Patrick Patino spent over a decade building a bankruptcy practice that looked, from the outside, like a success story. From the inside, it was panic attacks, ER visits, and a driver's license photo he didn't recognize.
In this episode, Patrick traces the path from a poetry degree to bankruptcy law, the health crisis that forced him to rebuild his practice around boundaries instead of hustle, and how The Newfangled Lawyer became less a brand and more a test: can you practice law as yourself and still make it work.
We talk career origin stories, legal design theory, the boundaries that stuck, and what it means to decide you've built enough.
Guest: Patrick Patino, bankruptcy attorney and founder of The Newfangled Lawyer.
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