LawFlip
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsLaw Flip is a weekly podcast hosted by Benjy Smith and Louis Benowitz. Each week they'll be covering the top Law related news stories and give you the realist and most thought provoking sauce on the subject. Tune in on Monday's at 5 AM EST/ 2AM PST!
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Ghosted | LawFlip Ep. 85
July 09, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBToday Benjy and Arian talked about: The Great Resignation, Eduardo Rodriguez not turning up to work, Elon Musk having children with a Neurolink exec, US water containing harmful chemicals, EU forcing Amazon to make it easier to cancel Prime, Mitch McConnell’s out of touch opinion on the labor shortage, bugs in Russia’s fake McDonald’s, Amber Heard trying to overturn the recent jury verdict, China using mind-reading AI, California giving free healthcare to low-income immigrants, Sara Kruzan g...
Burn It Down? | LawFlip Ep. 84
July 01, 2022 14:00 - 28 minutes - 20 MBIn today’s episode, Benjy and Arian talked about: SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS expanding gun rights, Clarence Thomas’s hatred for liberals, SCOTUS upholding a coach’s right to lead prayers, an Ohio lawyer who liked to drive naked, and the Qatar World Cup sex ban. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told his law clerks in the '90s that he wanted to serve for 43 yea...
No More Costco Chickens | LawFlip Ep. 83
June 23, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBToday, Benjy and Arian started the show with a quick chat and talked about Harvey Weinstein suing Fiat Chrysler for his accident, Costco’s mistreatment of chickens, Dominion’s defamation lawsuit against Newsmax, the lawsuit against Tesla for laying off workers without warning, TikTok data being accessed in China, and the rising Inflation. Harvey Weinstein Sues Fiat Chrysler for $5 Million Over Fallout of 2019 Jeep Rollover Accident Costco is being sued for alleged mistreatment of its $4.9...
Drop the NDA | LawFlip Ep. 82
June 16, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBToday, Benjy Smith and Arian Tabibian are joined by guest, consumer attorney, and founder of EsquireTek, Pratik Shah. The episode starts with an interview with Pratik before they went on to talk about stories that came out this week: the Space Needle trademark infringement suit, Ohio arming school employees, a disgusting homophobic sermon by a pastor, Microsoft making employment reforms, GEICO paying a woman who contracted an STD in an insured car, the impending Sriracha shortage, and sudoku...
Pride Bullets and Spoiled Milk | LawFlip Ep. 81
June 09, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBIn today's episode, Benjy and Producer Arian Tabibian started with a short chat about random topics. Next, they talked about the stories that came out this week. Stories include: bees being fish, the Maggi case in India, the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle in New York, rainbow bullets for Pride Month, boomers in power, Uvalde Police threatening one of the children's moms, and the Chrisleys' tax evasion case. California court rules that bees are a type of fish in order to protect th...
Tik Tok Lawyer Will Defend (Nearly) Anyone | LawFlip Ep. 80
June 02, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBToday, Benjy and Producer Arian are joined by a special guest, Mr. David Pourshalimi of Perlmutter & Pourshalimi. They started the show with a fun interview with David, his journey through his legal career, his cases, and his personal stories. Next, they discussed stories that came out this week. These include the inaction by the Uvalde police during the terrible school shooting last week, Sen. Ron Johnson blaming wokeness for school shootings, a cop accusing Starbucks of spiking his drink w...
All Too Familiar | LawFlip Ep. 79
May 26, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode, Benjy is joined by Arian. They began the show with their usual chitchat. Then they went on to discuss stories that came out this week. They got into the horrible school shooting in Texas, Air Pods being too loud, a Tesla causing an accident while on autopilot, Republicans not wanting to stop domestic terrorism, weird items in medical bills, and, the disbarment complaint against Ted Cruz. Gunman kills at least 18 children at Texas elementary school Texas family sues Apple, ...
I Won’t Fly This Plane | LawFlip Ep. 78
May 19, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBToday, Benjy and Arian are joined by commercial real estate broker, Floyd Shaheen. They started the episode with a short interview with Floyd. The trio then went on to talk about a good time to buy a home, the mass shooter in Buffalo, a passenger who landed a plane, parents suing their son over lack of grandkids, a child dying from an exorcism ritual, a footballer who loved to fart in the dressing room, and marijuana reducing consumption of other substances. More Americans than ever say it’...
President Bongbong? | LawFlip Ep. 77
May 12, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBToday, Benjy Smith and Arian Tabibian started off with their usual chatter before they went on to talk about stories that came out this week. Stories included Young Thug's arrest for gang-related charges, a dictator's son becoming Philippine President, OAN admitting that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud, outdated Russian fighter jets, human remains showing up in a dried out lake, immigrants creating jobs, bitcoin investors not doing so well, a better diet to fight depression, ...
The Future Of... | LawFlip Ep. 76
May 05, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIn today’s episode of LawFlip, Benjy and Arian are joined by special guests from Motion LA. The episode starts with Benjy interviewing his partners at Motion LA. Later, they talk about several stories that came out this week, which include: reducing screen time, physical fitness and deviant behavior, meat consumption and global warming, multitasking versus monotasking, Warren Buffet and financial advisors, working from home and going back to the office, and flight attendants getting paid dur...
Bible Too Woke | LawFlip Ep. 75
April 28, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this week’s episode of LawFlip, Benjy and Producer Arian talked about the team behind the podcast. Then they went on to discuss stories that came out this week that included: the Johnny Depp defamation case, Donald Trump’s contempt charge, a complaint in Florida against the bible, the Tennessee bill on drunk driving, regulation of algorithms, the suit against Kraft Heinz, guns as the leading cause of death among younger people, and Mike Tyson’s encounter with a plane passenger. Stories ...
The Most Homoerotic | LawFlip Ep. 74
April 21, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this week’s episode of your favorite LawFlip podcast, Benjy and Producer Arian started off with some random banter, as they went and talked about Benjy’s recent vacation in Costa Rica and Tik Tok gas prices. After that, they started talking about stories that came out this week. These include Tucker Carlson’s new documentary on the decline masculinity among American men, a guy who sued his employer for giving him a surprise birthday party at work, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s election disqual...
Pura Vida | LawFlip Ep. 73
April 14, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBIn another great and jam-packed episode of the LawFlip Podcast, Benjy and Producer Arian talked started off by talking about Benjy’s nice out-of-town trip. Then, they went on and talked about stories regarding the use of meth on various internet platforms, Ghost guns and President Joe Biden’s new rules regarding them, the Opioid crisis and the ongoing lawsuit in Florida against Walgreens, remembering Gilbert Gottfried, the case against Burger King with regard to the size of their whoppers, t...
Guns Blazing | LawFlip Ep. 72
April 07, 2022 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBToday, Benjy and Producer Arian talk about therapy, consciousness, Amazon’s insane employee chat app, Mark Zuckerberg being Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk/Twitter, Alex Jones hopefully going to jail, Guns in the courtroom, student loans, and Chernobyl. Stories we mentioned today: Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and “Plantation” Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Employees “Lovingly” Refer to Him as “The Eye of Sauron” Elon Musk will join Twi...
Out Like A Light | LawFlip Ep. 71
March 31, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBToday, Benjy and Producer Arian talked about Bruce Willis, Putin’s tension with his army, the possibility of suing social media companies, The Slap, Travis Scott, Alec Baldwin, the billionaire tax bill, the marijuana legalization bill, some stories surrounding the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Stories we mentioned today: U.S. official: Putin and Russian Ministry of Defense have 'persistent tension' CA law will allow parents to sue social media companies Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage a...
5 Fewer Chips | LawFlip Ep 70
March 24, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 24.2 MBToday, Benjy and Producer Arian banter about several different topics. They discussed Tucker Carlson calling Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson a “white liberal,” Doritos having 5 fewer chips, the end of Face Masks, Scammer Stories, Putin, the Don't Say Gay Bill, Capitol riot prosecutions, Google, Hairstyle Discrimination law, and some more news about Kanye. Stories we mentioned today: Tucker Carlson calls judge a White Liberal Doritos bags will now have 5 fewer chips thanks to i...
The Anti-Vaxxer’s Lawyer | LawFlip Ep 69
February 25, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBMany think that vaccine mandate litigation only includes quacks as plaintiffs and attorneys. Like employment and personal injury attorneys, those who represent anti-vaxxers are painted with a broad brush, often negative. But our guest today doesn’t neatly fit into a box. Scott Street is a credible litigator with a successful history in high-stakes litigation (we worked on a 100M case together); we were in the same law class at Loyola Law School and have been active in democratic politics for...
Kanye is Getting Scary | LawFlip Ep 68
February 17, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 29.6 MBToday we’re joined by Alan Mork, founder of GP Catering, one of the go-to catering companies in the film and television industry. We discuss the ongoing Kanye/Kim social media war, Coachella and Stagecoach ending Covid protocol, the Alec Baldwin Lawsuit, the major Sandy Hook and Facebook settlements, and Trump’s “Truth Social” platform. Stories we mentioned today: Kanye West ‘Takes Accountability’ for Abusing Caps Lock, Sharing Kim’s Texts Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals Drop All CO...
The New LawFlip Podcast Is Here | LawFlip Ep 67
February 12, 2022 02:00 - 33 minutes - 23.9 MBToday, we launch a new iteration of LawFlip, the podcast. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A LISTEN AND GIVING ME YOUR FEEDBACK. We filmed in a new studio and have a new, more topical format. We were lucky enough to have my longtime friend and mentor Dee Murthy sit with us to discuss various trending topics. Dee is the CEO and founder of the Five Four Group, working tirelessly to build a slew of fashion brands (including Menlo Club, Young & Reckless, Grand Athletic Club, New Republic). ...
What does it mean to be unemployable? | LawFlip Ep 66
February 01, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 18.9 MBThis episode introduces venture-backed tech entrepreneur Maddy Sukoru who built Groupshop. We discuss his journey from AT&T Technician to creating a group buying platform for merchants that caught the attention of 3 venture capital firms that invested in him because he is tenacious and incredibly resourceful. We talk about tech startups, how he is "unemployable" and how lawyers have played a role in his growth. For the past several years, primarily due to a long-time friend Dee Murthy, I hav...
The LawFlip Referral App | LawFlip Ep 65
January 03, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 24 MBWelcome to 2022! This episode is all about the LawFlip referral platform. Believe it or not, LawFlip is more than just the name of a podcast—it's also the hottest new app in the legal tech space. It's already helping lawyers refer and find new business without ever having to leave the comfort of their phones and computers. The way it works is simple: Lawyers with business to refer post leads to the platform, lawyers looking for business apply for said leads on the platform (which helps lawy...
The Princess of Press Conferences
December 01, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBI’m fascinated by different legal marketing and litigation tactics. Last month we talked to the King of Billboards, Jacob “Call Jacob” Emrani. This month, I interviewed Lisa Bloom, the Princess of Press Conferences(her mother, Gloria Allred, is the queen, of course). In this Episode of LawFlip, Lisa and I discuss what is common among sexual misconduct defendants she’s faced (Trump, Epstein, O’Reilly, and Cosby, etc.), why press conferences are effective, her “colossal mistake” representing ...
Call Jacob Appears on His First-Ever Podcast | LawFlip Ep 63
November 01, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIf you live in Los Angeles, you have seen Jacob Emrani's "Call Jacob" billboard advertisements. He is arguably the OG of eye-popping lawyer billboards. In his first-ever podcast appearance, Jacob sets the record straight on how he operates as both a marketer/advertiser and attorney. We speak about perhaps his most notorious billboard which was deliberately hung upside down, his 2018 billboard campaign imploring Lebron James to sign with the Lakers, what a day in his life looks like, and so...
WTF is a life coach? | LawFlip Ep 62
October 01, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn 2008/2009, I obsessively studied for and passed the two hardest bar exams in the country- New York and California. That brutal year of tests, combined with the stress of extremely high stakes litigation and the ups and downs of life, exacerbated an existing eating disorder to the point where I knew I needed help. Life coach Mike Bayer was the one who I reached out to to help me find treatment. Fast forward to 2021, Coach Mike and I have both evolved a lot! It was so great to catch up wit...
Does Caitlyn Jenner Speak For the Trans Community? | LawFlip Ep 61
September 01, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIssues surrounding the Trans community have become a part of the mainstream media in recent years, and yet, for some reason, I’ve have a hard time talking about this subject. In fact, I’ve written and rewritten this summary five times. Why is it so tough? Maybe it’s because I don’t want to offend anyone? But as a lawyer whose practice centers around fighting for the oppressed, including the LGBTIA community, I know my heart is in the right place. So that is precisely why I feel so lucky to...
Do Celebrities Divorce Like Us? | LawFlip Ep 60
August 01, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBDivorce is one of the most challenging events one can experience. I know because I’ve gone through it myself. It’s also possible to go through it and have everyone come out stronger on the other side. I’m still in the early stages of this chapter of my life, but I couldn’t think of a better person with whom to discuss this subject than Laura Wasser. She just so happens to be the most famous divorce attorney in the world. On this week’s episode of lawflip, we speak about how famous people d...
Is Sam Yebri The Perfect Persian To Fix LA? | LawFlip Ep 59
July 01, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThere can be no doubt that Los Angeles is one of the greatest cities in the world. It’s also deeply fraught with corruption, nepotism, and insider politics. In this episode of LawFlip, Yale educated (smarty pants) Sam Yebri Joins us for an entertaining and informative discussion. We discuss the biggest issues facing Los Angeles: homelessness, crime, Black Lives Matter, Newsom/Garcetti, anti-semitism, Persian food/culture and so much more. Sam, a dedicated husband and father of four, ...
How to Get Successful as an Entrepreneur | LawFlip Ep 58
June 01, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBHow to Get Successful as an Entrepreneur: At a Glance ➢ Have a solid business plan ➢ Have a futuristic and realistic mindset ➢ Have a business strategy in place ➢ Make sure that you have a talented, loyal, and reliable team ➢ Hold everyone accountable for their actions ➢ Take risks when necessary for what you believe in ➢ Keep it consistent, and don’t try to do everything by yourself ➢ Communicate to get past stuff that’s stopping you from exploding as a business Read on for insights and a...
Do You Hear Me? | LawFlip Ep 57
May 01, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBBefore telling you about this month’s episode of Lawflip, I’m going to share something very personal about what’s been going on with me: It’s been 55 days since I began experiencing what turned out to be a combination of partial hearing loss and tinnitus. For those of you who don’t know about tinnitus, it’s a miserable condition that causes you to hear sounds in your ear (like ringing, clicking, and other crazy sounds that make the voice that’s ordinarily inside your head sound chill). As...
From Leaking Pipes to Raining Money: Gabriel Halimi’s Journey as an Entrepreneur
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBAfter working in law, then restaurant management, Gabriel Halimi took an idea for a water leak detection system that his father (an engineer) came up with in his garage and built a successful start-up company (which he then sold for a substantial, but undisclosed, sum to a publicly-traded company). This episode follows Gabriel's entrepreneurial journey from startup to acquisition. Benjy and Gabriel discuss an array of topics including the role of a startup company's CEO as a storyteller fo...
Learn How Being Less Horny Can Help You Succeed! | LawFlip Ep 55
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBRaised as a chubby kid by a single mother in South Africa, Alex Simpson is now living the dream as a FinTech entrepreneur in sunny Southern California. He joins host Benjy Smith on this month’s episode of LawFlip. From this wide-ranging interview, you’ll learn what FinTech is, how a young man leveraged the South African banking industry in building one of his first startups, what Alex does now to build on his success (while being extremely fit and not at all chubby), and how working with p...
Betting on Bitcoin? Welcome to 2021! | LawFlip Ep 53
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBBitcoin, crypto, r/wallstreetbets, GameStop, Steve Cohen, robinhood app, and David Portnoy calling for everyone to go to jail. What is even going on? Even if you don’t understand what’s going on (we’re still trying to figure quite a few things out ourselves), you’re seriously living under a rock if you haven’t heard about the biggest financial market stories of 2021. With Bitcoin surging, robinhood app halting trading of certain securities like GameStop, and now calls for regulations to ...
Learn How Not to Be Miserable | Ep 53
December 07, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBA year later, Sam Mollaei makes his second visit to LawFlip after appearing on the podcast’s inaugural episode. Sam inspires entrepreneurs across the legal industry and guides them in scaling their practices. He also helps them prioritize what matters to them (like spending time doing things they really love instead of getting bogged down in the brutal and the mundane). In this episode, Sam and Benjy give what may be that missing spark to get you to take a shot at starting your own business ...
LawFlip's 52 week Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MB52 straight weeks. Inspiring guests. Thinking about law and life differently than ever before. Taking you on that journey with me! You’ve journeyed with me through a lot: the infancy of Smith & Benowitz, personal struggles, a physical transformation, and the covid-19 pandemic. I’ve felt insanely inspired at times and not so much at others. My partner Louis supported the LawFlip podcast concept. We've found it rewarding. It has generated leads and business opportunities for our firm. We've...
Ep 51: Ryan Wenger - Silicon Valley CEO
November 23, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBEntrepreneur and recovering lawyer Ryan Wenger joins Benjy Smith for a truly inspirational episode. While in the midst of practicing law, Ryan had a transformational idea for people buying travel and built it out from the ground up. That idea originated as a consumer travel platform, and transformed into a corporate travel platform. More impressively, that idea became a company that was acquired by a much larger company in the middle of a pandemic when far fewer people are even traveling! ...
Ep 50: Raphael “RJ” Javid Returns
November 16, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBMost viewed guest and complex personal injury litigator Raphael “RJ” Javid joins host Benjy Smith for a scintillating conversation full of positive energy. In a highly informative episode, Benjy and RI share some of their insights into marketing, advertising, and networking, providing value, being creative in the legal business, taking risks, and building businesses and business relationships. The episode closes with the Legal Tip of the Week. Support the show
Ep 49: LawFlip Election WEEK Special
November 09, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this very special episode, Louis Benowitz joins host Benjy Smith and they breakdown some pieces of the prolonged 2020 election week. They discuss, among other things, Jim Carrey, conspiracy theories, election litigation, the upcoming runoffs in Georgia to determine control of the US Senate, and some of the potential impact of Trump’s judicial appointments on Democrats’ policy goals. The episode closes with a Legal Tip of the Week. Support the show
Ep 48: Sasha Solonin - Putting Everything in @Motion_LA
November 02, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBSasha Solonin joins host Benjy Smith for another exciting episode of LawFlip. Sasha is only 24 years old, but you’d never know that based on his maturity and accomplishments. He’s a former NCAA Division 1 tennis player who works in commercial real estate at CBRE, and has quickly brought high end properties into his portfolio. He, along with Benjy, also co-founded @motion_la, a workout group that connects entrepreneurs through fitness. In this episode, Benjy and Sasha discuss how they met, ...
Ep 47: Dr. Alex Knezevic - The New Wave Doctor
October 26, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBDr. Alex Knezevic, an ophthalmologist and avid sailor and surfer, joins host Benjy Smith for another scintillating episode of LawFlip. Alex and Benjy discuss an array of topics including avoiding burnout, adapting to professional practice changes and new technologies, and the benefits of having multiple mentors with different perspectives. They also discuss differing mentalities over money, client/patient relationships, and finding your fit as a professional. The episode closes with the Deal...
Ep 46: Ronen Nazarian MD - Available, Affable, and Able
October 19, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBDr. Ronen Nazarian joins host Benjy Smith for a highly informative and inspiring episode. Dr. Nazarian is an Ear Nose and Throat surgeon who specializes in hearing restoration and cochlear implant procedures. Dr. Nazarian and Benjy discuss an array of subjects including the difficulties and unwarranted stigmas people who are hard of hearing encounter, the surprisingly high success rates for hearing restoration procedures, building a strong business by building a strong reputation, and stayin...
Ep 45: It's Crazy Out There!
October 12, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this episode of LawFlip, we do something a little different. Louis Benowitz joins Benjy Smith for an episode filled with hot-button topics. Their conversation covers Claudia Conway, comparisons between Trump and dictators, political candidate debates, NBA ratings, and Amy Coney Barrett. The episode closes with the Deal and Legal Tip of the Week segments, including a surprise visit from a four-legged friend. Go check out this episode! Support the show
Ep 44: Lou Alexander — Ex NFL Athlete Tells Us The One Question That Changed His Life
October 05, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBLou Alexander joins host Benjy Smith for another riveting episode. Lou came from extremely humble beginnings in South Los Angeles, spending most of his childhood being raised by a single mother along with his ten siblings after tragically losing his father at the age of five. After graduating from Syracuse University and briefly playing in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Lou found himself broke and without a job. Fortuitously, Lou chatted up a stranger on an airplane who helped lead hi...
Ep 43: Mike Hanassab and Elliot Hassan- How to Take Advantage of Your Opportunities
September 29, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBCommercial real estate partners Michael Hanassab and Elliot Hassan join host Benjy Smith in this episode. Michael and Elliot sell apartment buildings as part of a growing commercial real estate team and help investors realize their dreams. In an inspiring episode, Benjy, Michael, and Elliot discuss growing up in the San Fernando Valley, succeeding in spite of growing up with privilege, and translating lessons learned from playing sports as a child to team-building in business. They also di...
Ep. 42: #SugarFreeRich - 200 Pound Weight Loss
September 21, 2020 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBNot so long ago, SugarFreeRich was working as a manager at the Apple Store while in a pre-diabetic state and experiencing liver issues. Now, through sticking to diet changes and committing to exercise, he has lost over 200 pounds and is running his own rapidly growing food delivery service. SugarFreeRich and Benjy Smith have a wide-ranging conversation in which they talk about SugarFreeRich’s transformation, the role of compassionate people in helping him achieve that transformation, and t...
Ep:41 Christian Stockwell — How to Mix Business and Spirituality Like a Savant
September 14, 2020 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBChristian Stockwell, a spirituality and meditation coach and TikTok “guru” (over 180k followers!), joins host Benjy Smith for an enlightening conversation on meditation, finding growth through personal struggles, the interplay between psychoactive substances and spirituality, different ways of providing value to other people, the @motion_la entrepreneurial workout group and finding happiness. At only 24, Christian has already transitioned from the grind of commercial real estate into the w...
Ep 40: Guang Hong | Graduated from Law School at 21!?
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBHost Benjy Smith welcomes the one and only Guang Hong. Guang graduated law school at the age of 21 and does not have Instagram (not sure which is more rare!). After practicing in a larger law firm, Guang realized that he wanted to find a career he enjoyed more and, with the benefit of being young, went back to school and got a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University so he could transition into a non-legal career in the healthcare field. In their discussion, Ben...
LawFlip Episode 039 | The Debate | Matt Bilinsky
August 31, 2020 09:00 - 36 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this week’s episode of LawFlip, we welcome back the ever-controversial (and ever-entertaining) Matt Bilinsky. Host Benjy Smith moderates a debate between Louis Benowitz and Matt over whether gig economy drivers should be treated as employees or independent contractors. Louis sides with the workers and Matt sides with the likes of gig economy companies like Uber and Doordash. This is an extremely hot legal issue right now. Over the last few years, the California courts and legislature ha...
LawFlip Episode 038 | Raphael "RJ" Javid
August 24, 2020 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this week’s episode, personal injury lawyer Raphael Javid (who many affectionately know as RJ) joins host Benjamin Smith for a scintillating and wide-ranging conversation that considers both law and life. On the law side, RJ was a founding partner of what became a successful, large-scale personal injury law firm. After doing that, RJ went out on his own again so that he could focus on handling a smaller portfolio of complex injury cases. In doing so, he has personally found joy in the n...
LawFlip Episode 037 | The Show Must Go On!
August 17, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBOn this week's episode of LawFlip, Aston Wallace returns and joins Louis Benowitz while Benjy Smith is away for the week. On the legal side, they discuss employment law and workers' compensation issues as applied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a recently issued injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to immediately reclassify their drivers as employees. They also discuss social gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether "Zoom Parties" are here to stay or just a 2020 fad, and whether social ...
LawFlip Episode 036 | Aston Wallace
August 10, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBOn this week's episode of LawFlip, Aston Wallace - the winner of the LawFlip Head Start Initiative (a contest aimed at helping a black attorney launch a new law firm) - joins Benjy Smith and Louis Benowitz for an exceptionally compelling and wide-ranging conversation. Aston will be launching the Law Office of Aston Wallace, which will be a Los Angeles-based workers' compensation firm that fights on behalf of workers who suffer workplace injuries. Aston is a Philadelphia native, a graduate o...