Being Authentic - Russell Farbiarz - Episode # 024

Solo de Facto

Russell Farbiarz is a Partner at Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC. Being yourself in a law practice can be a positive experience, and it can help your clients connect with you on a better level. Russell sees this and encourages everyone not just “think like a lawyer” as he was taught in law school. He joins host Tom Dufton to share some of his other tips on how to successfully run a law practice.

Takeaways

• Running a law firm is like running a business. You can’t practice what you love if you aren’t able to pay the rent.
• In law school, students are often taught to “think like a lawyer”, but you have to be willing to step outside the box.
• You need to have empathy for your clients. They can tell when you are being sincere or not and it makes a difference.
• Don’t be afraid to be yourself. You want clients who feel comfortable with you and will keep coming back to you, they won’t do that if they know you aren’t being your true self.
• Have a plan. You can’t run a successful business or law practice without a solid plan in place.
• You can’t be everything to everyone. It’s ok to admit that you don’t know something, and take the time to learn more and be more well rounded.
• Set quarterly goals. This will help you to stay on task and will help you to determine if your business is working or not.

Quote of the show

3:08 “Law school is all about teaching and learning a particular way of thinking. And that would be, you know, a very analytical thought process. But if they took some of the time that they spent in law school, teaching us how to use citations and use what's called the blue book, and took some of that time and actually taught us, how do you talk to clients? How do you create a business plan? How do you manage a staff? How do you market? Those would all be helpful tools as well, and probably more practical than blue book citation.”

Links

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-e-farbiarz-esq-a131274/
• Website: https://www.antanavagefarbiarz.com

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