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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to preview Week 1 of the 2024 college football playoffs. We discuss:
-How UGA spent the off week including post season awards won by the players
-Problems with the Winter Transfer Portal and how to fix it
-Preview of the 4 playoff games
-Heisman Trophy ceremony
-Bill Belichick to UNC
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Michael Melonakos of the Melonakos Firm of Greenville, South Carolina joins us for episode 136. Mike and I used to work together at Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson and it was great catching back up. Mike moved to South Carolina in 2018 and opened up his own Plaintiffs personal injury firm – moving to a city where he did not have any professional connections. Hear how he made it work. We also talk about Mike’s two favorite hobbies – playing music and the Detroit Lions. Mike is a super interesting guy with great thoughts on a bunch of subjects. We bounced around on this episode and discuss:
-decision to move down South from Michigan;
-Greek food and drink;
-working with me at Goodman McGuffey Lindsey and Johnson;
-lessons of patience in being trained by partners;
-power of the handwritten Thank you note;
-decision to start doing Plaintiffs work;
-moving to South Carolina and starting his firm;
-recurring theme in his life of moving to new cities where he is forced to meet people and network;
-how to go about generating business in a new town;
-practicing law in South Carolina vs. Georgia;
-marketing and management tips that have worked;
-carrying on music as a hobby as an adult;
-lawyer bands and dad bands
-Detroit Lions fandom
And much more. As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 15 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating Texas to win the SEC
-Carson Beck gets hurt and what that means for UGA
-4 Conference Championship Games Recap
-Final College Football Playoff Rankings and Seedings
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week Year in Review
-Jimbo of the Year
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Fim – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Arthur York joins Sports ‘N Torts for episode 134. A native Georgian, Arthur is an attorney in Atlanta handling personal injury cases with an emphasis on premises liability.
In this episode we discuss:
-cutting his teeth on slip and fall cases;
-learning the practice of law from the plaintiff and defense standpoint;
-opening up his law firm and decisions he has made along the way about growth;
-view of marketing and positioning himself for premises liability cases;
-tasteful social media posts;
-nuts and bolts of vetting and developing a slip and fall case;
-nuts and bolts of vetting and developing a negligent security shooting case;
-how to use pictures and surveillance videos to enhance your case;
-being an MMA fighter, participating in MMA fights and the feeling of “the cage locking”;
-how he uses his MMA training to prepare for trial;
-working as a roving vendor at old Atlanta Fulton County stadium;
-trip to Houston for the Braves winning the WS;
-current state of the Braves, Hawks and Falcons;
And much more.
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – www.jsteinlawfirm.com – a personal injury firm in Atlanta, GA.
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 14 of the 2024 college football season. This week we were pleased to have Texas Longhorn fan and host of the Dirty Verdict podcast Peter Taaffe join us. We discuss:
-UGA beating Tech in an epic 8 OT thriller
-Texas beating A&M to punch a ticket to SECCG and Peter in attendance in College Station (with his son making a key interception)
-Rivalry Week and OSU losing to Michigan
-Updated playoff pictures and our predictions on how it all shakes out
-Preview of UGA-UT SECCG with what UGA has to do to beat UT again and how UT can change the outcome from last time
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
You can hear more from Peter at the Dirty Verdict podcast - wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 13 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating UMass
-Chaos in the SEC
-UGA making the SECCG
-Updated look at the college football playoff rankings
-our thoughts on scenarios and how this all plays out
-Preview of UGA-Ga Tech
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Fim – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Steve Litner joins Sports ‘N Torts for episode 131. A native Bostonian holding degrees from University of Maryland, University of North Carolina and University of Florida, Steve has a wide range of knowledge and background that helped him in his law practice. Steve is the founding partner of the Atlanta law firm Litner + Deganian. In this episode we discuss:
-his background as a teacher, counselor wrestling coach and in special education;
-how this background has shaped his approach to his law practice;
-working for a big firm in securities law during the 2008 financial crisis;
-starting a law firm without any direction or plan;
-starting a law firm for the second time with direction and plan after learning from the one first time;
-giving advice to younger lawyers starting out;
-looking for the “win win” for both sides;
-how he grew and scaled his law firm;
-story behind becoming partners with Armen Deganian;
-approach to his firm culture;
-embracing non traditional marketing efforts;
-Boston sports to include writing articles on Larry Birds 1987 Celtics, attending the Patriots Tuck Game in person and the 2004 Red Sox World Series parade;
-Being a cheer dad;
And much more.
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – www.jsteinlawfirm.com – a personal injury firm in Atlanta, GA.
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 12 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating TN in an epic night in Athens, GA
-Current power rankings in the SEC and where all the teams stand
-Updated College Football Playoff rankings
-Scenarios to watch for
-Current status of Big 10
-Preview of UGA-Umass
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Fim – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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A mediator, a plaintiffs lawyer, a defense lawyer and a wannabe podcaster walk into a bar…while that sounds like a great start to a joke, it is episode 129 of Sports ‘N Torts. Each with their musical instruments as members of their band Better By Daylight, it was so awesome having Joe Murphey (on the drums), Bobby Johnson (on bass guitar) and Sam Britt (singing and on guitar) join the podcast this week. Each are lawyers in Atlanta, and they are in a music band together. We start the podcast with them putting on a live concert (they are absolutely awesome) for us and enjoy listening to them play.
We then discuss:
-how the band came together;
-gigs and venues they play;
-importance of getting along with your fellow lawyers on the opposite side of the case (and even joining a band with them);
-professionalism in the legal community;
-their legal practices;
-using music as a way of charitable giving through their practices;
-importance of hobbies outside of work;
-Joe’s view on mediation;
-types of music that inspired them;
-Atlanta United soccer;
-UGA’s loss to Ole Miss;
-Updated thoughts on 12 team college football playoff.
And a whole bunch more.
Enjoy this unique episode and special thanks to my dad, Stanley Stein, for hosting us in his music room – the acoustics were great!
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga - www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the nation with a recap of Week 11 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:
-UGA losing to Ole Miss and where UGA goes from here
-Bama beating down LSU
-Current state of the race to the SECCG
-Breakdown of this weeks top 12 in the CFB Playoffs
-Big 10 with 4 of the top 5 teams
-Preview of UGA vs TN
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Zach Shewmaker joins episode 127 of Sports ‘N Torts. Zach is a founding partner of the law firm of Horst Shewmaker. Based in Alpharetta, Zach and his partner Michael Horst opening their firm in 2019 and have seen steady and impressive growth. Zach has has a refreshing approach to law firm management, the business of law and developing/litigating personal injury cases. Zach also has a bunch of interesting hobbies outside of work. We dig into a lot in this episode including:
-his playing college golf and his ability use golf as an analogy for life and business
-college athletics as a training ground for a career in law and business
-the business side of law and running a law firm
-effectively handling a volume case load
-lessons learned from working at big firms like Morgan & Morgan
-opening a law firm and transitioning from a small firm to a larger firm
-marketing and the 3 buckets of cases his firm gets
-client services
-playing travel kickball and having games aired on national television
-owning a kickball league
-solo trip to Bandon Dunes
As always, this episode was powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 10 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating FL and what is wrong with Carson Beck
-Current power rankings in the SEC and where all the teams stand
-OSU beats PSU while Indiana keeps winning
-ACC down to Miami and SMU
-Preview of UGA-Ole Miss
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Blade Thompson from Blade Injury Law joins the podcast for episode 125. Blade is a personal injury lawyer in Atlanta who has a solo law firm that he runs just about as efficiently as any lawyer out there. Blade grew up in a small town and shares his motivation for becoming a lawyer and why he has chosen to become licensed to practice law in 3 states.
In this episode we discuss:
-the processes used to run his law firm;
-why organization is so important to law firm management;
-how his prior jobs in small towns shaped his legal career;
-how working for an high volume advertising attorney (Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys) educated him on the business side of law;
-hiring and managing remote employees;
-developing and litigating brain injury cases;
-using AI to increase efficiency;
-using Settlement Intelligence software in demand writing;
-social media marketing;
-applying for certification as a Trucking Lawyer;
-maintaining proper mindset in the practice of law;
-the Falcons and Kirk Cousins;
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 9 of the CFB season. We discuss:
-how UGA (and us) spent the bye weekend
-current standings in the SEC and what the race to the SECCG looks like
-TAMU beating LSU to grab top slot of SEC
-Bama and Texas winning and moving on
-Coach Prime becoming bowl eligible
-Our own Kennesaw State Owls winning their first D1 game
-IU remaining undefeated
-Sucker Bet
-Jimbo of the Week
-Preview of UGA-FLA
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA - www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Allen McDuffie and Jeff Yashinsky join Sports ‘N Torts for Episode 123. Jeff and Allen were my first bosses at my first law firm job after Law School at the Progressive In-House Law Firm. Jeff, along with our friend Tara Parker, were the ones who interviewed me while I was a 2nd year law student at UGA and somehow I convinced them to offer me a job. We had a great time reminiscing about all working together and we picked up like we had never left off. Whatever success I may have had as a lawyer – I owe a lot of it to these guys.
In this episode we discuss:
-the benefits of working for an insurance company early in one’s career;
-the training received at Progressive;
-how Jeff and Allen built chemistry at the office and created an environment where we all had fun, did great work and are all still friends 20 years later;
-how Allen handled Jeff when he wanted to quit as manager;
-learning and implementing management skills;
-work trips;
-importance of work lunches;
-their move from defense work to Plaintiffs work;
-Jeff's new job at the Schnyder Law Firm;
-Allen’s life as a baseball sports agent;
-Allen’s move towards retirement and his new career as a mediator and how his perspective from both P and D side give him an advantage in resolving cases;
-enjoying your kids sports career;
-Vanderbilt sports – baseball and football;
-Detroit sports and Jeff’s love for the Lions;
-Jägermeister
And so much more. We had an absolute blast getting together to record this episode and while you may not get some of the inside jokes I know you will still get a whole bunch out of this episode and will have fun listening to us talking about “Remember When”.
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com.
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 8 of the college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating #1 ranked UT and Jason's trip to Austin for the game
-Bama loses again and in jeopardy of missing the playoffs
-are LSU and TAMU for real?
-Contenders and pretenders in the Big 10
-Miami survives again
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA - www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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This was really fun. Sports ‘N Torts joined up with Texas lawyers Pete Taaffe, Kyle Herbert and Bill Ogden who host The Dirty Verdict podcast out of Houston on this collaboration episode. These guys are some of the best in business in handling, litigating and mediating cases in Texas. Our two podcasts joined together for a special preview episode of the October 19, 2024 University of Georgia v. University of Texas game. If you are a loyal listener you will enjoy hearing the views from Longhorns fans and us going back and forth with each other. If you are new to the show we hope you enjoy what we have to say about Georgia Football! Loyal and new listeners alike will enjoy our different perspectives on the current state of college football in 2024. We discuss Texas joining the SEC, the best venues in the SEC and of course the highly contentious wax cups at the Texas State Fair.
Of course we also talk some law because 4 lawyers can’t help themselves.
Go Dawgs!
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
You can find The Dirty Verdict Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dirty-verdict/id1667658440 or anywhere you find your podcasts.
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the nation to recap Week 7 of the 2024 college football season.
We discuss:
-UGA beating MSU
-Close games all across the SEC and the new parity in the league
-Big 10 getting tight games with highly ranked teams early in the season
-Coaches blowing it at the end of games
-Army and Navy ranked in Top 25
-Preview of UGA vs Texas
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbe of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA - www.jsteinlawfirm.com.
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Alan Holcomb joins Sports ‘N Torts for Episode 119. Alan is a graduate of UGA and Emory Law School. Alan is a lawyer in Atlanta who has been widely recognized for his legal prowess and trusted experience as a trial lawyer in serious injury cases involving trucking accidents, product liability, traumatic brain injuries, burn injuries, medical malpractice and mass torts. I have been trying to schedule this podcast with Alan for quite some time – but he has been busy representing his clients in Court and obtaining a $495,000,000 jury verdict – no, that is not a typo and yes, that is a lot of zeroes and yes Alan and the trial team worked tirelessly for their client to obtain this incredible result in St. Louis, Missouri earlier this year.
In this episode we discuss:
-Alan’s move from equity partner at Weinberg Wheeler to the Plaintiffs side
-the vision for his firm Turnbull, Holcomb & LeMoine
-finding passion for the work and being relentless in pursuing the case
-the national scope of his practice and the firms commitment to “go to the moon” if that is where the case is
-outmaneuvering large defense firms with limitless resources
-juggling managing a growing firm with properly litigating and handling complex cases
-approaching discovery and litigation like the Viet Cong and not the Red Coats
-what are mass tort cases
-nuts and bolts of his recent $495M verdict in a trial against Abbot Laboratories
-using social media in an appropriate and effective way
-lessons learned from Coach Kirby Smart which he employs at his firm
-sports gambling
This is a great episode to really get inspired to help people through your work and what it takes to succeed. Alan is the man!
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 6 of the college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating Auburn for the 8th straight year
-Upsets in the SEC including Vandy beating Bama, Mizzou losing to TAMU and Arkansas beating Tenn
-Shake up in the AP Top 10
-Miami holding on vs Cal
-Big games in Week 7 including OSU-Oregon
-Preview of UGA-MSU
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA- www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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