On the Road with Legal Talk Network

Laurence Colletti interviews Madeline Meacham and Michael Haddad about public officer misconduct and liability at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Together they discuss the types of cases being brought forward, media attention due to increased technology, and the difference between negligence and a violation of constitutional rights. Furthermore, what are we missing from media cov...

Laurence Colletti interviews Benjamin Griffith, Robert Heath, Nancy Abudu, Tanya Clay House, and Nicole Austin Hillery about election law at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. The guests explain the history of election law and why redistricting is necessary, gerrymandering or packing similar voters into a district, and how legal cases often involve racial discrimination. Learn more...

Laurence Colletti interviews American Bar Association Immediate Past-President William Hubbard at the 2015 ABA Annual Meeting. Together they discuss his year as president including the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the historic U.S. Supreme Court session, crisis in confidence in the criminal justice system, and changes in the legal marketplace due to legal technology. Learn more about your...

Laurence Colletti interviews Allen Pusey, ABA Journal editor and publisher at the American Bar Association 2015 Annual Meeting. Pusey discusses the ABA Journal’s independent voice, how they reach a broad audience through newsletters, emails, podcasts, websites, and paper publishing, and their centennial anniversary celebrations. Tune in to hear a behind-the-scenes perspective of how your favorite...

Laurence Colletti interviews Jonathan Malysiak, executive editor of Ankerwycke Books, and authors David Lat, Ronald Fierstein, and Dina Gold at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Ankerwycke Books is the new consumer trade imprint of ABA publishing, with a broad range of legal books including legal fiction, memoir business biography, true crime narratives, and many others. Jonathan d...

Laurence Colletti interviews Bobbi Liebenberg and Stephanie Scharf about their study “First Chairs at Trial: More Women Need Seats at the Table” at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Liebenberg and Scharf discuss the statistics that show potential implicit and unconscious biases that affect the number of opportunities for women to become head trial lawyers. They suggest solutions th...

Laurence Colletti interviews labor and employment lawyer Joseph Yastrow at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Joseph talks about how the recent developments in marijuana law affect the workplace. He and Laurence discuss the conflicting nature of state and federal laws and how the courts have responded in cases like Coats v. Dish Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Kathy Taylor, the former mayor of Tulsa, at the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) 40th Annual Convention. Together they discuss her involvement in NALA, her passion about early literacy, and the ways in which paralegals, other legal professionals, and any educated adult can help young children succeed by teaching them to read....

Vicki Voisin interviews Andi Elmore from the Kansas Association of Legal Assistants and Paralegals (KALA), Tove Sebring from the Capital Area Paralegal Association (CAPA), and June Brown from the Tulsa Area Paralegal Association (TAPA) about being members of paralegal associations affiliated with NALA. Together they discuss benefits including networking opportunities, leadership communication and...

During the National Association for Legal Assistants 40th Annual Convention, Vicki Voisin interviewed Yoli Garcia from the El Paso Paralegal Association (EPPA), and Linda Corrett, Carla Valenzuela, and Ruth Conley from the Houston Paralegal Association (HPA). Both EPPA and HPA are affiliated with NALA, ensuring that members have access to many CLEs and other affiliate benefits. Learn more about yo...

Vicki Voisin interviews Stacy Bowers, professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, about corporate law and commercial law for paralegals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vicki Voisin interviews Peter McGrath about issues in environmental law, Penny Bradshaw about immigration law for paralegals, and Jeff Bennion and Karin Scheehle about why it is important for legal professionals to stay on the edge of legal technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) recently hosted their 40th Annual Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Legal Talk Network attended with The Paralegal Voice host Vicki Voisin to interview board members, panelists, and attendees about their experience at the conference and what’s happening next year for paralegals. In this episode, Voisin interviews NALA President Kelly LaGrave, First...

Laurence Colletti interviews Melanie Griffin and Renee Thompson, co-chairs of the annual bar convention, at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. Together they discuss highlights from the conference and what to expect from the 2016 annual convention. Hint: It’s happening earlier, there’s a new venue, the presidential focus is shifting, and everything will be bigger. Tune in for more information....

Laurence Colletti interviews panelists Professor Donald Jones and Emily Patricia Graham about their seminar “Counseling the Provocative Client” at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. A provocative client produces art or content that may be offensive to members of the public and needs legal advice or legal representation in court to defend his or her First Amendment rights. Professor Jones shar...

Laurence Colletti interviews appellate attorney Ceci Berman and appellate judges Stephanie Ray, Morris Silberman, and Richard Suarez about their seminar “Differences Among the DCAs” at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. The appellate judges distinguish differences in motion practice, use of law clerks, staff attorneys, decision making, and what lawyers should and shouldn’t do to be successful...

Laurence Colletti interviews panelists of the incredibly important seminar titled “Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence: Pre Discovery Through Trial” at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Conference. In the first part of the podcast, he talks with electronic discovery experts John Jorgensen and Steven Teppler about the presentation “The Internet of Things,” and devices controlled online by compute...

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Bob Hoyle and Meah Tell from the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section about their seminar titled “Arbitration, Effective Joint Opening Sessions, and Ethical Issues for Mediators and Attorneys” at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews social media lawyer and consultant Ethan Wall at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Conference. Together they discuss how social media has affected the law, including discovery and conflicts between what lawyers and their clients believe to be private and the reality of online privacy rights. Additionally, Ethan tackles the big issue of juries an...

Laurence Colletti interviews panelists from “Don’t Crash on the Information Highway: What Every Law Firm Needs to Know About the Impact of Technology on Employment Law Issues,” a seminar at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. He talks to Gregory Hearing, Robyn Hankins, and Judge Alan Forst about how new ways of communication like social media, text, email, and instant messaging are affecting e...

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Jonathan Israel and Rod Bruce from the Practice Resource Institute (PRI) at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. Together they discuss the resources and tools the PRI provides, how Florida lawyers can get CLEs for technology, and the importance of knowing technology’s impact on the legal profession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

As technology continues to rapidly advance, not only are law firms and solo practices changing, but the justice system itself will embrace convenient technological solutions. Many lawyers are worried about the future of the legal profession and, more importantly, their jobs. While at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention, Adriana Linares interviews keynote speaker Richard Susskind about technolog...

Adriana Linares interviews attorney Brian Tannebaum about his practice and his new book at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. With over 20 years of experience as a criminal defense lawyer and now representing lawyers in disciplinary matters, he has useful advice regarding technology, ethics, and client communication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida Law Update 2015 featured as a seminar at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Convention. After the seminar, Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti sat down with some of the presenters to discuss what’s new in Florida Law. In the first part of this podcast, Laurence interviews Denis deVlaming about criminal law from district courts, the Florida Supreme Court, and the US Supreme Court in th...

Adriana Linares sits down with legal technology experts Carolyn Elefant, Mark Britton, Jabez LeBret, Jack Newton, Toby Brown, and Ernest Svenson to discuss using technology to improve client relationships, fee transparency, and how lawyers should approach a paperless office. All this takes place after the InSession conference that happened concurrently with The Florida Bar's 2015 Annual Conference...