Brett Sachs is a California personal injury attorney who built his own law firm from an apartment and 20 thousand dollars in savings, scaled it to nearly 100 employees, then made the hard call to rebuild it leaner, down to 28 people while doing more volume with AI. In this episode of the Risky Assets Podcast, Charlie and Brett open with a Hot Ones style hot sauce challenge, then get into betting on yourself, being comfortable being uncomfortable, and the mindset that carried him through the scariest stretches of ownership.
They also go deep on the money behind the legal and insurance worlds, from the costs some firms quietly pass to clients to an honest, two sided look at insurance, litigation, and tort reform.
MVP Accident Attorneys - Brett Sachs: https://www.brettsachs.attorney/
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 How Charlie and Brett met
1:40 Hot sauce challenge before golf
4:25 From Indiana to a California law firm
8:00 Fired for challenging his boss
16:24 Scaling to 100, then downsizing to 28
24:35 Charlie's tough love: exit or commit
28:20 Cutting his team with AI
34:27 Interest and fees he won't pass to clients
42:00 Do lawyers really drive up insurance costs?
55:50 Golf and M19
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