The Renegade Lawyer Podcast

Updated: 01 Oct 2025 • 187 episodes
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I am more convinced than ever that nothing that traditional bar organizations are doing is going to move the needle on the sad stats on lawyer happiness ... The root cause of all lawyers' problems is financial stress. Financial stress holds you back from getting the right people on the bus, running the right systems, and being able to only do work for clients you want to work with. Financial stress keeps you in the office on nights and weekends, often doing work you hate for people you don't like, and doing that work alone. (Yes, you have permission to do only work you like doing and doing it with people you like working with.) The money stress is not because the lawyers are bad lawyers or bad people. In fact, most lawyers are good at the lawyering part and they are good people. The money stress is caused by the general lack of both business skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. Thus, good lawyers who are good people get caught up and slowed down in bringing their gifts to the world. Their families, teams, clients, and communities are not well-served because you can't serve others at your top level when you are constantly worrying about money. We can blame the law schools and the elites of the profession who are running bar organizations, but to blame anyone else for your own woes is a loser's game. It is, in itself, a restrictive, narrow, mindset that will keep you from ever seeing, let alone experiencing, a better future. Lawyers need to be in rooms with other entrepreneurs. They need to hang with people who won't tell you that your dreams are too big or that "they" or "the system "won't allow you to achieve them. They need to be in rooms where people will be in their ear telling them that their dreams are too small. Get in better rooms. That would be the first step. Second step, ignore every piece of advice any general organized bar is giving about how to make your firm or your life better.

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What if burnout wasn’t a sign you’re broken—but a sign it’s time to change? In this powerful episode of the Renegade Lawyer Podcast, Ben Glass sits down with Dr. Seema Desai—former general dentist, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author—to explore the moment she realized success (on paper) wasn’t enough. From pos

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Chapter 16: Don"t Let Systems Scare You  Ben tackles the common resistance lawyers have to building systems—especially those who think their practice is "too personalized" for repeatable processes. Spoiler: it"s not. In this short but powerful episode, you"ll learn:Why 95% of your law firm’s work is repeatable—and how

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What happens when you combine legal expertise, a physician’s insight, and technology into a single business model? You get Kyle Claussen and Resolve—a firm that"s reviewed 10,000+ physician employment contracts and built a legal-tech platform serving doctors across the country. In this episode, Ben Glass and Kyle Claus

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In Part 2 of this special series, Ben Glass moves beyond “being good at law and marketing” to answer a bigger, bolder question: What’s the best use of your next dollar—and your next hour—to build a life you actually want? Ben walks through his personal life map, revealing how he deliberately connected the key “dots” in

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In this special 4-part series, Ben Glass takes you behind the curtain of how Great Legal Marketing really began—and how designing a life you love should always come before building the business. This first episode, recorded live at a Great Legal Marketing event, covers:Ben’s origin story: the Hilton Garden Inn room whe

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What does heart rate training have to do with law firm marketing? In this quick solo episode, Ben Glass draws the surprising connection between building your aerobic fitness and building a world-class marketing engine—one that runs even when you’re not in the office. You’ll hear:Why slow, consistent action beats flashy

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