Legal Speak

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

Guess what … it's back.  WIPL is back … and back where it started. Described as one of the "most inspiring and empowering women's conferences in the legal space," Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel.  This premier legal event, gathering 900+ senior female legal leaders for top-notch networking with peers an...

The ALM Podcast family just got a little larger.  Next week, the "Supreme Court Brief" debuts on the ALM Podcast Network ... and the Legal Speak gang couldn't be happier to welcome the show into the fold.  Patrick and Cedra are joined by the show's host, Supreme Court Reporter at The National Law Journal, Jimmy Hoover, for a little intro of Jimmy himself, and on what to expect in the new show.  Th...

Three years ago, Natasha Harrison was set to take the reins at litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller when she made a different choice: To go out on her own and start her own litigation boutique.  Harrison said the firm is thriving, finding the right matters. In addition to litigation, Harrison said the firm has accrued a strong roster of PE, hedge fund and private credit clients. But in order to ge...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, labor and employment law attorney Michael Elkins of MLE Law offers feedback on how lawyers should approach fallout surrounding the September 10th assassination of American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.    Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Michael Elkins Producer: Charles Garnar

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Spotlight Marketing and Branding Co-Founder Danny Decker reveals three steps attorneys and law firm operators can deploy to help attract potential clients via ChatGPT. In addition to explaining a shift in how users seeking legal information are leveraging generative AI, the North Carolina-based marketing expert sat down with Legal Speak co-host Cedra Mayfield to...

Jim Tuxbury is a litigator at Boston-based firm  Hinckley Allen. In 2014, he picked up a 'whistleblower' case against SunEdison and its owned subsidiaries, Terraform Global and Terraform Power, brought by the former president and CEO of both companies, Carlos Domenech Zornoza. Zornoza was fired shortly after attempting to go to SunEdison about what he believed to be misleading statements regarding...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Samson Amore speaks with Hanson Bridgett managing partner Kristina Lawson, who has been the CEO of the Am Law 200 firm since 2020. Lawson spoke with us about her role shepherding the California-based firm through numerous political and environmental crises. She also shared her perspective on Hanson Bridgett's future, following the last several years of expansion...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Texas Lawyer litigation reporter Laura Lorek explores AZA Law partner Cameron Byrd's passion for serving as a running guide alongside blind athletes.   Hosts: Cerdra Mayfield & Patrick Smith   Reporter: Laura Lorek   Guest: Cameron Byrd   Producer: Charles Garnar

DLA Piper's Bob Alessi thought something was amiss when he was asked to review the forensic and scientific material in the initial mistrial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing a police officer. He then used his background in STEM subjects, a semi-photographic memory and a dogged attention to social media to pick apart the state's case, resulting in an acquittal on her most seri...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, we return to our Litigators With Hobbies series. Texas Lawyer litigation reporter Laura Lorek explores Weisbart Springer Storm Hatchitt partner Geoff Weisbart's passion for horse breeding and aviation. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Reporter: Laura Lorek Guest: Geoff Weisbart Producer: Charles Garnar  

In this episode of Legal Speak, Patrick Smith sat down with McDermott, Will & Emery's Jason Krieser, Shawn Helms, and Christopher Cyrus.  The three attorneys undertook the task of peeling back layer after layer of what artificial intelligence will mean for those both using the tool for business and legal purposes, as well as those affected by it.   Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield Guests: Jas...

In this week's episode, Quinn Emanuel partner Christopher D. Kercher reveals why he's been coined his firm's "AI evangelist." In addition to sharing how he has helped colleagues implement AI into their current workloads and the steps they take to mitigate hallucination risks, the New York City-based litigator sat down with Legal Speak co-host Cedra Mayfield to discuss what he predicts is next for...