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Law firm owner mindset isn't something they teach in law school. Deidra went from homeless to running a thriving family law firm.

Pretty wild how she got there. After leaving a big firm and spending three years in seminary school (yeah, she thought she'd become a pastor), nobody would hire her back. So she did what any law firm entrepreneur with the right mindset would do—she sat in courtrooms every single day with a notebook, relearning how to litigate from scratch.

Deidra then started her firm on $60K in public defender contracts. She hired before she felt ready and paid herself less than her first associate. That's the law firm owner mindset shift most of us miss completely.

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📄 CHAPTERS

0:00 - Law Firm Owner Mindset: From Homeless to Thriving Practice

2:10 - Why She Built a Fathers Rights Niche (Personal Story)

3:48 - Leaving Law for Seminary: The Unexpected Detour

5:00 - The Notebook Strategy: Relearning Law From Scratch

16:05 - First Hire When Income Was Zero: The Sacrifice Play

17:33 - High School Dropout to Attorney: The Full Backstory

20:01 - LSAT Score of 121: How She Still Got Into Law School

22:40 - "Tell Me I Can't": The Mindset That Built Everything

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