Trial Reputation Is a Business Asset: How Ryan Wechsler Built a Boutique PI Firm in Under a Year

October 15, 2026

Defense firms track how plaintiff lawyers settle, and Ryan Wechsler built his Boca Raton firm around being the lawyer they believe will go the distance. In this Trial Lawyer View recap, he explains how he split litigation and administration with his wife on day one, why trial readiness starts with the first intake call, and how a boutique competes against firms spending tens of millions on ads. He also shares where he pulled back on AI and how he hires for values.

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Shim Hirsh: Personal injury law firm operations, intake conversion, and where AI pays off

October 1, 2026

Shim Hirsh spent seven years as a product leader at Morgan & Morgan before building betterworks to help personal injury firms fix operational bottlenecks. In this Trial Lawyer View recap, he breaks down why most case management problems come from how staff interact with data rather than the system itself, how to measure intake conversion correctly, why “intake 2.0” after signing is the real bottleneck most firms miss, and where AI genuinely helps versus where it fails. He also offers four questions to ask any legal tech vendor before signing.

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Chris Rose: Personal Injury Referrals, The Risk Most Firms Never See

September 18, 2026

Chris Rose of LegalFlare built a firm around handling personal injury referrals, and he’s found that most firms treat referral relationships far too casually. In this Trial Lawyer View recap, he breaks down why a referral fee comes with shared malpractice liability, why referral listservs offer almost no vetting, what to demand before accepting a case, and how his team catches errors other firms miss in closing statements. He also weighs in on where AI genuinely helps a personal injury practice and where it doesn’t.

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Helen Pamely

January 20, 2026

Discover how trial lawyers can build authentic brands on LinkedIn, use storytelling, leadership, and AI to grow influence while staying human with insights from Helen Pamely.

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Cameron Andrus

November 3, 2025

In this episode, Cameron Andrus discusses how mass tort firms balance large-scale efficiency with human connection, emphasizing trust, ethics, and client communication.

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