Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Emily C...
Apr 04, 2025•7 min•Ep. 407
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Subroto...
Apr 04, 2025•10 min•Ep. 408
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Abdi Sh...
Apr 03, 2025•13 min•Ep. 406
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Matt Ra...
Apr 03, 2025•9 min•Ep. 405
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Level L...
Apr 02, 2025•12 min•Ep. 404
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Sophia ...
Apr 02, 2025•14 min•Ep. 403
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Christo...
Apr 01, 2025•7 min•Ep. 402
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Monette...
Apr 01, 2025•7 min•Ep. 401
Hold on to your hats - we've finally made it. Welcome to the 400th Episode Spectacular - recorded live at the LegalWeek Leaders in Tech Law Awards show. This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with some of the industry's bigges...
Mar 28, 2025•43 min•Ep. 400
Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com , was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Josh Up...
Mar 28, 2025•9 min•Ep. 399
This year's Legal Week conference hosted by ALM Media and Law.com kicks off in New York City on Monday, March 24. When more than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gather at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference, Legal Speak will be there, too, conducting live interviews! Ahead of the conference, Legal Speak is giving its listeners a sneak peak at the panel entitled, "The State of AI in the Legal Industry." In this week's Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and...
Mar 21, 2025•15 min•Ep. 398
It's time for a Legal Speak Spotlight ... where we turn back the clock and revisit a previous episode you may have missed. And considering how much the current administration is in the news cycle, this still feels timely. In this week's Legal Speak episode, ALM litigation reporter Emily Saul joins hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith for a roundup discussion of the first criminal trial for President Trump. This was the final in the ongoing series "Sidebar with Saul". Emily was one of the small...
Mar 14, 2025•23 min•Ep. 397
The Trump administration has used legally questionable but economically credible threats to cow Big Law. Will it push back? Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Vivia Chen Producer: Charles Garnar
Mar 07, 2025•19 min•Ep. 396
In this week's Legal Speak episode, New York City-based Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes associate attorney Samantha Bennett details how she and several fellow associates secured asylum status for a pro bono client as time ticked down to President Trump and his administration resuming federal office. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Samantha Bennett Producer: Charles Garnar
Feb 28, 2025•21 min•Ep. 395
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley Shareholder Rosalyn "Sia" Baker-Barnes opens up about her journey toward becoming the first Black woman to serve as President of the Florida Bar Association. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Reporter: Lisa Willis Guest: Rosalyn Baker-Barnes Producer: Charles Garnar
Feb 21, 2025•21 min•Ep. 394
The expansion of private credit and increased private equity hold times have led to a surge in creative solutions to get capital back to investors.
Feb 14, 2025•23 min•Ep. 393
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Stacey Dougan, an Atlanta-based lawyer-turned-therapist, expounds on the current state of mental health in the legal profession following a recent string of widely publicized national tragedies and divisive politics.
Feb 07, 2025•25 min•Ep. 392
TRU Staffing Partners' Jared Coseglia on the evolving legal tech talent market, where it is headed, which jobs will likely be 'in demand' and which, perhaps against current belief, won't.
Feb 03, 2025•24 min•Ep. 391
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith talks with author and small-firm guru RJon Robbins about the history of law as a business, whether that has become more of a focus lately and whether, regardless of what attorneys say, the law has always been a business like any other.
Jan 24, 2025•31 min•Ep. 390
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Judge Josh Thacker, who presides over the Spalding County State Court in west central Georgia, opens up about a tradition he engages in every Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day to help ensure he remains unbiased on the bench.
Jan 17, 2025•26 min•Ep. 389
Mentoring. On a macro level, mentorship should be helpful in any profession, but when it comes to the legal arena, it is more critical than most. Attorneys stress being able to learn from those who came before, helping younger attorneys shape their lives and careers in a demanding environment. Sue Light is a partner and co-head of the broker/dealer regulatory practice at Katten. An attorney with more than three decades of legal acumen, Light joined Katten five years ago after close to 30 years a...
Dec 20, 2024•17 min•Ep. 388
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Dan Wolfe, the senior director of jury consulting at Magna Legal Services in Chicago, Illinois, teamed with Philly-based litigation reporter Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer to test out how the firm develops prospective juror profiles.
Dec 12, 2024•31 min
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 22, 2024•8 min•Ep. 385
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 22, 2024•8 min
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 21, 2024•9 min•Ep. 383
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 21, 2024•14 min•Ep. 384
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 20, 2024•6 min•Ep. 381
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 20, 2024•8 min•Ep. 382
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 18, 2024•8 min•Ep. 380
It has returned! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today’s legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development. With a description like that, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes … especially when it’s right up the street fr...
Nov 18, 2024•7 min•Ep. 379
