Reza Torkzadeh is an American plaintiff’s attorney based in Irvine, California. Reza has served in leadership roles in litigation at the National level and is currently serving as Chairman of the Dean’s Circle at UC Irvine Law School. He is widely regarded as one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators. He is also one of the Top 100 National Trial Lawyers 2019. Reza is a frequently invited guest speaker and has lectured across the country on the practice of law and the civil justice system. ...
Oct 03, 2022•33 min
Join Dr. Cain Elliot, Alex Pearson, and Professor Fred Schauer as they discuss the finer points of Fred Schauer's latest book, The Proof: Uses of Evidence in Law, Politics, and Everything Else. Frederick Schauer (born 15 January 1946) is an American legal scholar who serves as David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is also the Frank Stanton Professor emeritus of the First Amendment at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Governmen...
Aug 03, 2022•29 min
Often, we think about challenges the legal system faces in terms of ethics, or economics, or management issues. But what changes when we think through these issues with the lens of design? Our guest today is on a mission to improve the legal experience for all through thoughtful digital design. Nicole Bradick is the founder and CEO of Theory and Principle, a legal and justice technology design and development agency. At Theory and Principle, they're helping global law firms, foundations, legal a...
Jan 03, 2022•27 min
Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson has a lot to say about the state of American social dynamics, the responsibility of business leaders in the age of climate change, the future of technology and its intersection with the legal system, and much much more. As a former personal injury lawyer turned CEO, Ryan offers valuable insights from a rare perspective in this "ask anything" edition of the Filevine Fireside. Ryan Anderson is the co-founder and CEO of Filevine. Before starting Filevine, Ryan was a found...
Aug 18, 2021•38 min
Today's guest has dedicated his life to fighting for children's rights, particularly children in the foster-care system. It's a committment rooted in his own experience growing up as a foster child. Andrew Bridge is a New York Times best-stelling author, children's rights lawyer, and an advocate for children in families living in poverty. After eleven years int he LA county foster system, he earned a scholarship to Wesleyan, became a fulbright scholar, and graduated from Harvard Law School. Andr...
Jul 16, 2021•33 min
In this episode of the Filevine Fireside, Dr. Cain Elliot sits down with Joshua A. T. Fairfield to discuss his new book, "Runaway Technology: Can Law Keep Up?" Discover how changing definitions, new and emerging markets, consumer trends, and the ever-escalating tide of technological progress are affecting the reality of law all over the world. Joshua A. T. Fairfield is the William Donald Bain Family Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law as well as a critically acclaimed author....
Jun 29, 2021•36 min
Today we are talking to a rising young leader in legal technology. Her name is Amanda Brown and she's finding new ways that technology can make legal services more efficient, personable, and accessible. Amanda's the Founder and Executive Director of the Lagniappe Law Lab, a Cochair of the Louisiana Access to Justice Commission's Technology Subcommittee, and she's active in the ABA's Young Lawyer Division, where she serves as the Vice Director of the Disaster Legal Services Team. Join the convers...
Feb 26, 2021•32 min
What does trust mean to you? Does your definition change when applying trust to a professional situation, as opposed to personal application of trust? Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson and VP of Strategic Partnerships Nathan Morris discuss the concept of trust with Cain Elliot, Filevine's VP of Industry Expansion.
Feb 25, 2021•34 min
As we continue through the COVID pandemic, an estimated 30 to 40 million people in the U.S. are currently at risk for eviction. Is this preventable? How can legal professionals help, and what larger changes need to happen to stop people from losing their homes? Here to answer some of those questions is Professor Emily Benfer, a law professor at Wake Forest University where she is the founding director of the Law Health Justice Clinic. Professor Benfer is also chair of the ABA’s COVID-19 Task For...
Dec 04, 2020•33 min
In this special Fireside, Dr. Cain Elliott (Director & Consultant for Operations at FIlevine) interviews three women who are challenging the status quo in the legal and tech industries, to learn more about the future of women in business and law. Gabriela Isturiz is the founder of Bellefield Systems, and has been a major provider of timekeeping solutions for the legal industry. She leverages her knowledge of technology to help shape the modern legal landscape and continues to innovate in the...
Oct 30, 2020•34 min
When you're one lawyer up against a powerful and sometimes ruthless industry, it can help to have a sense of humor. At least, that's what comedian and attorney Mitra Shahri has found in her years of representing whistleblowers and workers with sexual harassment and discrimination claims against their employers. And these aren't just any employers; while fighting for her clients, Mitra has gone up against powerful Hollywood celebrities and major motion picture studios. Mitra has litigated over a ...
Oct 12, 2020•41 min
“The latest scientific research suggests that the great edifice of law is grounded on incorrect and damaging notions about human cognition that have gone uncontested for centuries.” Adam Benforado is a lawyer, writer, and professor at the Thomas R Kline School of Law at Drexel University. He made a splash with his New York Times best-selling book, “Unfair: the New Science of Criminal Injustice.” The book explores his extensive research into cognitive psychology and how it relates to our legal sy...
Sep 08, 2020•27 min
Imagine that in only 90 days, you were able to liberate 17 people from prison. Imagine these people were each serving life sentences without parole, due to non-violent offenses. And imagine you didn't stop there, but continued dedicating your life to "picking locks on human cages." Brittaney Barnett was a successful accountant for an international firm. She switched to law and became a rising star in the corporate legal world, but something along the way moved her into a very different path. She...
Jul 23, 2020•37 min
We're sitting down today with Rocky Anderson. Rocky was the mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years; he founded his own party, the Justice Party; and he ran for President in 2012. He then created a non-profit to fight for human rights and address the climate crisis around the world. But we're here today in Rocky's office to talk about his life as an attorney. It may not be as glamorous of a job title as others that he's held, but his commitment to the law has been a consistent shaping force thro...
Jun 19, 2020•32 min
Chris Dolan is the founder of Dolan Law Firm in San Francisco, CA. He’s repeatedly been recognized as one of the top trial lawyers, even earning the California Lawyer of the year award. He’s obtained settlements of over $1 Million dollars in over 26 cases. And, in addition to all this work, he is constantly thinking about the future of law, and how plaintiff-side lawyers can create a legacy of positive social change. Read Full Transcript...
May 22, 2020•28 min
Today we’re talking to perhaps the most tech-savvy law professor in the country, and he predicts big changes ahead for the legal profession. Gabe Teninbaum is the Director of the Institute on Law Practice Technology and Innovation and Professor of Legal Writing at Suffolk University in Massachusetts. He has also served as faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, as visiting professor at the MIT media lab, and a visiting fellow at the Yale Law ...
Apr 24, 2020•27 min
Today we're talking to Martha Knudson, who is Executive Director of the Utah State Well-being Committee for the Legal Profession, and she's helping us examine an intractable problem. Lawyers are smart, driven, and members of a highly lucrative profession. They're one of our society's paragons of success! And yet, they experience substance abuse and mental health problems at rates far higher than the general population. What's going on with lawyer well-being, and are there any way to turn these t...
Mar 19, 2020•29 min
Today we're asking: "Can you be a successful lawyer if you refuse to meet your clients?" Sam Mollaei says the answer is yes. Sam's a business lawyer for entrepreneurs and he has dedicated his work to making his practice automated, scalable, and virtual. His clients are so pleased with his streamlined process that they have left him over 1,000 5-star reviews on Google. Sam sat down with the Filevine Fireside to share his thoughts on using funnels to build business, automating and delegating work,...
Feb 14, 2020•27 min
All lawyers fall somewhere along a spectrum of energy. At the low end is convention and complacency; at the other end is Tyson Mutrux. Tyson is a personal injury lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to owning and managing his own firm, he's also one of the founders of Maximum Lawyer. Maximum Lawyer is a community for lawyers who are driven to learn new techniques and share ideas about improving their practice. It includes a podcast, a very active Facebook group, and it hosts its own annual...
Jan 17, 2020•27 min
“Post the 2008 recession, a lot of law schools in America had to scramble. Even the Harvards and the Yales and the Stanford Laws had to go and reckon with decreased applications and potentially reduced enrollments.” Into that vacuum stepped Hamilton Chan, Loyola’s new Director of Executive Education at Loyola Law School. His new approach to legal education is already making waves, with many proponents labeling it “the Netflix of legal education.” It definitely isn’t your standard law school expe...
Dec 19, 2019•28 min
Our guest today has worked in Big Law, a boutique firm, and now owns her own practice. She's logged her billable hours and she's figured out flat rates; she's represented multinational Fortune 200 companies and scrappy startups. Our guest today is Radiance Harris, the founder and managing attorney of Radiance IP Law. Today she's going to share with us the lessons she's learned throughout her incredibly diverse experience. Read Transcript...
Nov 27, 2019•28 min
In our podcast interviews, we usually talk about new ideas and innovations in law. But today, we're talking about a very old idea. And by old . . . I mean thousands of years old. But our guests today believe it holds the key to transforming the modern legal practice. Kentucky attorneys Renee Heinrich and Helen Bukelmez are here to talk to us today about the role of mindfulness and meditation in the modern legal practice. Read Transcript...
Oct 11, 2019•26 min
We live in a country that touts itself as the land of the free and the home of the brave. And yet we spend the majority of our waking hours in undemocratic workplaces where we fear retaliation for speaking out against fraud, assault, or other forms of misconduct. We’ve seen how the #MeToo movement is pushing back against workplace harassment and nondisclosure agreements. We’re also living through some hard fights over mandatory arbitration agreements, the place of unions in our society, and whet...
Aug 02, 2019•27 min
As Patrick Arenz says, there are few jobs that can change another person's life forever. But being a trial lawyer is one of those jobs. Patrick Arenz is a trial lawyer with the firm Robins Kaplan, working on patent and copyright law. And he's a pretty big deal for the intellectual property cases he's handled. But I first ran into Patrick's name in a very different place. It was the story of one of his clients - not a tech company or an internet startup, but a young Hmong woman who was suing her ...
Jun 28, 2019•25 min
When you talk to potential clients, do you connect with their fundamental hopes and fears? Or do their eyes glaze over? Does your website make potential clients excited, or does it leave them confused? Our guest today will share his tips for remaining relevant to our clients and thriving as an attorney in a world transformed by technology. Jeff Echols is managing principal of professional services organizations for the marketing agency Revenue Path Group. He'll share with us the science behind h...
May 30, 2019•27 min
You've seen it in your Facebook feed. You've watched it bring down media empires and elected officials. We're living in the #MeToo moment, when unprecedented numbers of people are coming forward to share their experiences as victims of sexual harassment and survivors of sexual assault. Today, we're talking to civil rights attorney Jean Hyams, who has gained national renown for her work representing victims of sexual assault. Jean is sharing with us what it means to be a "#MeToo Movement Lawyer" ...
Apr 25, 2019•24 min
Can you really have it all? Can you have a profitable job and live true to your values by making the world a better place? Attorney and writer Allen Bromberger believes the answer is yes, and he's built a thriving legal practice on that idea. Allen Bromberger is a pioneer in a new field combining non-profit and for-profit legal structures. That means his clients are simultaneously pursuing two goals: financial well-being, and social or environmental well-being. Sometimes this is called the 4th s...
Mar 28, 2019•24 min
We talk a lot about the future of the legal practice on the Filevine Fireside. But one thing we maybe forget is that the future of Law really belongs to future lawyers. We should be asking: who will the next generation of lawyers be? What challenges will they face? And how will they get through them? Our guest today has some insight. Christopher Chapman is the President and CEO of the non-profit AccessLex, and AccessLex is in the business of improving law schools - and the well-being of students...
Feb 28, 2019•25 min
Car collisions are the bread and butter of many personal injury attorneys, but today we talk to an attorney who has changed her focus from four wheels to two. Ann Groninger from North Carolina is a co-founder of Bike Law, a national network of personal injury attorneys representing injured cyclists. There are now 66 million cyclists in the U.S. Cities and individuals are promoting bicycles as a feature of healthy, fun, and sustainable lives, but cyclists still face a higher risk of death and inj...
Dec 13, 2018•25 min
In every legal drama, it's the oral arguments that get all the attention. But for most cases, what really wins is good legal writing. And today on the Filevine Fireside, we're talking with one of this country's most esteemed legal writers. Ross Guberman has worked with thousands of attorneys and judges and dozens of state and federal agencies teaching the in's and out's of great legal writing. He's the president of Legal Writing Pro (an advanced training and consulting firm), and he just release...
Oct 04, 2018•26 min
