Ep 084: The Story Behind Erin Levine’s DIY Platform ‘Hello Divorce’

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It should have come as no surprise when California attorney</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinlevine/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Erin Levine</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">recently</span> <a href= "https://www.lawsitesblog.com/2020/08/erin-levine-is-taking-her-innovative-hello-divorce-platform-to-all-50-states.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">announced her plan</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to go nationwide with her do-it-yourself divorce platform</span> <a href= "https://hellodivorce.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hello Divorce</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. After all, the site has been seeing rapid growth and has earned Levine broad accolades, including the 2020</span> <a href= "https://www.lawtechnologytoday.org/2020/01/erin-levine-to-receive-james-i-keane-memorial-award-for-excellence-in-elawyering/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">James I. Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">from the American Bar Association and the</span> <a href= "https://www.clio.com/the-reismans/winners/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2019 Reisman Award</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for legal innovation from practice management company Clio. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But why did Levine, who has a successful</span> <a href= "https://eastbaylevinelaw.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">family law practice</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">in Oakland, Calif., first decide to create Hello Divorce three years ago and then spin it off as a standalone company last year? And what does she now see as the opportunities and challenges in bringing it to all 50 states? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of LawNext, Levine joins host Bob Ambrogi to share her story as well as that of Hello Divorce, starting from why she went to law school, how she came to establish her own practice, her reasons for la