LAL #068 — Winning the Un-Winnable: Interview with Marc Lenahan, Esq.

<p>This episode is drenched in notions of destiny. </p> <p>Marc Lenahan is a Dallas-based attorney and the founder of the Lenahan Law Firm, a practice specializing in personal injury litigation on behalf of victims of serious and catastrophic harm. </p> <p>Marc is also devoted husband and loving father of two children. And though he humbles himself to Law and Legitimacy, banking his unlikely and inspiring professional success on his own insecurities, Marc is as self-assured and genuine as they come. </p> <p>Norm asks Marc to walk listeners through his path into the practice of law. The conversation begins with Marc's unironic inspiration, an immensely cool government lawyer by the name of Ken Robinson. </p> <p>Marc talks of his squandered time as an undergraduate english major at UT-Austin and his stint as a roadie for local bands, and of the self-awareness gleaned therefrom. </p> <p>We learn of the clairvoyant moment that kept Marc out of the golden handcuffs of chip-making middle management, and his subsequent arrival at Southern Methodist University for law school. </p> <p>Why law school? Why law?</p> <p>Perhaps Marc's most intriguing quality is the authentic desire to learn packaged with seemingly unlimited empathy. Marc nods to the law as affording the opportunity to learn the subject matter and practices of every other job and vocation. And his empathy informs a practice model that stands out as an ethical and honest beacon in a genre of law widely regarded as being plagued by bloated client portfolios and inattentive representation.</p> <p>How did Marc know personal injury law was his destiny? </p> <p>Marc lets listeners inside his first "un-winnable" case, the type of peculiar fact over which an insecure lawyer loses sleep, and the jury award of $6M that embodied Marc's personal wand-chooses-the-wizard moment. </p> <p>Norm teases out Marc's heavy presence in philanthropic, non-profit work through the National Compassion Fund, which as of this recording has passed in excess of $100,000,000.00 through to vi