Tyler & April Roberts: Spouses & Co-Founders of a Marketing Agency for Lawyers

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode 034 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Tyler and April Roberts. Tyler, a former lawyer, and his wife April, who has a background in marketing, co-founded NOMOS Marketing, a marketing agency for lawyers.</span></p> <p><strong>In this conversation, Tyler & April share about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What it’s like to be the spouse of a law student;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How April found out that Tyler had passed the bar before he did;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why even before Tyler started law school, they didn’t plan on him practicing law forever;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How a personal tragedy set Tyler on the path to law school out of a desire to help others;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How they switched their thinking about paying off Tyler’s law school loans;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the idea for their business grew organically from the jobs they were already doing (lawyering and marketing);</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What it’s like to work full-time with your spouse;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How your background as a lawyer can both help you and hold you back;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How working for an entrepreneur with a legal background helped Tyler see how his law degree could be used in innovative ways;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to communicate with your non-lawyer spouse about why you’re unhappy as a lawyer;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How they help lawyers differentiate themselves;</span></li> <li