Founding Partner Podcast
de Jonathan Hawkins
The Partnership Mistakes Nobody Sees Coming with David Gage
À propos de ce podcast
The Founding Partner Podcast follows host Jonathan Hawkins as he interviews the founders of successful law firms across the country. Get the inside scoop on how these legal trailblazers built their firms from the ground up. Learn about their origin stories, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned along the way. Whether you're an aspiring lawyer looking to start your own firm someday or just interested in the behind-the-scenes world of law firm entrepreneurship, the Founding Partner Podcast offers an educational, insightful, and entertaining look at what it takes to establish and grow a successful law practice in today's competitive legal market.
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- The Partnership Mistakes Nobody Sees Coming with David Gage · 50 min · Épisode 151What if the biggest threat to your law firm partnership isn't money, but the conversations you never had? In this episode, Jonathan Hawkins sits down with psychologist, mediator…
- From Fighter to Firm Founder with Chris Murphy · 51 min · Épisode 150What does it take to build a 36-lawyer firm from a 500-square-foot office with no clients? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, I sit down with Chris Murphy, founding…
- Beyond the Billable Hour with Robert Kopka · 54 min · Épisode 149What if the billable hour is holding law firms back from their greatest potential? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins sits down with Bob Kopka…
- Build Expertise, Then Build Visibility with David Craig · 56 min · Épisode 148What does it take to build a law firm that stands out without chasing volume or spending millions on advertising? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan…
- Starting a Law Firm Fast with Jonathan Hawkins · 12 min · Épisode 147What happens when you suddenly find yourself without a firm and need to build one almost overnight? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins lays out a…
- Leaving a Law Firm Carefully with Jonathan Hawkins · 18 min · Épisode 146Leaving a law firm can create tension for everyone involved, and the decisions made before and during that departure matter. In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast…
- Your Hit By a Bus Plan with Jonathan Hawkins · 17 min · Épisode 145What happens to your law firm if you suddenly cannot run it? In this solo episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins breaks down what he calls the “Hit By a Bus…
- The Truth About Law Firm Growth with David Vicknair · 59 min · Épisode 144Does every law firm really need to scale? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins sits down with New Orleans personal injury attorney David Vicknair to…
- Build the Firm You Actually Want with Michelle Dellino · 59 min · Épisode 143What does it take to grow from a new law firm owner hiring an attorney off Craigslist to leading one of Washington’s largest family law practices? In this episode of The Founding…
- Four Essentials Every Law Firm Partnership Needs with Jonathan Hawkins · 10 min · Épisode 142A law firm partnership can work on trust and a handshake, until it doesn’t. In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins breaks down four essential issues…
- Building a Brand That Lasts with Erik Pelton · 57 min · Épisode 141What happens when a young lawyer combines an entrepreneurial instinct with an early fascination for technology? Erik Pelton turned that combination into a trademark practice that…
- How to Grow a Law Firm From 1 Attorney to 12 in 3 Years with Bart Denham · 51 min · Épisode 140What happens when a lawyer sees an underserved market and decides to build something bigger around it? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, I sit down with Bart…
- Building a National Niche Firm with Steven Nassi · 56 min · Épisode 139What does it take to walk away from more than two decades of legal experience and build something completely different? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan…
- Designing Fair Partner Compensation with Jonathan Hawkins · 14 min · Épisode 138How should equity partners be paid, and why do so many compensation systems create unintended problems? In this solo episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins…
- Coming Full Circle with Jason DeSouza · 58 min · Épisode 137What does success really look like for a law firm founder? For Jason DeSouza, it is not measured by having the biggest office or the largest headcount. It is about building a…
- It's All About the People with Vivek Tata · 47 min · Épisode 136What does it really take to launch a law firm from scratch, grow it from six lawyers to thirty in just two years, and still keep your culture intact? In this episode of The…
- Making it Happen By Going Above and Beyond with Dwayne Pennant · 50 min · Épisode 135What does it take to build a successful law firm when your path isn't the traditional one? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins sits down with…
- Growing a Firm Through Relationships with Bryan Knight · 56 min · Épisode 134What does it take to leave a comfortable law firm job and build something of your own? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast, Jonathan Hawkins sits down with trial…
- Barred and Bearded with Rilee Harrison · 56 min · Épisode 133What does it take to launch a law firm in today's legal landscape? For Oklahoma trial lawyer Rilee Harrison, the answer is not flashy marketing campaigns or pretending to be…
- Private Equity Is Coming, Now What? with Jonathan Hawkins · 13 min · Épisode 132Private equity is entering the legal industry, and lawyers everywhere are asking the same question: what does it mean for my firm? In this solo episode of The Founding Partner…







