Episode 171 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Rho Thomas
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Thursday, June 26, 2025

Attorney Rho Thomas has an impressive pedigree which led her into practicing “big law” with a large law firm in Georgia after she received her law degree. After an introspective search by her and her husband, a practicing doctor, following the birth of their first child, the pair dove into learning about money and transformed their personal finances, paying off a significant amount of student loan debt. Later, Rho completely morphed and changed her career into helping lawyers deal with their finances and get out of debt just like she and her husband were able to do.
Episode 170 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Darren Wurz
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Thursday, May 8, 2025

Darren Wurz is a certified financial planner with a master’s degree in financial planning. He specializes in financial planning for lawyers and law firm owners. Darren is the author of the book, “The Lawyer Millionaire: The Complete Guide for Attorneys on Maximizing Wealth, Minimizing Taxes and Retiring with Confidence published by the American Bar Association.
Episode 169 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Adrienne Hines
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Monday, April 28, 2025

If not for my wife Patty’s love of all things Tik Tok, I would not have run across attorney Adrienne Hines. Adrienne is a long-standing attorney in Ohio who practiced initially in the area of worker’s compensation and now works pretty exclusively in the area of consumer bankruptcy. More than that, Adrienne has morphed her law practice into providing important and detailed information on bankruptcy through her social media platforms on Tik Tok and Instagram.
Episode 168 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Robin Wolfe
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Robin Wolfe is a long-standing and highly regarded criminal defense attorney located in Huntsville, Alabama. Robin has had a singular focus of practice in the area of criminal law since early in her career. Robin handles every type of criminal case imaginable to include capital murder and death penalty cases. She is fortunate to have a highly skilled investigator working with her, Jackie, who also happens to be her husband!
Episode 167 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Kenya Rothstein
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Friday, April 4, 2025

Kenya Rothstein is an environmental attorney barred in California and Washington, D.C. I recently learned about Kenya from an article in the January/February 2025 edition of the Washington Lawyer magazine which gets distributed to all DC bar members.
Episode 166 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Charles Brinkley
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Friday, March 28, 2025

Attorney Charles Brinkley comes from the long line of highly respected "Brinkley" attorneys in North Alabama, to include Allen Brinkley, John Brinkley and Becca Brinkley.
Episode 165 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring George Flowers
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Attorney George Flowers is an exceptional DUI and criminal defense attorney located in Huntsville, Alabama. He practices throughout the state of Alabama. George previously served as a DUI prosecutor in Montgomery, Alabama until he moved to Huntsville and worked for several years in partnership with attorney Phil Price before starting his own law firm.
Episode 164 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring George Smith
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Attorney George Smith is a highly respected and well-known attorney throughout the State of Alabama. As most attorneys in the state know George, I have known him by reputation, and this is really the first time for me to speak in depth with him.
Episode 163 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Retired DOD DOHA Security Clearance Judge Carol Ricciardello
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Thursday, February 20, 2025

I have appeared before Judge Carol Ricciardello many times over the years for security clearance revocation hearings. She served for the last twenty years as an Administrative Judge with the Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) where she heard and decided over 1,700 security clearance cases during her tenure.
Episode 162 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Madison County, Alabama District Court Judge Patty Demos
Submitted by the Bond & Botes Law Offices - Monday, February 10, 2025

Judge Patty Demos is a highly respected jurist here in Madison County, Alabama. She has served on the bench for about a decade, after a long career as a prosecutor with the Madison County District Attorney’s Office.