Law Labs
Welcome to Law Labs — the podcast where law firm life gets a glow-up.
Hosted by entrepreneur, attorney, Modern Law founder, and optimistic disrupter, Billie Tarascio, this show is your backstage pass to the business of law. We’re not talking billable hours and black-letter law — we’re talking AI-powered operations, next-gen leadership, smart growth, and real strategy.
Billie digs into the systems, stories, and shifts shaping modern legal practice—alongside law firm owners, legal technologists, and bold thinkers who are rewriting the rules.
Expect real talk about:
- Scaling law firms without burning out
- Leading with clarity, culture, and data
- Using AI and automation without losing the human touch
- Building sustainable businesses that serve your life—not just your clients
- Valuation, VC, and the art of getting acquired (or acquiring others)
This is your lab for testing what’s possible—then building it.
If you're ready to lead smarter, scale faster, and think bigger—welcome to the future of law. Let’s jump in.
Law Labs
Systems, Capacity, and AI: What Law Firms Need to Scale in 2026
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
Running a successful law firm in 2026 requires more than strong marketing and legal skill. In this Law Labs episode of the Modern Arizona Podcast, Billie Tarascio sits down with a seasoned law firm owner to talk candidly about workflow breakdowns, capacity limits, leadership decisions, and how modern firms adapt as they grow.
Raiford Palmer is a partner at STG Divorce Law in Chicago, where he helps lead a 10-attorney firm serving high-net-worth and complex divorce clients across the Chicagoland area. With nearly 30 years of legal experience, Raiford shares hard-earned insights on firm operations, team structure, intake systems, process improvement, and the real impact of technology and AI on the future of family law.
Topics discussed in this episode include:
✔️ Why marketing success exposes operational weaknesses
✔️ Law firm capacity limits and how ignoring them causes failure
✔️ Case workflow bottlenecks and task management challenges
✔️ Team-based vs attorney-centric firm structures
✔️ Using Kanban systems to track legal work
✔️ How AI tools are changing legal research and firm operations
✔️ GEO and content visibility in AI-driven search
✔️ Intake systems and long-term client nurturing
✔️ Why systems now separate firms that scale from firms that stall
Learn more about Raiford Palmer and STG Divorce Law:
Website: https://www.stgdivorcelaw.com
If this episode was helpful, like, subscribe, and share it with a law firm owner who is thinking seriously about growth, systems, and sustainability.