Legal Speak

Jim Tuxbury is a litigator at Boston-based firm  Hinckley Allen. In 2014, he picked up a ‘whistleblower’ case against SunEdison and its owned subsidiaries, Terraform Global and Terraform Power, brought by the former president and CEO of both companies, Carlos Domenech Zornoza. Zornoza was fired shortly after attempting to go to SunEdison about what he believed to be misleading statements regarding the company’s liquidity made by Su...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Samson Amore speaks with Hanson Bridgett managing partner Kristina Lawson, who has been the CEO of the Am Law 200 firm since 2020. Lawson spoke with us about her role shepherding the California-based firm through numerous political and environmental crises. She also shared her perspective on Hanson Bridgett's future, following the last several years of expansion on the West Coast.

Hosts: Patric...

DLA Piper's Bob Alessi thought something was amiss when he was asked to review the forensic and scientific material in the initial mistrial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing a police officer. He then used his background in STEM subjects, a semi-photographic memory and a dogged attention to social media to pick apart the state's case, resulting in an acquittal on her most serious charges.

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In this episode of Legal Speak, Patrick Smith sat down with McDermott, Will & Emery's Jason Krieser, Shawn Helms, and Christopher Cyrus.  The three attorneys undertook the task of peeling back layer after layer of what artificial intelligence will mean for those both using the tool for business and legal purposes, as well as those affected by it.

Hosts: Patrick Smith & Cedra Mayfield

Guests: Jason Krieser, Shawn Helms & Christoph...

In this week's episode, Quinn Emanuel partner Christopher D. Kercher reveals why he's been coined his firm's "AI evangelist."

In addition to sharing how he has helped colleagues implement AI into their current workloads and the steps they take to mitigate hallucination risks, the New York City-based litigator sat down with Legal Speak co-host Cedra Mayfield to discuss what he predicts is next for AI use in the legal industry.

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In this week's Legal Speak episode, we're kicking off a series where we get to know litigators outside the courtroom through their hobbies. With Texas Lawyer litigation reporter Laura Lorek at the helm, we're sharing inside feedback about what litigators love, starting with Dallas-based commercial litigator Tom Walsh of Winston & Strawn.

In addition to litigating, Walsh has spent 27 years as a radio play-by-play announcer for Jesui...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Carlton Fields shareholder Sylvia Walbolt discusses her legal career that has spanned more than 60 years.  Having retired in May, Walbolt sat down with Daily Business Review Senior Litigation Reporter Lisa Willis to discuss how her personal and legal experiences helped her leave a mark on Florida's legal landscape. In addition to breaking barriers for women in law, Walbolt shares how she became a...

In this week's Legal Speak episode, ALM and Law Business Research CEO Nick Brailey discusses the company's recent merger while introducing listeners to the man behind the leadership title.
Brailey became CEO of ALM following LBR's acquisition of the company on April 30. In addition to sharing the purpose, timing and benefits of the merger while chatting with Legal Speak podcast co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith, Brailey als...

Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … they said it couldn’t be done.  Legal Speak believed it … and went there to see it for themselves.

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