PI, Poker, and Points with Matt Long

What can a private harm lawyer train you about negotiating with insurance coverage adjusters, operating a mid-size agency, going viral on LinkedIn, and flying first-class to Europe for $500? On this episode, I sat down with Matt Lengthy — a lawyer who’s simply as snug within the courtroom as he’s on the poker desk. His story will make you rethink how attorneys construct affect, keep away from burnout, and even journey the world. Would you run your follow the way in which he does?

Matt Lengthy is the President of Bowen Ten Lengthy & Bal, PC, in Richmond, Virginia. He focuses on complicated civil litigation, together with extreme private harm circumstances, high-stakes contract disputes, and partition fits involving co-owned actual property. Identified for slicing by means of complexity and discovering leverage in difficult circumstances, Matt brings a strategic, results-oriented method to each matter. Outdoors the courtroom, he channels that very same technique into maximizing factors and miles and is at present writing a e book on easy methods to journey the world totally free.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Why Most Attorneys Get LinkedIn Mistaken
00:44 The Actual Purpose I Began This Podcast
01:44 Who Is Matt Lengthy… Actually?
03:09 The Hidden Commerce-Off Between Billable Hours and Massive Payouts
06:03 Can a Legislation Agency Actually Do It All?
11:33 How Rising Up With an Insurance coverage Adjuster Formed a Lawyer
17:39 The Secret Talent Attorneys Aren’t Taught in Legislation College
23:58 Why LinkedIn Would possibly Be a Lawyer’s Most Underrated Device
29:59 The Submit That Reached 1.5 Million Individuals
30:30 What No One Tells You About LinkedIn Spam
34:02 How Referrals Actually Occur on LinkedIn
39:35 The $80,000 Trip That Value $500
49:21 What Poker Teaches You About Training Legislation
51:34 The Hardest Half About Managing Attorneys
58:33 One Option to Attain Matt Lengthy That Really Works

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