Mighty MERP

By Melissa RosenblumSociety & Culture

Mighty MERP episodes

July 24, 2022 Jessica Fama pt1 📞 NJ Paralegal
Welcome back to the Mighty MERP podcast, and part-one in this conversation with paralegal, Jessica Fama. ⚖️ Jessica works with Melissa, and therefore could not refuse when solicited as a podcast guest.
In Jessica's own words: I recall having a strong interest and passion for the criminal justice system as early as middle school. While I was in high school, I decided that I wanted to pursue a career within the criminal justice system. Specifically, I wanted to specialize in victimology to eventually assist victims of crime and domestic violence.
I graduated from Stockton University in 2020 with my Bachelors of Arts degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Victimology and Victim Services. During the height of the pandemic, I successfully landed my first post-graduate job as a Paralegal for the Law Offices of Melissa Rosenblum, LLC. Since then, I have broadened my knowledge on the criminal justice system, specifically the criminal defense side of the system. I have also had the opportunity to use my specialization in victimology and victim services to assist clients in temporary restraining order domestic violence matters, along with clients who are victims of crime.
I grew up in Howell, Monmouth County New Jersey for the majority of my life. Upon my graduation from Stockton University in 2020, I moved to Atlantic County. I presently reside in Hamilton Township, New Jersey with my mom and two beloved cats, Mila and Josie.

16 min
July 17, 2022 Parker Smith pt4 🎭 If You Hate Practicing Law - Get Out
🎧 Join us for the fourth, and final segment in this conversation with trial attorney and actor, ⚖️ Parker Smith.

Parker holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of New Jersey, studied as an international exchange scholar at Teeside University in England and received his Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. 🎧
He was a New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Criminal Trial Attorney and practiced for 40 years before retiring in 2018. A third of his career was spent as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Atlantic and Cape May counties, a third in private practice and finished the last 18 years as a Assistant Deputy Public Defender for the State of New Jersey.
Parker is also a veteran actor, singer, model and voice artist. Now entering his fifth decade as a professional he has worked extensively in theater, film and television. Favorite stage credits include lead roles in A Chorus Line, The Music Man, Dracula, The Crucible, Brigadoon, Ordinary People, My Fair Lady and The Fantastiks.
Recent television credits include HBO’s Succession, Showtime’s Billions, Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime, HBO Sex And The City: And Just Like That, and Inventing Anna and Jigsaw on Netflix.
Parker has appeared in dozens of national and regional television and multimedia commercials including Google, LG Appliances, Masonite, QVC, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Oxygen Channel, Thomas Jefferson Hospital.
Parker resides in Cape May with his wife, Stina.
Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/
Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net

21 min
July 17, 2022 Parker Smith pt3 🎭 Disarming a Jury with a Wrinkled Tie
🎧 Welcome to the third segment in this Mighty MERP conversation with attorney and actor, ⚖️ Parker Smith.

Parker holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of New Jersey, studied as an international exchange scholar at Teeside University in England and received his Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. 🎧
He was a New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Criminal Trial Attorney and practiced for 40 years before retiring in 2018. A third of his career was spent as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Atlantic and Cape May counties, a third in private practice and finished the last 18 years as a Assistant Deputy Public Defender for the State of New Jersey.
Parker is also a veteran actor, singer, model and voice artist. Now entering his fifth decade as a professional he has worked extensively in theater, film and television. Favorite stage credits include lead roles in A Chorus Line, The Music Man, Dracula, The Crucible, Brigadoon, Ordinary People, My Fair Lady and The Fantastiks.
Recent television credits include HBO’s Succession, Showtime’s Billions, Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime, HBO Sex And The City: And Just Like That, and Inventing Anna and Jigsaw on Netflix.
Parker has appeared in dozens of national and regional television and multimedia commercials including Google, LG Appliances, Masonite, QVC, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Oxygen Channel, Thomas Jefferson Hospital.
Parker resides in Cape May with his wife, Stina.
Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/
Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net

18 min
July 17, 2022 Parker Smith pt2 🎭 Have You Seen The Lawyer Balancing Act?
Welcome to part-2 in MERP's conversation with attorney and actor, ⚖️ Parker Smith.

Parker holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of New Jersey, studied as an international exchange scholar at Teeside University in England and received his Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. 🎧
He was a New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Criminal Trial Attorney and practiced for 40 years before retiring in 2018. A third of his career was spent as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Atlantic and Cape May counties, a third in private practice and finished the last 18 years as a Assistant Deputy Public Defender for the State of New Jersey.
Parker is also a veteran actor, singer, model and voice artist. Now entering his fifth decade as a professional he has worked extensively in theater, film and television. Favorite stage credits include lead roles in A Chorus Line, The Music Man, Dracula, The Crucible, Brigadoon, Ordinary People, My Fair Lady and The Fantastiks.
Recent television credits include HBO’s Succession, Showtime’s Billions, Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime, HBO Sex And The City: And Just Like That, and Inventing Anna and Jigsaw on Netflix.
Parker has appeared in dozens of national and regional television and multimedia commercials including Google, LG Appliances, Masonite, QVC, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Oxygen Channel, Thomas Jefferson Hospital.
Parker resides in Cape May with his wife, Stina.
Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/
Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net
14 min
July 17, 2022 Parker Smith pt1 🎭 Trial Attorney and Actor
Welcome to part-one in this series ⚖️with renaissance man, Parker Smith.

Parker holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of New Jersey, studied as an international exchange scholar at Teeside University in England and received his Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law.
He was a New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Criminal Trial Attorney and practiced for 40 years before retiring in 2018. A third of his career was spent as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Atlantic and Cape May counties, a third in private practice and finished the last 18 years as a Assistant Deputy Public Defender for the State of New Jersey.
Parker is also a veteran actor, singer, model and voice artist. Now entering his fifth decade as a professional he has worked extensively in theater, film and television. Favorite stage credits include lead roles in A Chorus Line, The Music Man, Dracula, The Crucible, Brigadoon, Ordinary People, My Fair Lady and The Fantastiks.
Recent television credits include HBO’s Succession, Showtime’s Billions, Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon Prime, HBO Sex And The City: And Just Like That, and Inventing Anna and Jigsaw on Netflix.
Parker has appeared in dozens of national and regional television and multimedia commercials including Google, LG Appliances, Masonite, QVC, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Oxygen Channel, Thomas Jefferson Hospital.
Parker resides in Cape May with his wife, Stina.

Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/
Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net

15 min
July 10, 2022 Ava Murray pt3 💼 Living the Life I Curated
Welcome to the 3rd & final segment in this series with V. Ava Murray, an attorney in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ⚖️

Ava graduated from Nova Southeastern University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies. While attending Nova Southeastern, she was inducted into Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society. She attended Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, graduating in 2017. During law school, she was a Phi Alpha Delta member and PULSE (the Health Law Student Society).
After successfully passing the multi-state bar exam in 2019, Ava began her legal career with Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office. She was an associate working for the medical malpractice division, where she defended nursing homes and medical professionals.

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, Ms. Murray opened the Murray Law Group. Her practice areas are Real Estate, Personal Injury, and Criminal Defense.

Murray Law Group: https://www.murraylwgrp.com/
Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/
Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net

20 min
July 10, 2022 Ava Murray pt2 💼 Podcast Murder and TV Detectives
Join us for part-II in this Mighty MERP lawyer-series, with Ava Murray, 🎧 an attorney in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ⚖️

Ava graduated from Nova Southeastern University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies. While attending Nova Southeastern, she was inducted into Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society. She attended Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, graduating in 2017. During law school, she was a Phi Alpha Delta member and PULSE (the Health Law Student Society).
After successfully passing the multi-state bar exam in 2019, Ava began her legal career with Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office. She was an associate working for the medical malpractice division, where she defended nursing homes and medical professionals. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, Ms. Murray opened the Murray Law Group. Her practice areas are Real Estate, Personal Injury, and Criminal Defense.

Murray Law Group: https://www.murraylwgrp.com/
Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/
Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net

15 min
July 10, 2022 Ava Murray pt1 💼 Cherry Hill NJ Attorney
Welcome to part-1 in this series with V. Ava Murray, an attorney in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ⚖️

Ava graduated from Nova Southeastern University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies. While attending Nova Southeastern, she was inducted into Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society. She attended Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, graduating in 2017. During law school, she was a Phi Alpha Delta member and PULSE (the Health Law Student Society).
After successfully passing the multi-state bar exam in 2019, Ava began her legal career with Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey Office. She was an associate working for the medical malpractice division, where she defended nursing homes and medical professionals. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, Ms. Murray opened the Murray Law Group. Her practice areas are Real Estate, Personal Injury, and Criminal Defense.

Murray Law Group: https://www.murraylwgrp.com/

Law Office of Melissa Rosenblum: https://www.mrp-law.com/

Law Firm Podcasting: https://nichepodcast.net
17 min
June 18, 2022 Samii Emdur pt3 🤾 Back to Camp After Covid
Please enjoy the third, and final segment in our series with Samii Emdur. 🎙️ Samii joins Mighty MERP to discuss returning to camp, post-covid.
In 2018, Samii founded a 501(c)3 called Camp To Belong River Valley, a nonprofit that reunites siblings separated by foster care and/or adoption. CTBRV empowers siblings to build a strong relational foundation and encourages positive connection. CTBRV’s signature program is a week-long overnight camp whose programs are a catalyst for supporting siblings and therefore diminishing trauma.
Samii’s work was recently recognized on The Drew Barrymore Show. She won the 2020 a overachievers grant By Pilot Pen Corporation in conjunction with Priyanka Choppra Jonas, and was featured as an ABC Hometown Hero, and PHL17 Remarkable Woman finalist. Samii looks forward to continuing her mission of supporting biological families and reuniting siblings.
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26 min
June 18, 2022 Samii Emdur pt2 👨‍👨‍👦 Foster Parenting
Join us for part II in this series with Samii Emdur.🎙️ In 2018, Samii founded a 501(c)3 called Camp To Belong River Valley, a nonprofit that reunites siblings separated by foster care and/or adoption. CTBRV empowers siblings to build a strong relational foundation and encourages positive connection. CTBRV’s signature program is a week-long overnight camp whose programs are a catalyst for supporting siblings and therefore diminishing trauma.
Samii’s work was recently recognized on The Drew Barrymore Show.
She won the 2020 a overachievers grant By Pilot Pen Corporation in conjunction with Priyanka Choppra Jonas, and was featured as an ABC Hometown Hero, and PHL17 Remarkable Woman finalist.
Samii looks forward to continuing her mission of supporting biological families and reuniting siblings.

🎧The best place to listen/leave a message/subscribe/rate the show is https://MightyMERP.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/mighty_merp

Insta - https://www.instagram.com/mighty_merp/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-rosenblum-19a5948

14 min