Katy Mickelson: Taking Care of Relationships and Reputation

<p><strong>In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Katy Mickelson discuss:</strong></p><ul><li>The critical role of relationships in building your law firm. </li><li>Relationships with clients and relationships with business partners. </li><li>Creating key strategic partnerships. </li><li>Managing expectations.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p><ul><li>You have to balance providing value with your firm and providing value to your clients. </li><li>A lot of family law is based on trust and a feeling for your attorney. You need to understand how you attract clients and what it is that keeps them with you. </li><li>Listening and asking questions, from both a business development standpoint and a client management standpoint, has always been and will always be really important.</li><li>It is a never ending learning process - what works for one client may not work for another. </li></ul><p> </p><p><br /><i><strong>"I do it purposely - I network, I create relationships with purpose, because you can't be everywhere, it's just not effective."</strong></i><strong> —  Katy Mickelson</strong></p><p> </p><p><br /><strong>Connect with Katy Mickelson:  </strong></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.beermannlaw.com/">beermannlaw.com</a></p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:khmickelson@beermannlaw.com">khmickelson@beermannlaw.com</a></p><p>Phone: 312-621-9700</p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-homburger-mickelson-580b793/">linkedin.com/in/katy-homburger-mickelson-580b793/</a></p><p> </p><p><br /><strong>Connect with Steve Fretzin:</strong></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefretzin/"> Steve Fretzin</a></p><p>Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/stevefretzin"> @stevefretzin</a></p><p>Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/salesresults/"> Fretzin, Inc.</a></p><p>Website:<a href="https://fretzin.com/"> Fretzin.com</a></p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:Steve@Fretzin.com">Steve@Fretzin.com</a></p><p>Book:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ambitious-Attorney-Doubling-Collection-Published