group, shares her story about how she became a leader in the cannabis law field, a new and ever changing area of the law, going from Big law to starting her own practice, how she managed to have a thriving practice in the span of a few months and her pro bono cases where, changed her client's life, and set legal precedent ensuring that she helps others in the same situation. A lot of us go to law school wanting to help other and change the laws – Andrea managed to do that in her practice.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

- How Andrea got started in the field of Cannabis Law and how she managed to become a leader in the field in a rather short amount of time,

- Showcasing your expertise through CLE presentations and industry related events,

- Andrea's pro bono case where she argued at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of Carey Avendano-Hernandez, a transgender woman from Mexico who was tortured by police and military officials, resulting in a published Ninth Circuit opinion granting relief under the Convention Against Torture.

Resources:

Public Law Center (if you're in Southern California)

Contact Information:

abird@birdlg.com

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Breaking Into Video Game Law with Zack Levine Jan 22, 2018

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For this episode, I interviewed Zack Levine. We had a great conversation about how he became a video game lawyer, interesting facts about video game law and the clients he works with, and his advice on becoming an expert in a new area of the law. Zack is a partner with Wolk & Levine, LLP, a business and intellectual property law firm in Glendale, California. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School and Glendale College of Law, where he teaches a number of classes covering video game law, contract drafting, and corporate law; he is also a regular contributor to the LA Times and the Cyberspace Lawyer. Zack's practice is focused on representing content creators and technology companies.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

- What video game law involves,

- How Zack started practicing in video game law, who his ideal clients are and some of the most interesting issues he has encountered,

- Advice on becoming an expert on a new area of the law.

Contact Information:

You can reach Zack at his firm's website or Facebook page at:

wolklevine.com , and

facebook.com/wolklevine

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Learning new skills and a new practice area with Toya Gavin Jan 15, 2018

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Toya Gavin, Esq. is an attorney, legal consultant and founder of Legally Bold, an online coaching and consulting agency where Toya shows women how to make an impact and income with their law degree while creating a life they love. She challenges women in the law to peel back the legal label and reveal the person and professional they always wanted to be.

Before founding Legally Bold, Toya worked as a prosecutor and owned a solo practice focused on small business law. Toya loves her friends and family. She also is obsessed with YouTube videos on natural hair, cooking and eating, any show created by Shonda Rhimes, and working out (because she cooks and eats). Find out more by visiting www.legally-bold.com and connect with Toya on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

She joins us in this episode to share her journey from working as a prosecutor, to having her solo practice and then starting a legal consulting company. She shares her tips on learning new skills and a new practice area, and how she decided to switch gears after dealing with anxiety and depression

What you'll learn in this Episode:

The 5 steps to learning new skills and how to come up to speed on a new practice area
How writing can help you figure out what you really to do in life.
Learning when to take a break to take care of yourself and when to switch gears to best help people and be the best lawyer you can be.

Resources:

Marie Forleo's B School program
The first 20 hours – how to learn Anything.. Fast - by Josh Kaufman (affiliate link)

Contact Information:

Toya Gavin Law on social media and Toya's website: www.legally-bold.com

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Finding meaning in your work with Ed Monsour [GWL127] Jan 08, 2018

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Ed Monsour is a tax attorney and a professor. He joins us in this episode to share his journey from working at the Ohio lottery office with deferred prize winners to starting his own practice, and how teaching allowed him the travel the world. He also shares tips on how to build an efficient practice and attract your best clients.

What you'll learn in this episode:

How using the Pareto Principle (80-20 rule), focusing and attracting your best clients can save you time and headaches and help you grow your practice.
Paradox intention: How facing and following your fears allows you to grow and live life to the fullest.
- a technique pioneered by Victor Frankl who wrote a book called Man's Search for Meaning.
- For anyone unfamiliar with him or his work, Viktor Frankl was a psychologist who was a Holocaust survivor. His book is an account of his experiences while imprisoned, and the discoveries he made about human nature when we are put through such extreme and dire conditions.

Using an anchor, be it a picture of your family on your desk or whatever is important to you, to remind yourself of your whys and to stick to your important goals.
How there will always be changes in tax law, giving the practice area some security.

Resources:

Man's search for meaning by Viktor Frankl (affiliate link)
On the shortness of life: Life is long if you know how to use it by Seneca (affiliate link)

Contact Information:

elm2669@gmail.com

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Finale (A farewell by current host; welcoming of new host) [GWL 126] Dec 25, 2017

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Well, the time has come. In this episode, I share my farewell message with you, dear listeners. It is the last episode with me as your host. Starting January 2018, Karima Gulick takes over as the new host of The Gen Why Lawyer. Get excited!

It has been a wonderful ride! Thank you for being a part of it. I appreciate each and every time you pressed play on this show.

I'm looking forward to all of the wonderful conversations Karima will share with you on this podcast. Stay tuned and keep in touch.

Email me: nicole@genwhylawyer.com

Instagram: @nic_abboud

6 Rules for Creating Content with Kelly Street [GWL 125] Dec 18, 2017

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Kelly Street, the marketing director with Attorneysync, a digital legal marketing agency, joins us today to share her top tips on how lawyers can go about incorporating content creation into their marketing efforts.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

What the 6 rules are:
- Engaging content leads to better search results
- Be true to your own style
- Keep your audience in mind
- Localize your content
- Content provides context
- Always ask, "why?"
How to be true to your own style and personality and allow that to show through your content
Keep your audience in mind when creating content
Where to find topic ideas
Why you should localize your content
Always ask yourself "why" first before you embark on any content creation efforts
Why video marketing is something lawyers should give some serious consideration to
How to prepare your script and yourself to record a legal video
When you have your content created, how can you best promote it?
Should you create content specifically for social media?

Resources:

Grab Kelly's free resource - www.attorneysync.com/geny

Contact Information:

kelly@attorneysync.com

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Finding Your Space in the Law (and Exciting Changes to the Show) with Karima Gulick [GWL 124] Dec 11, 2017

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Karima Gulick is an intellectual property attorney and registered patent attorney. She joins us to share her journey that took her from working at a large aerospace company to law school and then to eventually opening her own patent and aviation law firm. Karima shares how she found her space in the legal profession.

In this episode, Karima and I break some exciting news that will affect the future of this show. You'll want to hear it, especially if you're someone who turns to this podcast for inspiration and insight on how to grow your law practice and build a fulfilling career as a lawyer.

Resources

Pomodoro technique

Contact Information:

Instagram: @patentlawyerlady

Website: www.kgulick.com

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