Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & Law Podcast
1) Legal Grounds | John R. Miles on Leading with Your Feet, Why Your Circumstance Doesn't Define You, & the Nuances of Situational Leadership
As we approach the New Year, it's almost inevitable that we’ll find ourselves taking stock of all that came and went in the year prior. For most of us, this happens because we are trying to pinpoin...Show More
2) Legal Grounds | Brent Turman on the Portrayal and Practice of Law, Being Willing to Adjust the Narrative, & the Outsized Impact of Unseen Work.
When someone asks what I ‘do’ for a living, there are times I want to respond with, “I tell stories.” After all, most attorneys spend their time trying to get the “full picture” of what’s happening in...Show More
3) Legal Grounds | Nermin Jasani on Why You Can’t Automate Your Way Out of Responsibility, How Humor Builds Trust, & Learning the Economics of Law
For as much as we all joke about the, "kids these days" mentality that every generation seems to have in one form or another, for most of human history this sentiment was often more anecdotalI than an...Show More
4) Legal Grounds | Mark Ross On Moving from Understanding to Empathy, the Masks We Chose to Wear, & Learning About Yourself By Teaching Others
One of the best parts of being an early-bird is that I almost never hit traffic on my way into the office – though living two miles away certainly helps, too. But one thing I do miss about my longer ...Show More
5) Legal Grounds | Scott Levin on Courtesy as a Prerequisite for Negotiation, Focusing on the Resolution Instead of the Argument, & Finding Grace Despite Our Differences
We all know the question: 'If a tree falls in the forest & no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" This kind of thought-experiment came to mind after my conversation this week which left m...Show More
6) Legal Grounds | Cindy Rendon On the Value Of Humanizing Others in an Adversarial System, Protecting Your Schedule, & the Fine Line Between Helping & People-Pleasing
Back when smart-phones were just beginning to saturate the market, I distinctly remember thinking that one of the best features they had to offer was 'Notifications'. Now, of course we'd had text-mes...Show More
7) Legal Grounds | Saja Raoof On the State of Immigration Law, the Line Between Complexity & Cruelty, & the Ripple-Effects of Uncertainty
As an attorney that has spent most of their career defending trucking companies, there have only been a handful of times that it seemed a potential piece of legislation might radically change the way ...Show More
8) Legal Grounds | Rob Miller On Getting In the Hard Work Early, When to Start Prepping a Case for Trial, & Creating Bridges Between Generational Gaps
My guest this week is Rob Miller, a trial attorney with more than three decades of experience, the founder of Miller Copeland, and most importantly, a dear friend. Over the course of his career he’...Show More
9) Legal Grounds | Brian Glass on Building a Life Before Building a Firm, Leadership as an Exercise in Empathy, & the Future of Personal Injury Law
We all know that Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I think it’s worth asking why ‘Rome’, of all the great cities of antiquity, was chosen as the subject of idiom. Now, setting aside historical-bias, my ...Show More
10) Legal Grounds | Nikita Lamar on the Connection Between a Firm’s Culture & Its Clients, Learning Curves as Breathing Room, and Meeting Zealousness with Empathy
According to the National Association of Legal Professions, when I graduated from Law School in 1988 only 2.7% of graduating attorneys made the choice to go solo. Looking at those same numbers, it’s e...Show More