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How to Grow an Innovative & Inclusive Law Firm in 2021 – Vanessa Challess – Tiger Law – S4E18

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Vanessa Challess. Vanessa is the Founder and Director of Tiger Law. She’s also the Founder of Tiger HR and Tiger Bytez. The firm was founded on the principles of prioritising clients’ interests, championing diversity and inclusion, and forcing the legal profession to embrace the future. Based in Kent, the firm covers a range of practice areas; including company law, property law, family law and IP work.

July 19, 2021

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Law Life Balance: Prioritising Mental Wellbeing in the Legal Industry – Caitlin McFee – S4E16

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Caitlin McFee onto the show. Caitlin is a Pro Bono Associate and the Founder of Law Life Balance, a mental health and wellbeing platform for lawyers. After facing her own struggles whilst doing her training contract at a Magic Circle firm, she set up the project to drive forward positive cultural change in the industry. In addition, she’s also a Project Lead at the Association of Mental Health

July 5, 2021

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Mastering Legal Marketing – Patricia Baxter – S4E15

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomed Patricia Baxter onto the show. Patricia is a Managing Partner at Morgan & Akins, where she handles general litigation cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is also the creator of the ’60 Days To Clarity’ legal philosophy and framework. As well as being mentioned on the podcast, she also expands on the concept via her YouTube channel (‘The Legal Navigator’ channel) and in her book, entitled ‘The

June 28, 2021

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The Powerful Role of Religion in Family Law – Jacqueline Harounian – S4E11

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna speaks to Jacqueline Harounian. Jackie is an influential New York divorce attorney and mediator, working as a Partner at Wisselman, Harounian & Associates. With degrees in both law and behavioural forensic psychology, she’s worked in family law for over 25 years. She’s won numerous awards for her work, and has worked on multiple cases involving issues like domestic violence, substance abuse, high net worth asset disputes, religious complications and

May 31, 2021

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How to Succeed in IP Law – Francesca Witzburg – S4E10

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna speaks to Francesca Witzburg. Francesca is a top Intellectual Property lawyer and Partner at Loza & Loza LLP. Prior to this she was a Managing Associate at Dentons. She’s also worked in-house and has advised an array of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, on intellectual property law. In 2020 she was recognised in the ‘Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch’ list and the ‘Super Lawyers: Rising Stars 2017-2020’

May 24, 2021

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Why You Should Work as an In-House Lawyer – Emma Lilley – S4E9

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna speaks to Emma Lilley, an accomplished in-house solicitor and legal influencer. Emma is currently the Sole Legal Counsel at SD Worx, and previously worked in-house for Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and WEX Europe Services. She is widely known in the industry thanks to her popular @inhousepotterInstagram account, which provides tips to aspiring and practicing in-house solicitors around the world (she currently has over 7,500 followers!). She also runs the

May 17, 2021

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Life as a Catastrophic and Brain Injury Lawyer – Tina Odjaghian – S4E7

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, Robert Hanna speaks to Tina Odjaghian. Tina is a US-based attorney who runs Odjaghian Law Group, which specialises in workers’ compensation litigation, with an emphasis on brain injury related litigation and industrial catastrophic injuries. The firm has seen strong recent growth, and now employs a robust team of 4 attorneys. Tina is not just any attorney, she’s been named as a ‘Super Lawyer’ by the Super Lawyers Magazine in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,

May 3, 2021

Season 4

Corporate Lawyer, Author and Legal Entrepreneur – Suzanne Dibble – S4E5

In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Suzanne Dibble. Suzanne is currently a legal entrepreneur and renowned author. She’s had a distinguished career working both in-house and in private practice, at a number of well-known multinational firms. She started her high-flying career at DLA Piper, where she had a memorable 6-month secondment working for Virgin Management under Richard Branson. She later worked at ITV as Senior Legal Counsel, where she rubbed shoulders with

April 19, 2021

Bonus Episode: Working Mothers in the Law

In this week’s bonus episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, we celebrate International Women’s Day by sharing some of the highlights of our interviews with high-performing working mothers and female entrepreneurs in the sector. Our first feature is Mandeep Kaur Virdee, Managing Partner of Kaur Maxwell. She managed to set up her successful firm whilst 8 months pregnant! In our extract, she shares this inspiring story. Listen to Mandeep’s original episode, ‘Managing Partner Goals’. We then hear from Alice Stephenson,

March 8, 2021

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Appellate Attorney & Author – M.C. Sungaila – S3E28

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomed M.C. Sungaila onto the show. M.C. Sungaila is an Appellate Chair at Buchalter, and based in California. She’s also an award-winning author, having published two non-law books in her spare time. For her legal work, she’s won numerous awards, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Award from the Women Lawyers’ Association of Los Angeles. M.C. also holds multiple leadership positions on the boards

February 8, 2021