Legal Talk Network

Experts discuss how the pandemic and natural disasters affect domestic violence survivors on the latest episode of Talk Justice. Their conversation highlights how the legal system is responding to the increased threat.

Host: LSC President Ronald S. Flagg

Of course you know you need to prepare for a depo, but can you improve your preparation? Tim Cronin, John Simon, and Erich Vieth examine research techniques, exhibit organization, and technical considerations that can help you better understand the issues, and your deponent. Tune in for timely tips that will help you feel more confident and better prepared for your next deposition.

A deposition is not a casual conversation. It’s a well-planned, goal-oriented investigation to uncover facts and opinions that will help you establish key points in your case. Do you know what you need from this deponent? Should you stick to a prepared list of questions or go with the flow? And how can you get clues to the opposing side’s strategy and reinforce the strength of your position during a depo? John, Erich, and plaintiff attorney Tim Cronin share tips on how to define your deposition goal and get the answers you need.

The end of the year means parties, presents and perhaps a little bit of stress. Get back in the spirit of the season with this episode’s timely tips on trickle-down office gift-giving, professional party behavior, and a much-needed nudge to take time for a purposeful analysis of your goals and excuses for this year and next. And don’t forget your accountabilibuddy! Happy holidays from all of us at Heels in the Courtroom.

It’s a complicated trucking case involving the tragic death of a child. In the face of intimidation tactics and late nights at trial, you must set those issues aside and get it done for your client. Plaintiff attorney Erica Slater managed the complex dynamics of a spouse suing a spouse, last-minute revelations in discovery, and phantom vehicles, and received a significant verdict for her client too. Hear the whole story and some interesting legal insights in this episode of Heels in the Courtroom.

Why do we as women shy away from creating social media content? Perhaps our perfectionism creeps in, our fears and doubts about being seen in a big way show up, or worse, making a mistake and worrying about how we will recover.

These are all things we talk about in today’s episode, and I wanted to bring on Davina Frederick as she has real-life examples of how she has navigated through some of these hard moments herself.

When it comes to creating content, there’s no “right” or “wrong” way, it’s about the way that feels best to you. And we do need to show up, we need to take up that space, because our clients are waiting for us to do so.

Davina is a Florida-licensed attorney, law firm growth strategist, and founder of Wealthy Woman Lawyer, LLC®. Wealthy Woman Lawyer® helps women law firm owners scale their law firm business to and through a million dollars in annual revenue with total ease.

AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of e-discovery platform Everlaw, likes to say his company’s technology is designed to help clients find needles in a haystack. But he notes that the haystacks that law firms and corporate in-house teams have to confront have grown in size and complexity in recent years. This has prompted cloud-based Everlaw to enhance and broaden its e-discovery offerings.

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In our annual year-in-review episode, Lee Rawles speaks to her ABA Journal colleagues Blair Chavis, Matt Reynolds and Amanda Robert to find out how they spent their free time in 2021. Like many people, we’ve found it more difficult during the pandemic to read for pleasure, so this year we’re also sharing what TV shows, movies and podcasts we would recommend, in addition to our favorite books and audiobooks. We also share what we’re adding to our to-read and to-watch lists in 2022. Have your own favorites? Email them to us at [email protected], and you may hear them featured in a future episode.

We’re talking our newest Lawyerist team member and Lab coach, Sara Muender this week all about what it means to be a business coach and have a coach as well. We talk about her background and what she is excited to bring to the Lawyerist team. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, ! Thanks to , , and for sponsoring this episode.

We’re talking to Cat Moon this week about innovation & design in the legal field and how COVID has helped shape new trends/issues since rearing its head over the past 18+ months. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, ! Thanks to , , and  for sponsoring this episode.