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The Sterling Family Law Show — 224 episodes

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

How to Build Law Firm Knowledge Management Systems - #212

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

25 Years of Law Firm Client Retention Secrets - #204

22

5 Truths About Family Law SEO in 2026 - #203

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

Making Millionaires: Law Firm Employee Benefits Model - #180

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

ChatGPT Atlas: Law Firm AI Search Explained - #175

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

Mastering Attorney Consultation Skills for Family Law - #161

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

Delegating Work in a Family Law Firm - #134

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

Simple Blueprint to Innovate a Family Law Firm - #130

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

Train Your Lawyers and Build Culture Simultaneously - #120

106

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

107

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

108

Build Advantages for Higher Margins in Family Law - #117

109

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

110

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

111

Practical AI Family Law Tools That Work - #114

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

Recurring Money Wasters that Family Pummel Lawyers - #107

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

Tom’s Trek: September 2024 Review - #100

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

Is Your Law Firm Culture Toxic? - #96

130

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

131

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

132

Attorney Levels at Sterling Lawyers with Holly Mullin - #93

133

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

134

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

135

Building a Legal Culture with Celebration and Recognition - #90

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

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

142

More Online Reviews = More Law Firm Wins - #83

143

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

144

Steal Our Powerful Law Firm Culture Tool - #81

145

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

146

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

147

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

148

How to Quit a Law Firm - #77

149

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

150

Retargeting Potential Family Law Clients with Tony Karls - #75

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

Leverage Constraints to Build Your Law Firm - #70

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

Law Partners: Embrace your Differences from Teammates - #66

160

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

161

Feedback as a Law Firm Growth Engine - #64

162

Four Major Law Firm Growth Mistakes I Made - #63

163

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

164

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

165

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

166

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

167

How to Fire Lawyers at Your Firm - #58

168

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

169

Managing Family Law Compassion Fatigue with Gary Miles - #56

170

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

171

Methodically Effective Digital Marketing Strategies with Bo Royal - #54

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

Law Firm Operational Health with Kyle Harbaugh - #50

176

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

177

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

178

Dominate Family Law with a Great Hiring Process - #47

179

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

180

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

181

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

182

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

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

Lawyer Leader's Most Powerful Tool - #39

187

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

188

6 Lawyer Leadership Paradoxes That I Painfully Learned - #37

189

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

190

How to Hire Great Family Lawyers - #35

191

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

192

Three Mentor Lessons that Changed My Law Career - #33

193

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

194

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

195

AI for Family Lawyers with Jeff Morrell - #30

196

#29 - Eight Characteristics of Top Performing Law Firms

197

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

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

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

221

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

222

Ep 3 - Ten Lawyer Credibility Wrecking Balls

223

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

224

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