Christina Lewicky, a member of the City Bar Litigation Committee and the host of this podcast series, speaks with Farzin Firooznia, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, PepsiCo, Latin America; and Andrew (Drew) Tulumello, Co-Chair, Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges. They discuss elements of a successful partnership, including philosophical alignment of values, creative whiteboard sessions, and joint efforts to transform external counsel into an effective advisor.

Joan Levenson, a member of the City Bar’s Animal Law Committee speaks with Meena Alagappan, Executive Director of HEART: Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers.

Arianna Mouré, an Associate at CSG Law, speaks with Julia Lopez, a Partner at Reed Smith, on her professional journey and her advice for aspiring Hispanic attorneys on finding their way in the legal profession. James A. Lewis, V. , Executive Director of the City Bar’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, introduces the conversation.

Thomas Slome, a Bankruptcy Partner at Cullen and Dykman and the Treasurer of the New York City Bar Association, is joined by moderator Camille Bent, a Bankruptcy and Restructuring Partner at BakerHostetler; Philip Anker, Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Group at WilmerHale; and Jonathan Flaxer, a partner at Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell and Peskoe LLP. All are members of the City Bar's Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee.

Find the CLE materials and more at https://www.nycbar.org/media-listing/media/detail/bankruptcy-code-safe-harbor

A Pathway Out of Mass Incarceration and Toward a New Criminal Justice System: The City Bar Report by New York City Bar Association

City Bar Senior Policy Counsel Maria Cilenti, Director of Advocacy Elizabeth Kocienda, and Policy Counsel Mary Margulis-Ohnuma discuss how they work with the Association’s 150-plus committees to take and advocate positions on a wide range of local, national and international issues; how they’ve adapted their work during the pandemic; and some of the issues addressed in recent months. This podcast was recorded in July 2021.

Michele Natal, Co-Chair of the City Bar’s Recruitment & Retention of Lawyers Committee and an attorney at Mayer Brown, speaks with Muhammad Faridi, her Committee Co-Chair and a Partner at Patterson Belknap, and James A. Lewis, V, Executive Director of the City Bar’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, about how the Diversity Fellows program has helped them and others make their way in the legal profession.

John S. Pruitt, a member of the City Bar’s Insurance Law Committee and a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland, speaks with Susan K. Neely, President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers, about what insurers are doing to offer life insurance and retirement security in traditionally underserved communities, and the challenges insurers and agents face in doing so.

Christina Lewicky, a member of the City Bar’s Litigation Committee, speaks with Robert Leinwand, Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel at Nike, and Scott Wilson, a Partner at DLA Piper.

Clint Hannah and Stephanie Krasnov of the City Bar’s Entertainment Law Committee speak with Professor Deborah Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina School of Law and Amy Lehman of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.