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This conversation was recorded on August 26, 2022. Veronica McFall is the Director, Northeast Corridor Engagement at Cornell University. She is also a children's book author, and in 2020, she published her first children's book,A Visit to The Bahamas from A to Z. Veronica is a graduate of Colgate University and Teachers College, Columbia University. She resides in New Jersey with her husband, and...

  Andy Dale is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer of Alyce, Inc. a B2B gifting and engagement platform.  Andy leads all legal affairs including data privacy, strategic partnerships and corporate compliance.  He has led the legal, privacy and compliance functions at SessionM which was acquired by Mastercard in 2019 and dataxu. Inc. an advertising technology company which is now owned by Roku...

Rita Sheth is a lawyer, writer and entrepreneur. She founded MERCURY DASHA a phygital fashion and art brand that creates fashion for real life and the metaverse in 2021. She continues to practice law as a dispute resolution lawyer, and also shares her experiences and insights on her personal development and coaching platform, The Many Sides, through which she aims to help women like herself maximi...

Robert Ingalls calls himself a  "recovering attorney". He's  also a professional speaker and the founder of LawPods ,   one of the first podcast production agencies for law firms. At LawPods, Robert and his team help some of the premier law firms in the world launch and grow branded podcasts that build relationships and drive revenue. Robert's path to Podcast Producer to the Am Law 100 was anythin...

Noeli Serna is the Founding Attorney of Serna Legal Services, a corporate law firm that offers Illinois Latine-owned businesses and Latine entrepreneurs corporate legal services in English and Spanish. Noeli's firm incorporates businesses; drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts; and advises clients on their business's ongoing legal obligations as they scale and grow. Before starting her own law...

Joseph George is an experienced, Supreme Court certified mediator and qualified arbitrator, who specializes in complex disputes. Mr. George has worked on all kinds of matters including cases involving commercial and business disputes, breach of contract, negligence, construction disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, cannabis disputes, employment discrimination claims, beauty product defects, and...

  Aliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law. After law school, Aliza clerked in DC Superior Court duri...

  Don Schmincke is the author of the Best-Selling book The Code of the Executive and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He is an Award-Winning Speaker, Researcher, and Founder of the SAGA Leadership Institute and delivered over 1,700 speeches. About Emily: https://www.whistlerpartners.com/team/emily-witt Edited and Produced by Mark McDonald . Launch your podcast at  https:...

Isaiah Hardy is a rising 3L at the University of Oregon School of Law. He was born and raised in Sacramento, CA, before heading south to San Diego, where he received his bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Africana Studies, Economics, and Psychology from San Diego State University. During his 1L summer, he was a summer associate at Littler Mendelson P.C., where he ha...

  Elecia Byrd is a native Texan with a passion for helping others. A member of the firm's personal injury section in Austin, this talented litigator focuses her practice on automobile accidents, product injuries, traumatic brain injuries, premises liability, dog bites, and more. Elecia finds purpose as a personal injury lawyer, dedicating herself to helping injury victims who cannot help themselve...

Becky Bye is a lawyer, licensed healthcare provider, devoted life-long learner, and a proud Colgate Alum. Her diverse legal background includes: Representing Fortune 500 companies at a large law firm. Working as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado. Serving as an attorney-advisor for a cabinet department of the federal government. Litigating and transacting healthcare and techno...

Ramya is Associate General Counsel at Bowery Farming, a New York-based startup that is revolutionizing the way food is grown by cultivating crops, without soil, vertically, and indoors. She started this role—in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic—because she is passionate about access to food and combating climate change through innovation. Before this, she spent many years at the New York offic...

Wendy Heilbut's legal practice bridges the gap between traditional law and innovative growth. In addition to advising early stage and high growth companies as their outside general counsel, she is a leader in managing domestic and international trademark portfolios, cross-border trademark strategies and the intellectual property direction for innovative companies large and small. As the firm Manag...

Jacob Levy is a neurodiverse career coach & educator teaching jobseekers how to create content to be seen and implement successful search strategies. He supports people with disabilities and small businesses with content creation and finding their desired clientele.  Jacob has a background in music and special education.  He used those experiences to find a way to create short melodies & videos to...

Kieran Paul is the Founder, Director, and Legal Career Coach at Gradvantage Partners.  He graduated with a law degree in 2013 from the University of Leeds. Kieran utilized his passion for uplifting others by taking his experiences in law and recruiting to align people with their career goals.  He now works with aspiring attorneys to obtain roles in top law firms and coaches them on how to move up...

  Jahed Hussain works as Corporate Counsel for Cox Automotive UK & Europe within Digital Retail Solutions. As the world's largest automotive services organization, Cox Automotive is committed to helping car manufacturers, fleet, and dealer customers meet the significant, bold challenges of the digital transformation era. Jahed supports internal stakeholders across Europe in achieving their local a...

Welcome back to another season of Beyond the Legal Lens.  2021 was an exciting year as the show was launched, and we had many people join us to talk about their careers!  In this next season, I'll be focusing on the legal community and meeting with guests that provide great advice for furthering your professional development.  On that note, I am thrilled to invite Stephanie Lee as Season Two's Fir...

It is a pleasure to have Spencer Klein on the show with me today.  Spencer is one of my oldest friends and we lived across the hall from each other starting at two years old.   We talk about growing up and the expectations we had for ourselves when it came to our careers.  Ironically, Spencer is the one that went into the movie business and I went into the legal field. His father is a lawyer and m...

Zachary Green attended high school Cincinnati, Ohio and went on to Bowling Green State University. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was a lieutenant with his local fire department. Zachary is the founder and former CEO of MN8 LumAware/Foxfire. He grew the company from the trunk of his car to over $30MM in organic sales and $5MM in venture funding. Zachary's new book, Warrior Entrepreneur was...

Elena Anderson-de Lay is an experienced Global Workforce Mobility professional, specializing in employment and academic immigration compliance. She has served countless expatriates and their families relocating to, and from the United States. As Co-founder and Lead Strategist of At Ease Solutions, Elena partners with organizations to design innovative workforce strategies and learning experiences...

Lisa Caprelli grew up with humble beginnings in the sun city of El Paso, Texas. She is proud of her Latin roots and culture and happy to have realized her dream of living near the ocean today in Huntington Beach, California.  Lisa is a speaker, songwriter and an award-winning author of the unicorn book series, Unicorn Jazz. ™.  Unicorn Jazz series offers social emotional learning (empathy, kindnes...

Marcela Levy is a Partner at the law firm Mannheimer, Perez e Lyra, a proud working parent of twins, and a dear friend/workout buddy. She received her LL.B. from the Catholic University of Rio De Janeiro in 2008 and received her LL.M. in 2012 from Columbia University in New York City where she also met her husband.  Our first encounter was in 2012 in a midtown conference room, when she was on seco...

Dr. Kathryn Owler has become passionate about finding ways to experience more fun and enjoyment at work after her 'dream job' turned into a nightmare. She channeled her despair & disappointment into academic research – distilling the secrets of remarkable workers who've had fun at any job they've ever had! Kathryn is now the director of The Happiness at Work Coach. Her mission is to provide people...

In this week's episode of Beyond the Legal Lens, I sit down with two of my close friends from childhood, Liz 'Paoli' Case and Cori 'Tuckman' Gordon. Liz is the Director/Coach for the Yellow Jackets Women's Lacrosse Team in Virginia.  Liz graduated with a B.S. and Masters Degree from George Mason University where she played Division 1 Collegiate Lacrosse.  Cori is currently VP Strategic Sales at Ac...

Stuart Grant, based in Delaware, is an internationally recognized business leader, litigator and legal investor. Prior to founding Bench Walk Advisors, he co-founded and served as Managing Director of Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., which grew under his leadership and capital investment into one of the world's most formidable plaintiff advocacy firms. He retired from Grant & Eisenhofer in 2018 to devote...