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During this historic election, lawyers nationwide are working around the clock to protect our most precious right, our right to vote.

In this episode, guest host Caitlan McCafferty speaks with Georgia-based attorney Harold E. Franklin, Jr. about the work of the Lawyers'​ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Election Protection. Harold is among thousands of lawyers volunteering to serve as a crucial line of defense to safeguard voting rights throughout the United States.

A partner at King & Spalding, Harold serves as regional vice chair of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Georgia Election Protection legal committee.

Dr. Ashleigh Huffman is an experienced educator, public speaker, entrepreneur, and author in the Sport for Social Change and Women's Empowerment movements. Ashleigh is passionate about gender equality, human rights, access and inclusion, and has worked in more than 80 countries using sports to achieve these ideals.

Ashleigh's co-led efforts on the global sports mentoring program resulted in the 2018 ESPN Stuart Scott Humanitarian Award and the 2018 Peace and Sport Diplomatic Action of the Year.

Throughout her career, Ashleigh has worked across sectors with athletes, corporates, government, and nonprofits to create holistic and sustainable models for social change. She has trained more than 10,000 leaders across the world in sports-based social innovation strategies and worked with more than 50 companies to promote global women's empowerment, inclusion of persons with disabilities, and refugee integration.

In her current role with the U.S. Department of State, Ashleigh educates and equips professional, Olympic, Paralympic, and university athletes to use their passion and platform as a force for good. She works with sports leagues, federations, and corporates to see sport, not only as an international market for economic transaction, but social transformation.

Ashleigh is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Ph.D. in socio-cultural studies and was the captain of her basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University.

In this episode…

What steps can organizations take make to create genuine, lasting, and sustainable inclusion? 

Join us as guest host Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Ashleigh Huffman, Ph.D. of the U.S. State Department to discuss how organizations can approach sustainable models for diversity and inclusion, how individuals can use their voice to support the success of others, how executives can develop business plans that address social issues in society, and how her work on The Global Sports Mentoring Program led to the 2018 ESPN Stuart Scott Humanitarian Award and the 2018 Peace and Sport Diplomatic Action of the Year.

Donita is the Associate Executive Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she has responsibility for the organization’s operational planning and provides leadership in the implementation of its strategic vision and goals. Prior to joining the Center for Constitutional Rights, she was co-director of Advancement Project Nationals’ Power and Democracy Program in Washington, D.C. and served in several management roles and strategic planning sessions focused on sharpening the organization’s program goals.

She was co-counsel in multiple national voting rights cases, including the 2016 landmark North Carolina voter suppression case, NAACP v. McCrory. In 2008, she successfully challenged the lack of due process for 600,000 Ohio voters in advance of the 2008 general election and prevented their removal from the voter rolls.

She has a law degree from Rutgers University Law School in Newark, NJ and is a Kinoy/Stavis Fellow. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University in Newark. She is the recipient of many awards, including the 2014 Garden State Bar Association’s Oliver Randolph Award, celebrating the legacy of a civil rights advocate who, in 1914, became New Jersey’s first African American admitted to practice law in the state, and the 2017 Rutgers Newark National Lawyers’ Guild “Arthur Kinoy Award.”

During the university’s 250-year anniversary celebration in 2016, she was selected as a Rutgers University Fellow, the university’s highest award. Media company ROI-NJ awarded Donita the 2020 Person of Color Return on Influence, Impact, and Investment honor.

Currently, she is the vice chairperson of the New Jersey Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and a National Board Member of the American Civil Liberties Union.

In this episode…

Join us as guest host Caitlan McCafferty goes on record with Donita Judge to discuss the work of the Center for Constitutional Rights, voting rights, and how eligible voters can make a plan to vote ahead of the 2020 election.

Molly Miller is the Chief Content Officer for ALM Media LLC. Molly leads the Global Newsroom at ALM, where she has worked for the last eight years, starting as the publisher of ALM's The Recorder in San Francisco and then moving into marketing, product, and content roles. In January 2016, she became Chief Content Officer. Before joining ALM, Molly spent 15 years at LexisNexis in editorial, marketing, and new product strategy roles.

In this episode…

What makes the ALM global newsroom unique in the legal space?

Join us as host Gina Rubel goes on record with Molly Miller to discuss industry trends, how ALM will use diversity data to report on changes in the market, and what is next in the ALM global newsroom.

Reggie Shuford is the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania. Reggie has been with ACLU-PA since September 2011. Before that, he served as the director of law and policy at the Equal Justice Society (EJS), a national strategy group heightening consciousness on race in the law and popular discourse.

From 1995-2010, Reggie served as senior staff counsel in the national ACLU's Racial Justice Program. During his tenure there, he helped to pioneer legal challenges to racial profiling practices nationwide.

He was the ACLU's chief litigator in challenges to racial profiling, leading national litigation efforts and consulting with ACLU state affiliates and others in cases of "driving while black or brown," airport profiling, and profiling related to the war on terror.

Reggie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina's School of Law in Chapel Hill, where he was his graduating class president.

In this episode…

Join us as host Gina Rubel goes on record with Reggie Shuford to discuss his journey to becoming a lawyer, his dedication to civil rights, and how belonging is the key to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Susan DeLeva is the Senior Events Manager at Dentons, the largest law firm in the world. Susan is a mother and a corporate event planner with almost 15 years of experience in legal marketing.

She has held roles that have touched upon business development and public relations, but most notably in event planning and strategy. As a mother, she enjoys time at the beach with her son during all seasons and also enjoys exercising, reading, and cooking.

In this episode…

How can law firms create timely and compelling virtual events? What are creative ways to engage contacts virtually? 

Join us as guest host Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Susan DeLeva to discuss how law firms and other professional service providers can maximize opportunities in virtual event planning.

Jeremy Sacks is a partner in Stoel Rives’ Litigation Practice Group and chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. His practice focuses on complex litigation in a variety of businesses, including the automotive retail, energy and health care industries.

As Pro Bono Chair, Jeremy has overseen the establishment of the firm’s signature Main Street Relief initiative, designed to provide no-cost legal support to businesses affected by the pandemic. In addition, Stoel Rives was one of the earliest firms to sign onto the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, combining the pro bono resources of more than 150 major law firms to combat systemic racism.

In this episode…

Join us as guest host Caitlan McCafferty goes on record with Jeremy Sacks to discuss civil rights, the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, and Stoel Rives’ Main Street Relief Project, a no-cost legal service assisting independent restaurants, bars, and retail establishments with the COVID-related financial fallout in the communities where the firm has offices.  

Soumya Nettimi is the CEO of ASG LegalTech, a legal technology business that includes three leading software solutions – PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase. Soumya started as CEO of PracticePanther in September 2018 and in early 2019 formed ASG LegalTech with the addition of Bill4Time and MerusCase. These platforms help lawyers and law firms manage and grow their businesses. They automate and streamline many aspects of running a law firm, including time tracking, workflow management, invoicing, and billing, so lawyers can spend less time managing their firms and more time practicing law. In addition, because all their software is cloud-based, they have allowed firms to seamlessly transition from working in offices to working remotely during COVID-19.

Soumya began her career as an investor at Blackstone, where she evaluated new investment opportunities and oversaw portfolio companies in the consumer and technology industries. After Blackstone, she helped launch a new investment fund called Protea Investments and then served in a management role at Serena & Lily, Protea’s first portfolio company based in the Bay Area. She also spent short stints in product management at Amazon Web Services and at Bridge International Academies, a network of schools in Kenya.

Soumya is from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and recently moved back to New York after many years in the Bay Area. She lives with her fiancée and spends a lot of her free time with her newborn nephew. She received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.

In this episode…

How has the LegalTech industry evolved over the past 5-10 years? How has the industry been touched by the myriad events of 2020?

Join us as host Gina Rubel goes on record with Soumya Nettimi, the CEO of ASG LegalTech, to discuss COVID-19, racial injustice, the evolution of legal technology, and the future of legal payments.

Gia Altreche is the director of business development and marketing at Newmeyer Dillion. Gia leads the firm's client engagement strategies to expand relationships further and enthusiastically support its client base and surrounding business communities. She is the co-chair of both the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the LMA Diversity and Inclusion Shared Interest Group (SIG). When not advocating within the legal industry, you can find her near water trying a new recipe, nurturing, and naming a new plant or binging some of her favorite classics on Netflix. Gia moved from New York to Arizona with her family at the age of seven and now lives in Long Beach, California, while she works in Orange County.

In this episode…

How do you create a culture of belonging within a law firm?

Join us as host Gina Rubel goes on record with Gia Altreche to discuss diversity in the legal industry, how to create a sense of belonging, and what it means to turn conversation into action as co-chair of both the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the LMA Diversity and Inclusion Shared Interest Group (SIG).

Roy Sexton is the Director of Marketing at Clark Hill. Roy leads their marketing, branding and communications efforts. He has nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, communications, business development, and strategic planning, having worked at Deloitte Consulting, Oakwood Healthcare (now Beaumont), Trott Law, St. Joseph Mercy Health System, and Kerr Russell. Roy is heavily involved regionally and nationally in the Legal Marketing Association as a board member, content expert, and presenter, and he is treasurer-elect for the International Board of Directors. He was named a Michigan Lawyers Weekly "Unsung Legal Hero" in 2018.

In this episode…

How do you earn trust among lawyers as a legal marketer?

Join us as host Gina Rubel goes on record with Roy Sexton to discuss how to communicate with partners and build trust among law firm leadership to earn “a seat at the table” and ideas for leading internal teams virtually.