The Fireproof Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Mike Morse
Podcast Overview
<p>Owning a law firm is harder than anyone told you it would be.</p><p>Mike Morse, Kate Nachazel, and Alexa Levantis sit down with attorneys and firm owners to talk about what the job actually looks like — the wins, the bad hires, the pivots, and the moments that almost broke them. Mike built a 290-person firm with $360M in settlements. Every guest has their own version of that story.</p><p>You'll leave each episode with a newfound purpose and the inspiration to keep going, along with practical lessons you can put in place today.</p>
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May 28, 2026
The $9 Million Verdict Lawyer Who Had to Learn to Let Go | Andrew Pickett
<p>Andrew Pickett joined Fireproof in October 2024. The coaching forced him to look at what he was actually doing in his firm versus what he should be doing… His firm nearly doubled in 18 months.</p><p>In our episode, we covered:</p><p>→ How Andrew identified the roles he was defaulting to as the firm owner</p><p>→ Why core values have to be descriptive, not aspirational</p><p>→ What a weekly accountability cadence does to a leadership team's behavior</p><p>→ How revenue forecasting gave him the confidence to hire ahead of growth</p><p>My major takeaway: the ceiling for most law firm owners is just the hat in their organization they refuse to take off.</p><p>Andrew, thank you for sharing your story! Hearing where you started and where you're going is the entire point of what we're building here at Fireproof.</p><p></p><p>Chapters</p><p>0:00 - Intro & Meet Andrew Pickett</p><p>1:50 - Andrew's Firm, Trial Background, and $9M Verdict</p><p>2:10 - Why Andrew Chose Fireproof Over Other Coaching Programs</p><p>4:07 - Discovering the Hidden Roles He Didn't Know He Had</p><p>5:11 - Weekly Accountability and What It Does to a Leadership Team</p><p>7:22 - The Numbers Andrew Tracks Every Single Day</p><p>8:15 - Revenue Forecasting: Predicting to Within 1%</p><p>11:06 - Core Values: Hiring and Firing Based on What You Actually Stand For</p><p>13:37 - Coaching vs. Masterminds and the Community You Don't Expect</p><p>17:47 - Why Mentors Matter and How Andrew Finds Them</p><p>20:23 - Delegation, Freedom, and Why You Started the Firm</p><p>21:15 - Summit Takeaway: Ghost Calls for Intake</p><p></p><p>~~~</p><p>This episode is powered by Fireproof Performance.</p><p></p><p>Ready to fireproof your firm?</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fireproofperformance.com/">https://www.fireproofperformance.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Connect with us:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@FireproofPerformance">https://www.youtube.com/@FireproofPerformance</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance">https://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/">https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/</a></p>
May 21, 2026
He Was Arrested 17 Times… Then He Became a Lawyer. | D’Angelo Lowe
<p>D'Angelo Lowe grew up with a single mom, three siblings to help raise, and no professional role models... From a young age, was arrested 17 times for selling drugs. </p><p>But after graduating high school while on probation, he looked at everything he'd already survived, and decided he owed it to himself to change.</p><p>Ten years into running Lowe Law in one of the most competitive personal injury markets in the country, D'Angelo has grown his firm from four people to sixteen plus. He's built a culture where people from all kinds of backgrounds get a real chance, and where accountability helps them grow.</p><p>In this episode of The Fireproof Podcast, we covered:</p><p>→ Why the scarcity mindset almost broke him when business started working</p><p>→ How he went from spending 6% of revenue on marketing to building a brand that can compete</p><p>→ What it actually looks like to stop being the bottleneck in your own firm</p><p>→ The data he tracks to the penny, and why precision matters more than rounding</p><p>→ What he learned about leadership from a business attorney who told him, "I need you to trust me"</p><p>Thank you, D'Angelo, for being open with me and our audience. This episode's sure to inspire everyone who listens!</p><p></p><p>Chapters</p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>1:00 - D'Angelo Introduces Himself and Lowe Law</p><p>2:15 - Growing Up in Harvey, Illinois</p><p>4:40 - Self-Doubt and the Scarcity Mindset</p><p>6:10 - The Arrest That Changed His Life</p><p>8:50 - Leading with Grace Without Losing Accountability</p><p>11:45 - Exploding from 4 to 16 People</p><p>16:00 - Discovering the Business of Law</p><p>19:20 - The Data He Tracks to the Penny</p><p>22:00 - CRM Systems and Tech Stack Breakdown</p><p>24:10 - What He's Obsessed With Right Now (Intake and Branding)</p><p>27:25 - The Bottleneck Moment and Learning to Delegate</p><p>31:50 - Building the Fireproof Community</p><p>33:15 - Books, Podcasts, and Resources He Recommends</p><p>35:10 - Final Words for Other Firm Owners</p><p></p><p>~~~</p><p>This episode is powered by Fireproof Performance.</p><p></p><p>Ready to fireproof your firm?</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fireproofperformance.com/">https://www.fireproofperformance.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Connect with us:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@FireproofPerformance">https://www.youtube.com/@FireproofPerformance</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance">https://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/">https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/</a></p>
May 14, 2026
Why Most Law Firms Lose Before They Ever Get to Trial | Mike Alder
<p>Mike Alder built one of the most respected plaintiff trial practices in California.</p><p>Mike was winning in the courtroom and leaving a lot on the table everywhere else. It took reading a book during COVID to start asking the hard question… what would it look like to build a firm the right way?</p><p>That led him to Fireproof. And in a short time, the work on culture, hiring, case-building systems, and business development has started compounding in ways he didn't expect.</p><p>Here’s what we talked about in this episode:</p><p>→ How understanding insurance policy layers changes everything about how you make a demand</p><p>→ The handwritten note strategy that followed Mike into courtrooms he'd never walked into before</p><p>→ What discipline in small things has to do with trying month-long cases</p><p>→ What 95% of referred cases have in common once a real trial lawyer steps in</p><p>The lawyers who win the biggest aren't always the ones who outwork everyone in the courtroom, but are the ones who build systems and stay disciplined on the days it doesn't feel like it matters.</p><p>Mike, thank you for joining me on the episode!</p><p></p><p>Chapters</p><p>0:00 - Welcome & Introduction</p><p>1:08 - Mike's Firm: 14 Lawyers, 400 Cases, and 10 Trials Last Year</p><p>3:49 - How Fireproof Changed the Way Mike Thinks About His Practice</p><p>5:19 - Fitness, Sobriety, and Why Personal Discipline Matters in the Courtroom</p><p>6:51 - The Case-Building Strategy Most Firms Get Wrong</p><p>8:32 - How the Defense Controls Your Case (And How to Stop It)</p><p>10:35 - Insurance Policy Layers and How to Use Them to Force a Settlement</p><p>12:34 - The Ego Problem Costing Lawyers Referrals and Verdicts</p><p>15:02 - Mike's Favorite Case: The Homeless Woman, the Bluff, and 12 Years of Christmas Cards</p><p>16:51 - The Handwritten Note That Followed Mike Into Courtrooms He'd Never Seen</p><p>18:51 - 4am Sardines, Cold Showers, and a Daily Routine Built Around Hard Things</p><p>21:09 - The Filevine Controversy: When a Late-Night Rant Got Hundreds of Thousands of Views</p><p>25:40 - Using Social Media to Help, Not Promote</p><p>26:37 - What the Fireproof Community Has Meant for Mike's Firm</p><p></p><p>~~~</p><p>This episode is powered by Fireproof Performance.</p><p></p><p>Ready to fireproof your firm?</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fireproofperformance.com/">https://www.fireproofperformance.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Connect with us:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@FireproofPerformance">https://www.youtube.com/@FireproofPerformance</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance">https://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/">https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/</a></p>
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<p>Owning a law firm is harder than anyone told you it would be.</p><p>Mike Morse, Kate Nachazel, and Alexa Levantis sit down with attorneys and firm owners to talk about what the job actually looks like — the wins, the bad hires, the pivots, and the moments that almost broke them. Mike built a 290-person firm with $360M in settlements. Every guest has their own version of that story.</p><p>You'll leave each episode with a newfound purpose and the inspiration to keep going, along with practical lessons you can put in place today.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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