Kristen Mynar, a board certified estate planning and probate attorney and partner with Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee in Waco, joins us on today's show. Kristen talks about maximizing your mentors, caring about your clients, and what she looks for when hiring (hint: it's not on a resume!). Her firm/practice Offices in Waco, FW, San Antonio, Austin Most of the attorneys specialize in something, and there isn't much they don't do Her typical client has high-net worth and a closely held business, so you wind up working with them both on the estate planning and business related issues. Board cer ..read more

Erin Brockovich is an outstanding 2000 film based on a true story about a woman who never gives up, doesn't take no for an answer, and helps get justice for an entire town. Robert and Daniel are joined by special guest Hope Mustakim to break it all down! Check out Hope's Waco ISD campaign page! https://www.hope4wacoisd.com ..read more

Spencer Edwards, a shareholder and trial lawyer with The Hudgins Law Firm in Houston, joins us on today's show. Spencer talks about how to conduct yourself in trial, being eager to learn, and demonstrating work ethic in an interview. His firm/practice 97 Baylor Law grad (25 years of practice) Catastrophic Injury / Wrongful Death trial lawyer (though hasn't tried one since 2019 due to COVID) COVID has essentially created a backlog of cases and trials, and that hasn't stopped new cases from coming in Has a case set for trial March 1st The shift in the judiciary has made an impact on the practi ..read more

Dave talks about being known as a trial lawyer, being proactive, and conversational interviews ..read more

Christian Dennie, a sports lawyer, commercial litigator, and partner at Barlow, Garsek, & Simon in Fort Worth, joins us on today's show. Christian talks about understanding the case, demonstrating grit, and how the new name, image, and likeness legislation is playing out thus far. His firm/practice Firm is headquartered in Fort Worth with a Southlake office Commercial firm (no criminal) He focuses on sports clients but does a number of things under that umbrella including arbitration Fort Worth / Tarrant County legal practice Small town with over 1M people Plenty of large businesses Lots ..read more

Anne Heaviside, a managing director and legal recruiter with ELR in Houston, joins us on today's show. Anne talks about the lateral legal market, work from home policies, and top tips for candidates.  Her firm and role ELR Legal is in the Tanglewood area of Houston Specializes in 2-10 year lawyers in Texas law firms / mostly Houston / mostly Big Law (AmLaw 200) Got her start practicing law, including at McGlinchy Stafford. She then took over the recruiting role there before stepping out to work as a legal recruiter on the outside Legal Market Update 2019 was good as was the start of 2 ..read more

Shameer Soni, managing partner and real estate lawyer with Patel Law Group in Dallas, joins us on today's show. Shameer talks about starting a law firm, the real estate practice, communicating via resume, and wide receivers v. linemen. His firm/practice Runs the real estate practice: multi-family purchase/sale/development. Works with retail/industrial/hospitality clients as well Started the firm 11 years ago with two other partners built around entrepreneurs and business owners. The idea was to represent these clients in their core business as well as their investment portfolio (i.e. real es ..read more

Erin Rodgers, entertainment lawyer and shareholder at Rodgers Selvera, joins us on today's show! Erin talks about the ever changing entertainment industry, knowing your value, and the interest section on your resume. Her firm/practice Partnered with Sergio Selvera He had stopped practicing for a time to start a record label when he came to a CLE where she was speaking. She became his lawyer for a time, and then he decided he wanted to practice again and they decided to partner up Entertainment law Music/TV/Writers/etc. Non-profit IP / contractual She has a music degree and is still a perform ..read more

Marty Sadler, insurance litigator with Litchfield Cavo in Houston, joins us on today's show! Marty talks about managing up, maintaining your humanity, and the importance of poise in an interview. His firm/practice 22 offices across the nation full service firm Houston office (15 lawyers) mostly does insurance work (he does 1st party and many in his office do third party) Texas lawyers needed for so much of the weather-generated work (hurricanes/hail/wind) that Texas generates New Texas Supreme Court opinion in Hinojos (v. State Farm) - related to payment of claims after an appraisal. Used to ..read more

Lauren Valkenaar, a partner and commercial litigator with Chasnoff Stribling in San Antonio, joins us on today's show. Lauren talks about having an internal standard, being honest and authentic in your job search, and developing business best practices. Her firm/practice Boutique litigation firm Business/commercial litigation Broke off of a large firm and wanted to maintain the same level of quality but get a little more autonomy Flexible/nimble Cases deal with Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, Fraud, etc. COVID has changed the way they practice Not physically in the courtroom, but ..read more