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Episode 158 - Next Lawyer Podcast with Ron Sykstus featuring Reed Allmand

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

Release Date: 12/13/2024

Episode 170 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Darren Wurz

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

is a certified financial planner with a master’s degree in financial planning. He specializes in financial planning for lawyers and law firm owners. Darren is the author of the book, Darren also hosts . These are obviously catchy titles and draw the attention of a lot of attorneys, me included! Darren spoke to me and my colleagues with the American Consumer Bankruptcy College at our semi-annual meeting last year. I enjoyed meeting Darren and I won a copy of his book in a raffle. It is a great book and I highly recommend it. I enjoyed getting to know...

Episode 169 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Adrienne Hines

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

If not for my wife Patty’s love of all things Tik Tok, I would not have run across Adrienne is a long-standing attorney in Ohio who practiced initially in the area of worker’s compensation and now works pretty exclusively in the area of consumer bankruptcy. More than that, Adrienne has morphed her law practice into providing important and detailed information on bankruptcy through her social media platforms on and Fans of Tik Tok will recognize her by her user name and website called As you’ll hear, Adrienne is smart, funny, warm and...

Episode 168 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Robin Wolfe

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

is a long-standing and highly regarded criminal defense attorney located in Huntsville, Alabama. Robin has had a singular focus of practice in the area of criminal law since early in her career. Robin handles every type of criminal case imaginable to include capital murder and death penalty cases. She is fortunate to have a highly skilled investigator working with her, Jackie, who also happens to be her husband! In addition, their son Jack works as a law clerk for them when not in his graduate studies program. Robin is highly respected in Alabama for...

Episode 167 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Kenya Rothstein

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

is an environmental attorney barred in California and Washington, D.C. I recently learned about Kenya from an article in the which gets distributed to all DC bar members. Kenya has her own podcast called “” which is available at all podcast platforms. She has been doing this podcast for several years, and it focuses on finding a way to be thankful and appreciative when you are told no. As you’ll hear, Kenya has an up-tempo and infectious spirit, so it is no wonder that her podcast does well! I really enjoyed getting to know her story on...

Episode 166 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Charles Brinkley

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

comes from the long line of highly respected “Brinkley” attorneys in North Alabama, to include and . Charles has had a varied practice of law over the years to include personal injury, criminal defense and family law. For the past decade or so, Charles has focused primarily on real estate commercial and residential transactions along with estate planning. Charles is located in a historic building on Randolph Street built in 1836. is a good friend of his located in the same building who practices exclusively in the area of family...

Episode 165 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring George Flowers

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

is an exceptional DUI and criminal defense attorney located in Huntsville, Alabama. He practices throughout the state of Alabama. George previously served as a DUI prosecutor in Montgomery, Alabama until he moved to Huntsville and worked for several years in partnership with before starting his own law firm. George is considered a master of his craft in the world of DUI defense. I enjoyed getting to know him on this episode of the podcast.

Episode 164 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring George Smith

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

is a highly respected and well-known attorney throughout the State of Alabama. As most attorneys in the state know George, I have known him by reputation, and this is really the first time for me to speak in depth with him. George is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and he also received an LLM in tax law from the New York University School of Law. Following that, he clerked in Washington DC for a judge on the U.S. Tax Court for two years before returning back to Huntsville to start his law practice. George has practiced with large Alabama law firms...

Episode 163 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Retired DOD DOHA Security Clearance Judge Carol Ricciardello

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

I have appeared before Judge Carol Ricciardello many times over the years for security clearance revocation hearings. She served for the last twenty years as an where she heard and decided over 1,700 security clearance cases during her tenure. This was really the second job in her career, as she first served for over 20 years on active-duty with the United States Navy, rising to ultimately serve as the Chief Judge of the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary covering and supervising all Navy and Marine Corps Trial Judges around the world. Carol retired from the U.S. Navy as a...

Episode 162 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Madison County, Alabama District Court Judge Patty Demos

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

Judge Patty Demos is a highly respected jurist here in Madison County, Alabama. She has served on the bench for about a decade, after a long career as a prosecutor with the Madison County District Attorney’s Office. Her main focus during her prosecution time was in the area of child abuse where she ultimately directed the Family Violence and Sexual Assault unit for the DA’s office. She and her husband, Joe, have 4 boys who all wrestled in their youth and in high school. In fact, that is how I first met her since my three boys all wrestled for a rival high...

Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Zach Guyse

Next Lawyer Up Podcast with Attorney Ron Sykstus

is a highly respected attorney who practices throughout North Alabama. Zach is a partner at the long standing and well-regarded firm of You can find my podcast with another . Zach has an impressive background to include serving as a member of the law review at the University of Alabama School of Law and, as I tell him on the podcast, it is hard to believe that he has only been practicing law for a little over a decade! I enjoyed getting to know Zach’s story on this episode of the podcast..

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Attorney Reed Allmand runs one of the largest consumer bankruptcy law firms in Texas, Allmand Law. Reed is highly respected nationwide in this practice area. I know him as a colleague with the American Consumer Bankruptcy College. Born and raised in Texas, Reed talks about his roots and how he has grown his law firm to be one of the biggest bankruptcy filers in Texas over the years. I enjoyed getting to know Reed on this episode of the podcast.

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