The Sterling Family Law Show

Jeff Sterling Hughes
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The Sterling Family Law Show is where successful family law attorneys share the exact systems they used to build million-dollar practices.Host Jeff Hughes scaled Sterling Lawyers from zero to $20M with 30 attorneys. Co-host Tyler Dolph runs Rocket Clicks, the agency in charge of supercharging Sterling and other family law practices to success using revenue-first marketing strategies. Together, they share the playbook for building the law firm of your dreams.If you're looking to grow exponentially, generate revenue, and get good at business, this podcast is for you.

  1. 4d ago

    The 3-Year Law Firm Consultation Training Process Behind $18M Growth - #237

    Send us Fan Mail ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets  — Law firm consultation training in the US is where most firms lose the client—long before anyone signs. Here's the system we built. If you're serious about how to scale a law firm, it starts with building a law firm team that's trained, not hoped for.  This is an associate attorney development and client intake process design working as one system for predictable law firm growth.   — ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets   📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@karls.anthony                              https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph 📝 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   --- 📄 CHAPTERS   0:00 - Law Firm Consultation Training: Why We Built a 3L Pipeline 0:47 - Associate Attorney Development From Year One of Law School 1:44 - Hiring Associate Attorneys: Why Testing the Role Beats Guessing 2:32 - Console College and the 9.8 Score Out of 1,000+ Calls 5:47 - Law Firm Hiring: Build a Bench vs. Buy a 20-Year Veteran 6:32 - The Mission-First Framework for Building a Law Firm Team 8:24 - Law Firm Owner Advice: How the Next Class Hits 9.8 ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    10 min

  2. 6d ago

    Best Month at $33K, But Law Firm Marketing Automation Is Broken - #236

    Send us Fan Mail Law firm marketing automation breaks first when you scale fast. Best month ever at $33K, the lead system couldn't keep up. Tom’s firm doubled, then hit the wall every firm hits: manual lead tracking, missed calls, and no CRM.  We discussed the cheap fixes, score leads with AI, answer the phone, and track consults first.  ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets 📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@jsterlinghughes                                 https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-clicks 📝 Get your FREE Law Firm Growth Guide: https://jsterlinghughes.com/ 📝 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit --- 📄 CHAPTERS 0:00 - Law Firm Marketing Automation Missing After A Record $33K Month 0:43 - The Real Numbers Behind The Best Month In Revenue 3:29 - Law Firm Lead Tracking Becomes A Mess Without A CRM 7:30 - Google LSA Leads For Lawyers: Lead Volume Vs. Quality 12:25 - Never Miss A Client Call: Phone Answering And Intake 17:43 - AI Lead Scoring: Tracking Leads Without A CRM ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    20 min

  3. Jun 18

    How a 4-Step Law Firm Financial Forecasting System Scaled Us to 30+ Attorneys - #235

    Send us Fan Mail ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets  — Family law firms in the US hire on a hunch and burn their team out. This law firm financial forecasting system turns hiring from a guess into a calculation.    This is the exact 4-step system we use to forecast hires at Sterling Lawyers and scale to 30+ attorneys without torching margin or burning out our team.   — ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets   📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@karls.anthony                              https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph 📝 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   --- 📄 CHAPTERS   0:00 - Law Firm Financial Forecasting: Why Hiring Timing Beats Who You Hire 2:45 - The 6 Metrics That Drive Every Law Firm Staffing Model 6:55 - Forecasting Law Firm Revenue 12 Months Out 7:55 - The 90–95% Attorney Utilization Rate That Triggers A Hire 8:43 - Your Hiring Window: New Grad Vs. Experienced Attorney 14:13 - Protecting Profit Margin When You Hire Ahead Of Demand ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    16 min

  4. Jun 16

    Tell, Show, Write: The Law Firm Systems Behind Mark’s 5-Person Firm - #234

    Send us Fan Mail Law firm systems sound boring—until no systems cost Mark Nicholson a great employee.  If you're still winging it solo, this is how Mark stopped losing people and built a 5-person firm in the US that actually runs without chaos.  And it’s through documenting processes, delegating, and building operational structure. ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets 📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph                              https://www.youtube.com/@jsterlinghughes 📅 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit 📝 Get your FREE Law Firm Growth Guide: https://jsterlinghughes.com/ --- 📄 CHAPTERS 0:00 - Law Firm Systems and the Solo Start That Almost Broke Mark 2:50 - The Six-Month Wake-Up: Why You Can't Scale a Firm Solo 3:10 - Losing Good Staff With No Rules, No Structure, No Systems 3:29 - "Run It Like a Business": Building Real Law Firm Systems 6:33 - Tell, Show, Write: Documenting Processes Your Team Adopts 8:18 - The Viral Natalia Grace Case That Grew the Firm 9:51 - From 12 Years in Prison to Practicing Attorney 11:24 - Adjunct Law Professor and Amazon Bestselling Author 14:07 - Combat, Faith, and Surviving Prison and the Streets 16:22 - Mind, Body, and Spirit: How Mark Overcame Adversity  ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    19 min

  5. Jun 12

    The Law Firm Staffing Model That Predicts 80+ Employee Hires - #233

    Send us Fan Mail ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets  — Your law firm staffing model decides when you hire—and most firms in the US run on a feeling, not data. Here's how to fix that. Track caseload per attorney, attorney utilization, your hiring funnel, and treat it as a major financial decision. The model will then tell you when to hire. It's the same system Sterling Lawyers used to scale into an 80+ employee firm.   — ➡️ Register Here: https://rocketclicks.com/unlock-hiring-secrets   📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@karls.anthony                              https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph 📝 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   --- 📄 CHAPTERS   0:00 - The Law Firm Staffing Model That Ends Hiring by Feel 2:37 - Why Hiring Too Early or Too Late Kills Your Margin 4:41 - Capacity Utilization & the 4-Tier Attorney Model 7:49 - New Grad vs. Senior Associate: Ramp-Up & Hiring Timeline 10:12 - The Simple Hiring Metrics Any Firm Can Track Today 12:18 - Build the Model as a Team & Trust the Numbers ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    17 min

  6. Jun 9

    Tom’s Trek: How a Law Firm Owner Operator Hit $200K in Year 1 - #232

    Send us Fan Mail Becoming a law firm owner operator is the hardest shift you'll make—and Tom pulled it off in year one.  Tom learned the hard truth: an owner-dependent business can't scale. We dig into the systems—billing software, time tracking, e-signature retainer automation—that make the firm run without you.  Here’s how a first associate hire and real systems let him stop doing every case and start scaling—$200K top line, $123K profit.  📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@jsterlinghughes                                 https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph 📚 Order The Waterfall Method Book here: http://rocketclicks.com/the-waterfall-method/ 📝 Get your FREE Law Firm Growth Guide: https://jsterlinghughes.com/ 📅 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit --- 📄 CHAPTERS 0:00 - Law Firm Owner Operator Mindset: Facing Fear and Thinking Big Picture  1:09 - November and December Numbers: Revenue, Client Intake, and Hires  2:44 - How He Hit $200K Top Line in Year One as a Side Hustle  8:09 - Phone Consults and E-Signature Retainer Automation  13:25 - Three Lessons: Ambiguity, Scaling Vision, and Measuring Core Numbers  22:18 - Systematizing a Law Practice So the Firm Runs Without You  ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    25 min

  7. Jun 4

    How Local Business Schema Markup Drives 42% of Law Firm Cases - #231

    Send us Fan Mail SEO heading structure isn't sexy, but it's the on-page SEO hygiene that gets your family law firm ranked. Here's the 5-step system.  Websites bleed traffic because their HTML hierarchy sends mixed signals to Google.  So in this episode, you'll learn why one H1 per page is non-negotiable, how to structure H2s around real client questions (how divorce works, cost, timeline), and how templating page types creates predictable rankings across your entire site.  — 📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@karls.anthony                              https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph 📚 Order The Waterfall Method Book here: http://rocketclicks.com/the-waterfall-method/  📝 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit//   --- 📄 CHAPTERS   0:00 - Local Business Schema Markup: Why It's Your Ranking Barometer  1:14 - Defining Your Firm As A Legal Service Category 3:02 - The 42% Stat: How Near-Me Searches Drive Family Law Cases  5:36 - Per-Page Schema Strategy For Service And Location Pages  8:47 - The Copy-Paste Schema Mistake That Tanks Location Pages  9:57 - FAQ Schema Markup For Expert Content Authority  12:50 - Article, Blog, And Video Schema For Content Hierarchy  14:40 - Keeping Schema Clean, Accurate, And Manageable ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    16 min

  8. Jun 2

    The 3-Step System for Law Firm Referral Consistency - #230

    Send us Fan Mail Law firm referral consistency isn't random—what you do now hits 3 months later. Slack in June, your fall pipeline dies.  This is the 3-step system Janice Mattingly uses to keep referrals flowing year-round during the first 20 years of her firm when she’s still running it solo. 📲 Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@jsterlinghughes                                 https://www.youtube.com/@TylerxDolph 📚 Order The Waterfall Method Book here: http://rocketclicks.com/the-waterfall-method/ 📝 Get your FREE Law Firm Growth Guide: https://jsterlinghughes.com/ 📅 Schedule a FREE Family Law Firm Audit: rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit --- 📄 CHAPTERS 0:00 - Law Firm Referral Consistency: The 90-Day Lag Most Solos Miss  1:04 - Why Janice Built Carmel Family Law After Personal Tragedy  5:34 - The 6-Month Cash Flow Plan Before Going Solo  6:53 - Self-Imposed Billable Hours: Your Referral Pipeline Foundation  7:17 - The June Mistake That Dries Up Your Fall Referrals  12:48 - Hard-Won Lessons From 20 Years as a Solo Family Lawyer ---------------------- Ready to find the accountability partner you need to build your dream family law firm the same way we grew Sterling Lawyers?  Follow these steps:   1. SUBSCRIBE TO JEFF'S NEWSLETTER: https://jsterlinghughes.com/   2. BOOK A FREE 30-MINUTE AUDIT WITH US: https://rocketclicks.com/schedule-a-family-law-quick-audit/   3. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Facebook: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls,  Instagram: Jeff Hughes, Tyler Dolph, & Anthony Karls 4. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT:   Tell us in the comments if you liked this episode and what other kinds of episodes you would like to see.

    16 min
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The Sterling Family Law Show is where successful family law attorneys share the exact systems they used to build million-dollar practices.Host Jeff Hughes scaled Sterling Lawyers from zero to $20M with 30 attorneys. Co-host Tyler Dolph runs Rocket Clicks, the agency in charge of supercharging Sterling and other family law practices to success using revenue-first marketing strategies. Together, they share the playbook for building the law firm of your dreams.If you're looking to grow exponentially, generate revenue, and get good at business, this podcast is for you.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Sterling Hughes
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    237
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Sterling Family Law Show
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    The Sterling Family Law Show

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