Welcome to the very first episode of Legally Savage. Host Kara Hill, family law attorney and founder of The Legal Hill in Spokane, introduces herself and the mission behind the show: educating and empowering women to understand the fundamentals of both law and finances, and how the two intersect.
Kara gets personal, tracing her own money story from losing her father at fourteen and watching her family's finances change overnight, to the lesson he left her that no one can ever take your education, to working three side jobs alongside a full-time law career just to stay afloat. Then she shares the chapter that shaped everything: calling off a wedding three months before the date, only to discover her ex had drained their joint account, a costly lesson in what happens when two people are not on the same page about money.
That experience is exactly why Legally Savage exists. Kara wants women to learn to advocate for themselves before a crisis, not in the middle of one, and she offers real, practical guidance along the way: the financial red flags to watch for in a relationship, why you should think twice before combining finances, and how family law can look very different depending on where you live.
Whether you are building a business, a relationship, or just more control over your financial future, this is the start of the conversation.
Learn more about Kara's practice at thelegalhill.com
Chapters
00:00 Meet Kara Hill and the Mission of Legally Savage
01:50 Losing Her Dad at 14 and a Family's Money Shift
03:31 Good Money, Still Broke: Three Jobs to Stay Afloat
05:27 An Engagement, a Wedding, and a Call-Off
07:00 The Account Was Drained
08:36 A $10,000 Lesson in Financial Honesty
10:19 What She'd Do Differently, and Advocating for Yourself
12:00 Financial Red Flags to Watch For
13:50 Transparency, Credit, and Hard Questions
15:33 Don't Combine Finances Before Marriage, and Final Thoughts
