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Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Senior Litigation Reporter of the Daily Report Cedra Mayfield and Senior Staff Writer for the American Lawyer Patrick Smith, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.

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Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Senior Litigation Reporter of the Daily Report Cedra Mayfield and Senior Staff Writer for the American Lawyer Patrick Smith, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.

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Episodes
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Legal Speak: Aaron Sorkin This Is Not - Trump Trial with Emily Saul (Part 1)

5/3/2024
Patrick Smith interview's ALM litigation reporter Emily Saul as she details the happenings of the first Trump criminal trial from inside the courtroom in Lower Manhattan.

Duration:00:23:16

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Live from the GCC MidWest with Mike Andolina

4/26/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Patrick is joined by Mike Andolina, a Partner at White & Case.

Duration:00:11:26

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Live from the GCC MidWest with John Albright

4/26/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Patrick is joined by John Albright, the Chief Legal Officer at Hub International.

Duration:00:12:53

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Live from the GCC MidWest with Carolyn Burbrink

4/24/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Cedra is joined by Carolyn Burbrink, the Director of Volume Mobility Safety & Insurance Litigation at Uber.

Duration:00:06:24

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Live from the GCC MidWest with Vaishali Rao

4/24/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Cedra is joined by Vaishali Rao, a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson.

Duration:00:09:17

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Live from the GC MidWest with Liz Davis

4/22/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Cedra is joined Liz Davis, a Partner at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

Duration:00:06:26

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Live from the GC MidWest with Andy Goldberg

4/22/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Cedra is joined by Andy Goldberg, a Managing Partner at Laner Muchin.

Duration:00:08:00

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Live from the GC MidWest with John Meyer

4/17/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Patrick is joined by John Meyer the GC and Chief Privacy Officer at Zeem Solutions.

Duration:00:15:21

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Live from the GC MidWest with LouWee Guevarra

4/17/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Patrick is joined by LouWee Guevarra, Vice President & CTO of Kloves.

Duration:00:08:12

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Live from the GC MidWest with Betty Jang

4/16/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Cedra is joined by Betty Jang, Founder & GC of BYJ Law

Duration:00:07:29

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Live from the GC MidWest with Lakeshia Ekeigwe

4/16/2024
For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE. But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live! Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago. In this episode, Cedra is joined by this year’s Opening Day Keynote Lakeshia Ekeigwe, CEO & Founder of LeaderThinking.

Duration:00:11:42

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Big Law Better, Explained

4/15/2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, McDermott Will & Emery chair Ira Coleman explains "Big Law Better", his idea on where the legal sector is moving and what elements of previous iterations the industry should be looking to maintain and which it should perhaps relegate to times gone by.

Duration:00:28:47

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As 'Social Inflation' Helps Fuel 'Nuclear' Verdicts, Insurers Address 'Legal System Abuse'

4/5/2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association dives into the impact of what the organization has dubbed "legal system abuse" as social inflation—the belief that large corporations are "bad actors with deep pockets"—helps fuel "nuclear" verdicts.

Duration:00:19:32

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Promoting 'Comfortable Diversity' Can Impact Firms Bottom Lines

3/29/2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Chanel T. Rowe, of Johnson & Johnson, shares why she thinks promoting "comfortable diversity" can improve firms' bottom lines and how she's helping level the legal playing field.

Duration:00:21:33

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Womble Bond Dickinson US CEO Betty Temple on All That Lateral Growth and How to Control It.

3/25/2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, ALM reporter Justin Henry chats with Womble Bond Dickinson U.S. CEO Betty Temple on how the firm is going about integrating its heavy in-flow of laterals since the merger.

Duration:00:32:23

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Why a Lack of Black Representation in the Legal Industry Should Concern the Entire Profession

3/5/2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Marlon Hill, of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman, shares why he thinks Black History Month can be an opportunity to learn about how we can do better and make better policy.

Duration:00:26:54

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LegalWeek Live with Jerry Levine

2/21/2024
It’s that time of year once again … LegalWeek! ALM’s LegalWeek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper into their professional development, explore topics and strategies tailored specifically to their role, and gain the tools to get legal business done. The LegalSpeak show has now become a regular staple at the conference as we talk to some of the leading legal minds across the industry. In this episode, Zack and Alaina sit down with Jerry Levine, Chief Evangelist & General Counsel, ContractpodAI

Duration:00:17:37

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LegalWeek Live with Adam Muzika

2/21/2024
It’s that time of year once again … LegalWeek! ALM’s LegalWeek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper into their professional development, explore topics and strategies tailored specifically to their role, and gain the tools to get legal business done. The LegalSpeak show has now become a regular staple at the conference as we talk to some of the leading legal minds across the industry. In this episode, Zack and Alaina sit down with Adam Muzika, the VP of Sales and Partnerships for North America at RWS.

Duration:00:06:06

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LegalWeek Live with James Lasson and Chris Kruse

2/21/2024
It’s that time of year once again … LegalWeek! ALM’s LegalWeek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper into their professional development, explore topics and strategies tailored specifically to their role, and gain the tools to get legal business done. The LegalSpeak show has now become a regular staple at the conference as we talk to some of the leading legal minds across the industry. In this episode, Alaina sits down with Casepoint's James Lasson, VP of Marketing and Chris Kruse, EVP of Commercial and Shareholder Advisor.

Duration:00:07:52

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LegalWeek Live with Bill Piwonka

2/21/2024
It’s that time of year once again … LegalWeek! ALM’s LegalWeek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper into their professional development, explore topics and strategies tailored specifically to their role, and gain the tools to get legal business done. The LegalSpeak show has now become a regular staple at the conference as we talk to some of the leading legal minds across the industry. In this episode, Zack sits down with Bill Piwonka, the CMO of Exterro.

Duration:00:13:14