Ep 258 | Matthew Fornaro | South Florida Business Lawyer for Startups & Entrepreneurs
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Most businesses don't fail because of bad ideas - they fail because the foundation wasn't built right.
The Lawyer Stories Podcast Episode 258 features Matthew Fornaro, owner of Matthew Fornaro, P.A., a business law attorney serving Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties. With over 20 years of experience, Matthew represents small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs across South Florida, helping them navigate the legal realities of building and scaling a company.
In this episode, Matthew shares why having a clear business plan and strong legal foundation can make the difference between surviving and thriving as an entrepreneur. We discuss his work advising business owners at every stage of growth, as well as his passion for mentoring and teaching entrepreneurs how to build sustainable businesses.
Matthew's approach combines practical legal strategy with a commitment to empowering founders and small business owners to think proactively about risk, growth, and long-term success.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:16.9 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.0 | Here at lawyer stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:34.7 | Welcome to the Lawyer Stories podcast with Benny Gold. Today we have another interesting guest |
| 0:40.8 | that we're excited to get to, but first, a word about our partner, Call Rail. How many high-value |
| 0:48.5 | cases did you lose in the past year because your firm couldn't respond fast enough? |
| 0:54.1 | 81% of law firms say slow response time costs them business, sometimes nearly a quarter |
| 1:00.4 | of their annual revenue. |
| 1:02.5 | That's why you need call rail in 2026. |
| 1:05.2 | Integrated into your case management system, call rail helps you capture every call, |
| 1:10.1 | even after hours, spot high value leads |
| 1:13.7 | instantly, respond faster and get the insights you need to bring in bigger cases, join over 3,000 |
| 1:20.8 | law firms using call rail to follow up faster, land bigger cases, and drive growth for your firm. |
| 1:28.5 | Start your trial at callrail.com slash lawyer stories. |
| 1:32.5 | Now we welcome in Matthew Fornarro, owner of Matthew Fornarrow, PA, a business law attorney, |
| 1:39.6 | serving Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. |
| 1:43.1 | Matthew represents small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs across South Florida, |
| 1:48.9 | providing responsive, court-tested representation with over 20 years experienced. |
| 1:55.1 | Matthew, thank you. |
| 1:55.9 | That was a long introduction. |
| 1:57.6 | Good to have you here. |
| 1:58.6 | How you doing? |
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