I help time-starved lawyers + law firms build & strategically position what makes them unique into their online presence to connect with qualified clients and high-quality referral networks consistently. 

Are you ready to leverage LinkedIn for business growth? 
As a trained lawyer, I'll help you with industry-specific business development strategies. 
Short on time? I can even handle it all for you.        

𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙀𝙎 
I offer custom online business development plans and strategies for lawyers, law firms, & business owners...

🟥   LINKEDIN CONTENT MARKETING (DONE FOR YOU)
▹ custom plans to create your online presence
▹ manage your online activity 
▹ engagement to build authority + develop quality client relationships consistently.

🟥   LINKEDIN CONSULTING (DONE WITH YOU)
Audit discovery & strategy sessions to help create content that resonates with your clients to build solid connections. 

🟥   LINKEDIN WORKSHOPS 
Presentations & workshops for law firms, law schools, conferences, law firm retreats, bar associations, & meetings.  
Topics include:
▹ LinkedIn Leveraged Lawyers
▹ Yawnworthy to Trustworthy Branding for Lawyers
▹ Promote & Protect: Social Media Policy 
▹ Content Making & Marketing

🟥   LEARN (ON YOUR OWN)
Private/firm-wide training or coaching on how to establish, build or elevate your online presence & best practices, (or conveniently via my Linked-In Leveraged Lawyers™ course.)         

𝙒𝙃𝙔 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙈𝙀
By combining a decade of business law + a decade of online business development, I offer a unique perspective on how to efficiently position you & your firm to connect, engage and build trust with your ideal client. I also understand the unique challenges, communication styles and regulatory requirements related to a lawyer's online activity.

❝ HessConnect understands online media for the legal industry! Law firms resist change in the technological arena. Viveca’s creative, nuanced know-how along with her legal background is critical for business growth. ~ Heidi Weaver, Esq. 

❝ With a wealth of marketing knowledge, Viveca sincerely cares about everyone who works with her. The value Viveca places on building relationships reflects the high quality of her work, making her a person you want on your team. ~ Evan Dwin, Esq. 

🟥   𝙇𝙀𝙏'𝙎 𝙏𝘼𝙇𝙆
619.962.5504 / viveca@hessconnect.com / connect on LinkedIn 
Explore Call ➤ https://calendly.com/hessconnect/15min-1


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Viveca Hess, J.D.

Friday confession:
I miss my daughter.

She’s off at college, out there living her best life… while I’m at home doing very normal, very sane things like:

• pausing mid-sentence because I 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 I heard her laugh in the hallway
• scrolling through old photos like I’m an unpaid archivist for The Museum of Our Family
• buying her favorite snacks “just in case she stops by” (she lives 300 miles away, but sure, Viveca)
  
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.
And yes. Absolutely.

But can we also acknowledge it makes the brain grow…slightly unhinged? (Just me?!)
Because the missing is weirdly specific.

I don’t just miss “my daughter.”
I miss:

• the random drive-by commentary from the other room (“That’s a choice.”)
• the kitchen pop-ins that start with “I’m starving” and end with me losing half my lunch
• the way she can roast me with one sentence and somehow still be adorable doing it
• the noise. The mess. The 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.
  
Now the house is calmer. Peaceful. Mature.
And honestly…suspicious.

Like…why is it so quiet? Who approved this? Where’s the background sass?

Here’s the part no one tells you:
Missing your kid isn’t only sad.

It’s also kind of hilarious - because you start realizing how much of the joy was in the tiny, ordinary stuff you didn’t think you’d miss.

So yes - my heart is fonder.
But my fridge is also fuller (for no reason).
And my phone storage is at 2% because apparently I’ve decided to become the CEO of “Rewatching My Own Parenting Highlights.”

Your turn:
👉 What’s one oddly specific thing you miss when someone you love isn’t around?

And, happy Friday! 🤩

Former lawyer leveraging LinkedIn™ for lawyers to gain quality referral relations and connect with qualified clients efficiently ~ (when I’m not ocean swimming).

Thursday night. Good food. Loud restaurant. One friend I hadn’t seen in over a year.
 
You know the kind of dinner where the first 10 minutes are catch-up logistics…
And then suddenly the real question lands.
 
“So,” she said, leaning in,  “what are you actually focused on now, in 2026?”
 
Not 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.  Not 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳.  Not the tidy version.
 
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙚.
 
I laughed, because yes, like most humans with a calendar and a pulse, I’ve done a little navel-gazing lately. Looking back. Looking ahead. Trying to name the thing beneath the thing.
 
And here’s what surprised me:
 
The answer wasn’t LinkedIn.
 
LinkedIn is the channel. The vehicle. 🚗 The microphone. 🎤
 
What I actually do is quieter - and bigger.
 
I help people make sense of their story. 
➛ Your unique message. 
➛ Your positioning. 
➛ Your authority.
 
The 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 version finally matching the 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 version everyone already trusts, refers, and wants in the room.
 
My sweet spot?  Digging into what sets you apart when you’ve been too close to see it.
 
The career twists. The lived experience. The judgment calls you’ve made a hundred times that others still struggle with. The thing you assume is “obvious” because it’s 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴.
 
I’ve spent a decade building tools, asking better questions, and having thousands of conversations to surface that.  Then position it - clearly, honestly, and without the cringe.
 
So I told her, simply:
 
“I discover, resurface, and position who you are, what you do, and why you do it.”
 
Because when people have choices - and they always do - they choose professionals they trust and connect with. And, I hope, make them laugh (or at least smile) - another content pillar of mine! 
 
And here’s the part I didn’t expect to say out loud, but felt true as soon as I did:
 
This year, I want more real life. 
More rooms. 
More stages, of any size. 
More conversations that don’t start with a profile view.
 
Still strategy. Still clarity. Still visibility.
 
Just with more eye contact.
 
If you know of places, teams, events, or conversations where this kind of work belongs 
- in person - I’d genuinely love to hear about them. 
 
And I’m curious for you, too:
 
When someone asks what you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 do…𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚?

New Modern Lawyer

The New Modern Lawyer provides information and resources for lawyers who are starting or operating a small firm or solo law practice. Law school teaches how to do legal research, write pleadings and briefs, and “think like a lawyer.” However, law school does not teach the business of running a law practice. The site strives to be that missing law school class.

The focus of the New Modern Lawyer is on providing you, the solo or small firm practitioner, with relevant information and helping to make your law practice as successful as possible.

Founder

The New Modern Lawyer Podcast is hosted by Brad Miller, lawyer and coach for solo and small firm attorneys. This podcast will help you transform your law practice through Deliberate Design, Core Business Competency, Mental Mastery, and Powerful Positioning so that you can have a practice that gives you the life you want, not a life that is at the mercy of your practice. If you want to stop struggling, spend more time with your family, live a life of abundance, and make a difference in the lives of your clients, then this podcast is for you.

Listen and subscribe on your favorite platform!
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-modern-lawyer-podcast/id1566107015
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2StCdQ3pDyR4VmLHpNBeYv
Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80MDcxNGRjNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1568734483
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/tz3vimbu

Host of the New Modern Lawyer Podcast

Does your solo or small firm practice stress you out?

❌  Do you work late and on the weekends to make sure you get your work done for your clients?
❌  Do you sometimes get so busy that sending out client invoices or marketing projects slip through the cracks?
❌  Do you feel burnt out and even have considered looking for another career?

When is the last time you took a real vacation, one where you didn’t constantly check your email or take phone calls from clients?

I help lawyers like you transform their law practices so they can have the lives that they want, rather than their lives being forced to fit around their practices. Do you want to travel, spend more time with your family, and be there for the most important events in your kids’ lives?

I currently offer 1:1  coaching focusing on the following areas:

✅  Personal transformation
✅  Getting clients
✅  Designing your dream law practice
✅  Running a law business

Send me a direct message or email me at brad@newmodernlawyer.com to chat about how I may be able to help you build the law practice that gives you the life you want.

Lawyer Transformation Coach

Miller Law LLC

Miller Law is a business law firm serving small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Ohio. We provide transactional and relationship counsel, with a focus on business mergers and acquisitions.  We also provide legal advice to current and potential franchisees.

Managing Member & Attorney

Columbus Bar Association

The Legal Practice Workshop (formerly known as the Legal Practice Lab) is a program of the Columbus Bar Association designed to help lawyers starting firms or going out on their own by providing practical advice on practice management topics. The program is divided into 6 sessions each lasting 3 hours. CLE and NLT credit is available for participants.

Topics discussed as part of the program include:
• Law firm design 
• Business and professional liability insurance
• Office space
• Law firm and IOLTA accounting
• Legal technology
• Marketing and branding
• Managing and maintaining client relationships

The LPW was redesigned in 2022 with a focus on practical discussions around helping participants create a law practice that will make them successful and fulfilled in their profession and life.

The LPW was designed around my experiences as a solo lawyer, and I lead each session.

Coordinator & Presenter, Legal Practice Workshop

Chair, Solo/Small Firm Practitioner Committee

Bradley Miller Public Speaker

Speaker and presenter on law practice and business law topics. I am a regular CLE speaker for Ohio attorneys. I also talk and provide legal information to small business owners.

My focus is on educating while entertaining. Traditional CLE-type presentations are normally dry lectures with bullet-filled powerpoints. I do not lecture. I create themes for each of my presentations and incorporate images, humor, and discussion as much as possible. I love the use of slides and believe they bring an additional dimension to auditory presentations, but I refuse to use bullet points.

To discuss having me present to your group, email me at brad@bradleymillerlaw.com.


Some sample topics:

Law Practice
• Starting a New Law Practice
• Insurance Needs for a Small Law Firm
• IOLTA Accounting
• Law Firm Marketing
• Client-Centric Law Practice
• Creating a Niche Practice

Business Law
• Small Business Mergers & Acquisitions
• Limited Liability Companies
• Contract drafting
• Ethics
• Buying Into a Franchise

Speaker & Presenter for Lawyers and Business Owners

Ohio State Bar Association

Vice Chair, Solo, Small Firms & General Practice Section Council

Kendo Dulaney, LLP

Kendo Dulaney, LLP, with offices located in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, combines big firm experience and expertise with the personal attention of a small firm. The firm provides business and personal legal services to businesses and their owners.

Business Services
• Business litigation
• Corporate law
• Collections
• Distressed businesses and workouts
• Employment law
• Foreclosure prosecution
• Real estate

Personal Services
• Appellate
• Estate planning and probate
• Foreclosure defense
• Litigation
• Professional licensure
• Real estate

Of Counsel

Ohio State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section

Chair

Burton Law LLC

•	Advised small businesses on risk management and litigation avoidance
•	Represented clients against opposing parties and counsel to amicably and creatively resolve business disputes

Attorney

Young Professionals of Columbus

Vice President of Operations

Law Office of Bradley W. Miller

Owner and Attorney

I never wanted to be a solo lawyer running my own law practice.

Graduating from law school and passing the bar, the job market for those without guaranteed post-graduation employment was sparse. To pay the bills, I reluctantly rented an office across the hall from a law school buddy, set up a card table, and waited for the phone to ring.

During my legal career I have been a true solo, partnered with two other lawyers, was part of one of the first virtual law firms in the country, and was Of Counsel to small business law firm.

I have had to bootstrap and learn how to both practice law and run a law business on the fly. I have seen recessions, economic booms, and pandemics.

Now, in addition to running my own law practice, I help solo and small firm lawyers transform their law practices from something that causes stress and dictates their lives, to a business that provides them with the life they want. All while being a #LawyerDad to a 7-year old.

HOW I CAN HELP YOU

I offer 1:1 coaching to lawyers. I focus in the following areas:
▷ Personal transformation
▷ Law practice design
▷ Getting clients
▷ Running a law business

Looking for help getting your law practice to the next level? Send me a DM or email me at brad@newmodernlawyer.com.

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