The Bronx Attorney Broadcast

In just seven short years, Rilee Harrison of Maples, Harrison, and Zeaman, has gone from newly admitted attorney to law firm owner. Rilee leveraged networking and social media to acquire new business. Tens of thousands of people follow Rilee on social media. He wants them to think of him when they think Oklahoma. Although his firm is only a few months old, he already has big plans for the future.

Christina Gullo is a partner at The Kantor Gullo Firm and a Board Member of the NYS Trial Academy. She is located in Buffalo, but practices across the state. She practices all types of personal injury cases, but has a large portion of her caseload dedicated to motorcycle and railroad accidents. Christina helped start the "Special Term" program live streaming court proceedings so lawyers can see what real practice looks like. She also stays busy by training for a half marathon supporting MS research and spending time with her one year old son.

After a professional experience with an unfair law about holding dog owner's responsible for dog attacks, Carey Beyer made it his mission to help change the law. Carey also discusses his new move back to his hometown and new role at O'Connor and Partners. Also, Carey and I discuss his heavy involvement with the Trial Academy.

Lindsay is a trial lawyer, business owner, mom, Trial Academy Associate Board Chair, networking group founder, and more! In this episode Lindsay talks about how she manages all these different roles and the exciting things happening in her firms and organizations.

Michael Solomon is the Senior Trial Attorney at Smiley and Smiley LLP. Michael transitioned from Assistant District Attorney to Personal Injury Attorney in March 2020. Recently, he tried a case to verdict for an individual who was assaulted on a construction site. He discusses how he was able to obtain a jury verdict over 250k for his client in a case where the defendants heavily disputed liability.

Michelle Stern is the Executive Director of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers - a bar association dedicated to providing trial attorneys with interesting and informative CLEs and networking events.Michelle started as ED right out of law school and helped to take the academy from a few hundred members to over 5,000.

Devin Hogan is an insurance broker with Hudson United. Devin can help you insure anything from investment properties to businesses to cars and boats. He has leveraged his affinity for meeting new people into a bulging book of business. In this episode we talk about how we met, his high school wrestling career, what it is like to be the president of a BNI Chapter and how he keeps attracting new business.

Ever since he was young, Andrew Smiley has wanted to be a small business owner and trial attorney like his father Guy. Andrew's firm, Smiley and Smiley, maintains a small caseload and only handles significant injury cases. Andrew started trying cases immediately upon becoming admitted to practice law and is heavily involved in trial lawyer associations and producing high quality CLEs for fellow practitioners.

Marco Salinas owns two businesses Pina Colada Media and Expert Publishing Associates. Through both businesses, he helps business owners market their business, and themselves!Marco helps business owners and entrepreneurs write their own book that establishes them as an expert in their industry. Business cards go in the trash or desk drawer to be forgotten, but books stick around on shelves.

Kerri Coby White is the CEO and co-founder of KerriJames. When she first began in legal marketing offering a wide scope of consulting services. However, she soon dialed in on intake. KerriJames works with its clients to ensure that the intake process is smooth, efficient, and converts as many leads into clients as possible.Kerri has just launched her new book, the Law Firm Growth Machine and a new product geared towards helping law firms at a lower cost.

Waldry Marte is a Sales Manager at Cross Country Mortgage overseeing five loan officers. He helps homebuyers and real estate investors fund their next purchases. Waldry has put a lot of effort into building his book of business by attending networking events and ensuring client satisfaction.

Sean Donnelly went from NFL football player to medical device salesman to medical concierge with his company Silver Tokyo.Silver Tokyo helps attorneys find the best doctors for their clients, ensuring compatibility with injuries, geography, and insurance all while considering costs and the possibility of the need for expert reports and testimony.

On Episode 15 of the Bronx Attorney Broadcast I spoke to Jeff Bellomo of Bellomo and Associates about his elder law and estate planning law firm. Jeff practices in Pennsylvania. His practice is built on free information and education. With his help, you can protect your assets from generation to generation. On this episode we discuss the free seminars he holds, his new podcast about Elder Law, Estate Planning, and well, whatever else he wants to talk about, and his book that will be coming out later this year.

John Fisher is the owner of the New York Injury and Malpractice Law Firm. He has built his firm around an attorney to attorney referral model. To accomplish this, he distributes monthly newsletters, hosts masterminds every three months, and gives out all of his knowledge in his books, The Power of a System and the Law Firm of Your Dreams. I have received John's newsletters and read his books so I was very excited to hear from him. Check out his YouTube profile at @johnfisherlawyer.

Almost everyone needs insurance, whether it is for a vehicle, home, or business. In this episode, Matt Patterson provides an overview of what it is like to be an insurance wholesaler with his own book of business and some tips on what to look out for when procuring insurance. Matt was recently honored for doing over $1,000,000.00 in revenue for CRC. Unfortunately, this episode had some visual issues, so it is largely audio only.

Ryan McKeen co-authored Tiger Tactics in 2019. Since then his firm has seen exponential growth and has secured a $100M jury verdict. If you want to be referred business, people need to know you, like you, and trust you. Tiger Tactics' in depth advice, rooted in experience, shows Ryan's colleagues he can be trusted with their referrals. In this episode we talk about the value of writing a book and some of the concepts Ryan wrote about in Tiger Tactics.

Dan Johnson is a real estate agent for the Lower Hudson Valley Area. He is steadily building a book of business through educating potential home buyers and increasing access to home buying with information. In this episode we discuss whether we should really be afraid of a 6% interest rate, what percentage of a downpayment you truly need, and how you can increase what is in your budget by looking at multifamily properties.

Aaron and I discuss what it is like to network and seek new business as young personal injury attorneys. We have some slight differences in our approach, but agree that you need to constantly be discussing your practice area with friends, family, and colleagues so you stay fresh in their minds.

When someone gets fired from their place of employment, they oftentimes think it was "wrong," but does it amount to discrimination? In this episode, Josh discusses what circumstances surrounding a termination or adverse employment action will give rise to a cause of action for employment discrimination. He also details how he made partner at a small law firm less than three years after he got admitted to practice law.

In this episode, Kaitlin talks with Pete about what it was like to transition into a small business owner. It wasn't easy. His first business failed before it got started, but Clipper has been operating for over five years. Also, Pete shares what he loves about the community centerpiece he's created with Clipper and how City Island is still "the 1980s."

While he was still in college, Matt Halperin noticed that a lot of business owners had successful businesses, but outdated websites with little to no online presence. Therefore, he started Backstay Digital to make a little money on the side. However his side hustle quickly became a full time job. In this episode, Matt describes how you can take your business to the next level with web design, seo, and ads.

Tim Mullooly of Mullooly Asset Management is the king of content. He constantly stays in front of his clients with podcasts, videos, articles, and emails to make sure that they are consistently receiving value by having their money with MAM. In this episode, Tim discusses what it is like to help clients manage their wealth and create financial plans. He talks about how he became a financial planner and what it is like to work in a family business.

Nick Patrick is a founding member of the Law Office of Wendy Hudson and Nick Patrick. He founded their law office right after law school. He talks about what it's like to practice criminal law in North Carolina and how his many mentors helped him become a litigator.

In episode 3 of the Bronx Attorney Broadcast, Phil George of Driscoll George LLP talks about what it was like to buy a law firm during a pandemic and recruit one of his best friends to be his partner.

Zach Bogle joins Will Forero on episode 2 of the Bronx Attorney Broadcast. Zach discusses how he became a barber and eventually decided to open his own business, Heartland Barbers. You measure a barber's success by how long they're booked, and Zach is booked for the next two months! Zach also goes in depth about his wrestling media company Stalemates.

Welcome to the first episode of the Bronx Attorney Broadcast! The first guest is Jerry Landi, an independent filmmaker and owner of Cinema on the Sound, a movie theatre on City Island.