A Lexigate Podcast
Stories from Women Who Built Their Firms
Building a law firm is never just a business decision. It is a leap, a risk, a reinvention, and often, a trial by fire. Host Julia Hensel sits down with women lawyers across the U.S. who stepped into ownership and built practices on their own terms.
Get to know the women behind the firms. Each episode shares her path to ownership, her "trial by fire" moment, and the lessons she learned building her practice.
Trial by Fire was created to spotlight the women who are changing the business of law from the inside out.
Each episode features a woman lawyer with a real story of building, leading, and growing a firm of her own. These are stories of courage, pressure, resilience, strategy, and growth.
From solo practices to growing firms, from first clients to major turning points, these conversations reveal what it really takes to build a law firm.
What happens when women bet on themselves? Trial by Fire brings those defining moments forward, honestly and in their own words.
Julia Hensel is the owner of Lexigate and Repspert, where she works at the intersection of law, marketing, business, and firm growth.
Through her work with law firms and legal professionals, Julia has seen firsthand how much courage it takes to build a practice, especially for women stepping into ownership, leadership, and visibility.
As host, she creates space for honest conversations with women law firm owners about the decisions, challenges, and defining moments that shaped their firms, celebrating the women who are building the future of law on their own terms.
Are you a woman who has built a firm of your own? We want to hear your story, whether you are in your first year of ownership or have built a thriving firm over decades. Pick a time below to record your episode.
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