The Sterling Family Law Show
The Sterling Family Law Show is where successful family law attorneys share the exact systems they used to build million-dollar practices.
Host Jeff Hughes scaled Sterling Lawyers from zero to $20M with 30 attorneys.
Co-host Tyler Dolph runs Rocket Clicks, the agency in charge of supercharging Sterling and other family law practices to success using revenue-first marketing strategies.
Together, they share the playbook for building the law firm of your dreams.
If you're looking to grow exponentially, generate revenue, and get good at business, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
261 episodes
Family Law Firm SEO: Where 46% of Our Clients Found Us - #261
Family law firm local SEO in the US usually runs the same checklist in every market. Same work, wildly different results. Here's why.About half of our clients from digital marketing come through local search. Your market sets ...
Legal Intake Training Behind 300+ Calls a Day with 15 Agents - #260
Legal intake training is where family law firms in the US lose consults they already paid for in marketing. Here's the fix.Learn how to hire, train, and coach intake staff who book paid consults consistently, so your leads tur...
Army Vet's Small Law Firm Management: Make Legal Research 18x Faster - #259
Small law firm management in the US doesn't have to mean more hires.Here’s how Justin Crozier runs his family law firm with his wife, managing an average of 75 cases, keeping clients well served, and staying available for thei...
From 2 Partners to 3: How to Start Law Firm Succession Planning Early - #258
Law firm succession planning in the US is something most owners put off until it's too late.This episode shows how promoting an associate to partner beats a merger, and how to build a partnership track before your best lawyer ...
1 Lawyer to 3: Scaling a Solo Practice Since 2021 - #257
Scaling a solo practice is the hardest jump most family law attorneys in the US ever make.Matthew Langhals went from one lawyer to three since 2021. Real numbers on law firm expenses, staffing, and the systems that made it sur...
The 1-Bottleneck Rule Behind Every Law Firm's Slowdown - #256
Send us Fan MailJohn Grant, founder of Agile Attorney Consulting, joins the show to break down how the Agile and Kanban methods built for software actually apply to running a ...
Growing from Solo to 3 Staff: The Best CRM for Law Firms - #255
The best CRM for law firms in the US? This attorney ran on paper files for years — and I mean actual paper, alphabetized.James runs 3 staff, a trial a week, and 3 tools. He didn't know legal CRMs existed. <...
How Marco Hit 65% Consult Close With Legal Intake Best Practices - #254
Legal intake best practices in the US aren't sexy, but here's the brutal truth: your lead quality is fine, your intake process isn't.Marco Brown went from 112 unpaid case files to 16 attorneys by fixing intake conversion. You'...
60% Growth in 4 Years: The Law Firm Succession Planning Behind It - #253
Law firm succession planning is the thing most family law firm owners in the US put off until it's basically too late. Brent Bowyer bought the firm he joined as a new lawyer, then grew revenue 60% in four years. Here's wh...
Hours to 15 Minutes: Law Firm Client Onboarding With AI - #252
Law firm client onboarding in the US used to eat hours—now it's minutes.Mark Chinn dropped the billable hour in 2005 and never offered it again. And 9 out of 10 clients pick his lump sum. His AI assessme...
Law Firm Automation: Get 5 People's Work in 1 Hour - #251
Law firm automation in the US isn't hype—it's how family law firms get 5 people's work done in 1 hour.This is the full six-floor AI factory—from prompting to legal process automation that runs itself. Automate law firm operati...
3 Steps to Law Firm AI Adoption, No Tech Skills Needed - #250
Most law firm AI adoption in the US stalls on floor one because owners think they need technical skills. But the 3 basics do not need advanced technical skills: prompting, skills creation, and tools integration.
Building Remote Team Culture Grew a Family Law Firm to 2 States - #249
Building remote team culture is how this family law firm scaled to 2 states in the US. Here's what nobody tells you about it.Bailey Vos breaks down law firm partnership advice—rainmaker vs operator—plus scaling a virtual firm ...
3 Filters for Choosing the Best AI for Family Lawyers - #248
AI companies are very competitive right now, and choosing the best AI for lawyers in the US is difficult without wasting money on trial and error.At Sterling Lawyers, we checked all the top AI platforms in the market. And in t...
How This Niche Law Firm Went Nationwide with $0 Ads - #247
This niche law firm went nationwide in the US with zero ad spend.Joshi only built authority through teaching, writing, and speaking—and that organic law firm marketing turned into a nationwide referral network.<...
The 6-Point Law Firm AI Policy That Protects Your License - #246
A law firm AI policy isn't optional in the US; skip it, and the liability rolls straight to you.Free AI accounts train on your client data and violate ethics rules. Here's the exact 6-point policy that keeps your license defen...
A Law Firm Profitability Story: Building an 8-Attorney Firm in a 200K Market - #245
Law firm profitability in the US isn't about billing more hours—here's what actually built an 8-attorney family law firm.Michael Gjesdahl realized that raising your hourly rate keeps shrinking your market. He shared how he sca...
How AI in Family Law Cut Our QA Cost to $600/Month - #244
AI in family law isn't a tool you buy in the US—it's a system you build, and most firms are stuck in first gear.Because of that system, Sterling replaced a $2,500-per-person offshore QA team with an AI system scoring 200 calls a day for...
Tom’s Trek: How Tom Will Scale to $70K With Google Ads for Lawyers - #243
Google ads for lawyers is where most family law firms in the US bleed money—here's how Tom will scale to $70K instead.We break down law firm Google ads, lead quality vs quantity, and family law lead generation. Then when to make your ne...
How Top Firms Are Getting 6x In MSO Law Firm Deals - #242
MSO law firm deals are reshaping family law in the US, and most owners still can't define one before the offer hits. James Peters of Law Hive breaks down MSO structures, law firm valuation, and rollover equity. We cover why family ...
Gained 25% Yearly Growth From This Law Firm Capacity Planning - #241
Law firm capacity planning is how US family law firm owners stop coin-flipping hires and start forecasting them.Learn the exact four-box system to predict when to hire, protect margins, and hit 25% yearly growth without burning out your...
Tom’s Trek: Gained $50K+ and Ranked #3 on LSA Message Leads—Was It Worth It? - #240
LSA message leads promise more clients for US family law firms—but are they worth it? Tom ranked #3 and got mostly junk. Tom just hit his first $50K+ revenue and discovered the 3 signs LSA message leads waste your budget: leads gho...
400 Pages, 0 Duplicates: Our Law Firm Meta Descriptions Audit - #239
Law firm meta descriptions in the US get written by Google if you skip them. We don't skip them.We treat every meta description like ad copy, not an afterthought. Our systematic audit formula made sure that there’s no duplicate content ...
How to Build a 5-Person Team: Law Firm Onboarding Tips of a 17-Year-Old Firm - #238
Law firm onboarding is where most US firms quietly bleed good people.Marylyn built a 5-person team over 17 years by hiring people who stay. Learn how real onboarding kills turnover and saves your sanity. 📲 Subscribe Now: ht...
The 3-Year Law Firm Consultation Training Process Behind $18M Growth - #237
➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets —Law firm consultation training in the US is where most firms lose the client—long before anyone signs. Here's the system we built.If you're serious a...