Legal Mastermind Podcast - Presented By Market My Market

Pooja Kothari is a former Public Defender of seven years who found a desire to highlight the bias in the legal system. She has since created tools and methods to combat and educate bias in the workplace and in everyday life.

Kothari created the anti-bias organization Boundless Awareness with the mission to build inclusive spaces.

Boundless Awareness designs and facilitates workshops for committed companies and individuals that engage people to understand what language they are using that influences attitudes, behavior, and decision-making.

Connect with Boundless Awareness' website: https://www.boundlessawareness.com/

Connect with Pooja on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boundlessawareness/

On This Episode, We Discuss...
- Identifying & Addressing Bias in the Workplace
- How to Affect Change on a Variety of Levels
- How to Hold Others Accountable
- The Process of Educating Clients

Tobi Millrood is a Partner at Kline & Specter. Millrood has been practicing law for 26 years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He specializes in the area of Mass Torts including bad drugs and devices, and defective drugs and devices.

Millrood is also the past president of the world’s largest trial bar, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), where he completed his term in July 2021 and currently serves as Immediate Past President.

Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiasmillrood/


On This Episode, We Discuss...
- The Connotation Behind Referrals
- Developing Diversification in Your Firm from a Referral Practice
- Best Ways to Find Referral Partners & Determining Legitimacy
- Building a Trust Relationship with Potential Referral Partnerships

Michael Lissner is the Executive Director of the Free Law Project. The Free Law Project is the leading non-profit using software and data to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive. The organization's official mission is to try to make the legal sector more competitive using data software and advocacy.

Check out Free Law Project's website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlissner/

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlissner/


On This Episode, We Discuss...
- How the Free Law Project Began
- The Importance of Information
- Creating Revenue as a Non-Profit
- The Company's Current Advocacy Projects

Recorded at Mass Torts Made Perfect in Las Vegas, NV April of 2022.

0:20 – Giugi Carminati, LexShares, https://www.lexshares.com/

0:49 - De Novo Review, https://denovoreview.com/

1:14 – Ray Maldonado, Ybarra Maldonado & Alagha Law Group, https://abogadoray.com/

1:40 – Jeff Bartholomew, Netmark Business Services, https://netmarkservices.com/

2:00 – Jessica Shaffer, Legal Nurse Alliance, https://lncalliance.com/

2:23 – Jacob Whitehead, SW Employment Law, https://swemploymentlaw.com/

2:50 – Jay Edelson, Edelson PC, https://edelson.com/

3:28 – Matthew Kearny, LeadingResponse, https://leadingresponse.com/

4:15 - Ryan Chase, Fortis, https://www.fortisprivatebank.com/

4:40 – Nick Mucerino, Forman Law Offices, https://www.formanlawoffices.com/

5:08 – Ammad Sheikh, Duffy & Duffy, https://www.duffyduffylaw.com/

Russ Cersosimo is the Founder and CMO at Hemp Synergistics, author, keynote speaker, and patented inventor. Cersosimo founded Hemp Synergistics in 2019 and has since grown this biotech company specializing in intelligent hemp ingredients and consumer products.

Hemp Synergistics incorporates THC-free, CBD-containing products by partnering with brands and healthcare professionals to offer top-of-the-line products.

Connect with Russ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russcersosimo/

Check out Hemp Synergistics: https://hempsynergistics.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss...
- Ways to Manage Stress with Plant-Based Supplements
- Learning the Abilities of CBD
- Accessibility of Plant-Based Supplements & Psychedelics

Tom Kirkham is the founder and CEO of IronTech Security, an expert in the cybersecurity space, and focuses on educating organizations to establish a security-first environment in their business.

With more than three decades of knowledge and experience in software design, network administration, and computer security; Kirkham has become an expert in the cybersecurity world and an advocate for cybersecurity training programs for all workers to prevent successful cyber-attacks.

Connect with IronTech Security here: https://irontechsecurity.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss...
- Five Recommendations to Protect Your Firm from Cyber Attacks
- Insight on Ransomware & Extortion-ware
- What is EDR? How Does it Work?
- Ways to Protect Your Firm's Information
- Accessing Educational Resources to Stay Up-to-Date with the Best Cybersecurity Tools & Software

Recorded at Mass Torts Made Perfect in Las Vegas, NV April of 2022.

0:17 - Giugi Carminati, LexShares, https://www.lexshares.com/
2:42 - Bre Swanson, LEX Reception, https://www.lexreception.com/
4:03 - Samantha Esilva, De Novo Review, https://denovoreview.com/
4:45 - Ray Maldonado, Ybarra Maldonado & Alagha Law Group, https://abogadoray.com/
5:44 - Jeff Bartholomew, Netmark Business Services, https://netmarkservices.com/
7:50 - Paul Carrier, Claimant Medical Data Solutions, https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-carrier-065b7746/
9:01 - Jessica Shaffer, Legal Nurse Alliance, https://lncalliance.com/
10:39 - Jacob Whitehead, SW Employment Law, https://swemploymentlaw.com/
12:08 - Jay Edelson, Edelson PC, https://edelson.com/
14:58 - Matthew Kearny, LeadingResponse, https://leadingresponse.com/
16:52 - Keith Newstrom, Intake Conversion Experts, https://www.intakeconversion.com/
17:30 - Mark Panzavecchia, Panzavecchia & Associates, https://www.panzavecchialaw.com/
19:38 - Nick Mucerino, Forman Law Offices, https://www.formanlawoffices.com/
21:37 - Neal Zeer, Express Funding of America, https://efafunds.com/
23:50 - Paul Faust, RingBoost, https://www.ringboost.com/
25:18 - Jeff Trueman, Jeff Trueman, Esq., Mediator & Arbitrator, https://www.jefftrueman.com/
26:53 - Vesper Gibbs Barnes, Law Office of Vesper Gibbs Barnes & Associates, https://www.vespergibbsbarneslaw.com/
27:44 - Ammad Sheikh, Duffy & Duffy, https://www.duffyduffylaw.com/
30:16 - Steve Chapman, Webb Cason & Manning, https://www.wcctxlaw.com/

Juyoun Han is a Partner at Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, a private boutique law firm based in New York City. Han is also a fellow at NYU Law Engleberg Center. She has built a practice on civil rights litigation that focuses on technology which broadly encompasses algorithmic bias and discrimination, data privacy, and NFT intellectual property issues.

Connect with Juyoun: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juyoun-han/

On This Episode, We Discuss...
- How Young Attorneys Can Establish Themselves Early on in Their Career
- Entering the World of NFTs
- Insights in the Technology Field
- Common Elements & Differences in Smaller & Large Firms

Hosts Chase Williams and Ryan Klein sit down for a special episode to reflect on their time at the MTMP Conference in Las Vegas and their biggest takeaways.

On This Episode, We Discuss...
- Attending the MTMP Conference in Las Vegas
- Biggest Takeaways from the Conference
- Importance of Mass Torts

Andrew Finkelstein is the Managing Partner of Finkelstein & Partners LLP, a renowned consumer activist, and an accomplished litigator. and is the author of "I Hope We Never Meet." Andrew defines himself as a deterrence lawyer and holds wrongdoers accountable when they violate various safety rules that expose people to catastrophic injuries and harm.

On This Episode, We Discuss...
- What is a Deterrence Lawyer?
- Changing the Precedent in the Legal Industry
- Moving Away from Using Email as Your Company's Internal Communication
- The Story Behind the Newly-Released Book "I Hope We Never Meet"