In this week's episode of Legal Speak, Patrick Smith interviews Dru Levasseur, founder of the Trans Legal Professionals Networking Program. They discuss his background, the challenges many trans people historically and currently face,  both socially and professionally, and the power of community in challenging times.

Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield

Guest: Dru Levasseur

Producer: Charles Garnar

In this week's Legal Speak episode, ALM and Law Business Research CEO Nick Brailey discusses the company's recent merger while introducing listeners to the man behind the leadership title. Brailey became CEO of ALM following LBR's acquisition of the company on April 30. In addition to sharing the purpose, timing and benefits of the merger while chatting with Legal Speak podcast co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith, Brailey also details how his personal and professional background have helped influence his leadership aspirations and style.

Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield

Guest: Nick Brailey

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Patricia Bradley, Vice President and Sr. Associate General Counsel for Adtalem Global Education.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: Patricia Bradley

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Donna Haddad, Vice President and Associate General Counsel at the IBM Corporation.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: Donna Haddad

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Meredith Ritchie, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Government Affairs Officer for Alliant Credit Union.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: Meredith Ritchie

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Carolyn Burbrink, the Director of Volume Mobility Safety & Insurance Litigation at Uber.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest:Carolyn Burbrink

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago.

In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by 3-time returning guest John Meyer, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Zeem Solutions.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: John Meyer

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Jennifer Abernathy, the Director of Data Privacy & Compliance Counsel for AAR CORP.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: Jennifer Abernathy

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Julie Chapman, VP & Head of Legal for North America at LexisNexis

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: Julie Chapman

Producer: Charles Garnar

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

For over 20 years, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry.  Delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis and do more with fewer resources just to name a few.  For the 2nd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year’s event in Chicago. 

 In this episode, host Patrick Smith is joined by Kiley Kio, a Senior Consultant of Technology at FTI Consulting.

Host: Patrick Smith

Guest: Kiley Kio

Producer: Charles Garnar