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I’ve been spending more and more time educating myself on artificial intelligence. And this week, I came across a perspective that stopped me in my tracks:

“AI is only useful if you can quickly and easily validate its output. In other words, it’s good at doing grunt work for experts — not expert work for novices.”

AI Is Powerful — But Only in the Hands of Experts I’ve been spending more and more time educating myself on artificial intelligence. Not because I’m trying to become a technologist, but because I want to understand what AI is (and what it’s not) so I can help my clients run their firms with clarity, confidence, and strategy.

Welcome to Missing Briefs, the podcast that dives into the untold business stories, triumphs, and trials of lawyers!

In this episode, hosts Dominic Grew (Elevate Business Coaching) and Bob Furlong (The Bulfinch Group) chat with Christopher Murphy, Partner at Scalli Murphy Law, P.C., a personal injury law firm based in Everett, Massachusetts.

Chris takes us back to the start of his nearly three-decade career, from his "fun" reason for switching to legal studies in college to his journey from an unpaid intern in 1997 to the firm's managing partner.

⚖️ Episode Highlights:
▪ How to Choose Your Lane
▪ The "Yes" Problem
▪ The Power of Care
▪ Beyond the Linear
▪ Putting Business in Your Business

Chaos to Clarity in Personal Injury Law with Chris Murphy | Missing Briefs Podcast Welcome to Missing Briefs, the podcast that dives into the untold business stories, triumphs, and trials of lawyers!In this episode, hosts Dominic Grew (Elev...

If Life Were Certain, It Would Be Boring

Other than death, taxes, (and the rising and setting of the sun) very little is guaranteed. Everything else, to some extent is a mystery to be played out day by day.

As humans, we crave certainty. We want guarantees. We want predictability.

But the truth — the uncomfortable, unavoidable truth — is this: Nothing in life is certain.

If Life Were Certain, It Would Be Boring I was at church today, and during the homily the priest spoke about the apostles and the uncertainty they faced — how they lived in that space between hope and fear, faith and doubt, clarity and confusion. It struck me immediately because it’s the same space so many of my clients live in.

This week I came across an article. At first glance, it’s a piece about parenting in an AI‑driven world. But when I read it, my immediate reaction was:
“So what? How does this relate to my clients? Why should lawyers care?”
And then it clicked. Here’s what I saw in it for you.

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I Read This and Thought of You I’ve been spending an increasing amount of time researching and learning about AI — not to turn lawyers into technologists, but to understand where the real opportunities are for small‑firm owners who want to stay competitive, relevant, and profitable. This week I came across an article by Xia...

Welcome to another episode of Missing Briefs, the podcast where we unveil the untold business stories of lawyers—their triumphs, their trials, and everything they wish they had known along the way!

In this episode, hosts Dominic Grew and Bob Furlong sit down with Karla Goodale, partner and founder of Heine Goodale Law, Inc., a residential and commercial real estate conveyancing firm based in Newton, Massachusetts.

Before becoming a real estate attorney, Karla spent a decade working as a full-time real estate agent. This unique dual perspective allows her to deeply understand the needs of buyers, sellers, lenders, and agents alike, guiding them seamlessly to the closing table without the dense legalese.

⚖️ Key topics discussed in this episode:
• The inspiration behind Heine Goodale Law and their core tagline: "People Before Profit."
• Making the leap from a partnership at a larger firm to launching her own solo venture post-COVID.
• Overcoming "Type-A" tendencies and mastering the art of delegation to successfully scale and grow a practice.
• Vital business lessons learned from growing up in an entrepreneurial family and how she actively works to avoid burnout.
• Staying hyper-accessible and focusing on the human element of major real estate transactions.

From Realtor to Real Estate Attorney | Missing Briefs Podcast ft. Karla Goodale Welcome to another episode of Missing Briefs, the podcast where we unveil the untold business stories of lawyers—their triumphs, their trials, and everything...