LawHer

LawHer

LawHer Season 3: How the boldest and brightest women in law own power faster and keep it longer. Despite outnumbering men in law schools, women remain underrepresented in legal leadership. LawHer illuminates the path to power by amplifying the voices of women redefining success in law. Shatter conventions and rebuild success in your own image. Create new monuments for future generations. One story at a time. LawHer is powered by Rankings - helping you secure your rightful space at the top.

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LawHer Update

December 12, 2025 • 1 min
Winning a silver Signal Award this year was an unexpected honor. It felt like a reflection of the women whose stories shaped every episode. Their work, their clarity, their persistence.  That recognition belongs to them. As this chapter closes, we look toward what’s ahead. Across the country, more women are stepping into leadership, building firms, shaping policy, and rewriting what power looks like in the legal world.  Th...
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82. Everything You Want: The Neuroscience of Power, Persuasion, and Getting to 'Yes' w/ Jennifer Gardner [REPOST]

September 30, 2025 • 22 mins
Big News! This episode featuring Jennifer Gardner has been named a finalist in the Signal Awards “Best Driveway Moment” category.  We’re honored to see LawHer recognized alongside powerhouse names like Mel Robbins and The Moth. Every vote helps shine a spotlight on the incredible women we feature — so if you’d like to support Jennifer’s episode, you can CAST YOUR VOTE HERE: https://tinyurl.com/5n8vsjhc "Everything we want is on...
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81. Driving All Night: The Relentless Rise of Brooke Goff

August 27, 2025 • 22 mins
“I asked nobody for anything—I only asked how to get it.” — Brooke Goff Most people see Brooke Goff’s face on a billboard and think success story. What they don’t see is the grind behind it: the Lyft rides at 4 a.m., the kitchen-table startup, the years without a paycheck, and the gamble of emptying her 401k at 29. In this episode of LawHer, Brooke shares how she built her multi-million dollar empire from nothing—turning grit int...
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80. Hypergrowth: Beat the Break Point w/ COO, Wesley Lockett

August 13, 2025 • 15 mins
“Leadership is a giant mirror for all your flaws.” — Wesley Lockett When Wesley Lockett stepped into the role of Chief Operating Officer at Daniel Stark Law, the firm was on the edge of a high-growth leap—from 50 employees to more than 170. The challenge? Scale without shattering the culture that made people want to work there in the first place. Most firms don’t make it. Research shows that 70% of high-growth companies hit a cul...
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79. The Fixer: From Clerk to CEO (Twice) w/ Jackie Karapetyan

July 30, 2025 • 14 mins
“There’s no such thing as ‘we can’t do it.’ People come to me with the craziest things, and I just say—‘I’ll fix it.’” — Jackie Karapetyan Jackie Karapetyan had already built one empire. She’d helped take a startup from 25 to 500 employees while raising two young kids. So when she walked into a law firm and asked to start at the bottom—filing papers and answering phones—most people thought she was overqualified. But Jackie had a p...
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78. The Trillion-Dollar Communication Problem: Neuroscience-backed Tools to Lead with Clarity and Power w/ Rachael Bosch

July 16, 2025 • 20 mins
"When you are having fun, engaging in collective laughter - that gate is open for learning." — Rachael Bosch Communication is often considered a soft skill or an afterthought in high-performing legal environments. But in reality, it's a power tool. From neuroscience to Slack threads, Rachael Bosch, founder of Fringe Personal Development, reveals how the brain responds under pressure—and how the smallest miscommunication can cost a...
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77. Financial Justice, Grit & Giving Back w/ Rosa Florentino

July 2, 2025 • 21 mins
"Generosity is power. Competition doesn’t have to mean scarcity." — Rosa Florentino From the strawberry fields of Carlsbad to structuring over half a billion dollars in legal settlements, Rosa Florentino’s story is a testament to resilience, gratitude, and giving back. As the co-founder of Quest Settlements, Rosa is redefining what financial justice looks like—especially for clients who need more than a check: they need a plan, a ...
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76. Deliberate Justice: Strategic Pathways from Women Leading Law

June 18, 2025 • 13 mins
“The pipeline isn’t broken. The system is.” — Sonya Palmer This special episode of LawHer was recorded live at the Women in Trial Travel Summit (WITTS) and serves as the capstone to Season 3. Drawing on insights from 60+ powerhouse women featured throughout the show’s history, host Sonya Palmer distills what it really takes to own power faster—and keep it longer—in the legal industry. Whether you’re launching your career or scali...
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75. How to Create a Legal Career You’re Obsessed With w/ Nicole Perrotta

June 11, 2025 • 18 mins
“What do you want to do with your wild and precious life?” — Nicole Perrotta Nicole Perrotta always knew how to hustle. She hit six figures before 30, climbed the ladder in a male-dominated industry, and checked all the boxes of “success.” But when every line item of success didn’t add up, she made a bold decision. This episode is about more than chasing titles or paychecks—it’s about the courage to ask, “What do you want to do w...
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74. Owning the Room: Legal Media Strategy, Power & Presence w/ Sarah Parisi

June 4, 2025 • 21 mins
“Visibility is power—and power grows when you own your difference.” — Sarah Parisi Sarah Parisi never waited to be invited into the room—she walked in like she owned it. From a rainbow dress and a plastic microphone in Tennessee to the VP of Media at Rankings.io, Sarah’s story is about claiming space, mastering strategy, and reshaping what legal media can look like. In a world of flashy billboards and louder-than-life legal ads, ...
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73. Grief was the Ground: The Rise of Sparrow Law w/ Nikka Maleki

May 28, 2025 • 19 mins
"You don’t have to trade humanity for success." — Nikka Maleki At just four years out of law school, Nikka Maleki co-founded Sparrow Law Group —and in its first year, Sparrow surpassed $1 million in attorney’s fees. She did it by rewriting all the rules. For her, power isn’t about prestige or posturing. It’s about showing up with empathy, fighting like hell for your clients, and never forgetting your own story. In this episode of...
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72. The Overachiever's Guide to Letting Go (and Leveling Up): Leaving Big Law and Gaining Control w/ Lauren Grochow

May 21, 2025 • 20 mins
"I used to think control meant doing it all. Now I know real power is knowing when to hand it over." — Lauren Grochow Ten years into Big Law, Lauren Grochow had everything she thought she wanted—title, prestige, and the next rung on the ladder in sight. But with a six-month-old baby in her arms and a mentor’s question still echoing in her ears, she made a move that changed everything. In this episode of LawHer, Lauren shares how ...
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71. No Money, No Map, No Net: On Building the Uber of Court Appearances w/ Michelle Etchebarren

May 14, 2025 • 19 mins
“I didn’t feel powerful then. But when I look back, I see how powerful I was.” — Michelle Etchebarren Michelle Etchebarren didn’t wait for permission to lead. She launched a national legal tech platform as a single mother of four, built it from her kitchen table, and kept it alive through personal and economic freefall. In this episode of LawHer, Michelle shares how she turned desperation into momentum, why a religious-level morn...
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70. Becoming the Tiger: Twila White on Power, Presence, and the Fight for Justice

May 7, 2025 • 19 mins
"Power has to be seized—because we already have it. It’s not outside of us. The ‘big’ isn’t out there. The ‘big’ is inside." — Twila White Twila White dismantles injustice with precision, presence, and purpose. With nearly 25 years of courtroom experience, Twila White has helped shape the law itself—winning multimillion-dollar verdicts and establishing legal precedent that expanded protections for women and workers. In this episo...
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69. Power Looks Different Here: Walking Away from Success to Redefine It w/ Whitney Betts

April 30, 2025 • 17 mins
"I knew I was arguing against the law—and I was being forced to do it anyway… Thats when I had to walk away." — Whitney Betts For Whitney Betts, power didn’t come from title or tenure. It came from walking away from the prestige of a national defense firm—and toward work that actually aligned with her values. In this courageous episode of LawHer, Whitney shares how she left behind the safety of the traditional path to co-found Be...
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68. Building Your Brand, Claiming Your Power: Digital Marketing for Women in Law w/ Nalini Prasad

April 23, 2025 • 17 mins
"I don't think people give you power. I think that you have to find that. What makes you feel strong? What makes you feel alive and feel like you can be confident about accomplishing something?" — Nalini Prasad Power doesn't wait to be handed over. For women in law, it's about finding the tools—and the confidence—to build it yourself. But in a crowded industry of massive budgets and established firms, how can women attorneys creat...
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67. The 'Good Girl' Paradox: Why Pleasing Others Limits Your Success (And How to Stop) w/ Rachel Clar

April 16, 2025 • 32 mins
"The archetype of the good girl as a lawyer would be the same as the archetype of any good girl in any profession, which is living someone else's dream." — Rachel Clar When you've built an identity around being useful, driven, and in control, slowing down doesn't feel like rest—it feels dangerous. But what happens when living up to everyone else's expectations leaves you unrecognizable to yourself? In this illuminating episode of...
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66. Let it Break You: On Leaving a Winning Career to Build a Meaningful One w/ Laura Ramos James

April 9, 2025 • 13 mins
"I could influence the case by either diminishing her case or I could switch sides and support her and get her justice." - Laura Ramos James Law firms often prize efficiency, billable hours, and winning  - at all costs. But what happens when an attorney realizes the "win" they're pursuing comes at the expense of human dignity? What if following your conscience means walking away from everything you've built? In this episode of Law...
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65. Everything You Want: The Neuroscience of Power, Persuasion, and Getting to 'Yes' w/ Jennifer Gardner

April 2, 2025 • 22 mins
"Everything we want is on the other side of the word ‘yes’... Power is getting people to do things that you want them to do. Influence is the definition of power. And it means impacting the decision-making process…. Every communication is an opportunity to influence through body language, eye contact, cadence, energy, and word choice." - Jennifer Gardner Law schools drill attorneys to be logical. Rational. Fact-driven. But what if...
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64. Others Be Damned: Design the Legal Life of Your Dreams w/ Christy Granieri

March 26, 2025 • 13 mins
"It's having the confidence... to do what you want to do and others be damned because it is your path; do what brings you joy." - Christy Granieri When you've spent a decade building a career that no longer serves you, what does it take to walk away and rebuild on your own terms? Host Sonya Palmer sits down with employment attorney Christy Granieri, who left partnership at an established firm to co-found Freeburg & Granieri, APC....
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