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After serving as a federal prosecutor and as a partner in a Big Law firm, Arlo Devlin-Brown “got a little bit of a bug” to try something different. He and friend Tim Treanor co-founded Treanor Devlin Brown , a boutique white ...

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Building a White Collar Boutique, with Arlo Devlin-Brown
Jan. 16, 2026

Building a White Collar Boutique, with Arlo Devlin-Brown

After serving as a federal prosecutor and as a partner in a Big Law firm, Arlo Devlin-Brown “got a little bit of a bug” to try something different. He and friend Tim Treanor co-founded Treanor Devlin Brown , a boutique white ...
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Hiring the Right People, with Alec Broadfoot
Jan. 2, 2026

Hiring the Right People, with Alec Broadfoot

It was a killer operation – except the hiring misfires were killing it. "We ended up firing seven out of ten employees we hired," Alec Broadfoot recalls of a mailing and printing company he once ran. Today, Alec is the CEO of...
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Core Values that Matter, with Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright
Dec. 19, 2025

Core Values that Matter, with Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright

Creating culture isn't about hiring people and forcing them to adopt your values—it's about finding people who already share them. Hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright discuss how Gideon Asen transformed from vague attribute list...
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Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur, with T.A. McCann
Dec. 5, 2025

Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur, with T.A. McCann

What could a law firm entrepreneur learn from a tech incubator? Pioneer Square Labs has vetted 500-plus business ideas and launched 43 software companies. PSL’s managing director, “serial entrepreneur” T.A. McCann , visits ho...
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Building ‘Comes Down to Balance’, with Andrew Garza
Nov. 21, 2025

Building ‘Comes Down to Balance’, with Andrew Garza

“Even if it's going to mean we're less profitable, short term, if it provides sanity, we're going to do it,” Andrew Garza says as he reflects on his entrepreneurial journey, including co-founding Claggett, Sykes & Garza Trial...
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Secrets to Scaling a Criminal Defense Firm, with Tim Zerillo
Nov. 7, 2025

Secrets to Scaling a Criminal Defense Firm, with Tim Zerillo

“I tell people my practice is primarily sex, drugs, and white collar crime. No rock and roll,” says defense lawyer Tim Zerillo in this conversation about building a criminal defense firm. With hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright...
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The “Vivid Vision” Playbook for Growth, with Cameron Herold
Oct. 24, 2025

The “Vivid Vision” Playbook for Growth, with Cameron Herold

Building a business without a clear vision is like doing a 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle with no picture on the box. That’s the metaphor that informs Cameron Herold ’s revolutionary “Vivid Vision” model. He describes it in this c...
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Aim, Plan, Honor: Strategic Growth, with Melissa Shanahan
Oct. 10, 2025

Aim, Plan, Honor: Strategic Growth, with Melissa Shanahan

Melissa Shanahan encourages her law firm clients to envision a “three-legged stool” that supports growth. The three legs of that stool are: aim, plan, and honor. “When you don't have one of those, you don't really get the tra...
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Benjamin R. Gideon

Partner, Gideon Asen LLC

Ben is a founding partner of Gideon Asen LLC—a plaintiff trial firm located in the State of Maine. Ben is fascinated by human nature and politics, loves to study people, read biographies and books written by other lawyers and better understand what makes people tick and how people and groups, especially juries, make important decisions.

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Jeff Wright

COO, Gideon Asen LLC

Jeff Wright joined the Gideon Asen Team as its new Chief Operating Officer in January 2025. He brings with him 25 years of experience in the financial services and banking industry. Having held previous roles as a financial advisor, Executive Vice President, and most recently COO of a large community bank in Maine Jeff brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this role.

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"Great rapport between the hosts. They have a lot of interesting points to make for law firm owners"

tattorney | July 27, 2025

The Business of Law

"Solid podcast on running the firm. Ben (and lots of other excellent lawyers) have great trial podcasts, but there’s almost nothing about the business side of law. There are so many blindspots trying …"

Podcast Dad | July 29, 2025
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