Navigating Law and Business Challenges

Episode 34In this episode of the Circle of Trust Podcast, hosted by law firm CMO Keith Dyer and sponsored by LEXGRO, Keith interviews Rashida Sims, founder of Belle Legal, a virtual firm based in DC serving bankruptcy clients in DC and Maryland and handling veterans' disability appeals nationwide.Rashida shares her non-traditional path from mental health counseling and child protective services to law after seeing the impact a special education attorney made for a client. She discusses attending law school in Arkansas, becoming a public defender in Wisconsin, then working for the government and a private veterans law firm before starting her own practice in late 2022 to gain more control and work-life balance.The conversation focuses on challenges of learning business, marketing, SEO, and CRMs, resources she’s used, and Keith’s suggestions for SEO, Google Business Profile, ads, and content strategies.