Law Firm Founder Conversations CM Murray LLP

Clare and Martyn’s podcast chat covers Martyn’s inspiring 35+ years’ experience of setting up and building a market-leading consumer law firm, with over 750 members of staff, focusing on individuals in the UK and across the globe, who have been injured, discriminated against or had their human rights abused. Martyn shares some of his experiences and the key founder lessons that he learnt along the way, to encourage others to take the plunge too.

In this episode of our Law Firm Founder Conversations podcast series, our Managing Partner Clare Murray discusses all things law firm founder with Alex McPherson, Founder and Partner of Ignition Law, including:
What attributes are required for a successful law firm founder?
Maintaining energy and enthusiasm as a founder during start up and beyond 
The importance of technology and the role it can play in a founder-led firm
Tips for software and apps to help drive efficiency, particularly when 'making do' in year one
What does success look like beyond the financial metrics?
Being a founder vs partner in a larger law firm: the highs and lows
Building resilience to weather the inevitable storms along the way
Embracing your mistakes as a founder and learning from failure
The benefits that a joint venture or strategic alliance can bring, and
Guidance for those thinking of founding their own firm, or in the early stages of doing so.
Alex McPherson set up Ignition Law in 2015. Advisers for growth, Ignition Law provide expert legal and commercial advice to start-ups and scale-ups, helping clients to navigate through their entrepreneurial journey. Their mission from the very start was to serve entrepreneurial clients, while creating a flexible and hugely fulfilling and caring place to work.Since its launch, both the firm and Alex have won a multitude of awards, including 'Managing Partner of the Year' at the Modern Law Awards, 'Law Firm Culture and Diversity & Inclusion Awards' at SME News 2022 and 'High Growth Business of the Year' at the Federation of Small Businesses Awards 2022, as well as being selected as finalists for many more. You can contact Alex here and connect with Alex on LinkedIn. Links to more information on software and apps mentioned in the episode:ActionStepHighQ BoomerangMicrosoft OneNoteWe hope you enjoy listening to this episode. Please do like, subscribe and share.

In the next of our Law Firm Founder Conversations podcast series, Our Managing Partner Clare Murray discusses all things law firm founder with Dr Peter Allinson, CEO of specialist national Real Estate law firm Davitt Jones Bould.

In this inspiring and thought-provoking conversation, Michael Kim discusses the journey and strategy of building Kobre & Kim from a firm of two New York City-based co-founders – both then US Department of Justice white-collar fraud prosecutors, to a phenomenally successful internationally law firm – a global leader in international disputes and investigations, with over 500 staff across four continents.

We are delighted to share the second in our Law Firm Founder Conversations podcast series, in which our Managing Partner Clare Murray discusses all things Law Firm Founder with Joydeep Hor, Founder and Managing Principal of leading Australian employment law firm and management consulting business, People + Culture Strategies (PCS).

We are delighted to share the first in our Law Firm Founder Conversations podcast series, in which our Managing Partner Clare Murray discusses all things Law Firm Founder with Laura Devine, Founder and Managing Partner of leading international immigrational law specialists, Laura Devine Solicitors (LDS), with offices in London and New York.