Conversations with CGL: Professional Insights and Personal Journeys

A rare glimpse into the business and work/life issues that impact CEOs, thought leaders, the legal community and influencers. Each week, host Hannah Genton – Founding Partner of CGL, a fully-distributed law firm focused on disrupting the legal industry by providing top-quality legal services in an autonomous workplace model, shares authentic discussions with business and legal leaders that reveal the crucial decisions they made, both personal and professional, to get them to where they are today. Hannah, with the help of her team and other industry experts, will also cover key legal insights, current events and other hot button topics to help you navigate an ever-evolving business and legal landscape. Join the conversations that fuse business, law and humanity, success and authenticity, and learn about the challenges and successes of these leaders as they balance life, career, entrepreneurship and legal matters.

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Episodes

009: A Story of Distributed Work Featuring CGL's Jessica Clark

In this episode, I speak with privacy expert Jessica Clark about her journey to distributed work with CGL. She explains how she moved from a fulfilling job with the FTC in Washington D.C. to a leafy suburb in Canada. She also discusses why she didn’t want to (or ultimately need to) choose between her career and the lifestyle she desired. To be sure, Jessica’s story shows the value of distributed work for lawyers. However, in her experience, the clients benefit too. In this episode, you will hear...

Dec 31, 2020•21 min

008: Magic Mushrooms, Are They Legal?

In this episode, I speak with CGL partner, Jenny Gumer about Psilocybin mushrooms, the Oregon Measure 109, and what that means. Are mushrooms illegal or are they legal? If they are legal, how do we use them? With our background in the cannabis industry, we thought the “mushroom market” would be worth discussing given their similarities (and differences). The regulatory environment around these emerging ‘drug’ markets is unestablished, which is incredibly interesting from a legal perspective. Her...

Dec 24, 2020•20 min

007: What is Distributed Work?

Today, we talk about a topic very close to our hearts. In fact, it’s at the core of the CGL business model – distributed work. CGL started as a distributed company from day one. It was the type of working environment we wanted to set up for ourselves. Later, that blossomed into a space we wanted to create for other people as well. We recognize the terminology "virtual law firm" has a lot of negative connotations. When you call yourself a virtual business, people have preconceived notions and mis...

Dec 17, 2020•23 min

006: No Regulatory Counsel, No Cannabis Business

In this episode, I speak with CGL partner, Jenny Gumer about the impact of changing regulations on cannabis businesses. One of the key issues outlined is the importance of cannabis companies having regulatory, commercial, and corporate counsel work together when advising cannabis companies. Like other businesses, cannabis companies benefit from input from corporate and commercial attorneys. But it's crucial that it’s supported by regulatory counsel because of the complexities in the regulatory e...

Dec 10, 2020•14 min

005: Let’s Talk About the COVID Vaccine

Today, we are speaking with CGL partner Jenny Gumer. As you may know, Pfizer announced promising preliminary clinical trial results related to its experimental COVID vaccine. As the firm's Regulatory and Compliance Practice Lead, Jenny is going to help us better understand the regulations around the COVID vaccine and where exactly is Pfizer now in the game. In this episode, you will hear: How vaccines are regulated The 3 phases of a clinical trial How variables are managed The process of creatin...

Dec 03, 2020•16 min

004: Additional Considerations When First Starting Your Business

In this episode, we continue our discussion on forming a company and some of the key considerations involved in that process. We specifically talk about the early stages and the lifecycle of a company as well as what founders need to think about when they are setting up their businesses. Today’s conversation is focused on the Silicon Valley model of corporations, founder equity grants, the hiring of employees, and grants to employees. If you have an LLC, it's going to look very different, which ...

Nov 26, 2020•32 min

003: Starting a Company? The Incorporation Process and Early Considerations

Starting a company takes more effort than you think. Whether you're incorporating your company, protecting your intellectual property, or hiring employees, it can get costly to clean it up later down the road when you fail to do it correctly the first time. Today, we talk about some of the key considerations when starting a company. We're going over a lot of recurring questions we get on this topic, and hopefully, these answers will shed light on a few things. In this episode, we will answer som...

Nov 20, 2020•28 min

002: A Chat with CGL Partner Jenny Gumer on Big Law, Parenthood, and the Cannabis Industry

Today, we talk with Jenny Gumer, Partner at CGL and the head of the firm’s Regulatory Practice. Jenny gives us an in-depth look into her transition from BigLaw to academia and CGL, the challenges and opportunities she faced along the way, as well as the joys of legal practice, motherhood, and pursuing her passions. In this episode, you will hear: Jenny’s journey from big law to academia and eventually, CGL Her enthusiasm for the cannabis industry and what makes it a fascinating area of the law T...

Nov 10, 2020•26 min

001: The Birth of the Law Firm CGL

Welcome to The CGL Podcast! Get ready to have your burning legal questions answered by seriously talented, former big law attorneys. Each week, we share an in-depth look at legal and business questions that can make or break your growth strategy. Our goal is to tackle growth-centric topics to help your business harness legal strategies that minimize capital drain as you scale. Today, we are sharing our personal journey of how we started. About CGL CGL is a lean, fully distributed law firm overse...

Oct 15, 2020•32 min

Welcome to the CGL Podcast!

What if you could have your burning legal questions answered by seriously talented former Big Law attorneys weekly? Host Hannah Genton – Founding Partner of CGL – tackles growth-centric topics to help your business harness legal strategies that minimize capital drain as you scale. Sharing the wisdom she’s gained running CGL, a lean fully-distributed law firm, and overseeing multi-billion-dollar transactions in Silicon Valley, every episode takes an in-depth look at legal and business questions t...

Sep 21, 2020•2 min

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