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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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