Personal Jurisdiction

Are you interested in giving the LawView, LifeView, and Journey Mapping exercises a try? Head on over to our website to check out each of the exercises for yourself!  Bridgette Carr is a Clinical Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also the founding director of the Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic, the first clinic...

Jeena Cho is a Legal Mindfulness Consultant and Coach. Prior to becoming a fulltime mindfulness coach in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeena was an Assistant State Attorney at the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office and a longtime partner at JC Law Group PC, where she practiced bankruptcy law in California. Jeena is co-author of The Anxious Lawyer - an 8 Week Guide to a Joyful and Sat...

Noah Nix is a third year law student at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. Currently, Noah is serving as a legal intern in the Appellate & Trial Groups at the office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming. He is based in the Denver, Colorado office. Noah will graduate from law school in spring 2023. During his time at the University of Geo...

Jonah Perlin teaches legal practice and advanced legal writing courses at Georgetown Law as a full-time Associate Professor of Law, Legal Practice . Before teaching at Georgetown Law, Jonah worked at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. where he specialized in complex civil litigation in the United States and abroad. While at Williams & Connolly he also taught advanced legal writing at the...

Mark Feldman is a Senior Litigation Attorney at the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) in Washington, D.C. Prior to his time at NIJC, he was both a Staff Attorney and Senior Attorney at the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition, also in Washington, D.C., and a Law Fellow through the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Mark clerked on both the United States District Court for...

Sharonmoyee Goswami is a Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City. Sharonmoyee's practice focuses on intellectual property, antitrust and litigation involving complex scientific issues. She is a graduate of Princeton University (2009) and New York University School of Law (2012, Order of the Coif., magna cum laude ). Sharonmoyee clerked for the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk on the Federa...

Wookie Kim is the legal director at the ACLU of Hawaii. He is also a Lecturer in Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Prior to his time in Hawaii, Wookie was an Associate at Quinn Emanuel in Washington DC and clerked for the Honorable Catherine C. Blake in the District of Maryland. Wookie is a 2009 graduate of Yale University and a 2014 graduate of Harvard...

Nathan Brenner is an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. Before joining the FTC, Nathan worked at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division. He also clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Nathan is a 2008 graduate of Boston University and a 2014 graduate of the Northwestern Univers...

Abimbola Oladokun is Lead Counsel of General Litigation at Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Before her in-house role at Meta, Abimbola worked at two big law firms—one in Chicago and the other in California—where she focused on white-collar investigations and complex commercial litigation. She is a 2010 graduate of the University of Chicago and a 2015 graduate of the Northwestern University Pritzk...

David Lat is a lawyer turned writer and commentator on the legal profession. David is a graduate of Harvard College (1996) and Yale Law School (1999). He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1999-2000), worked as a litigation associate at the New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Newark, New Jersey. David i...

This month, June 2022, tune in for our Student Clinic Spotlight Series! During this series, we're featuring students from law schools around the country who have participated in a variety law school clinics.  Over the past two seasons of the show, many of our guests have talked about the impact that clinic work has had on their career trajectories and work experience. So, we've decided to chat wit...

This month, June 2022, tune in for our Student Clinic Spotlight Series! During this series, we're featuring students from law schools around the country who have participated in a variety law school clinics.  Over the past two seasons of the show, many of our guests have talked about the impact that clinic work has had on their career trajectories and work experience. So, we've decided to chat wit...

This month, June 2022, tune in for our Student Clinic Spotlight Series! During this series, we're featuring students from law schools around the country who have participated in a variety law school clinics.  Over the past two seasons of the show, many of our guests have talked about the impact that clinic work has had on their career trajectories and work experience. So, we've decided to chat wit...

This month, June 2022, tune in for our Student Clinic Spotlight Series! During this series, we're featuring students from law schools around the country who have participated in a variety law school clinics.  Over the past two seasons of the show, many of our guests have talked about the impact that clinic work has had on their career trajectories and work experience. So, we've decided to chat wit...

This month, May 2022, the Personal Jurisdiction and the How I Lawyer Podcasts are teaming up to feature five interviews on the important topic of mental health in the legal profession. In this week's episode, the fifth and final episode in this series, Jonah speaks with Doron Gold, a psychotherapist and former practicing lawyer (primarily in the area of family law) from Toronto, Canada. Doron work...

This month, May 2022, the Personal Jurisdiction and the How I Lawyer Podcasts are teaming up to feature five interviews on the important topic of mental health in the legal profession. In the fourth episode in the series, Hallie and Allison chat with Dr. Diana Uchiyama, the Executive Director of the Illinois Lawyers' Assistance Program, about the mental health struggles she has identified among th...

Connect with Brian Cuban on Twitter and on LinkedIn . Learn more about Brian by visiting his website .  Find out more about Jonah Perlin and the #HowILawyer podcast here . And follow Jonah on Twitter here .  This episode is sponsored, edited, and engineered by LawPods , a professional podcast production company for busy attorneys. Find Personal Jurisdiction online at https://www.personaljxpod.com...

This month, May 2022, the Personal Jurisdiction and the How I Lawyer Podcasts are teaming up to feature five interviews on the important topic of mental health in the legal profession. In the second episode in the series, Hallie and Allison chat with University of Michigan Law School Professors Bridgette Carr and  Vivek Sankaran about how to design a fulfilling life in the law, while in law school...

Professor Heidi Brown recently earned her master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a BA and JD from the University of Virginia. Connect with Professor Heidi Brown on LinkedIn and on Twitter .  Visit her online at http://www.theintrovertedlawyer.com  And here https://www.theflourishinglawyer.org Find out more about Jonah Perlin and the #HowILawyer...

Ally Coll is the President and Co-Founder of the Purple Campaign, a non-profit organization whose mission is to address workplace harassment. She is an attorney and a nationally recognized expert on gender equality in the workplace and the #MeToo movement.  Prior to founding the Purple Campaign, Ally was a litigator in private practice in Washington D.C. where she also spent time on Capitol Hill a...

Juan Perla is a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in New York City. His practice focuses on appellate work and international dispute resolution. He is a graduate of Andrews University (BA, 2003), University of Southern California (MPA, 2006), and the University of California Berkeley School of Law (JD, 2012). He served as a law clerk for the Honorable C. Darnell Jones II on the D...

David Dormon is General Counsel at Downtown Music Holdings. He is based in Los Angeles. Prior to his time at Downtown Music, he was an associate at the law firms of Reed Smith (2021 - 2022), Vedder Price (2016 - 2018), and Katten (2014 - 2016). David is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Chicago Law School.  Connect with David on LinkedIn .  Find us online at https://www.personal...

Lindsay Dubin is a Staff Attorney at Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, D.C. Prior to her job in D.C., she worked at the Environmental Law & Policy Center in Chicago, IL. She is a 2007 graduate of Cornell University and a 2014 graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.  Connect with Lindsay on LinkedIn . Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com On Twitter @PersonalJxPod A...

Emily Thomas is Senior Counsel at Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Chicago. Prior to her role at Hyatt, Emily was an associate in the real estate group at Katten in Chicago.  Emily is a 2008 graduate of American University and a 2014 graduate of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.  Connect with Emily on LinkedIn.  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com On Twitter @PersonalJxPod And on Instagr...

Suhas Subramanyam is a Delegate of the Virginia House of Delegates. He represents District 87 which comprises Loudon County and Prince William County. He has served Virginia since 2020. Suhas has also acted as counsel for a number of startups. Prior to serving Virginia, he was a Policy Advisor & Special Assistant for Technology for the White House during the Obama Administration. He is a 2008 grad...