Larry Port
Boca Raton
Founder of Rocket Matter and LexCharge. Never on Twitter. Find me here: www.linkedin.com/in/larryport
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The Need For More Therapists: High Demand, AI, and Career Flexibility
Liza Brackbill, a licensed psychotherapist, joins the show to discuss the critical shortage of mental health clinicians and the rewarding reality of the profession. Following Larry’s monologue on the 2026 labor market, Liza breaks down the academic roadmap and the balance between evidence-based science and human connection. CEO and Founder of WaySpark Topic mental health career paths Duration 34 min 50 sec In 2026, the need for mental health support has never been higher.
Is Your Job a Dead End? The “Where You Work Matters” Ranking Revealed | Ep 23
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Larry and Dave are joined by Jonathan Pyle, creator of Docassemble (docassemble.org). Docassemble is a free, open-source software designed to assist with creating guided interviews and document assembly. Learn how to get started with the software and make your business run smoother with a few clicks. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
This week, Dave and Larry discuss the ‘waste’ law firms build up, and how to change it into something profitable. Learn how to shorten your cycle time to exponentially increase your profits. You’ll discover several ways to do this in this week’s episode! GREAT NEWS! The Lean Law Firm is now available as an audiobook from Audible! Click here to listen to today. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 77- How to Hone Your Persuasion Skills
How many decisions do you make in a day? This week, Dave and Larry chat about how people can persuade others to make choices in their favor. Negotiations come both discretely and overtly: Learn how to use these tools and also learn to identify when they are being used on you! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Most people would jump at the chance to work less, while still bringing home the same paycheck. A recent study shows that working less might even be beneficial for a company. But is it really? Dave and Larry discuss what jobs might see an uptick in performance, and which ones this might actually be a detriment to. You won’t want to miss this engaging episode! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
On this episode of the Lean Law Firm Podcast, hosts Larry Port and Dave Maxfield discuss the concept of waste as it deals with client intake. Client intake is a seemingly simple procedure that can cause a lot of issues down the line if a proper process is not put in place. Discover some technologies and Lean techniques you can use to eliminate waste in your firm’s intake process while surprising and delighting your clients. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Welcome to the Lean Law Firm Podcast! In this inaugural episode, hosts Larry Port and Dave Maxfield explain the ideas behind the podcast, in addition to lean concepts from their upcoming book entitled (you guess it!) The Lean Law Firm! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
On the latest episode of the Lean Law Firm Podcast, Larry and Dave talk about the Kanban board, which is one of the most crucial elements of running a lean law firm. A Kanban board will help you visualize your workflow and help you identify bottlenecks in your firm. Take a listen to discover some free tools to help you set up your firm’s Kanban board and be one step closer to running a lean law firm. Great News! The Lean Law Firm is now available for purchase! Click here to get your copy today!
Ep 3- The Theory of Constraints
Welcome back to the Lean Law Firm Podcast! On this week’s episode, Larry and Dave talk about the theory of constraints and how to find the bottlenecks in your processes so that you can work on improving them. Doing this, in turn, will improve the efficiency of your law firm. You don’t want to miss this engaging, important episode! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 42- Why Averages Are Helpful When Predicting Revenue
On this week’s episode of the Lean Law Firm Podcast, Larry Port and Dave Maxfield talk about averages and models. You’ll understand how by analyzing past averages, you can help predict the financial future of your firm. Don’t miss this practical (and entertaining) episode! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 58- Staying Productive Under Extraordinary Circumstances
This special episode of the Lean Law Firm Podcast details Larry and Dave’s thoughts on the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and how it will affect law firms across the country. Businesses have adapted by working remotely or closing down entirely. Larry and Dave put their heads together to provide general advice and insight on the struggle of working from home, and how to stay productive. Overall, it’s important to keep looking towards the future, and not just focus on the uncertainty in the present.
This week, Larry and Dave shamelessly promote Rocket Aid, which offers 12.5 hours of CLE for $25, proceeds going to COVID charities. They then discuss the experimental marketplace currently developing as the world continues to remain in a state of suspense. Larry touches on his methods of adapting to the changes in environment, and what can be done to continue to support others during this unstable time.
Ep 71- Hire an Esquire: The Modern Approach to Legal Staffing
Larry and Dave chat with Julia Shapiro, CEO and founder of Hire an Esquire. This online service helps law firms connect with an on-demand workforce, making it ideal in the current remote world. Ultra-vetted and verified, this service can quickly and efficiently link up law firms and legal departments to qualified freelance attorneys and paralegals. For those looking to simplify their legal staffing, you won’t want to miss this episode! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 60- Pivoting and Adapting in a New Norm
While Larry is away, Dave sits down with Keith Lee, the chief marketing officer for Case Status, a client management tool for lawyers. During their conversation, Keith sheds light on the hard road ahead for those graduating in 2020, taking a page from his book after graduating in 2010. Looking at downturns in the past and what happened before, Dave and Keith speculate on the future and what a new normal might entail, and how to prepare for it. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS
Ep 73- The Truth About Goals
Larry and Dave chat with Chris Clearfield, author of Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It. Chris is also the founder of System Logic, a boutique research and consulting firm that frequently works with lawyers and other legal professionals. Listen as Chris and our hosts talk extensively about goals, including how to properly create them so you don’t set yourself up for failure.
Ep 54- Getting Weird with Larry and Dave About Intention and Meditation
Let’s get weird! On this episode of The Lean Law Firm Podcast, Larry Port and Dave Maxfield get personal about intention and meditation. Listen as our hosts open up about including mindfulness and meditation in their daily lives to help achieve their personal and career-based goals. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 74- Reducing Errors and Cycle Time
Larry and Dave return to the show to talk about how to reduce errors and cycle time using software, including Microsoft 365, TextExpander, and Documate. Discover how these powerful tools can help speed up your work, make you more effective, and help you get a leg up on the competition! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 80 - Chris Heivly and Build the Fort
Dave and Larry chat with Chris Heivly, author of ‘Build a Fort’. Rekindling the spark of confidence we had as children can be difficult, but is necessary in order to execute your goals. Tap into your inner ten year old and go out and do the thing that you know you want to. Take risks, step out of your comfort zone, and accomplish what others are too afraid to do. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 76- The CEO Lawyer
This week, Larry and Dave are joined by Ali Awad, also known as the CEO Lawyer. Ali speaks a wide variety of languages and has utilized these linguistic skills to communicate to a plethora of clients. From humble beginnings to incredible successes, Ali has made a name for himself in the industry and in the world of social media. With so much to talk about, this won’t be the last time we hear from Ali! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 75- Lean Six Sigma with Dr. Keith Schellenberger
Larry and Dave return with special guest Dr. Keith Schellenberger. Keith is a certified Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Master Black Belt (MBB) with over 25 years of experience in successfully leading strategic process improvements in large global organizations. Sit tight for an in-depth discussion about Keith’s journey to his current position and how Lean Six Sigma is impacting the industry. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 81 - “So Then What?” - Goals that have Results
Dave and Larry return with exciting news about their new e-course (go to www.leanlawteam.com to find out more)! Climb to the next level with the next best thing to the duo being at your doorstep with this online course. In this episode, Dave and Larry discuss goals, new KPIs they are using, and what they have been up to over the past few months.
Ep 70- Lean Law Firm Business Incubator
Larry and Dave talk with David Notowitz, the founder and president of the National Center for Audio and Video Forensics (NCAVF). David discusses how NCAVF helps attorneys, what makes his business successful, and what he has practiced to get it to where it is today. Larry and Dave also chime in with their own advice, creating a Lean Law Firm business incubator. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
Ep 63- How To Financially Model Your Future
This week, Larry and Dave welcome Lean lawyer Derek Swindall, a business and tax attorney in South Carolina. Derek talks about his modifications to the Income Formula that help him reduce overhead and drive up revenue. Derek also shares his experience with clients and how he helps them complete their taxes. Laying out what they need to do, and how to do it, Derek shows them how to get out of tough spots come tax season. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:
How Our Current Political Differences Compare to the Civil War
Erik Larson’s gripping book about the firing on Fort Sumter helps us contextualize just how much — or little — at odds we Americans truly are. Larry Port · Follow 4 min read · -- Perhaps, as Ross Barkan wrote in the NYTimes last month, the “era of hyperpolitics is over.” But there’s still a lot of anger out there as the Trump Administration gallops out of the gate with pardons for January 6 offenders, rolls back DEI initiatives, forces deportations, and much more.
How to Dream Up Wild AI Images on Midjourney
The AI image platform faithfully renders one’s most bizarre ideas including Jalapeños and Kermit the Frog Totem Poles Larry Port · Follow 3 min read · -- If you have a weird visual brain like mine, or if you’ve done a lot of drugs, or both, AI art is a total party. All you have to do is come up with a crazy prompt like the following… Prompt: A grandmother looking very overwhelmed , clearly defeated in front of an unfathomably large mountain of jalapenos, photorealistic at golden hour.
Can We Please Have a National Put Your Phone Away Day?
What if there was something like National Donut Day, but for having your smartphone turned off Larry Port · Follow 3 min read · -- Midjourney prompt: An iphone fully submerged in a clear beaker of water. At this point, do I need to go over the negative effects of smartphone usage?
My Favorite Books From 2024
Larry Port · Follow 5 min read · -- Midjourney prompt: A man relaxing in a field reading a book in the style of French impressionist painting “The art of reading is slowly dying…when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day,” says Bea in The Shadow of the Wind, my favorite read from 2024. January’s almost over, but to hell with it, I figure I still have a week or so for my 2024 book retrospective.
Why ChatGPT is Incredible for Teaching Foreign Languages - Especially Cursing
Larry Port · Follow 8 min read · -- Generated with Midjourney. AI is still not very good at rendering text, which was supposed to be “Los seres humanos me tocan los juevos”. I’m on ChatGPT quite a bit these days and have used it for everything from finding daily inspiration, programming, writing erotica — you name it. But one shocker is how bananas it is for improving my Spanish. I speak Spanish at a high level, having lived for a year and a half combined in Spain and Chile.
Rocket Matter Premier: The Ideal Software for Firms with Highly Demanding Billing Needs
Rocket Matter Premier Rocket Matter helps law firms be more productive than ever while managing their high volume of matters and monthly billing with ease. Founded in 2007 as one of the very first cloud-based legal practice management software companies, Rocket Matter has helped thousands of law firms streamline their workflows, increase their revenues, and offer outstanding client service.
8 Simple Cybersecurity Tips for Law Firms
Cybersecurity is more critical now than ever before. Not only are law firms storing more data, but since the pandemic has forced us all to become increasingly mobile it’s even more of a challenge keeping clients’ sensitive information safe. So what can you do?
Ep 69- How Failure Can Lead to Success
Ep 69- How Failure Can Lead to Success This week, Larry and Dave talk about how to drive success from failure. If you’re not making mistakes, are you actually progressing or are you just staying in place? Discover how value can be gained from embracing mistakes in this engaging episode! Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Android | RSS This entry was posted in Podcast. Bookmark the permalink.
100 Biglaw Firms Putting Diversity On The Front Burner
Everyone knows diversity is a worthwhile goal, but the actual process of getting there can be fraught. One mechanism to encourage diversity in the legal sphere that has gotten a lot of traction is the Mansfield certification process. For those who might not be tracking, the idea was formed in 2017, at a Diversity Lab event to really hold Biglaw firms accountable for their lofty diversity goals.
An Election So Nice, You Should Vote TWICE! (No, You Shouldn’t)
Professor Rick Hasen of UCI Law and the Election Law Blog joins us to talk all things election. Following up on his new book Election Meltdown, we cover dangerous media expectations, vote-by-mail rules, how ballots are processed, the “Blue Shift” and the impact COVID is having on an already strained election system.
E-Discovery Platform Relativity Announces Next-Gen Aero User Interface
E-Discovery software company Relativity announces this week the release of their Aero user interface, a sleek and powerfully new way to navigate documents and data in an industry-leading e-discovery platform. I spent some time recently with the product team and was privileged to see an early demo of the new UI. Because I have not logged into a Relativity workspace for a few years, I learned some things, and I think users will appreciate the new developments as well.
Law School Deans Want October Bar Exam To Be Open Book
We write now to urge that California administer the bar exam on October 5-6 without remote proctoring and without limits on what materials the student may consult during the exam. Indiana and Nevada took this approach in July for their bar exams. … The bar exam always is a source of stress for those taking it, but the situation this year is dramatically different. We still are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected many of our graduates and their families.
Vault ‘Quality Of Life’ Rankings: The Best Law Firms To Work For In America (2021)
Last week, Vault released the 2021 edition of its closely watched law firm rankings, proving that money — in the form of Cravath’s perennially competitive pay scale — can buy prestige. But can that money buy happiness?
Biglaw Firm Rolls Back Salary Cuts Earlier Than Anticipated
More and more Biglaw firms are finding their footing after the upheaval caused by COVID-19. And that means the salary cuts that swept the industry in the spring are being reversed this autumn. In April, Duane Morris surprised associates with a round of COVID-19 austerity measures that included salary cuts (the firm’s previous rhetoric about solid financial performance led some to believe Duane Morris would survive the pandemic unscathed).
Harvard Law Grad Rejects SCOTUS Nod From President Who Called His Wife Ugly
(Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) You know, I don’t. It is deeply honoring. It’s humbling to be included in the list. I’m grateful that the president has that confidence in me. But it’s not the desire of my heart. I want to be in the political fight. I want to be fighting to nominate and confirm three, four, five principled constitutionalist justices. But that’s not where I want to serve. I want to stay fighting right where I am in the U.S. Senate.
Biglaw Firm Announces Special COVID-19 Bonuses AND Their Year-End Bonus Pool
The COVID-19 tide has really turned in Biglaw. We’re already tracking the Biglaw firms that are rolling back their previously announced compensation cuts caused by the novel coronavirus. But now comes word that a Biglaw firm has announced a special (monetary) thank you for all the hard work associates are putting in during this trying time. Today, Cooley announced special “appreciation bonuses” that will give associates an extra $2,500 – $7,500.
Biglaw Firm Keeps Salary Cuts In Force, Will Make Associates Do Extra Work To Recoup Lost Pay
As more and more firms make moves to reverse their COVID-19 austerity measures, either in whole or in part, Biglaw associates have come to expect the retroactive payment of compensation that was cut and some have been left wanting. But at some firms, the extra work associates need to do to recoup their lost cash just doesn’t seem to be worth it.
Trump, Leadership, And Churchill In September 1940
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) London had been bombed for three nights in a row in September 1940. The leader had to speak. But of course the leader didn’t want to throw the country into a panic. The leader flipped through the draft speech. “Who wrote this crap?” Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end.
Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firm Backs Off Of Salary Cuts
Back in April, megafirm Norton Rose Fulbright announced a bunch of austerity measures thanks to the economic upheaval cause by COVID-19. And it wasn’t just the salary cuts that lots of other firms also instituted — associates were also laid off as part of the measures. Those who were left at the firm in the U.S. saw a 15 percent salary cut for all those making over $50,000.
Top 20 Biglaw Firm Reverses Pay Cuts, But Not Everyone Is Happy
The trend of Biglaw firms ending their COVID-19 austerity measures continues. The latest firm to end their salary cuts is none other than Mayer Brown — a firm that came in 17th place in the latest Am Law 100 rankings, with $1,484,000 in gross revenue in 2019. Back in May, the firm announced a series of graduated salary cuts.
The Mile High City’s Most Beloved Biglaw Firm
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to American Lawyer’s Midlevel Associate Survey, which breaks the rankings out by specific offices, the Denver office of which Biglaw firm is ranked best in midlevel associate satisfaction for that city? Hint: The firm got a 4.583 out of 5 in overall satisfaction for their Denver outpost, which is one of 20 offices the firm has worldwide. See the answer on the next page. Love ATL? Let's make it official.
Court Appointed Counsel Calls Flynn Dismissal A Corrupt Abuse Of Power
(Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images) The amicus brief in the Michael Flynn case is in, and it is scathing.
Email Can Feel Suffocating
An APOLOGY, that is how I start 30-60% of my emails. My inboxes, DMs, and chats “feel like an avalanche falling on your head.” INBOX ZERO It is NOT meant to reference an actual number of messages in your inbox. ⚠️ Merlin Mann: it is “the amount of time your brain is in your inbox.” Time and attention are finite. Inbox is NOT a “to do” list. ❓ What is your best Inbox Zero tip? Olga V.
FCC Formally Kills Rules That Would Have Brought Competition To The Cable Box
In early 2016, the cable industry quietly launched one of the most misleading and successful lobbying efforts in the industry’s history. The target? A plan concocted by the former FCC that would have let customers watch cable TV lineups on third-party hardware.
The Lawyer Behind Hollywood’s Inclusion Rider
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Back in 2018 at the Academy Awards ceremony, Francis McDormand called attention to something called an inclusion rider as a way to increase diversity in Hollywood during her acceptance speech for Best Actress.
Get Mad, Then Get Involved: How Lawyer-Moms Can Support Social Justice Activism
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Ioanna Paraskevopoulos and Claire E. Parsons to our pages. Overwhelmed, disgusted, and angry are likely three reactions you’ve had towards government of all levels in the past few months.
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