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  • Richard Hubbert on Building $500 Million in Projects, Working with Peter Bohlin

    Richard Hubbert on Building $500 Million in Projects, Working with Peter Bohlin
    2026/04/22
    What happens when a 13-year-old who gets caught stealing lumber from a job site to build a tree house ends up working off the debt swinging a hammer — and that summer job turns into a construction engineering degree, two companies, $500 million in projects, and the final home ever designed by the architect who drew Bill Gates' house and Steve Jobs' house? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Richard Hubbert, founder of Great Estates, about what transparency actually looks like in custom home construction, why the McMansion trend of the 80s and 90s left thousands of families with unsellable homes, and how he keeps clients from destroying their own budget through scope creep when an architect's vision or an owner's trip to a showroom starts pulling the project sideways. Richard explains why he walks into competitor job sites in new markets to meet the superintendent and ask who the good subs are, why he refuses to be a guinea pig for new building materials no matter how good the pitch sounds, and what you should do when a builder gives you a number 30% below everyone else's. They also discuss the Fairmount Water Works renovation — a historic site connected to Grace Kelly's father — how a Wellesley connection to the executive vice president of Penn launched the company from garage-based estimating into institutional construction, why working with Peter Bohlin at 88 years old with pencil and paper and no cell phone is one of the greatest privileges of his career, and the one piece of advice he gives every client before a single line gets drawn: build what you're going to use. Richard Hubbert is the founder of Great Estates, a luxury custom home builder based in the Philadelphia area serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and select remote locations. Connect with Richard Hubbert: greatestates.com rhubbert@greatestates.com Phone: 215-416-2503 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Richard Hubbert 00:50 What a young craftsman understood about building that boardroom executives never will 01:30 Growing up doing projects with his father — plumbing, electrical, masonry, and carpentry with no internet 03:55 The tree house, the stolen lumber, and the builder who said work it off instead 07:26 Three summers swinging a hammer and watching every trade from framing to electrical 09:24 His father's advice — think about why there are no older carpenters on the job site 11:00 Construction engineering, graduating at the top of his class, and landing at a third-generation Philadelphia firm 13:59 When a third-generation company starts robbing Peter to pay Paul — and why he walked 17:00 The marketing woman who offered to back him at 28 years old with nothing in the bank 19:35 Starting from a garage with plywood for a desk, cleaning job sites at midnight 21:32 The Wellesley connection that opened the University of Pennsylvania and changed everything 23:00 Getting certified as a Women Business Enterprise and landing the Fairmount Water Works 25:59 How the company grew — from fit-outs to institutions to pharmaceuticals to luxury residential 27:28 Working with Robert Stern and then Peter Bohlin — the architect who designed Bill Gates' and Steve Jobs' homes 29:11 The one thing every client building a $2 million home wishes someone had told them first 31:30 How Great Estates runs transparently — every cost open, every allowance explained 34:23 Scope creep — how architects and owners both do it and how Richard stops it 37:18 How to know if a builder is low-balling you to get the job and kill you on change orders 40:00 Reputation is everything — and the contractors playing the change order game won't be around long 41:04 Why Richard refuses to be a guinea pig on new building materials no matter how good the pitch 43:00 The LP siding story — and why proof lives in time, not in the product presentation 45:22 Owning an architectural millwork company and why he shut it down 48:43 Katie Hubbert as VP and marketing director — building the business together 50:39 Geographic coverage — Pennsylvania, New Jersey shore, Martha's Vineyard, and why Florida requires homework first 53:43 How he researches a new market — pulling over at job sites and asking the superintendent for the inside scoop 55:34 How to reach Richard Hubbert #RichardHubbert #GreatEstates #LuxuryHomeBuilder #CustomHome #PeterBohlin #TrustcastShow #PhiladelphiaBuilder #CustomHomeConstruction #HomeBuilding #ConstructionTransparency
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    57 分
  • Joel Erway on Meta Ad Creative Fatigue, Why Most Founders Quit Ads Before They See Results

    Joel Erway on Meta Ad Creative Fatigue, Why Most Founders Quit Ads Before They See Results
    2026/04/22
    What happens when the guy who generated $100 million running webinars for clients like Russell Brunson looks at his own ad workflow, realizes 70% of it is pure administrative waste, teaches himself Python and machine learning, and then builds a proprietary AI platform that cuts creative production time by 80% — and gets founders their first winning ads live in under two hours? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Joel Erway, founder of Inspired, about why creative fatigue is the silent killer of Meta ad campaigns, how Meta's platform is already grading your ads before a single impression is served, and why most founders quit Facebook ads not because they don't work but because producing enough creative to feed the algorithm becomes a full-time job they never signed up for. Joel explains how Inspired pulls from Meta's public ads library, trains itself on your brand in under 60 seconds from a single URL drop, and then automates the entire workflow from market research to creative to one-click deployment — without ever requiring you to log into Ads Manager. They also discuss why only 10 to 20% of ads actually become winners and what that means for volume strategy, how e-commerce brands spending $200,000 a month are actually your best source of ad intelligence even if you're in a completely different industry, why agencies are getting outsized value from the platform by producing higher quality creative at scale, and what the one-on-one onboarding process looks like when Inspired builds your first 30 to 40 ads for you before handing over the keys. Joel Erway is the founder of Inspired, a Meta ads creative platform, and a veteran webinar strategist who has generated over $100 million for clients through paid advertising. Connect with Joel Erway: Inspired platform joelerway.com Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Joel Erway 00:30 The real problem when a founder is spending $10,000 a month on Meta ads and can't scale 01:28 What creative fatigue actually looks like before it shows up in your ROAS 02:21 From mechanical engineering to sales to full-time entrepreneur — the 14-year journey 04:16 Why Joel bet on Inspired as his next chapter after a decade as the webinar guy 05:50 Why vibe coding and building an actual multi-tenant SaaS platform are completely different things 07:28 What creative fatigue looks like before the ROAS chart tells you 08:20 How Meta grades your ads before serving a single impression 09:28 How Inspired works — from URL drop to brand analysis to campaign build 11:09 Who says Facebook ads don't work and why they're wrong 13:43 Drop your URL, train the system, scan the ads library — step by step 15:30 Why Joel looks at e-commerce brands spending $200k a month for ad intelligence 17:20 How Inspired recreates winning ads in your brand voice in one click 18:30 Automations that build and queue your ads so you only log in once a week 19:33 How fast can a client go from onboarding to winning creative in the feed 20:08 Why one-on-one onboarding matters before making Inspired fully self-serve 21:00 Why founders who realize it takes 15 hours to build ads simply stop doing ads #JoelErway #Inspired #MetaAds #FacebookAds #AdCreative #TrustcastShow #CreativeFatigue #PaidAds #FounderMarketing #AIMarketing
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    51 分
  • Tim Billick on Patent Traps Founders Walk Into, and Why Trade Secrets Are the Dark Side of the Moon

    Tim Billick on Patent Traps Founders Walk Into, and Why Trade Secrets Are the Dark Side of the Moon
    2026/04/21
    What happens when a patent attorney who grew up swinging a hammer on construction sites, tried seven IP jury trials covering everything from reusable coffee cartridges to cherry cultivar genetics, argued before both the Federal Circuit and the Ninth Circuit, and now plays bass in a Seattle indie rock band decides to explain the single most deadly mistake startup founders make before they ever call a lawyer? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Tim Billick, partner at Practus LLP, about why disclosing your invention before filing — even just telling a friend under no NDA — can gift your idea to the public domain permanently and there is absolutely nothing an attorney can do about it afterward. Tim explains the difference between patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets in plain English, why getting a patent is only the beginning and defending it is where most founders have no plan, and why the 90% prep, 10% execution rule he learned from his brother building high-rises in Chicago applies just as much to trying a jury trial as it does to pouring concrete. They also discuss the Echo Brands reusable coffee cartridge case where both sides accused each other of infringement, Tim's team won the verdict and got the competitor's patent completely invalidated, the bizarre plant patent dispute where Washington state cherry orchardists were sued by the Canadian government over genetic data on late-blooming cherry varietals, why storytelling matters more than facts when you're presenting to a jury of strangers, and how a 90-minute search report that costs a couple thousand dollars can save you from spending 18 months and $20,000 on a patent that was never going to survive. Tim Billick is a partner at Practus LLP in Seattle, handling patent prosecution and IP litigation for startups and creators in software, mechanical, construction, and FinTech. Connect with Tim Billick: tim.billick@practus.com practus.com Seattle, Washington Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Tim Billick 00:48 Queens of the Stone Age softened up with keyboards — what Thief Motif actually sounds like 01:28 Seven IP jury trials and why nervousness is your friend in the courtroom 02:28 The three buckets every IP client falls into 04:28 Is it unusual to do both transactional and litigation IP work 05:44 How Tim ended up with an atypical career that spans both 06:24 Pacific Northwest clients — Boeing, construction, FinTech, and software 08:05 Why Tim stays away from biotech despite Seattle's deep biotech scene 09:00 Software, mechanical, and construction — how his background informs his practice 11:17 The most common and most deadly mistake founders make before calling a lawyer 12:07 Public disclosure and how patent law is brutally unforgiving about it 14:30 Why the government's position is simply: thanks, you gave it to us 15:34 Once you have the patent, you still have to defend it — how that actually works 17:38 How litigation experience informs how Tim drafts patents in the first place 20:07 The spider web of infringement — making, selling, and indirect liability 22:25 How to make a patent defensible and hard to blow a hole through 23:04 90% planning, 10% execution — the construction adage that runs every case 24:00 Why a patentability search is worth every penny 27:33 When do you need a patent versus a trademark versus a copyright 29:12 Trade secrets — the dark side of the moon explained 32:04 What actually constitutes a trade secret and how you protect it 34:41 The Coca-Cola formula — the perfect trade secret example 35:51 The Echo Brands coffee cartridge trial — how a five-day win came together 38:00 Why you present a story to a jury, not a set of facts 40:24 What was actually happening in that case and why both sides accused each other 43:22 Invalidating a competitor's patent and what that did to his business 45:08 Washington orchardists versus the Canadian government — plant patents and cherry genetics 47:16 Late-blooming cherry varietals, genetic testing, and statistical margin of error 49:39 Getting bumped from the case when the insurer appointed their own counsel 50:33 How to reach Tim Billick #TimBillick #Practus #PatentLaw #IPLitigation #StartupPatents #TrustcastShow #TradeSecrets #SeattleIP #PatentTrial #IntellectualProperty
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    52 分
  • Adam Savett on Securities Fraud, Why Most Investors Leave Money on the Table

    Adam Savett on Securities Fraud, Why Most Investors Leave Money on the Table
    2026/04/21
    What happens when a firm that defended the Hollywood 10 during McCarthyism and pioneered shareholder litigation in 1945 is still in the fight 80 years later — now as lead counsel on the Capital One data breach litigation, with a dismissal rate of 8% against a national average of 46%, recovering hundreds of millions for institutional investors who often don't even know they're entitled to it? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Josh Ruthizer and Adam Savett of Wolf Popper LLP about what portfolio monitoring actually is and why most pension funds still aren't doing it, how the claims filing rate on class action settlements can be in the single digits meaning the people who do file collect a dramatically larger share than they otherwise would, and what the difference is between a stock that tanks because of market risk and one that tanks because somebody was lying. Josh walks through the full lifecycle of a securities class action from initial complaint through lead plaintiff appointment, discovery stay, motion to dismiss, and eventual settlement or trial. Adam explains how he once found a $53 million uncashed recovery for a mutual fund complex that had completely missed the filing. They also discuss the information asymmetry that makes securities fraud litigation so difficult in the early stages when you only know what's public and the company knows exactly where the bodies are buried, why ERISA plans may have an affirmative obligation to evaluate litigation not just an option, why doing nothing is the worst thing an institutional investor can do after discovering potential fraud, and what Wolf Popper's 8% dismissal rate actually tells you about the front-end work they do before ever filing a complaint. Josh Ruthizer and Adam Savett are partners at Wolf Popper LLP in New York, a securities litigation and investor rights firm founded in 1945. Connect with Wolf Popper: wolfpopper.com New York, New York Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Josh Ruthizer and Adam Savett 00:55 What's changed in the frauds Wolf Popper fights — and what's stayed the same 02:04 Josh's path from Proskauer Rose to Wolf Popper via a 2009 downsizing 03:56 If I'm a pension fund trustee and I suspect fraud, what do I do first 05:11 What portfolio monitoring is and why most institutional investors aren't doing it 06:50 Elon Musk and the problem with companies that speak in "almost never" language 07:30 How portfolio monitoring turns a stock drop into actionable information for a client 08:43 How you tell the difference between bad luck and actual securities fraud 09:26 What the federal securities laws actually make illegal — material false statements explained 11:01 Revenue recognition, disclosure of truth, and the elements of a securities fraud claim 12:40 The biggest mistake institutional investors make after being defrauded — doing nothing 13:51 Fiduciary duty and the liability risk of ignoring a potential fraud claim 15:17 Why ERISA funds may have an affirmative obligation to evaluate litigation 17:23 How most funds are leaving money on the table in class action settlements 19:45 Uncashed checks, voided distributions, and what happens to the money people don't collect 22:43 Single-digit claims rates and why filing multiplies your recovery 23:36 The full lifecycle of a securities class action — complaint to settlement 25:30 Lead plaintiff appointment, amended complaints, and the discovery stay 27:30 The information asymmetry problem — you only know what's public, they know where the bodies are buried 29:23 Motion to dismiss, mediation requirements, and why 99% settle before trial 30:30 Why smaller firms can't always sustain the financial weight of securities litigation 32:26 The Microchip Technology case — what made a $9 million settlement winnable 34:30 The $53 million recovery that almost never happened because the fund missed the filing 36:21 Wolf Popper's 8% dismissal rate versus the 46% national average — what accounts for the gap 39:19 How to reach Wolf Popper #WolfPopper #SecuritiesLitigation #JoshRuthizer #AdamSavett #ClassAction #InvestorRights #TrustcastShow #PortfolioMonitoring #SecuritiesFraud #InstitutionalInvestors
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    40 分
  • Ogor Winnie Okoye on Immigration Law, Awakening Your Victor, and Fighting for the Innocent

    Ogor Winnie Okoye on Immigration Law, Awakening Your Victor, and Fighting for the Innocent
    2026/04/20
    What happens when a woman who grew up in a family of lawyers in Nigeria, graduated top of her class, moved to America at 20 for love, and found herself dropped in the middle of an ocean — no connections, no recognition of her law degree, three babies in diapers, and law school to do all over again — comes out the other side and becomes the fiercest advocate in the room? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Ogor Winnie Okoye, founder of Boss Legal Group in Massachusetts, about the miscarriage, the marriage in crisis, and the rock bottom that led to a transformation she now teaches in workshops every Saturday for free. Ogor explains the zone of the UISA — unbiased introspective self-analysis — and why she believes awakening the divinity within each person is not a one-time event but a daily practice that changes how you show up in every courtroom, every client meeting, and every relationship you have. They also discuss crimmigration — the intersection of criminal defense and immigration law — how a 42-year-old man named Carlos was being deported to Guatemala despite having lived here since age 12 and meeting every legal requirement, the nurse who lied about a healthcare worker slapping an elderly patient and watched her story fall apart in 20 minutes on the stand, and why Ogor goes to jail so often that she recognizes just how many innocent people are sitting there waiting for someone to fight for them the way she will. Ogor Winnie Okoye is the founder of Boss Legal Group in Lynn, Massachusetts, licensed in Massachusetts and New York. She practices criminal defense, immigration, crimmigration, estate planning, and family law. Her book is Awakening and Unleashing Your Victor. Her free Saturday life planning workshops are open to the public. Connect with Ogor Winnie Okoye: boslegals.com Facebook and LinkedIn: Agor Winnie Okoye Lynn, Massachusetts Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Ogor Winnie Okoye 00:57 Coming to America at 20 for love and landing in the middle of an ocean 02:19 Her Nigerian law degree didn't transfer — and she had to go back to law school 03:34 Three babies in diapers in law school — and what her family calls her 05:37 Hitting rock bottom in her marriage and what changed 07:23 Winning the jurisprudence award at Suffolk while broken inside 08:23 What awakening actually looks like — the zone of the UISA 10:24 Doing the things that terrified her, starting with trial 11:23 How crimmigration — criminal defense meets immigration law — works 13:42 The 42-year-old man named Carlos who met every requirement and still got deported 15:05 What the 98% success rate reflects — and why the last year and a half has been devastating 17:27 Carlos's story continued — the heartbreak of that day 18:02 Last week's incredible win — the nurse who lied and crumbled on the stand 24:51 How Boss Legal Group works — from bar advocate to private practice 28:02 Free Saturday workshops on life planning and estate planning 32:45 Why a revocable living trust beats a will for most people 39:11 Rapid fire questions — Jollof rice, Celine Dion, and what boo boo calls her 44:09 How to reach Ogor Winnie Okoye #OgorWinnieOkoye #BossLegalGroup #CrimImmigration #ImmigrationDefense #CriminalDefense #AwakeningYourVictor #MassachusettsLawyer #TrustcastShow #EstatePlanning #ImmigrationLaw
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    46 分
  • Dr. Rahul Gupta on Saving 27,000 Lives as America's Drug Czar, Discovering Opioid Drugs with AI

    Dr. Rahul Gupta on Saving 27,000 Lives as America's Drug Czar, Discovering Opioid Drugs with AI
    2026/04/17
    What happens when the first physician ever to serve as America's drug czar — the person who coordinated a $44 billion federal budget across 19 agencies, got naloxone over the counter, and helped cut overdose deaths from a projected 165,000 to 74,000 ahead of schedule — decides his next mission is using artificial intelligence to discover new drugs in weeks instead of decades, starting with a novel compound for opioid addiction itself? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Dr. Rahul Gupta, former White House drug policy director and now chief medical officer at GATC Health, about the AI platform that analyzes 400 trillion data points simultaneously across safety, efficacy, and off-target effects to predict whether a drug molecule will succeed with over 90% accuracy — before companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars and years finding out the hard way. He explains how compound 1021, a novel opioid addiction treatment, was discovered by narrowing 80 brain targets to three in the prefrontal cortex using AI, combining those three assets into one molecule, and publishing the results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He also explains why Lloyd's of London entered an exclusive contract with GATC to build debt insurance products around their predictions. They also discuss why every failed drug is really just a drug waiting to succeed for a different disease, how AI can repurpose shelved molecules for conditions like ALS where patients are running out of time, why animal data fails as a proxy for human physiology and how that's driving the push to phase out animal testing in drug development, and what the FDA is now allowing that makes this the most important inflection point in the history of pharmaceutical discovery. Dr. Rahul Gupta is the former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and Chief Medical Officer of GATC Health, an AI-powered drug discovery company. Connect with Dr. Rahul Gupta: gatchealth.com GATC Health Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Dr. Rahul Gupta 00:50 Why walk away from a $44 billion federal budget to build drugs with AI 01:12 One American dying every five minutes — the scale of what he inherited at the White House 02:52 West Virginia, the worst opioid crisis in America, and a 40% drop in overdose deaths 04:10 Getting naloxone over the counter and down to $20 a two-pack 06:41 From 165,000 projected deaths to 74,000 — ahead of schedule and under budget 08:49 Where AI is real in drug development and where it's still hype 09:02 Why 90% of discovered drugs fail and never reach market 10:30 The UC Irvine study — 3,000 molecules blinded and tested with over 92% predictive accuracy 12:00 Lloyd's of London entering an exclusive contract around GATC's predictions 14:17 What prevents a competitor from replicating this — the secret sauce 15:45 Why human data instead of animal data is the core differentiator 17:00 What happens when a phase two readout goes badly — can AI save the asset 18:35 Turning accidental drug discoveries into intentional ones at scale 19:00 The coming revolution in drug approval and regulatory frameworks 21:07 Why animal science fails to translate into human physiology and what NAMS means 23:03 FDA and EMA joint guidance on AI in drug development 23:59 If you have $10 million and one shot — how AI fits into your development plan 25:34 How a pharma company would actually work with GATC Health 27:49 How much of your team's time does this actually require 30:01 What happens in the first three weeks after handing GATC a molecule 31:30 Compound 1021 — how an AI-discovered opioid addiction treatment was born 33:16 What 400 trillion data points actually means in plain English 34:44 Running safety, efficacy, and off-target effects simultaneously #RahulGupta #GATCHealth #AIDrugDiscovery #OpioidCrisis #DrugCzar #Naloxone #TrustcastShow #BiotechAI #DrugDevelopment #Compound1021
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    36 分
  • Alex Licznerski on Florida's 14-Day PIP Rule, Why You Should Never Talk to the Insurance Company

    Alex Licznerski on Florida's 14-Day PIP Rule, Why You Should Never Talk to the Insurance Company
    2026/04/17
    What happens when a Florida personal injury attorney with a last name that even judges get wrong after ten years recovers over $100 million for clients, discovers an insurance company's formula for systematically underpaying thousands of PIP claims, wins $4 million back for his medical provider clients, and then pivots to one of the newest frontiers in law — helping people recover stolen cryptocurrency from cases worth six to eight million dollars? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Alex Licznerski, founder of Licznerski Law in the Tampa Bay area, about the Wells Fargo case where a pregnant woman and her mother were wrongfully evicted the day before Hurricane Irma hit despite being completely current on their mortgage, why the insurance company's "we'll take care of everything" call is one of the most dangerous phone calls an injured person can take, and what the Florida PIP 14-day rule actually is and how many people lose their case before they even know the clock started. Alex also explains the 2023 tort reform that changed Florida from a contributory negligence state where 75% at fault could still recover something to one where 51% at fault means you get zero. They also discuss the woman who filed her own lawsuit using ChatGPT, lost the case, and ended up owing $50,000 in the other side's attorney fees, how he identifies insurance companies acting in bad faith using the Civil Remedy Notice, why every trial is the equivalent of flipping a coin, Florida's new super speeder law that puts you in handcuffs for going over 100 mph, and why his license plate just says SETTLED. Alex Licznerski is the founder of Licznerski Law in the Tampa Bay area, handling personal injury, insurance disputes, PIP claims for medical providers, cryptocurrency litigation, consumer law, and criminal defense. Connect with Alex Licznerski: aliznerskilaw.com alex@aliznerskilaw.com Phone: 813-406-0782 Tampa Bay, Florida Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Alex Licznerski — yes, even judges get it wrong after ten years 01:37 The Wells Fargo case — wrongfully evicting a pregnant woman the day before Hurricane Irma 04:43 How a corporation worth billions bullies people until they get an attorney 06:20 First thing to do after a car accident in Florida — and why you wait four hours for a police report 08:01 Why you send a letter of representation so clients never have to talk to insurers again 09:14 The Florida 14-day PIP rule explained — and what $10,000 in 1976 looks like today 11:23 Why not treating right away destroys your case even before it starts 13:48 What the insurance adjuster is actually doing on that helpful phone call 15:34 The three biggest mistakes people make in the first 48 hours after a crash 17:55 Medical bills stacking up, claim denied — what options do you actually have 20:10 How to know if you have a good case or no case at all 21:18 The 2023 tort reform — 51% at fault means zero recovery 22:32 When to stop handling it yourself and call a lawyer — the ChatGPT lawsuit story 24:42 Free consultations and why every attorney knows within minutes 26:56 From first call to settlement — the Cliff's Notes version of how a case moves 28:01 What insurance companies do during depositions and what your attorney does about it 33:00 Going to mediation versus going to trial — why every trial is a coin flip 34:24 Bad faith insurance claims in Florida and the Civil Remedy Notice 38:07 Rapid fire — Tampa Bay beaches, Burnt Steakhouse, and the 14-day rule 40:01 The $4 million recovery from 3,000 underpaid PIP claims against one insurance company 42:05 The Nexo cryptocurrency case — $6 million in stolen crypto 43:54 What it feels like to send the email that just says settled 46:25 Florida's new super speeder law — over 100 mph goes straight to jail 47:39 How to reach Alex Licznerski #AlexLicznerski #LicznerskiLaw #FloridaPersonalInjury #PIPInsurance #TampaBayLawyer #TrustcastShow #CarAccidentFlorida #CryptocurrencyLaw #BadFaithInsurance #TortReform
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    49 分
  • Dan Petrosky on Inheriting a 60-Year Firm, 525 Cases in Six Years

    Dan Petrosky on Inheriting a 60-Year Firm, 525 Cases in Six Years
    2026/04/15
    What happens when you inherit a sixty-year-old personal injury firm from a man who ran 760 marathons and practiced law until he was 87, and then have to figure out in real time what it means to be a sole owner, a community partner, a mock trial coach, a foster dog dad, and a lawyer who still does his own client intakes because he thinks that's how you actually win cases? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Dan Petrosky, owner of DeFranzo Petrosky in Waterbury, Connecticut, about the baseball mindset that keeps him even-keeled through the grind of personal injury work, how he settled 525 cases in six years including 12 jury trials, and what it actually takes to win $390,000 for two rear-end clients whose cars looked almost undamaged in the photos. Dan explains why modern car engineering absorbs so much force that a low-speed crash can still destroy a body, how his mentor Gene DeFranzo's one piece of advice — always be honest, never cut a corner — still plays in his head every day, and why he wants people in Waterbury to think of him as the guy who sponsors kids' sports leagues and gives out college scholarships before they think of him as the lawyer. They also discuss what it was like to watch Gene run marathons into his 80s when the pandemic finally ended his streak at number 760, why Dan left the firm and then came back because it felt like coming home, what founding a mock trial team at his kids' middle school taught him about 12-year-olds in the courtroom, and the one thing insurance companies are hoping clients never find out about hiring an attorney. Dan Petrosky is the owner of DeFranzo Petrosky in Waterbury, Connecticut, a personal injury and premises liability firm founded in 1961. Connect with Dan Petrosky: defranzolawfirm.com Phone: 203-756-7408 Waterbury, Connecticut Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Dan Petrosky 00:51 Larry Bird's career double-double average and why he's the greatest 01:53 All-state basketball and tennis in high school, four years of college ball at Colby 02:27 The baseball mindset — never get too high, never get too low, even a productive out matters 03:43 Gene DeFranzo — founding a firm in 1961, practicing until 87, running 760 marathons 04:34 Starting there as an associate in 2013, leaving in 2019, and coming back as partner in 2021 06:32 Gene passes in 2023 at 87 — going from partner to sole owner 07:20 525 cases in six years and 12 jury trials — what a typical week looks like 09:00 106 settlements in 2024 and growing the business without losing the personal touch 10:42 $390,000 for two rear-end clients with almost no visible damage — how that case was won 12:21 Practice areas — car accidents, premises liability, slip and falls, dog bites, pedestrians, bicyclists 13:14 Rapid fire — You're gonna need a bigger boat, Tom Brunansky's catch, and a German Shepherd named Lucy 16:04 Riviera Memorial Foundation — supporting Waterbury kids with tutoring, sports, and $15,000 in scholarships 16:37 Founding a middle school mock trial team that made the state playoffs 17:42 Coaching youth sports, fostering rescue dogs, and why community investment is the job 18:52 Why personal injury lawyers have a bad reputation and what he does differently 19:42 Opening a second office in his hometown and where the firm is going in five years 20:22 What Gene would say if he could see the firm now 20:49 How to reach DeFranzo Petrosky #DanPetrosky #DeFranzoPetrosky #PersonalInjuryLaw #Waterbury #TrustcastShow #Connecticut #AutoAccident #GeneDefranco #CommunityLawyer #MockTrial
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    22 分