Build Your Firm Episode 2: Who Is Attorney Jeff?

Episode 2 of the Build Your Firm podcast is now live, and this time the conversation is closer to home.

Meet Our Guest: Brett Shegda

Brett Shegda is a trial attorney at Attorney Jeff and one of the firm’s longest-serving team members. He and host Jeff Fayngor have worked side by side for about a decade. They started at the same firm, and Brett later took a leap and joined Jeff’s practice.

Learn more about Brett on his attorney profile. In this episode, the two trade stories about how they got into personal injury law, what it takes to build a firm, and what they have learned from years of taking on insurance companies.

What’s in Store on This Episode of “Build Your Firm”

Jeff and Brett cover a lot of ground, including:

• Betting on a friendship: Why joining Jeff’s firm was a real risk for both of them, and how it paid off
• Breaking into personal injury law: How two attorneys with no legal connections found their start and fell in love with the work
• How insurance companies minimize payouts: The delay tactics, lowball offers, and defense experts that wear clients down
• Red flags at intake: Why multiple prior attorneys and unrealistic expectations make a case harder to take
• Mistakes after a car accident: Giving a recorded statement, waiting to see a doctor, and accepting the first settlement offer
• Evidence that moves a case: How video, expert credibility, and comparative fault can change an outcome in front of a jury
• How to decide whether to take a case: The facts, the injuries, the cost of investigation, and the client relationship
• Reacting to viral accident clips: Who is at fault, who could be sued, and why liability is rarely as simple as it looks

Along the way, expect plenty of laughs, a few gym injury stories, and some honest talk about what it takes to run a trial practice.

Whether you own a firm, work at one, or are thinking about starting your own, this episode offers practical lessons about trust, timing, and trial work. If you are an injured driver, it also shows how insurance companies think and why early decisions matter.

How to Listen

The Build Your Firm podcast is available on YouTube. Subscribe and follow along so you never miss an episode.

Missed the first one? Catch up with Episode 1: Stop Practicing, Start Owning with Joe Nazarian.

Episode 2 premiered on May 29, 2026.