Hashing Out the Law

Welcome to Season 4 of Hashing Out the Law . I am your host, Arash Hashemi . On this episode I speak to Reyna Marder Gentin . After almost two decades of practicing law, Reyna decided it was time to try something new. So she retired and started a new Journey. However, she did not know where the journey would take care. After taking a writing class, because of a dare, Reyna discovered her new passi...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law , with Arash Hashemi . On this episode our guest is a colleague and a fiend William Hovsepyan . He is a champion of the people and is here to speak about the justice system and what it's like to serve the public. William Hovsepyan graduated from UCSB with a BA in Political Science and Philosophy.  He received his law degree from the University of the...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law , with Arash Hashemi .  On this episode our guest is immigration attorney Layla Khamoushian . With a new administration in the White House the immigration law field is undergoing rapid change. Layla will go over these expected changes and discusses how they will affect the immigration process (Season 3, Episode 7, Recorded February 15, 2021).  ...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law , with Arash Hashemi. On this episode our guest is patent attorney Puya Partow . He explains the process of obtaining a patent, what a trademark is, and what constitutes a copyright. Puya's work includes assisting clients with patent re-examination and reissue, litigation support, infringement analysis, patent validity analysis, freedom to operate analysi...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law. I am your host Arash Hashemi. Throughout my career I have been asked a lot of questions and heard a lot of comments about public defenders. It amazes me how little people know or think they know about public defenders. So, I decided to invite my friend and colleague Jacqueline Davalos, who is a real life public defender, to come on the podcast and set th...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law . I am your host Arash Hashemi. On this episode my guest is Patricia Wenskunas, the Founder/CEO of Crime Survivors, Inc. Patricia has gained national recognition for her tireless advocacy on behalf of the victims of violent crime. Crime Survivors is dedicated to the proposition that with community support, respectful advocacy and hopeful healing, one can...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law . I am your host Arash Hashemi. On this episode my guest is criminal defense attorney Thomas Mesereau . He is best known for successfully defending Michael Jackson. Throughout his career, Tom has devoted a lot of his time providing pro bono legal services to the community and is the founder of the Mesereau Free Legal Clinic . During this episode he and I...

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law . I am your host Arash Hashemi . In the local elections of November 2020, the incumbent District Attorney of Los Angeles County was defeated by the Former District Attorney of San Francisco County (not Alameda County) George Gascón . In his first day in office, Gascón introduced some radical directives meant to reform the County’s criminal justice system....

Welcome to Season 3 of Hashing Out the Law , I am your host Arash Hashemi.  We are going to start the new season with Constitutional Expert and Author Michael Polelle . He is a Harvard Law School graduate, an emeritus professor of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and an award-winning legal writer.  Michael and I discuss the transition of power between presidents, talk about the c...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi . On this episode my guest is Lisa Lockwood. She and I discus her career, including the years she spent in law enforcement. We also discuss current events and police backlash from a law enforcement point of view. Lisa Lockwood is an award-winning veteran SW...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law , the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi . On this episode I will be talking to Karine Kardajian. Karine is an attorney and mediator with offices in Los Angeles and Orange County.  She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 2008 with a B.A. in History and International Devel...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law , the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi. On this episode I will be talking to Nikki DuBose. Nikki is a model, author and advocate. She is also an ambassador for Patrice Kids , a 501c3 charity dedicated to educating on the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse. Her debut memoir, Washed Away: F...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law , the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi. On this episode I will be talking to retired DEA agent Larry Hardin. After 30 years in the DEA, Larry currently teaches criminal law for students coming into law enforcement, runs his own private investigating business, and volunteers to visit with milita...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law , the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi . On this episode I will be talking to law enforcement expert, Patrick Fitzgibbons. We discuss the challenges of law enforcement officers in their daily life and in particular the criminal justice system.  Patrick Fitzgibbons is a retired Police Comma...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi.  On this episode I will be talking to Award-Winning author Christian Cipollini. I was very excited to have him on as a guest and couldn’t wait to pick his brain. That’s because, besides being an author, Christian is a crime historian, consultant, lect...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi. On this episode I will be talking to Attorney Natela Shenon. Natela has extensive experience in contract law, commercial transactions, contract administration, business development, and risk assessment and mitigation. So I asked her to come on the show to...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am your host Arash Hashemi. The COVID-19 Pandemic has made everyone live and look at life differently. One of the way it has personally affected me is too look at my mortality and what will happen to my loved ones I am gone. So I decided to invite my friend Christina Malyan to talk a...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am Arash Hashemi and on this episode I will be talking to Steve Schwartz about the LSAT-Flex.  Due to the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the April LSAT has been canceled and an alternate test, the LSAT-Flex, has been introduced. Steve and I go over the details of the LSAT-Flex and an...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am Arash Hashemi and on this episode we will be talking to, Heidi Brown. Professor Brown is a law professor at Brooklyn Law School and the author of Untangling Fear in Lawyering (ABA 2019) , The Introverted Lawyer (ABA 2017) a nd a two-volume legal writing book series entitled The Mi...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. I am Arash Hashemi and on this episode we will be talking to, Maurice Possley. Mr. Possley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who left the Chicago Tribune after nearly 25 years as an investigative reporter specializing in criminal justice. He was a journalist for 36 years and was a...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law, the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. On this episode we will be talking to Ritu Goswamy. Besides being a lawyer, Ritu is a productivity consultant for lawyers. She is the best-selling author of The New Billable Hour and The Holistic Lawyer . She also hosts "The New Billable Hour Podcast" and is an active speaker and train...

Welcome to Season 2 of Hashing Out the Law , the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. We are excited to be back and have some amazing guests lined up for you. We are going to start off Season 2 with guest Ken Good. He and I will be discussing Bail Reform which has taken the country by storm.  Ken is a Texas attorney and a member of the Professional Bondsmen of Tex...

Welcome to Hashing Out the Law, Episode Thirty – Alternative Sentencing. I am your host Arash Hashemi. This is the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. On this special audio/video 30th episode I’ll be speaking with my friend and fellow criminal defense attorney Nina Hodjat.  Nina is a criminal defense attorney licensed in California and New York. She’s been quoted...

Welcome to Hashing Out the Law, Episode Twenty Nine – The Mindful Lawyer. This is the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. On this episode I’ll be speaking with real estate attorney and meditation teacher Gullu Singh . Although Gullu was exposed to meditation as a child, he was not serious about it until he began his legal career working at firms where the insane minds...

Welcome to Hashing Out the Law , Episode Twenty Eight - California Gangs. This is the podcast where we discuss and hash out legal issues and/or topics. On this episode I’ll be speaking with Mr. Martin M. Flores Martin grew up in the Boyle Heights area of East Los Angeles and after the loss of his youngest brother to a drive by shooting in 1994, he focused his energy to work with gangs in order to...