Legal Speak

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Cedra Mayfield is joined by Susie Shin, a Managing Principal Attorney at Zulkie Partners.   Host: Cedra Mayfield Guest: Susie Shin Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Jennifer Hastings, the Founder of Outsource Counsel.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Jennifer Hastings Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Cedra Mayfield is joined by Meghan Riley, a Managing Associate General Counsel at Verizon   Host: Cedra Mayfled Guest: Meghan Riley  Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Cedra Mayfield is joined by Kwame Christian, Founder and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute   Host: Cedra Mayfield Guest: Kwame Christian Esq., M.A. Producer: Charles Garnar  

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Patrick is joined by Harshita Ganesh, an Associate at CMBG3 Law.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Harshita Ganesh Producer: Charles Garnar    

In this episode, Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith speaks with Miguel Zaldivar, the CEO of the soon-to-be Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, about the genesis of the merger with Cadwalader, the process he and the firm went through to secure the partnership vote, and what comes next.   Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield Guest: Miguel Zaldivar, Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Patrick is joined by Chantal Kazay Rivera, Senior Counsel of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group, at the McDonald's Corporation   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Chantal Kazay Rivera Producer: Charles Garnar  

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Patrick is joined by Farrah Pepper, a Legal Innovation Partner at Harvey.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Farrah Pepper Producer: Charles Garnar  

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by returning guest Elizabeth Barton, the Acting General Counsel of the Chicago Board of Education.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Elizabeth Barton Producer: Charles Garnar  

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row!   There were skeptics.  The proverbial "they" said it couldn't be done.  Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources.  For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Cedra Mayfield is joined by returning guest Justin Johnson, the Chicago President & Partner of Latitude Legal.   Host: Cedra Mayfield Guest: Justin Johnson Producer: Charles Garnar

In this week's Legal Speak episode Georgia product liability litigator Rebekah Cooper sits down with Legal Speak's Cedra Mayfield to discuss potential liability claims and defenses surrounding self-driving ride share vehicles. Prior to recording the episode, Cooper and Mayfield shared a ride in a Waymo Jaguar through midtown Atlanta. In addition to detailing legal nuances surrounding autonomous vehicle, or AV, rideshare technology, Cooper outlined potential litigation strategies that attorneys on either side of the bar could might leverage in the near future.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Rebekah Cooper Producer: Charles Garnar

Michelle Morgante, regional managing editor of The Recorder, speaks with Amanda Bronstad about two recent verdicts that found social media platforms harmed the mental health of their young consumers. Amanda, who covers Mass Torts for Law.com was in the Los Angeles courtroom on March 25 when jurors found Meta and YouTube liable for the harm suffered by a young woman who was a child when she began using the platforms. Amanda shares the highlights of the cases and provides insight into what these verdicts will mean for future cases against social media companies.   Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield Reporter: Michelle Morgante Guest: Amanda Bronstad Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Brian Corbin, the Global Head of Strategic Services at QuisLex   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Brian Corbin Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Casepoint"s Chief Revenue Officer Chris Kruse  and Amit Dungarani, the Vice President of Product Marketing.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Chris Kruse & Amit Dungarani Producer: Charles Garnar        

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Shook, Hardy & Bacon's Partners Jamie Brown and Patrick Oot.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Patrick Oot & Jamie Brown Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Esther Birnbaum, the Executive Vice President of Data Intelligence at HaystackID.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Esther Birnbaum Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Zeynep Ersin, the Chief Innovation and Strategic Design Officer at Seyfarth Shaw   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Aron Ahmadia Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Simon Bayongos, Senior Director of Information Governance at  Epiq.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Simon Bayongos Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Beth Ashley, a Client Success Manager at Lighthouse.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Beth Ashley Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Odette Claridge, Corporate Counsel for Privacy and Governance at ProSearch.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests:  Odette Claridge Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Liz Lugones, the Vice President of Value Experience at Mitratech.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Liz Lugones Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Jaeger Glucina, the Chief of Staff at Luminance Technologies.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest:  Jaeger Glucina Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Lexis Nexis' Technology Chairman Jeff Reihl as well as Alexandra Smyth, Executive Vice President  & General Counsel.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Jeff Reihl & Alexandra Smyth Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Tom Baldwin, the Founder and CEO of Entegrata.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Tom Baldwin Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Brad Blickstein, CEO of the Blickstein Group.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Brad Blickstein Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Level Legal's CEO, Joey Seeber, and their Vice President of Client Solutions Matt Mahon.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests:  Joey Seeber & Matt Mahon Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Alta Claro's CEO and Founder Abdi Shayesteh and their Chief Learning Officer Patricia Libby.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Abdi Shayesteh & Patricia Libby Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Limelight's Foundling Partners, CEO Ken Gary and CSO Erin Harrison.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Ken Gary & Erin Harrison Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down wit Matt Rasmussen, the CEO, of ModeOne   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Matt Rasmussen Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Jason Brown, the President & CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Jason Brown Producer: Charles Garnar

  Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Megan McMillin, a Legal Innovation Partner at Harvey.     This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Megan McMillin  Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th.  And a conference this size was the perfect place to celebrate Legal Speak's 500th episode. On this special milestone episode, hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith were joined by an amazing lineup of guests including from ALM/LBR CEO Nick Brailey, Senior Vice President of Content Gina Passarella, Vice President of Innovation Vanessa Blum, Legal Editor Leigh Jones, Editor in Chief of Litigation and Law.com Alaina Lancaster, Vice President of Professional Education & Practical Insight Publications Lazette Jackson and our special guest Ryan Samii - the Head of Product Innovation at Harvey.      This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Ryan Samii, Nick Brailey, Gina Passarella, Vanessa Blum, Leigh Jones, Alaina Lancaster, Lazette Jackson Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Greg Mazares, the CEO, Purpose Legal.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Greg Mazares Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Exterro's Chief Marketing Officer John Vincenzo (a returning guest) and Senior Product Marketing Manager Bryant Bell.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: John Vincenzo & Bryant Bell Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Brittany Casey, the Vice President of Customer Success, at DISCO   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Brittany Casey Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Aron Ahmadia, Vice President of Applied Science at Relativity   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Aron Ahmadia Producer: Charles Garnar  

Ahead of the LegalWeek Conference taking place in New York City March 9-12, Legal Speak Producer Charles Garnar discusses the current state of artificial intelligence in the legal market with Danielle Benecke, Global Head of Baker McKenzie's Applied AI practice.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Special Guest Reporter: Charles Garnar Guest:  Danielle Benecke Producer: Charles Garnar

Over the past few weeks, Legal Speak has featured a series of interviews from our sister podcast, "Supreme Court Brief." In this final installment, Supreme Court Brief host Jimmy Hoover interviews Bill Kovacic, a former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission during the late Bush and early Obama administrations. Kovacic speaks with Jimmy about the "disappointing" aspect of a Supreme Court hearing in Trump v. Slaughter about whether President Donald Trump should be allowed to fire members of so-called "independent agencies" like the FTC.  The case centers around Trump's purported firing of Democratic FTC member Rebecca Slaughter. It could spell the end of roughly a century of Supreme Court precedent upholding removal restrictions for members of multi-member government commissions.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Special Guest Host: Jimmy Hoover Guest: Bill Kovacic Producer: Charles Garnar  

Attorney, author and journalist David Lat joins Legal Speak's Patrick Smith for a more detailed look at what transpired at Paul Weiss, what constitutes "fair" in the public sphere and what happens next for Brad Karp.   Hosts: Patrick Smith &  Cedra Mayfield  Guest: David Lat Producer: Charles Garnar  

This week, Legal Speak continues to feature a series of interviews from our sister podcast, "Supreme Court Brief. In this second installment, Supreme Court Brief host Jimmy Hoover talks to Supreme Court lawyer Adam Unikowsky on the promise and peril of using AI to litigate cases at the Supreme Court. Unikowsky reveals how he leveraged a case that he argued before justices to generate an audio file of an AI chatbot delivering a simulated high court argument. The result speaks for itself, according to Unikowsky. In addition to discussing additional AI experiments conducted by Unikowsky, the duo's conversation explores how appellate trial attorneys can take advantage of revolutionary AI tools.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Special Guest Host: Jimmy Hoover Guest: Adam Unikowsky Producer: Charles Garnar  

Former Cravath business development and communications chief and current founder and president of Farone Advisors, Deborah Farone, discusses her new book, which lights a path for women attorneys looking to build their own sustainable legal practices.   Hosts: Patrick Smith &  Cedra Mayfield  Guest: Deborah Farone Producer: Charles Garnar  

Over the next few weeks, Legal Speak will feature a series of interviews from our sister podcast, "Supreme Court Brief." In this first installment, Supreme Court Brief host Jimmy Hoover interviews University of Virginia School of Law Professor Amanda Frost. The duo discuss Frost's latest research on the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause and how it conflicts with President Donald Trump's attempt to deny birthright citizenship to children of immigrants. With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to weigh the constitutionality of Trump's policy this term and issue a ruling by July, the conversation provides timely insights for legal listeners.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Special Guest Host: Jimmy Hoover Guest: Amanda Frost Producer: Charles Garnar

In this week's Legal Speak episode, New York class action attorney Alex Barnett reveals how performing stand-up comedy and writing screenplays make him more effective in court.   Hosts: Patrick Smith &  Cedra Mayfield  Guest: Alex Barnett Producer: Charles Garnar  

Geoffrey Potter runs a large anticounterfeiting practice for Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, which he has done since 1995.  The practice had something of an international detective mystery thing going on. Tracking down and seizing product, global investigations and some really weird, and, admittedly, clever ways to hawk bogus product. And there are real consequences if and when these products hit the market. Potter tells us all about it.    Hosts: Patrick Smith &  Cedra Mayfield Guest: Geoffrey Potter Producer: Charles Garnar

In this week's Legal Speak episode, former Minnesota prosecutor Jack Rice discusses the legality of prosecuting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following the January deaths of American citizens and immigrant detainees.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith  Guest: Jack Rice Producer: Charles Garnar  

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Texas personal injury attorney Richard 'Dicky' Grigg pulls back the curtain on the prevalence of substance abuse and mental health issues among attorneys   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith  Guest: Dicky Grigg Reporter: Laura Lorek Producer: Charles Garnar  

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Atlanta Family and Law Divorce Attorney Crystal Wright sheds light on the national implications of Georgia's Equitable Caregiver Act. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith  Guest: Crystal Wright Producer: Charles Garnar  

Former federal prosecutor for the Central District of California Joe McNally details the legal elements involved in the extraction and pending prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on U.S. soil.   Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield Guest: Joe McNally Producer: Charles Garnar  

Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Benjamin A. Land and U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land sit down with Legal Speak podcast co-host Cedra Mayfield to discuss what it's like being "brothers in law".   Hosts: Cedra Mayfiled & Patrick Smith Guests: Benjamin Land and Clay Land Producer: Charles Garnar

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Texas Lawyer litigation reporter Laura Lorek explores Venable partner Derek Smith's passion for high-energy concert photography.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Reporter: Laura Lorek GuestL Derek Smith Producer: Charles Garnar

ALM Litigation Daily editor and columnist Ross Todd sat down with Tyson & Mendes founder Bob Tyson and managing partner Cayce Lynch to discuss their new book "Nuclear Verdicts: The Apex; Break the Pattern". The book looks at 100 closing arguments from cases that yielded disproportionately large non-economic damage awards for plaintiffs and how defense attorneys can avoid a similar fate.   Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield Guests: Bob Tyson & Cayce Lynch Producer: Charles Garnar