Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast features 3 panels about practicing while parenting in different stages and unique situations, a wellness break, & a spotlight on one of the Houston Bar Association's ancillary organizations. The episode has 2 titles because the content in the 3 main segments will be helpful in different ways to different people....

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on sports and entertainment law and includes interviews with lawyers who have successfully combined practicing law with something else they love, including a lawyer who has the privilege of working for his hometown team - the Houston Texans, two lawyers who were professional gamers prior to law school and are now prominent esports lawyers/podcasters, and a law...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season Three of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast! This episode highlights the new HBA Presidents goals for the 2022-2023 Bar Year. First, Behind the Lines host Anna Archer interviews HBA President Chris Popov, who introduces listeners to his goals for the bar year.  This sets the scene for the remainder of the episode as well as some of the underlying themes...

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on ways in which lawyers can use their voices to effectuate change. The first segment, "In the Literal Room: Running for Office to Be Part of the Change," features an interview with Harris County Attorney Christian Menafee.  County Attorney Menafee addresses deciding to run for office and the logistics of doing so, and he talks about what holding off...

Send us Fan Mail This episode corresponds with the Bench-Bar issue of The Houston Lawyer magazine, and it focuses on the service of four Houston area judges who serve the Bar and the citizens of Harris County both inside and outside of the courtroom. An Interview with the Hon. Yvonne Ho, U.S. Magistrate Judge . In the first segment, which is approximately 30 minutes long, The Houston Lawyer Podcas...

Send us Fan Mail This special spotlight episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast corresponds with the Section Spotlight feature of The Houston Lawyer magazine. We are featuring the Houston Bar Association's (HBA) Law Practice Management Section in this episode.  The spotlighted program is a hybrid (online and in person) CLE presentation provided by the section in March 2022. Th...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast is a companion to the Women in the Law issue of The Houston Lawyer and, like that issue, celebrates the accomplishments of women in the legal profession. It focuses primarily on celebrating how women lawyers excel at supporting other women, including colleagues, law students, and other women in the community who may part...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast, we feature Rebecca Bresnik, Associate Chief Counsel for International Matters at NASA's Johnson Space Center and a lead attorney for the International Space Station, and Michael Hoversten, Chief of the Space, International, and Operations Law Division, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Space Operations Command...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second episode of Season 2, Professionalism: Yesterday, Today, and Always.  This episode corresponds with the Professionalism issue (Sep./Oct. 2021) of The Houston Lawyer .   In the first segment (starting at 1:22), Reflections on Professionalism: An Interview with Three Fifty-Year Lawyers, I talk with the Honorable Patricia Lykos, the Honorable William Allen, and M...

Send us Fan Mail Houston attorney Anuj Shah provides his thoughts on recent developments in immigration law. This portion is accredited for CLE. Then, we spotlight the HBA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee's summer clerkship program, with an overview from committee co-chair Daniella Martinez and shared experiences from law students Goldia Ezekwere and Silvia Chicas. Contact Daniella...

Send us Fan Mail Houston Bar Association members discuss what made the 2020-21 bar year transformative for each of them. Immediate HBA Past President Bill Kroger reflects on his year in office, and Ruby Powers leads a panel discussion with law firm managing partners Thais Amaral Tellawi, Karleana L. Farias, and Marc Whitehead about changes during the pandemic year. HBA members can earn CLE credit...

Send us Fan Mail Take a listen to the Past, Present, and Future of Women in the Law, a special program hosted by the HBA Gender Fairness Committee. The panel was moderated by HBA president-elect Jennifer A. Hasley and featured all former women presidents of the HBA: Lynne Liberato, Amy Dunn Taylor, Denise Scofield, and Laura Gibson. HBA members can earn CLE credit by listening to this episode. Vis...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast complements the March/April issue of The Houston Lawyer ( THL ), which is about energy and the environment.   In the first segment (2:20), THL editor Natasha Breaux talks with Haynes and Boone partner Diana Liebmann about the energy market and ERCOT in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri. In the second segment (47:34:50),...

Send us Fan Mail Anita Wadhwa and Udoro Ekpin-Gatewood discuss the concepts behind restorative justice and their own restorative justice program, Restorative Empowerment for Youth ("REY"). After listening to the episode, HBA members can visit hba.org/watchcle for information to obtain CLE credit.  Views expressed by the participants of this program are their own and do not necessarily re...

Send us Fan Mail This episode celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Houston Bar Association ("HBA"). The Honorable Ken Wise of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals discusses Houston's legal legends (1:06). Next, Bill Kroger speaks about Peter Gray, founder of the HBA (26:13). Then, Justices Eva Guzman, Jane Bland, and Rebeca Huddle of the Supreme Court of Texas discuss their journeys t...

Send us Fan Mail This episode explores housing rights and discrimination, featuring the life and legacy of J. Vance Lewis, one of Houston's first Black trial attorneys, and his influence on Freedmen's Town. Then, Christopher Tyson of Build Baton Rouge discusses the law and policy behind housing rights and urban development, followed by an overview of race-based housing discrimination cas...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we’ll examine the intersection of the law and the coronavirus pandemic. Donna Haynes and Carey Jordan of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP discuss COVID-related innovations, including vaccine development and energy industry trends. Then, Henry Gonzales, Executive Director of the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, and Professor Ellen Marrus, Director of...