Podcast appearances and mentions of gina passarella

Hold on to your hats - we've finally made it.  Welcome to the 400th Episode Spectacular - recorded live at the LegalWeek Leaders in Tech Law Awards show. This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with some of the industry's biggest names - including this special celebratory show. We put together an amazing lineup of six guests to commemorate this milestone.  Joining Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield were ALM Global CEO Bill Carter, Emily Lipincott, Senior Legal Futurist at Filevine and a Monica Bay Award Winner, Stephen Poor, Chair Emeritus at Seyfarth Shaw and a Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Gina Passarella, Senior Vice President of Content at ALM, Bridget McCormick, President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association, host of the AAAi podcast and a Monica Bay Women in Legal Tech Award Winner and Vanessa Blum Vice President of Legal Product Innovation at ALM. Enjoy !!! Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Bill Carter, Emily Lipincott, Stephen Poor, Gina Passarella, Bridget McCormick & Vanessa Blum  Producer: Charles Garnar

For the fourth time, I have had the honor of speaking with Gina Passarella about ALM's Mental Health Survey of the Legal Profession. This year, I had the opportunity to include Dan Roe, one of the industry's best business of law journalists, and Paul Hodkinson, The Editor and Chief of ALM Publications in Europe. We engaged in a broad-ranging discussion about the survey, the challenges of an intergenerational workforce, and the power of storytelling to normalize mental health issues.

It's that time of year once again … LegalWeek!    ALM's LegalWeek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper into their professional development, explore topics and strategies tailored specifically to their role, and gain the tools to get legal business done.  The LegalSpeak show has now become a regular staple at the conference as we talk to some of the leading legal minds across the industry.  But wait .. as if that wasn't enough ... it's our 300th Episode.  The commemorate the big milestone at LegalWeek, Zack and Alaina sat down with ALM's Bill Carter, Gina Passarella and the LegalSpeak OG Vanessa Blum.  Thanks for listening!

This is a special episode recorded at the LVNx conference in Chicago and includes a conversation LVN board members Keith Maziarek and Justin Ergler had with LVNx keynote speaker Gina Passarella, SVP of Content from ALM Global, as well as Greg Lambert, one of the three original geeks from the Three Geeks and a Law Blog and host of “The Geek in Review Podcast” as well as being Chief Knowledge Services Officer Jackson Lewis. Topics discussed include  Importance of succession planning and incentivizing partners to pass on their books of business Challenges in implementing change in law firms Examining value and profitability for both law firms and clients

Each year, ALM releases a survey that looks at the mental health of lawyers around the globe. This year, the results revealed some unexpected—but not shocking—truths about the stress and burnout levels of today's law firm attorneys. In this episode of Erasing the Stigma, Gina Passarella, Michael Kasdan, Diane Costigan and Paula Davis sit down with Mark Yacano to review the findings and explore how law firms can help their people.

We're only at the start of our mental health awareness journey—which is evident if you look at the results of the ALM 2022 Mental Health Survey. In this episode of Erasing the Stigma, Michael Kasdan and Gina Passarella join Mark Yacano to review the survey's findings and discuss the current state of mental health in the legal industry and workplace.

A song soothes with meadow views, and still heals new, each listen. Blind Melon's "No Rain" gives us layers of talent, forced labor, art, people pushed beyond their means. Addiction, recovery, ending too soon. Strength that still stands. Shannon Hoon. Roger Stevens, Heather DeLoach, Chris Fairbanks, and others too. #BlindMelon #slavaukrain #LGBTQIA+ ________ NOTES: Sherman Alexie, author, " The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007)" - grew up in Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, by Spokane/Coeur d'Alene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Alexie _____________ Impromptu - movie - *Judy* Davis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Julian Sands, Bernadette Peters. The movie is about a fortnight, with George Sands, Chopin - [PBS broadcast this on Masterpiece Theater] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impromptu_(1991_film) ______ Chris Fairbanks - comedian. Eyes wide, present, true - https://www.chrisfairbanks.com/ _________ Blind Melon - No Rain [Official Video] = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58 ‘Blind Melon' Guitarist Rogers Stevens On Shannon Hoon's Death [he was 21 years old. Hoon was 28 when died. Took years to get over, and it is still part of him] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofagukmDgRo ______ The American Law Journal = Emmy winning = Trademark. Band The Slants - "re-appropriation" - 2017 "In this feature report, The American Lawyer magazine executive editor Gina Passarella interviews the founding member of Blind Melon and Ballard Spahr attorney Rogers Stevens" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtUrT_3gIQk ______ Roger Stevens, musician from Blind Melon, musician, attorney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogersstevens _____ Heather DeLoach, Bee Girl in "No Rain" video - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_DeLoach ______ POD DESCRIPTION: This is The House on Valencia Street. This is a place where ghosts & psychics, with PTSD, exist, & I'm talking about it. Share time with a rare survivor, walking back to haunted rooms and space being claimed from long ago. This is from the survivor's perspective, communicated as I see fit, in a way that feels right, for me. I do not offer advice here, I share what worked for me. I am not a professional therapist, this is just one case study, one perspective. Please seek professional help, if mental health issues need attention. This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only, and I am a commentator. Use your discernment. Language is explicit. Names may or may not be changed, to protect some. Content Warning: ghosts, psychic ability, rape, incest, foster care, murder, emancipation, BDSM, therapy, lightning strikes, personal responsibility, Buddhism, LGBTQIA+, recovery, codependency, comedy, domestic violence - and inappropriate humor, most likely. Picture inset: This is me, so many years ago, standing in front of my mother's Impala, and the House on Valencia Street. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mohmah/support

Despite—or, perhaps more accurately, because of—its rocky start, 2020 ended up being a banner year for Big Law financials. The pandemic forced law firms to cut costs in a major way, but there was a lot more than that behind firms’ soaring profits. In this week's episode, Gina Passarella, ALM’s editor-in-chief, global legal brands, interviews American Lawyer executive editor Ben Seal and ALM Legal Intelligence senior analyst James Willer about some of the key findings from this year’s Am Law 100 rankings with regard to profitability.    

Issues of mental health in the legal profession have been a hot topic for ALM Media. Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief, speaks with Mark Yacano about the results of the yearlong Minds Over Matters project and the impact of COVID-19 on the lawyers with whom she’s recently spoken.

Gina Passarella is the Editor-in-Chief of global brands at ALM Media, where she works to connect others across the legal industry. Gina has worked with ALM since 2005, where she began as a reporter at its Pennsylvania publication, The Legal Intelligencer. She has covered the business of law around large law firms since that time. She moved into a role as senior editor on ALM's Business of Law desk in 2016 and became editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer in 2017. Her role has since evolved to include overseeing ALM's global and national brands, including Law.com International, Corporate Counsel, Legaltech News, The National Law Journal and China Law & Practice. Gina connects the profound insights of ALM's niche audience segments, building communities across the entire legal industry. In this episode… How is the legal industry and the way we relate information changing, especially during the coronavirus pandemic? Join Gina Rubel as she talks with Gina Passarella. They discuss her journey in legal media, how to best communicate with journalists, legal industry trends pre- and post-coronavirus, and what listeners should know about embargos, going on the record and speaking off the record with the media. She openly encourages those in law to have informational meetings with the media. She gives tips and advice on how to best pitch stories and one surprising detail when lawyers are nominated for industry awards. 

Eilene Zimmerman, a journalist and the ex-wife of a Wilson Sonsini partner who died of a drug overdose about five years ago, talks to Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate The American Lawyer, about what Zimmerman uncovered regarding the culture inside Big Law and law schools in researching her new book "Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction and Tragedy."

The American Lawyer and ALM Legal Intelligence have been earnestly collecting data on the legal industry for the past 40 years. What do their numbers indicate about the future of the industry? Host Dan Linna engages his co-panelists Patrick Fuller and Gina Passarella in a round-table discussion on the biggest takeaways from their Legalweek 2020 presentation on this data, outlining notable trends and discussing strategies that will position providers for future success. Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer. Patrick Fuller is the vice president and general manager of ALM Legal Intelligence.

The American Lawyer and ALM Legal Intelligence have been earnestly collecting data on the legal industry for the past 40 years. What do their numbers indicate about the future of the industry? Host Dan Linna engages his co-panelists Patrick Fuller and Gina Passarella in a round-table discussion on the biggest takeaways from their Legalweek 2020 presentation on this data, outlining notable trends and discussing strategies that will position providers for future success. Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer. Patrick Fuller is the vice president and general manager of ALM Legal Intelligence.

On The Road host Ralph Baxter welcomes panelists Nicholas Bruch, Luis Fernando Guerra, Gina Passarella, and Karl Kong to discuss the current landscape of legal service delivery in the scope of both traditional law firms and alternative legal service providers. They share highlights from their panel and describe how increased efficiency and lower costs have caused a trend toward the development of alternative legal service delivery within large law firms to meet the needs of today’s clients. Nicholas Bruch is a senior analyst at ALM Legal Intelligence. Luis Fernando Guerra is Deloitte Legal’s Global leader. Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer. Karl Kong is SVP of Product at Axiom.

On The Road host Ralph Baxter welcomes panelists Nicholas Bruch, Luis Fernando Guerra, Gina Passarella, and Karl Kong to discuss the current landscape of legal service delivery in the scope of both traditional law firms and alternative legal service providers. They share highlights from their panel and describe how increased efficiency and lower costs have caused a trend toward the development of alternative legal service delivery within large law firms to meet the needs of today’s clients. Nicholas Bruch is a senior analyst at ALM Legal Intelligence. Luis Fernando Guerra is Deloitte Legal’s Global leader. Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer. Karl Kong is SVP of Product at Axiom.

Adam Markel, a former practicing lawyer who now writes and speaks about mental health fitness, talks with Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate The American Lawyer, about making small life changes to achieve self-care in the demanding profession of practicing law.

As The American Lawyer, an affiliate of Law.com, turns 40 years old this year, we take a look at the publication’s impact on the legal profession—especially Big Law—since the magazine’s debut in 1979. In this episode, Steven Brill, the founder of The American Lawyer, talks with current editor-in-chief Gina Passarella about how the magazine put a spotlight on the business of law and attorney compensation at the most powerful firms in the country. Legal Speak is brought to you by Econ One, offering economic expertise, consulting and dispute resolution, and data analytics.

In this episode of Law Technology Now, host Dan Linna discusses The American Lawyer 2019 Am Law 100 data with Gina Passarella and Nick Bruch. They dig into the survey data and give an overview of how various firms ranked—discussing their insights on new trends, looking at what drove growth, and talking about how this data can be strategically applied in law firms. They follow this with comments on their expectations for the Am Law 200 and how it may differ from 100 data. To close, Gina and Nick give their predictions for trends they expect to see in the future and talk about how the legal marketplace is affected by tech innovations. Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer and Global Legal Brands at ALM Media. Nicholas Bruch is the director of Legal Market Intelligence at ALM Media. Special thanks to our sponsor, Thomson Reuters.

In this podcast, Gina Passarella of ALM discusses this year’s The American Lawyer Industry Awards as well as ALM’s upcoming expansion of international content. View full show notes here.

Editor-in-Chief, Global Legal Brands Along with serving as EIC of The American Lawyer, Gina works with the EICs of ALM's global legal brands, including Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal, Legal Week and China Law & Practice, to connect the deep insights of ALM's niche audience segment,s building communities across the entire legal industry. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freeman-means-business/support

I interviewed Gina Passarella | Editor-in-Chief of The American Lawyer on Wed May 16th, 2018. We discussed these topics: Her career as a reporter in the business of law The many changes to the media business How data has been a part of reporting on the legal industry Her values in her role at The American Lawyer Rules of engagement with reporters What the AmLaw100 numbers revealed Her summer reading list, family plans, etc. _______________________________________________ Give Feedback Please share your feedback for the show, who I should interview, and the topics that interest you right now.  _______________________________________________ Links referred to in this episode: Gina Passarella's LinkedIn Bio Gina Passarella's Twitter Handle The American Lawyer Legal Speak Podcast by Law.com Law Firm Disrupted briefing by Roy Strom of Law.com Skilled in the Art | IP briefing by Scott Graham of Law.com The 2018 AmLaw100 The Big Four Public Accounting Firms | Wikipedia Chadbourne Settles Sex Bias Case by Law.com Dr Seuss by Wikipedia National Geographic

The American Lawyer’s Am Law 100 has been recognized as the definitive public ranking of financial performance for the nation’s largest law firms since its introduction in 1987. According to the press release, The American Lawyer has released the 2018 Am Law 100 data, providing a detailed look at the financial health of an industry that exhibited its highest growth in key financial metrics since the fiscal year 2010! On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, hosts Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams joins Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer and Nicholas Bruch, senior analyst at ALM Intelligence, as they take a look at the 2018 Am Law 100, analysis of data, the process, what this means for law firms, and comparisons to prior years.