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#089: Mary Chartier - Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer
Nov. 17, 2022

#089: Mary Chartier - Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer

In today’s special, mini-episode recorded LIVE at ClioCon I spoke with Michigan Criminal Defense lawyer Mary Chartier. Mary has successfully defended clients in numerous federal and state trial courts and on appeal at the Mic...

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#088: Joshua Lenon - Legal Tech
Nov. 11, 2022

#088: Joshua Lenon - Legal Tech "Lawyer in Residence"

In today’s episode I speak with Joshua Lenon who is the Lawyer in Residence and Data Protection Officer at major legal software company Clio. Joshua has served in this role at Clio for the past decade and before that he …

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#087: Eli Albrecht - Big Law Corporate M&A Private Equity Lawyer & Law Dad
Oct. 28, 2022

#087: Eli Albrecht - Big Law Corporate M&A Private Equity Lawyer & La…

In today's episode I speak with Eli Albrecht who is an Associate at Gibson Dunn’s Washington D.C. office where he is a member of the corporate practice with a focus on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. In addition ...

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#086: Ashley Herd - HR & Employment Lawyer, General Counsel, TikTok Creator
Oct. 21, 2022

#086: Ashley Herd - HR & Employment Lawyer, General Counsel, TikTok C…

In this episode I speak with Ashley Herd who is the founder and CEO of Manager Method where she helps employers and employees through training, coaching and tools that are engaging and actionable. Previously she was the SVP o...

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#085: Helen Wan - Media Lawyer Turned Novelist, Author of The Partner Track (Now a Netflix Series)
Oct. 14, 2022

#085: Helen Wan - Media Lawyer Turned Novelist, Author of The Partner…

In this episode I speak with Helen Wan . Helen is an author, speaker, and diversity and inclusion consultant who previously worked as a corporate, media, and intellectual property lawyer at law firms and in-house. She is best...

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#084: Sateesh Nori - Housing Rights Attorney
Oct. 7, 2022

#084: Sateesh Nori - Housing Rights Attorney

In today’s episode I am excited to speak with Housing Rights Attorney Sateesh Nori. Sateesh went from pursuing human rights law as a career to working in housing court in Brooklyn. He spent more than twenty years as a legal …

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#083: Megan Cacace - Civil Rights Lawyer & Technology Anti-Discrimination Advocate
Sept. 30, 2022

#083: Megan Cacace - Civil Rights Lawyer & Technology Anti-Discrimina…

In today’s episode, I speak with Megan Cacace who is a civil rights lawyer and anti-discrimination advocate focused on the intersection of civil rights and technology. She currently serves as the Director of Anti-Discriminati...

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#082: Mauricio Noroña - Immigration Lawyer
Sept. 22, 2022

#082: Mauricio Noroña - Immigration Lawyer

In today's episode I speak with Professor Mauricio Noroña who is a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at Cardozo Law School. In that role, he supervises Clinic ...

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#081: M.C. Sungaila - California Appellate Lawyer & Portia Project Podcast Host
Sept. 16, 2022

#081: M.C. Sungaila - California Appellate Lawyer & Portia Project Po…

In today's episode I speak with M.C. Sungaila who is an Orange County-based shareholder and leader of the appellate practice at Buchalter. M.C. has briefed and argued appeals in a number of different practice areas at the Cal...

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#080: Paresh Patel - Appellate Federal Public Defender
Sept. 9, 2022

#080: Paresh Patel - Appellate Federal Public Defender

In today's episode I speak with Paresh Patel who is currently the Chief of Appeals at the Office of the Federal Defender for the District of Maryland where he has worked for the past 18 years. In this role he …

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#079: Micah Gibson - International Tax Director
Sept. 1, 2022

#079: Micah Gibson - International Tax Director

In today’s episode I speak with my dear friend Micah Gibson who is an International Tax Director at Big 4 accounting firm PWC based in Washington, D.C. In this role, Micah helps global businesses structure their tax arrangeme...

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#078: Alé Dalton - Healthcare Transactional Attorney & First Gen Lawyer
Aug. 26, 2022

#078: Alé Dalton - Healthcare Transactional Attorney & First Gen Lawy…

In today’s episode I speak with Alé Dalton who is an associate at Bradley LLP’s Nashville Office. Her practice focuses on healthcare transactional work where she provides counsel during mergers and acquisitions, as well as gu...

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#077: Christine E. Webber - Plaintiffs' Class Action Employment & Civil Rights Lawyer
Aug. 18, 2022

#077: Christine E. Webber - Plaintiffs' Class Action Employment & Civ…

In today’s episode I speak with Christine E. Webber who is a leading plaintiff-side class-action civil rights & employment attorney. Christine is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Civil Rights & Employment practice group at Cohen...

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#076: Kobie Flowers - Civil Rights & Criminal Defense Lawyer
Aug. 10, 2022

#076: Kobie Flowers - Civil Rights & Criminal Defense Lawyer

In today’s episode I speak with civil rights and criminal defense lawyer Kobie Flowers, who represents the wrongly accused and the wrongly convicted. He is a Partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy in Washington, D.C. Kobie is a t...

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#075: Kirk Nahra - Experienced Privacy & Cybersecurity Lawyer
Aug. 3, 2022

#075: Kirk Nahra - Experienced Privacy & Cybersecurity Lawyer

In today’s episode I speak with experienced privacy and cybersecurity lawyer Kirk Nahra. Kirk is a Partner at WilmerHale in Washington, D.C. where he chairs the firm’s Big Data and Cybersecurity & Privacy Practices. He has be...

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#074: Evan Rothstein - IP & Web3 Lawyer
July 28, 2022

#074: Evan Rothstein - IP & Web3 Lawyer

In this week's episode I speak with Evan Rothstein who is an intellectual property and trade secrets attorney in Arnold & Porter’s Denver Office. Evan maintains both an active trial practice as well as providing strategic adv...

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#073: Vivek Jayaram - Lawyer for Innovators
July 21, 2022

#073: Vivek Jayaram - Lawyer for Innovators

In this week's episode I speak with Vivek Jayaram who is an attorney, entrepreneur, and founder of Jayaram Law which has the tagline of "lawyers for innovators." Vivek and his team work with creatives, brands, venture-backed ...

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#072: D. Todd Smith & Jody Sanders - Texas Appellate Lawyers & Podcast Hosts of the Texas Appellate Law Podcast
July 14, 2022

#072: D. Todd Smith & Jody Sanders - Texas Appellate Lawyers & Podcas…

In today’s episode I speak with not one but two Texas appellate lawyers, Jody Sanders and D. Todd Smith. You may know them as the co-hosts of the Texas Appellate Law Podcast which is a weekly podcast dedicated to demystifying...

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#071: Helam Gebremariam - Cravath Litigation Partner & Former DOJ Senior Counsel
June 30, 2022

#071: Helam Gebremariam - Cravath Litigation Partner & Former DOJ Sen…

In today’s episode I speak with Helam Gebremariam who is a Litigation Partner at Cravath, Swain, & Moore in New York City where her practice focuses on antitrust litigation, contractual disputes, securities and shareholder de...

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#070: Bradford Hardin - Banking & FinTech Services Lawyer
June 15, 2022

#070: Bradford Hardin - Banking & FinTech Services Lawyer

In this episode I speak with Bradford Hardin who chairs Davis Wright Tremaine’s national banking and financial services practice where he frequently supports banks, credit unions, and innovative FinTech companies through high...

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#069: David Sparks (MacSparky) -
June 8, 2022

#069: David Sparks (MacSparky) - "Country Doctor" Lawyer Turned Produ…

In this episode I speak with David Sparks who is known in internet circles as MacSparky. For more than 28 years, David was a business law attorney first at George & Shields, LLP and then more recently at his own …

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#068: Doron J. Gold - Lawyer Turned Therapist to Lawyers (Mental Health Month Collaboration with Personal Jurisdiction Podcast)
May 31, 2022

#068: Doron J. Gold - Lawyer Turned Therapist to Lawyers (Mental Heal…

This month, May 2022, How I Lawyer is teaming up with the Personal Jurisdiction Podcast (https://www.personaljxpod.com/) to feature five interviews on the important topic of mental health in the legal profession. This is the ...

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#067: Dr. Diana Uchiyama - Executive Director of the Illinois Lawyers' Assistance Program (Mental Health Month Collaboration with Personal Jurisdiction Podcast)
May 24, 2022

#067: Dr. Diana Uchiyama - Executive Director of the Illinois Lawyers…

**This month, May 2022, How I Lawyer is teaming up with the Personal Jurisdiction Podcast (https://www.personaljxpod.com/) to feature five interviews on the important topic of mental health in the legal profession. This is ep...

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#066: Brian Cuban - Attorney, Author, & Addiction Recovery Advocate (Mental Health Month Collaboration with Personal Jurisdiction Podcast)
May 17, 2022

#066: Brian Cuban - Attorney, Author, & Addiction Recovery Advocate (…

**This month, May 2022, How I Lawyer is teaming up with the Personal Jurisdiction Podcast (https://www.personaljxpod.com/) to feature five interviews on the important topic of mental health in the legal profession. Learn more...

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