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Lawsuits & Lessons
Lawsuits & Lessons is a conversational podcast that explores entrepreneurship, business, and real-world legal insights through candid discussions with founders, professionals, and operators. Hosted by attorney John Fagerholm and comedian Steve Cooper, the show blends practical advice with personal stories, covering topics like building businesses, navigating challenges, handling failure, and understanding the legal realities behind success. Each episode offers a mix of humor, experience, and…
Episodes
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Steve Malouff: The Brotherhood Couldn't Match Fatherhood
He stepped out of uniform after twenty years and felt naked. No paycheck guaranteed. No mission statement handed down. No one else picking up the slack if he…
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From Starting Over to Building Success: Manny Kazanjian’s Entrepreneurial Journey
He didn't even say goodbye to his friends. His parents had already filed the paperwork, bought the plane tickets, decided their only son would leave Lebanon on…
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From Lawyer to Business Owner: Rob Bovarnick on Building a Practice That Lasts
A man sits across the table carrying twenty years of business decisions, the weight of clients in financial distress, and something else—a clarity about what…
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Marc Snyderman: The Fifth Accident Changed Everything
An eighteen-year-old borrows twenty thousand dollars for a restaurant he has no business opening. No experience. No plan. No safety net. He does it anyway…
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Kevin Diduch: The Eight-Minute Commute That Saved My Life
The right side of his face dropped. He couldn't move his arms or speak. At 35, his body was shutting down on the couch while his wife screamed at him. A…
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Colm Fidgeon: Seven Years Later, My Dad Finally Believed
A man from a family of thirteen sits down and describes the moment his father apologized to him—seven or eight years after he'd left Ireland for America with…
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Visualizing Freedom: How Marcus Martin Escaped Homelessness
He played a movie in his mind every single day—a full-color vision of a life that didn't exist yet, sustained in the back seats of cars and the floors of…
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Stacey Linderman: Know Your Numbers or Drive Blindfolded
She realized she couldn't clone herself, so she built a company instead. Exhausted, brilliant at what she did, and trapped in a single industry, she faced a…
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Five Albums, Zero Money: How Guns N' Roses Stole Everything
The conversation stops mid-breath. Someone mentions a $600 million payment to silence an innovation. The room is quiet. Then the figure continues—unspooling a…
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John Cruice: I Design The Moment Instead Of Capturing It
Someone stops mid-sentence—not because they're lost, but because they've just described the exact moment everything shifted. A camera in hand for school…
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Michael Adler: The Waiter's Fraudulent Deed That Made Him Rich
A man casually mentions he owns a haunted house. Not a side gig—a real business entering its fifth year, staffed with 40 live actors and animatronics that cost…
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Michael Barreto: I Jumped Out of the Airplane With No Parachute
He landed in Los Angeles with $300, a FedEx ticket, and no idea what he was walking into. At 21, he was living four separate lives at once—wrestling, acting…
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Jennifer Sherlock: You're Horrible at TV — Now She Books the Talent
She dropped off VHS tapes at a radio station until they finally called. Twenty-two years old, still a student, she walked in for an interview and got hired on…
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From Bullied Kid to Boxing Champion: Marcus Kowal's Fight for Change
Someone sat in a hospital, freshly devastated, and made a promise to a son who was already gone. That moment—the refusal to let one death become just another…
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Anthony Mungeluzo: The $2K Bot That Thinks It's Human
Someone spent years leaving the house at dawn, returning long after dark, watching friends head to bars at five while he'd finally arrive, exhausted, at nine…
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Religion To Relationship: How Devin Dinofa's Faith Transformed His Business Mission
Someone stood in the wreckage of their own ambition and chose to keep walking. Not because the failures didn't sting, but because each one taught him something…
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Entrepreneurship in the Blood: Building a Trucking Business from the Ground Up with Dariuse Fagerholm
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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Behind the Mask: Dave Raymond on Mascots, IP Battles & the Power of Fun
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, hosts John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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From Chef to Founder: Tech, Burgers & Building a Life You Love with Dweh Toeque
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, hosts John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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From Law to Life Design: Jesse Rosenblatt on Risk, Resilience, and Reinvention
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, hosts John Fagerholm and Steve Cooper welcome longtime friend, attorney, and entrepreneur Jesse Rosenblatt for a…
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From Systems to Self-Made: Stefan Fagerholm on Scaling Smart and Betting on Yourself
In the first Lawsuits and Lessons episode of 2026, host John Fagerholm and co-host Steve Cooper sit down with entrepreneur and marketer Stefan Fagerholm for a…
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From the Hood to the Helm: Building Opportunity Through Strategy with Omar Hernandez
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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From Poverty to Portfolio Power: The Financial Journey of George Nelson
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, joins co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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From Hardship to Hospitality: The Entrepreneurial Rise of Sean Tipton
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, joins co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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From New York Nightlife to Nike Basketball: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Alexander Wilson
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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From Lunch Tickets to Lawsuits: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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CR Celona on Risk, AI, and the Human Side of Entrepreneurship
In this episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and co-host Steve Cooper, comedian and veteran…
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Marvin V. Acuna on Reinvention, Partnerships & Playing Offense in Business
In Episode 2 of Lawsuits & Lessons, host John Fagerholm (employment defense attorney & entrepreneur) and co-host Steve Cooper welcome multi-hyphenate creator…
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From Lawsuits to Law: John Fagerholm’s Entrepreneurial Journey
In the premiere episode of Lawsuits & Lessons, co-hosts John Fagerholm, employment defense attorney and business advocate, and Steve Cooper, comedian and…
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Introducing Lawsuits & Lessons
Welcome to Lawsuits & Lessons! In this trailer, you’ll meet your hosts: John Fagerholm, an employment defense attorney and business advocate who knows the ins…