April Jones Built a 35 Person Law Firm From Scratch. Here's How She Did It

She built a 35 person law firm from the ground up in Denver, Colorado. She did it while raising three kids in diapers. She did it without a roadmap. And she did it because she wanted to create something that did not exist when she needed it most. April Jones is one of the most influential women in Colorado law and the founding partner of one of Denver's most respected family law firms. But before any of that she was a curious little girl from inner city Los Angeles who asked too many questions, talked too much, and had too many ideas. Turns out those were exactly the right qualities for everything that came next. This one is full of energy, wisdom and the kind of honesty that only comes from someone who has genuinely figured it out. Timestamps: 00:00 Cold open — April at a dinner party making a stranger cry 00:51 Introduction 02:09 Growing up in inner city LA and watching LA Law 03:00 Always asking questions and why that became her superpower 04:18 People always say she asks really good questions 05:00 Her husband and why she never argues like a lawyer at home 07:12 Hire to your weakness and why it saved her marriage 08:56 Time and energy are everything 09:31 Running a firm on instinct for 18 years and what had to change 10:44 What she personally had to grow through as the firm scaled 11:35 The Colorado Supreme Court plan she walked away from 12:40 Building the firm she wished she had when her kids were little 12:59 How she defines culture and why drama free is non negotiable 14:05 Keeping the aggression outside and the brain trust within 16:18 Climb mountains and have babies — what the firm celebrates 17:29 Getting people at their absolute worst and how she stays balanced 18:25 Hot tub steam room cold plunge and quarterly wellness retreats 19:38 The wellness retreat in Greece and the bloodwork menu in Sparta 20:28 The no sugar challenge and the longevity program she swears by 21:09 Nuggets season tickets and consoling themselves after a playoff loss 22:15 Her pet peeve with people who show up as someone they are not 23:04 Being told she was too much and how she stopped holding back 25:14 What being a lot actually meant and why she loves seeing it in little girls 26:16 Growing up in LA, student government and her mom teaching home economics in Compton 28:46 Cross stitching her grandchild's name and refusing to just order it online 29:54 Slowing down in a world that never stops 30:47 How she uses AI and why it never tells her she asks too many questions 32:55 Have you ever asked AI what to say to your husband 34:15 Advice for incoming attorneys — explore your passion 36:06 Closing thoughts 📲 Connect with April Jones: LinkedIn -   / april-d-jones   Facebook -   / apriljoneslaw   IG -   / apriljoneslaw   X - https://x.com/JonesLawFirmPC 🔔 Subscribe to Beyond the Bar Podcast for weekly conversations that go beyond the title and into the real story. Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/btb-podcast/ LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/denisatova Facebook -   / denisatova   Instagram -   / denisatova   Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com. #FamilyLaw #WomenInLaw #LawFirm #DivorceAttorney #ColoradoLaw #BeyondTheBar #Podcast #WomenWhoLead #LegalAdvice #FamilyLawyer #LawFirmCulture #WomenEntrepreneurs #DenverLaw #AprilJones