The Legal Geeks

Is Moff Gideon a war criminal? Are his Imperials bound by the Galactic Concordance? Can the Mandalorian import Blurgs to Navarro? And just what are the rules of the Sorgan Fight Club? Attorneys Joshua Gilliland, Gabby Martin, and Thomas Harper debate these issues and more in their review of The Mandalorian, Chapter 7, The Reckoning.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording shou...

What is the liability for co-conspirators for a prison breakout? Josh Gilliland and Thomas Harper explore these issues and more in reviewing The Mandalorian, Chapter 6, The Prisoner. Josh and Thomas also share thoughts on the future of Star Wars and Star Wars Celebration 2020.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered legal advice. Follow us on Facebook, Ins...

Did the Mandalorian and Peli Motto have a defined service contract? Did Toro Calican and the Mandalorian enter a partnership agreement for the capture of Fennec Shand? Attorneys Joshua Gilliland, Gabby Martin, and Thomas Harper jump on their swoop bikes to explore these sandy issues and more in The Mandalorian episode The Gunslinger.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording sho...

Do Loth Cats need to be on leashes? Is it murder to shoot a droid unit driving a wagon? And is it child abandonment to leave the Child in the Razor Crest? Attorneys Joshua Gilliland, Gabby Martin, and Thomas Harper lawyer-up to answer these questions and more in their review of The Mandalorian episode “Sanctuary.”  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered le...

Was it Tortious Interference of Contract for the Client to send additional Bounty Hunters after the Child AFTER retaining the Mandalorian? When does bounty hunting become human trafficking? Was the Mandalorian justified under the defense of others to raid the Imperial facility? Join Joshua Gilliland, Gabby Martin, and Thomas Harper as they discuss these issues and more.  Send us Fan Mail Support t...

Joshua Gilliland and Thomas Harper discuss The Mandalorian, Chapter 2, The Child. Josh and Thomas discuss the Mandalorian's duty of care for the Target (hereinafter "Oz"), how the Jawas committed Grand Theft, the legality of using lethal force to defend property, and the contract doctrine of economic duress.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be cons...

Bounty hunting is a complicated profession, especially when it comes to lawyers geeking out over the bountiful legal issues in the first episode of The Mandalorian. Joshua Gilliland, Gabby Martin, and Thomas Harper, mount up on their Blurrgs to cover the legal history of bounty hunting in the United States; whether bounty hunters can kill; if self-destructing droids are defective products; when a...

It is a Star Wars Resistance expose on the season two episodes “A Quick Salvage Run,” “Live Fire,” “Hunt on Celsor 3,” and “The Engineer.” Join attorneys Joshua Gilliland, Gabby Martin, and Thomas Harper as they explore the issues of the legal status of the Colossus, the hostile work environment in the First Order, Salvage Rights, Dereliction of Duty, Organizing Droids, Jakoosk hunting, and sabota...

Join Jessica and Josh for a spooky look back at the 1980s classics Bettlejuice and The Monster Squad . Get ready for haunted houses, abandoned property, required disclosures, Peeping Toms, and Universal Monsters. Sorry in advance for the connectivity drops during the recording.  This episode of The Legal Geeks is brought to you by the new book Unlocked Stories, where a mysterious phone is found an...

Judge Stan Boone, Angela Storey, Stephen Tollafield, and Josh Gilliland conduct their legal review of what goes bump in the night. Recorded live at SVCC 2019, this panel discussed Frankenstein's Creature, lynch mobs, the Mummy, cruel and unusual punishment, endangered species with the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and peeping toms with the Wolfman.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part...

Could Captain Phasma execute Commander Pyre & Tierny if they fail to find the Colossus? Is the Colossus now a common carrier like a cruise ship or is it like its own city-state? What are the employment issues with the Chelidae retreating into their shells out of fear and refusing to work?  Just how did Tam Ryvora join the First Order? Attorneys Joshua Gilliland, Thomas Harper, and Gabby Martin...

Would contributory negligence bar recovery from an accident caused by a super-hero? What's wrong with planting a microphone secretly in a building? Join Joshua Gilliland and Megan Hitchcock as they race through the legal issues from episode one of The Boys, The Name of the Game. Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered legal advice. Follow us on Faceboo...

Imperial Stormtroopers are tired of being beaten up with sticks by Ewoks. The Imperial Department of Military Research expressly warranted that all armors would protect Stormtroopers from projectile weapons. Legions of Stormtrooper associations have sued the manufacturer of body armor for defective design, breach of warranty, and fraud. Can Stormtroopers find justice or are they doomed to get the...

Lawyer Friends Jessica Mederson and Josh Gilliland swing into action as they take on the nefarious legal issues in Spider-Man Far From Home . Could Mysterio be sued for fraud? Did Nick Fury commit child endangerment by drafting Spider-Man into a legally undefined version of SHIELD? And just what kind of parental consent was given for high school students to be taken across Europe? Tune in as Jess...

Godzilla has been a destructive force of legal liability since 1954. Who is financially responsible for Acts of Godzilla? Does the United States have a duty to defend Japan? And just who is the legal owner of Mothra’s egg? Join our panel of attorneys including US Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman, Monte Cooper (Grand Nephew of the creator of King Kong, Merian Cooper), Kathy Steinman (Deputy City A...

The Clone Wars represents some of the best Star Wars stories ever told. Join our panel of judges and attorneys as they report for duty to determine the Duty to Follow Lawful Orders vs Unlawful Orders; Child Safety of Younglings; Secret Marriages; Clone Rights; and the Trial of Ashoka Tano. Panelists include Circuit Judge John B. Owens (9th Circuit Court of Appeals), Judge Carol Najera, Stephen Tol...

US Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman and Josh Gilliland discuss whether Titans are protected by the Endangered Species Act, if they are protected, under what circumstances could they be killed in self-defense, and whether using Titans as weapons would violated the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989. If you are attending San Diego Comic Con, here is our panel schedule: Law of the MC , Ju...

Lawyers Assemble to discuss the question, was Thor right to kill Thanos in "The Garden"? Joshua Gilliland, Thomas Harper, and Nari Ely, discuss the concepts of Just Wars and targeted killings, war crimes, extrajudicial murder, and whether the God of Thunder was justified to go for the head.... Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered legal advice....

Recorded Live at the Southeast District BAR Association (SEDBA) meeting on June 26, 2019. What best practices for closing arguments can be learned from attorney movies and TV shows? Attorneys Megan Hitchcock and Joshua Gilliland take a deep dive into strategies and ethical requirements for preparing closing arguments using the following pop culture examples:  A Time to Kill The Practice,  Pilot Ep...

Nari Ely, Esq., joined Joshua Gilliland to review Godzilla: King of the Monsters . Could Emma Russell be charged with child endangerment? Just because Allen Jonah called himself an eco-terrorist, does he actually meet the legal definition of a terrorist? Did San Francisco get condemned after Godzilla 2014? If the City by the Bay could no longer be inhabited, were there any legal remedies for those...

NY Judge Matthew Sciarrino and Jessica Mederson, Esq., discuss the Good Omens TV show on Amazon.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered legal advice. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok @TheLegalGeeks

Who pays the clean-up costs for Acts of Godzilla? Does Gamera have a duty to save children? And is King Kong an Endangered Species? Josh and Nari tackle these issues in an all out lawyer attack in Kaiju Law. Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered legal advice. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok @TheLegalGeeks

Using Marvel stories to understand how the legal process really works is as easy as snapping your fingers. Yes Dr. Strange is a superhero, but find out how he saved the world using contract law. Was Star-Lord really the rightful owner of the Morag Infinity Stone, do the Sokovia Accords pass the Constitutional test, and how, exactly, do we prosecute Thanos? Get ready for Marvel’s Endgame with a rol...

Tune in True Believers for a spoiler filled episode reviewing Avengers Endgame? From justified killings to whether victims of “The Snap” were legally dead, we geek out over Endgame, the law, and out thoughts on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show No part of this recording should be considered legal advice. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok...

Recorded live at WonderCon on March 31, 2019 Holy Liability! Lawyers answer the Bat-Signal to debate the greatest legal issues from Bat-tastic stories across comics, animation, television, and movies, over the last 80 years! How could the Gotham police in 1966 deputize vigilantes without violating the Constitution? What is the liability for a crime-fighting vigilante for the death of a child sidek...