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Baseball is back, and it's time for our annual Braves Sports 'N Torts season preview episode! As has become tradition, I am joined by baseball men Josh Gernatt and Casey Collins to break down the Atlanta Braves' upcoming 2025 season and the broader MLB landscape.
Topics covered:
⟠Braves' 2024 struggles with injuries and why 2025 is set to be a bounce-back year
⟠Key offseason moves and how the roster shapes up
⟠Rotation expectations: Can Spencer Strider and Chris Sale lead the staff? Who will fill out the rotation?
⟠Bullpen breakdown and new additions, including Craig Kimbrel
⟠The return of Ronald Acuña Jr. and Michael Harris IIâs potential breakout season. Can Riley become a MVP candidate?
⟠NL East competitionâwhere the Braves stack up against the Phillies and Mets
⟠Biggest MLB free-agent signings and how they impact the league
⟠Predictions for the season, including World Series picks.
Plus, Josh Gernatt shares an exciting update on Standout Baseballâs partnership with the Atlanta Braves for youth baseball clinics across Braves Country.
Will the Braves make another deep postseason run? Can they dethrone the powerhouse Dodgers? Tune in to find out!
đ Listen now and get ready for Opening Day!
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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Itâs that time of year againâMarch Madness is here. I am joined by Sports âN Torts regulars Bo Patel and Laurence Kessler for our annual NCAA Tournament preview. In this milestone 150th episode, the guys break down the bracket, discuss key matchups, highlight sleeper teams, and debate which squads have the best path to the Final Four. Laurence comes at the discussion as a UGA fan with a team that finally made the dance and Bo as an Auburn fan with a team sitting with with the number 1 overall seed.
The conversation covers everything from SEC dominance in the regular season, Georgiaâs long-awaited return to the tournament, and Auburnâs championship hopes to bold predictions, potential upsets, and the latest betting trends. Along the way, they mix in humor, nostalgia, and plenty of trash talk about their alma maters.
Will Auburn cut down the nets? Can Georgia beat Gonzaga and make a run? Is Dukeâs Cooper Flagg healthy enough to lead a deep run? Who are their final 4 teams? And how much productivity will be lost at work over the next few weeks?
Tune in for all that and more as we get you ready for the Madness!
đ Listen now, fill out your brackets, and donât forget to subscribe!
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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In this episode, we sit down with the dynamic Winter Wheelerâattorney, mediator, arbitrator, TEDx speaker, author, and all-around powerhouse. Winter shares her journey from defense attorney to becoming one of the most sought-after mediators in the business, shedding light on her empathetic yet strategic approach to resolving disputes.
We dive into:
â Her path to mediation and what makes a great mediator
â The power of empathy and emotional intelligence in legal negotiations
â Lessons from her TED Talks on handling difficult conversations and being a working mother of 4
â Juggling a high-powered career while being a mother of four
â Insider stories from Georgetown, Tulane, and life in New Orleans
â Navigating the wild world of LinkedIn, marketing, and personal branding
With humor, insight, and authenticity, Winter shares how she brings lightness to heavy situations and why genuine connection is key to success in law and life. Whether youâre a lawyer, entrepreneur, or just someone who loves a great story, you wonât want to miss this one!
đ§ Tune in now and find out why Winter Wheeler is one of the best in the game!
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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Adam Taylor joins Sports â N Torts for Episode 149. You think you are busy? Well, Adam has different law firms practicing two different types of law. At Taylor, Hughes & Zahler, Adam handles personal injury cases and has been for over a decade. More recently, after Covid, Adam founded the Your Legacy Lawyer law firm focusing on Wills, Trusts and Estates and helping his clients protect their legacy. Two very different firms but with similar missions of helping people with their legal needs. We spend most of our time talking about his Your Legacy Lawyer firm and dive into all aspects of how he helps individuals and firm plan for, and protect the legacyâs they have spent their entire life building. I learned a ton from Adam and if you donât have a good grasp on these legal matters (like so many of us who donât) this is the episode for you and Adam is a guy to reach out to. We discuss:
-What is a Trust and why is it a good idea to put on in place
-Why a Trust or Trust documents are not just for the wealthy
-Is having a traditional Will enough to protect your assets
-How to set up you personal financial team to grow and then protect wealth
-What documents do you need to protect yourself
-How does the Probate process work and how to avoid it if necessary
-Steps to take to Protect your Legacy
-Working with Blended Families
-Contingency Plans for Contingency Firms
-Pet Protection
-How he decided to reinvent himself after Covid
-Marketing a Wills, Trust and Estate Firm
-Training for a Triathlon
-School Night Sober
-Coaching Youth Baseball
-Serving as a Prosecutor and Learning to Try Cases on the Fly
-Pinehurst as a golf destination
-His tale of the tape of Atlanta sports
-Major championship golf on the PGA tour
-Drinking Coffee and Making Hot Sauce
Check more out at www.yourlegacylawyer.com.
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
Thanks for listening and if you are enjoying this podcast please tell a friend, share the show and leave a review. We would greatly appreciate it!
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Michael Geoffroy joins Sports âN Torts for episode 147. Michael is a lawyer with offices in his hometown of the Conyers/Covington area. I call Michael a âLawyers Lawyerâ because of the professionalism, grace and passion with which he practices law. He is known in Georgia as a leader in the courtroom and in the community and has held numerous leadership positions within the State Bar. This guy has been doing it right for over 20 years. This was a unique episode as we just had a free flowing conversation that spanned all sorts of topics of the law, business, family, sports, and traveling. We hit some really serious topics while at the same time discussing really fun ones. This episode really hits home for me the good times that can be had with two dudes just chopping it up.
We discuss:
-Soccer (futbol) â both Premier League and Atlanta United
-Gear worn to soccer matches
-Raising kids towards college
-Watching soccer matches in Europe and pub crawling through England
-How he became involvement in Ethylene Oxide cases
-His Calling to Represent his Community against the companies who are polluting the air with Ethylene Oxide
-Representing over 150 Plaintiffs in suits involving Ethylene Oxide exposure
-Working with the EPA to make the air safer for Georgia communities
-His appreciation for being a lawyer
-Use of Artificial Intelligence in his practice
-Raising Horses
-Florida Gator fandom and holding a degree from both University of Florida and University of Georgia
-Braves moving to Cobb County
And much more. As always, this episode is powered by The J. Stein Law Firm â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Alvaro Arauz from 3A Law Management joins the podcast for episode 146. Alvaro was a guest on the podcast last January and has been an often requested guest to come back. So here he is for Round 2. We spend the hour talking solely all about legal marking. He delivered a master class on marketing that included:
-The hustle it takes to succeed
-Always add value
-How can you give back in a relationship
-Consistency in marketing
-Taking marketing global
-The speaking tour
-Putting yourself in a position to succeed
-Daily Report Best of
-Effective Practice Management Tools
-Branding vs. Marketing
-Advice to someone starting out
-Strategies for Introverts v extroverts
-Community marketing
-Effective swag
-Google and online reviews
-Evergreen content
-Spear fishing
-90/10 rule
-8/2 approach
-Proper social media use
-Showing up is everything
And so much more. If you want to hear from an industry leader on effective legal marketing this is an hour for you. Check Alvaro out at www.3alawmanagement.com .
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm -a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga â www. Jsteinlawfirm.com.
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Darl Champion of the Champion Firm joins us for episode 145 of Sports 'N Torts. Darl grew up in North Carolina as the son of a college professor. School was not initially for Darl and his entrepreneurial spirit had him heading down the road to becoming an auto mechanic and running his own auto shop. Ultimately he ended up at Law School and that same entrepreneurial spirit has him successfully running his law firm - The Champion Firm. I could have talked for Darl for days.
We discussed:
-being a parent as the most important job we have;
-his path to Law School;
-Clerking for a Federal Judge and what that taught him;
-Tort Reform and why it is wrong and what it will not fix;
-Presenting cases to a jury and not focusing on sympathy
- focusing on the motivation of juries to get it right;
-Lessons learned after a loss at trial;
-Developing the firm that you want and figuring out your unique selling propositions;
-Learning what works for your firm and not playing in others sand boxes by just throwing money blindly at marketing;
-Farming relationships over time that lead to cases and clients;
-Problems with Runners in the personal injury space and how to combat it;
-How he uses social media and specifically Linked In to broadcast his message to the world and showcase his authority in the profession;
-Sports analogies in the law and business;
-ChatGPT;
-Going to sporting events and concerts with peers and colleagues;
-Braves moving forward;
-his podcast - The Championing Justice Podcast
And much more. I know you will enjoy this one.
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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Rishi Pattni of Pattni Law Group and Andrew King of Chance, Forlines, Carter & King, PC join us for Episode 144 of Sports âN Torts. Their friendship was forged over a passion for Premier League soccer and has turned into a professional relationship where these two can work with one another representing injured patients in medical malpractice cases. This was a cool episode that highlights the collegiality and partnerships that exists within the Plaintiffs bar in the State of Georgia. I had a great time talking with these guys about:
-vetting and handling medical malpractice cases;
-approach to learning the medicine in their cases;
-how to determine proper defendants in a medical case;
-partnering with other firms to increase the chances of success;
-working with expert witnesses;
-how to handle the defense argument about nursing home clients being old and sick and having a lower value of life;
-comorbidities as a challenge;
-nursing home cases and the type of fact patterns they see;
-the rewards from representing elderly clients;
-nursing home standards of care and patients Bill of Rights
-explaining medical cases to a jury;
-exposing cover ups in medical records;
-background as a paralegal being helpful as a practicing attorney;
-trying cases in small towns against small town doctors and community hospitals;
-English Premier League soccer and fandom of Liverpool and Man City
-Atlanta United
And much more.
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Zack England from England Injury Law in Chattanooga, TN joins Sports âN Torts for Episode . A native of North Georgia who grew up on the Georgia/TN line, Zach talks about his law practice working on cases in both Georgia and Tennessee. We discuss:
-Growing up on North Georgia;
-Law School in Cincinnati, Ohio;
-Returning to work in Chattanooga, TN;
-Joining a law firm and then making the decision to open his own firm;
-Opening a law firm during Covid;
-The Growth of Chattanooga as a city;
-Community Marketing;
-Firm Swag Gifts;
-Keeping up a proper Office Culture and Firm morale;
-Being active on Social Media and TikTok;
-Differences in Georgia vs. Tennessee law;
-Pace of Tennessee Law Practice;
-Judges and Juries of Tennessee;
-Tennessee Volunteers and Tennessee Titans
-Being a fan of the Minnesota Vikings
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Happy New Year everybody! In this episode Josh and Dana rehash all that was 2024 and look forward to 2025. They discuss:
-major events in their personal lives in 2024;
-J. Stein Law Firm Year in Review and discussion on top cases;
-update on the podcast and favorite episodes of 2024;
-plans for 2025;
-updated marketing plans for the new year;
-Josh answers your most frequent questions of 2024;
-and much more!
As always this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the nation to recap this week in college football. In this episode we discuss:
-ND outlasting Penn St and Ohio State beating Texas to set up a ND-OSU national championship game;
-Coaching in the semifinal round;
-preview of ND v. OSU;
-Atlanta as a National Championship Game venue;
- transferring to Miami;
-State of QBâs entering the NFL;
-Coach Prime to Dallas?
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Round 2 of the 2024 college football playoffs and preview Round 3. We discuss:
-UGA losing to ND in the Sugar Bowl and what went wrong;
-what UGA needs to do in the offseason to prepare for 2025;
-recap of Round 2 games;
-discussion on all higher seeds winning and all teams with the bye week losing;
-preview of OSU/Texas and PSU/ND in semifinals.
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 preview the 2nd round of the 2024 college football playoffs. We discuss:
-recap of round 1 games;
-how to tweak the system to get less blowouts;
-preview of round 2 games;
-UGA vs ND in the Sugar Bowl;
-Carson Beck going pro;
-the current Bowl Season
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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Laura Moore from Moore Injury Funding invited me to be a guest on her podcast "Its Time for Moore Injury Funding" where we discussed how to evaluate and value personal injury cases. In addition to how look at injury claims, we discusses the importance of evidence, experts, venue and other intangibles in arriving at proper value for an injury cases. We discuss economic and non-economic damages and how lability factors into an overall evaluation. I hope you enjoy me being on the other side of this Question and Answer session!
Moore Injury Funding specializes in a diverse range of legal funding services to address various needs. Laura has dedicated a decade to building a network of the nation's top performing providers and industry leaders to ensure her clients are taken care of. Whether its providing financial support in the form of cash advances, medical or post-settlement funding to an injury client navigating challenging circumstances after an accident or offering case funding solutions to lawyers and law firms, Laure is there to assist every step of the way.
You can find Laura's company at https://mooreinjuryfunding.com/, on Instagram @mooreinjuryfunding, Linked in at Moore Injury Funding, YouTube at Moore Injury Funding and her podcast Its Time for Moore Injury Funding wherever you get your podcasts.
As always, this episode of 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 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 â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga â 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 â moving to a city where he did not have any professional connections. Hear how he made it work. We also talk about Mikeâs two favorite hobbies â 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 â a personal injury firm in Atlanta, Ga â 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 â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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Arthur York joins Sports âN 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 âthe cage lockingâ;
-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 â www.jsteinlawfirm.com â 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 â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga â 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 â a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga â www.jsteinlawfirm.com
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