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The Sterling Family Law Show — 238 episodes

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How to Build a 5-Person Team: Law Firm Onboarding Tips of a 17-Year-Old Firm - #238

2

The 3-Year Law Firm Consultation Training Process Behind $18M Growth - #237

3

Best Month at $33K, But Law Firm Marketing Automation Is Broken - #236

4

How a 4-Step Law Firm Financial Forecasting System Scaled Us to 30+ Attorneys - #235

5

Tell, Show, Write: The Law Firm Systems Behind Mark’s 5-Person Firm - #234

6

The Law Firm Staffing Model That Predicts 80+ Employee Hires - #233

7

Tom’s Trek: How a Law Firm Owner Operator Hit $200K in Year 1 - #232

8

How Local Business Schema Markup Drives 42% of Law Firm Cases - #231

9

The 3-Step System for Law Firm Referral Consistency - #230

10

The 5-Step SEO Heading Structure for Family Law Firms - #229

11

The Payment Policy Behind a 98% Law Firm Collections Rate - #228

12

How to Show Up in AI Search With Sterling’s 4-Step System - #227

13

What 40 Years Taught Harold About Law Firm Business Development - #226

14

The Framework Behind Sterling's Zero Duplicate Title Tags - #225

15

5 Signs Your Law Firm Workflow Stalls Past $1M - #224

16

5-Step On-Page SEO Plan for a Law Firm Rebrand - #223

17

Managing Offshore Teams: How We Grew to 40 Virtual Legal Assistants - #222

18

5 Family Law Firm SEO Systems You Should Build From Day 1 - #221

19

Starting a Solo Law Firm from 0 to 15 Employees in 7 Years - #220

20

Why a Broken Lead Follow Up System Bleeds 48% Revenue - #219

21

The 4-Bucket Law Firm Process Improvement System - #218

22

How 75% of Our Revenue Came From Law Firm Lead Follow-Up - #217

23

Starting a Solo Law Firm Broke? This Mentor Changed Everything - #216

24

The 21-Week Attorney Consultation Training Behind $18MM Growth - #215

25

The 360 Review That Changed How We Develop Lawyers for Leadership #214

26

5 Predictions That'll Change the 2026 GEO for Attorneys - #213

27

How to Build Law Firm Knowledge Management Systems - #212

28

Building Family Law AI Search SEO That Drives Leads - #211

29

How Managing Paralegal Teams Built Our $18M Firm - #210

30

The 5-Metric SEO Conversion Tracking System for Family Law Firms - #209

31

Why Your Law Firm Pricing Model Is Killing Referrals - #208

32

The 4-Step Law Firm Intake Process Behind an $18M Family Law Firm - #207

33

AI for Law Firms: 4 Things Non-Techie Lawyers Can Do With AI - #206

34

How to Build a 90-Day Family Law SEO Strategy That Scales - #205

35

25 Years of Law Firm Client Retention Secrets - #204

36

5 Truths About Family Law SEO in 2026 - #203

37

Growing a Law Firm to 7 Offices With AI and Remote Teams - #202

38

SEO vs. AI Search: 3 Myths Bleeding Your Family Law Firm Dry - #201

39

How a Law Firm Mission Statement Built a 7-Attorney Firm - #200

40

Sending a Law Firm Offer Letter That Actually Closes Deals - #199

41

How This Law Firm Owner Built a 6-Attorney Practice at 26 - #198

42

Stop Winging Final Interviews: Turn Them Into Core Values Interviews - #197

43

Run Your Law Firm Client Experience Like an ER - #196

44

The Moneyball Method: Building Law Firm KPIs for Predictable Revenue - #195

45

Solo to 10 Staff: 20 Years of Growing a Law Firm - #194

46

The 12-Minute Operational Interview Process That Shows Who Can Do the Job - #193

47

Lawyer to Business Owner: How Working Less Actually Made Alex More Money - #192

48

How to Screen Law Firm Candidates for Culture Fit in 30 Minutes - #191

49

From Homeless to Lawyer: The Law Firm Owner Mindset Breakthrough - #190

50

5 Ways Your Law Firm Job Posting Attracts the Legal Talent You Need - #189

51

Tom’s Trek: The Simple Change That Boosts Law Firm Close Rate - #188

52

The 4-Step Law Firm Resume Screening Process That Filters 50% of Applicants Fast - #187

53

No Law Firm Differentiation Strategy? You're Just Another Option - #186

54

Predictive Index: The Law Firm Hiring Assessment That Changed Everything - #185

55

What I Learned About PRIVATE EQUITY at the 2025 Business of Law - #184

56

6 Components of Law Firm Job Descriptions That Work - #183

57

Tom’s Trek: How to Calculate Your Law Firm’s First Hire Cost - #182

58

The 8-Step Law Firm Hiring Process Overview for Growth - #181

59

Making Millionaires: Law Firm Employee Benefits Model - #180

60

Broken Law Firm Lead Tracking for Paid Search & Fixing Tips - #179

61

How Specialization DOUBLED This Law Firm’s Revenue in 2 Years - #178

62

What Data Taught Me About Law Firm Budget Allocation - #177

63

$14.5M to $17.5M: How Non-Attorney Law Firm Leadership Works - #176

64

ChatGPT Atlas: Law Firm AI Search Explained - #175

65

How Law Firm Annual Planning Scaled Us to 27+ Attorneys - #174

66

Law Firm Keyword Research Mistakes Are Killing Your ROI - #173

67

Building Law Firm Systems: From Chaos to 7-Figure Revenue - #172

68

4 Ways to Structure Law Firm PPC Campaigns for Growth - #171

69

Tom’s Trek: The Law Firm Metrics System Behind Our Success - #170

70

Why Law Firm Paid Search Burns Money Without Results - #169

71

Solo to Partner: Merging Law Practices the Right Way - #168

72

The $50/Click Waste From Missing Negative Keywords - #167

73

What 3 Lawyers Learned Using AI for Law Firms Daily - #166

74

The 5-Segment System That Boosted Our Paid Search Campaigns - #165

75

How to Scale Beyond Your Solo Law Practice Limitations - #164

76

The Power of Prediction: 5 Keys To Law Firm Sales Success - #163

77

From General Practice to Women-Only Law Firm Success - #162

78

Mastering Attorney Consultation Skills for Family Law - #161

79

Stop Making Attorneys Do All Your Law Firm Intake - #160

80

From $0 to $17MM: The Sales Training That Changed Everything - #159

81

Tom's Trek: What I Wish I Knew About Law Firm Hiring 10 Years Ago - #158

82

How Law Firm Coaching Doubled Firm Revenue in 18 Months - #157

83

Real Reason Law Firm Staff Retention Fails & How to Fix It - #156

84

Building Your Marketing Before You Start a Law Firm - #155

85

40 Years of Law Firm Growth Lessons You Need to Know - #154

86

Why Bad Law Firm Intake Systems Kill Your Growth - #153

87

The Law Firm Culture That Built Our $17M Practice - #152

88

20+ Year Partner Attorney Shares Law Firm Mentorship Secrets - #151

89

The 5-Step Process to Fix Website Redirect Errors - #150

90

The 9 Secrets I Learned to Build a Successful Law Firm - #149

91

Don't Start a Law Firm Partnership Until You Listen To This - #148

92

Why We're Rebranding to The Sterling Family Law Show - #147

93

How to Go From High Income to High Net Worth as a Family Lawyer - #146

94

How to Calculate What Your Law Firm Is Actually Worth - #145

95

The 15-Minute Daily Practice That Built Our $17M Family Law Firm - #144

96

How a 9-Month-Old Law Firm Hit $24K in One Month (The Real Numbers) - #143

97

How to Run a Family Law Firm Daily Huddle That Propels Growth - #142

98

The 3 Marketing Traps That Keep Law Firms Stuck in Feast or Famine Cycle - #141

99

How Joining a Mastermind Transformed My Law Firm’s Profitability - #140

100

Tom's Trek: Managing Financial Pressure While Building Two Locations - #139

101

Why Jonathan Abandoned the City — And Built a $4 Million Family Law Practice - #138

102

How Deidra Almost Quit, Then Built a $3.7M Family Law Empire - #137

103

8 Law Firm Naming Tips I Learned Building a $15M Practice - #136

104

Tom’s Trek: Balancing Short-Term Loss for Long-Term Growth - #135

105

Delegating Work in a Family Law Firm - #134

106

How to Equip a Law Firm’s Satellite Location (Pt 3 of 3) - #133

107

How to Structure Your Law Firm Website for Multiple Locations (Pt 2 of 3) - #132

108

How to Pick New Law Office Locations (Pt 1 of 3) - #131

109

Simple Blueprint to Innovate a Family Law Firm - #130

110

Tom’s Trek: It’s Goal Time after Six Months In - #129

111

Five-Part Framework to Build and Grow a Family Law Firm - #128

112

Her Secret Formula to Get 87 Family Law Reviews with Nina Kelly - #127

113

Go $0 → $15M in Family Law By Ignoring Your Competition - #126

114

How to Objectively Measure Attorney Skills and Promote Fairly with Robin Esch - #125

115

Focus Your Family Law Practice to Have The Firm of Your Dreams - #124

116

Tom's Trek: Switching Marketing Partners to a Specialist - #123

117

How to Change Attorney Compensation Without Losing Your Team (Pt 2) - #122

118

How to Change Attorney Compensation Without Losing Your Team (Pt 1) - #121

119

Train Your Lawyers and Build Culture Simultaneously - #120

120

New AI Lawyer Lead Gen Tool - Divorce.Law - #119

121

Developments Toward Non-Lawyer Ownership in Family Law - #118

122

Build Advantages for Higher Margins in Family Law - #117

123

Tom’s Trek: Growing a Solo Practice While Planning For Associates - #116

124

Why Smart Family Lawyers Are Losing Premium Clients (Fix This Now) - #115

125

Practical AI Family Law Tools That Work - #114

126

The Family Law Firm Strategy to Rule Them All - #113

127

How She Collects $1,285,000+/yr in Family Law - #112

128

Tom's Trek: Emotional Resilience Through a Tough Month - #111

129

The Managing Attorney's Role in a Family Law Firm - #110

130

Casting a Compelling Vision to Your Family Law Team - #109

131

Staying Focused On One Marketing Tactic at a Time - #108

132

Recurring Money Wasters that Family Pummel Lawyers - #107

133

Should You Try to Persuade the Attorney to Stay? - #106

134

Tom’s Trek: Forming Ideal Client & Tightening Marketing Radius - #105

135

Scaled Offers at Sterling (Entry to High-End Service) with Mary Sankey - #104

136

Scaled Offers to Turbo-Charge Client Hires w/ Tony Karls - #103

137

What Law Firm Numbers Should I Track First? - #102

138

When to Move From Working IN to ON Your Law Firm - #101

139

Tom’s Trek: September 2024 Review - #100

140

Solving the Real Client Problems to Stand Out! (Legal Start-up 3 of 3) - #99

141

Easy Interviews to Fine-Tune Your Legal Service (Legal Start-up 2 of 3) with Tony Karls - #98

142

Selecting the Law Practice Type that Fits You (Legal Start-up 1 of 3) with Tony Karls - #97

143

Is Your Law Firm Culture Toxic? - #96

144

Getting Law Firm Associates to Have an Owner's Mentality - #95

145

How to Tell Your Law Firm Associate to Dress More Professionally - #94

146

Attorney Levels at Sterling Lawyers with Holly Mullin - #93

147

Tom’s Trek: A Bumpy, Bruising, Successful First Month - #92

148

Appropriate Law Firm Owner Profit Expectations with Ryan Kimler - #91

149

Building a Legal Culture with Celebration and Recognition - #90

150

Tom’s Trek: Fixed Fee Attorney Metrics - #89

151

Tom's Trek: Allocating Work in a Family Law Firm - #88

152

$10k Lessons with Lee: Intake Teams & Moving to Fixed Fees (Pt 3 of 3) - #87

153

$10k Lessons with Lee: Paying Lawyers & Building Culture (Part 2 of 3) - #86

154

$10k Lessons with Lee: Hiring & Retaining Lawyers (1 of 3) - #85

155

Tom’s Trek: Punch List of "Must Do’s” Before Launching Firm - #84

156

More Online Reviews = More Law Firm Wins - #83

157

Tom’s Trek: Handling Client Sales and Intake - #82

158

Steal Our Powerful Law Firm Culture Tool - #81

159

Tom’s Trek: Quoting Fixed-Fees for Family Law with Mary Sankey - #80

160

8 Simple AI Actions to Future-Proof Your Law Firm - #79

161

Tom’s Trek: Building and Marketing the Law Firm’s Website - #78

162

How to Quit a Law Firm - #77

163

Tom’s Trek: Starting a Family Law Firm from Scratch - #76

164

Retargeting Potential Family Law Clients with Tony Karls - #75

165

Managing International Law Firm Teammates with Robin Esch (Part 3 of 3) - #74

166

Hiring International Law Firm Teammates with Robin Esch (Part 2 of 3) - #73

167

Sourcing International Law Firm Teammates with Robin Esch (Part 1 of 3) - #72

168

#1 Attorney Hiring Attribute to Grow a Family Law Firm - #71

169

Leverage Constraints to Build Your Law Firm - #70

170

Two Ways Lawyers Self-Sabotage Their Law Firm's Growth - #69

171

Coaching Family Lawyers and Support Teammates with Jeff Kerlin - #68

172

Leading a Family Law Firm as a Non-lawyer with Jeff Kerlin - #67

173

Law Partners: Embrace your Differences from Teammates - #66

174

Managing a Family Law Firm Operating System with Jeff Kerlin - #65

175

Feedback as a Law Firm Growth Engine - #64

176

Four Major Law Firm Growth Mistakes I Made - #63

177

Overcoming a Health Crisis While Building a Family Law Firm with James Joseph - #62

178

Financial Reporting for Law Firm Growth with Leah Miller - #61

179

Leading a High Engagement Law Firm Culture with Thomas Tona - #60

180

How to Build a Non-Attorney Family Law Sales Team with Mary Sankey - #59

181

How to Fire Lawyers at Your Firm - #58

182

How to Buy Paid Search for Family Law with Tony Karls - #57

183

Managing Family Law Compassion Fatigue with Gary Miles - #56

184

Sterling Lawyers' Marketing Blueprint Revealed with Tony Karls - #55

185

Methodically Effective Digital Marketing Strategies with Bo Royal - #54

186

Optimizing Maps for Family Law Clients with Tony Karls - #53

187

Raw, Unfiltered Story on How to Build a Thriving Family Law Firm with Jonathan Breeden - #52

188

Optimize Your Family Law Intake Team with Tony Karls - #51

189

Law Firm Operational Health with Kyle Harbaugh - #50

190

Sterling Lawyers' Initial Strategic Blueprint with Tony Karls - #49

191

Developing High-Performance Family Lawyers with Katie VanDeusen - #48

192

Dominate Family Law with a Great Hiring Process - #47

193

Preparing a Family Law Firm for Sale with Tom Lenfestey - #46

194

The Alchemy of Legal Triumphs with Attorney Patrick Slaughter - #45

195

How to Measure a Family Law Firm Culture with Robin Esch - #44

196

How to Collect a Million Dollars in Family Law with Jeff Morrell - #43

197

Key Financial Metrics for Healthy Family Law Firms with Jon Morris - #42

198

11 Surprising Lessons from Growing a Family Law Firm - #41

199

How to Lead Family Law Lawyers for Maximum Results with Holly Mullin - #40

200

Lawyer Leader's Most Powerful Tool - #39

201

Developing Digital Marketing Advantages for Family Lawyers with Paul Mackiewicz - #38

202

6 Lawyer Leadership Paradoxes That I Painfully Learned - #37

203

Courtroom to Microphone: The Podcasting Journey of Robert Ingalls - #36

204

How to Hire Great Family Lawyers - #35

205

How to Use NPS in Family Law to Measure Client Satisfaction - #34

206

Three Mentor Lessons that Changed My Law Career - #33

207

Corey Quinn's Playbook for Law Firm Success - #32

208

How to Grow a Family Law Firm with Non-Lawyer Business Partner - #31

209

AI for Family Lawyers with Jeff Morrell - #30

210

#29 - Eight Characteristics of Top Performing Law Firms

211

#28 - Law Firm Entrepreneur Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert on Building a Practice and Smashing Growth Plateaus

212

#27 - Three Barriers that Stop Family Law Firms from Scaling

213

#26 - Dennis Yu's Secrets to Outsmarting Giants and Winning Clients

214

#25 - Strategies for Dealing with Criticism as the Lawyer Leader

215

#24 - Nine Psychological Hacks Top Lawyers Use with Their Clients (#7 Will Surprise!)

216

#23 - Powerhouse Insights: Luis Scott on Resilience, Leadership, and Building a Massive Law Firm

217

#22 - Fixed Fee Implementation Q&A with Ball Morse Lowe PLLC

218

#21 - Reverting to Free Consults, Promotions, and Staying in My Lane (Sterling Chronicles Sep. 2023)

219

#20 - Prenups to Help You Stay Married - Attorney Aaron Thomas's Innovations That Are Rewriting the Rules

220

#19 - Unlocking the Power of Mentors to Grow Your Law Practice

221

#18 - Ups/Downs of Non-Lawyer Consults and Steps to a Client Experience Overhaul [Sterling Chronicles August 2023]

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#17 - Contracts Queen and Visionary Law Entreprenuer - Roma Khan's Story

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#16 - Building a Brand and Driving Engagement in the Legal Field with Jonathan Hawkins

224

#15 - How to Build a Law Firm Marketing Waterfall and Diagnose Any Problem

225

#14 - Unlocking the Code: Three-Part Formula for Building Highly Functional Business Partnerships

226

#13 - How to Practice Fixed Fee Lawyer Billing (Part 4 of 4)

227

#12 - How to Sell Fixed Fee Legal Services (Part 3 of 4)

228

#11 - Overhauling Client Intake Process, Working with an Advisory Board, and Culture Benchmarking [Sterling Chronicles July 2023]

229

#10 - How to Structure Fixed Fee in a Law Firm (Part 2 of 4)

230

#9 - How to Move a Law Firm from Hourly to Fixed Fee, the Pros and Cons (Part 1 of 4)

231

#8 - How Headshot Photographer Paul Hanon Focused His Biz and Achieved Amazing Growth

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#7 - The $45M Consult Process that Exploded Our Growth

233

#6 - Financial rebound, testing non-lawyer consults, and the final numbers [Sterling Chronicles June 2023]

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Ep 5 - Change the Opinion of the Higher-Up Attorneys in Your Firm

235

Ep 4 - Unlocking Rapid Growth: 3 Power Levers to Skyrocket Your Law Practice's Success

236

Ep 3 - Ten Lawyer Credibility Wrecking Balls

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Ep 2 - Four Essential Questions to Answer When Starting Your Practice

238

Ep 1 - Five Looming AI Disruptions to the Practice of Law