Zach Shewmaker Talks the Legal and Business Sides of a Law Firm, 3 Marketing Buckets, Effectively Handling A Volume Caseload, Travel Kickball, College Golf and a Solo Trip to Bandon Dunes

Zach Shewmaker joins episode 127 of Sports ‘N Torts. Zach is a founding partner of the law firm of Horst Shewmaker. Based in Alpharetta, Zach and his partner Michael Horst opening their firm in 2019 and have seen steady and impressive growth. Zach has has a refreshing approach to law firm management, the business of law and developing/litigating personal injury cases. Zach also has a bunch of interesting hobbies outside of work. We dig into a lot in this episode including:

-his playing college golf and his ability use golf as an analogy for life and business

-college athletics as a training ground for a career in law and business

-the business side of law and running a law firm

-effectively handling a volume case load

-lessons learned from working at big firms like Morgan & Morgan

-opening a law firm and transitioning from a small firm to a larger firm

-marketing and the 3 buckets of cases his firm gets

-client services

-playing travel kickball and having games aired on national television

-owning a kickball league

-solo trip to Bandon Dunes

As always, this episode was powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, Ga – www.jsteinlawfirm.com