Maximum Mom
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe’re here to share tips, resources, wins, losses and encouragement for moms who are raising a family while building a lawfirm, so you feel less alone in your journey toward a fulfilling career and being the best mom you can be.
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Maximizing Your Legal Practice and Personal Development with Brita Long
February 19, 2024 11:00 - 52 minutes - 55.1 MBWatch the YouTube version of this episode HERE This week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Brita Long. Brita is an attorney and attorney coach who teaches flat fees to other attorneys and more importantly mind set. One of the workshops Brita provides is on our relationship with money. "It ain't about the money" isn't about the knowledge of personal finance or small practice finance, but about our thoughts, beliefs and feelings about money and how those affect our ...
Breaking Free: Women's Journey to Financial Independence with Sarah Walton
January 29, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutes - 52.4 MBWatch the YouTube version of this episode HERE This week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Sarah Walton. Sarah Walton is a business coach and sales expert who’s been featured on The Today Show, speaks at women’s conferences all over the world and has helped hundreds of women start and grow businesses they LOVE. From growing up in a low-income household with a single mom to helping moms turn their passion into a business they love that can support their families, S...
Navigating Parenthood and a Rural Law Practice with Bridget O'Toole
September 25, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Bridget O'Toole. Bridget is a millennial environmental, land use, municipal and energy lawyer and mom to a 4-year-old son. She opened her own law firm on April 1, 2023 (April Fools Day) in one of New York's most rural counties after leaving a bougie downtown boutique law firm. She’s been practicing since 2011 and represents clients all over New York State in her practice areas. Take a listen! 01:11 Meet Bridget 04:58...
Avoiding Common Mistakes When Buying or Selling Law Firms with Victoria Collier
September 04, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 50.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Victoria Collier. Victoria Collier, Founder and CEO of Quid Pro Quo: Victoria is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the legal industry. In addition to building and selling her own 7-figure law firm, she has been coaching lawyers since 2008 on how to add value to their law firms. Take a listen! 08:15 Victoria Collier discusses how having children has influenced her entrepreneurial journey and ...
Revolutionizing Education: Innovations for the Future with Amy Cote
August 21, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 59.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Amy Cote. Amy started Think Out because for most organizations prevention is an afterthought. With communication, consistency and execution, employees will perform well as teams that are prepared for the expected and unexpected. Thanks to Amy’s training and experience, she has strong skills in leadership, communication, change management, operations, labor relations, policy development and best practices. Thanks to A...
Building Authentic Connections with Rachel Clar
August 07, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes - 29 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Rachel Clar. Rachel is a divorced lawyer mom, and in deciding to launch a business. She had to first move through a tremendous inner journey of self-discovery and personal growth to develop the courage to take a big chance. As lawyers, we often live our lives based on the model we learned in school, the lie that conflict is a binary only resolved with someone prevailing. As women, in general, we were raised to elevate o...
Empowering Women Through Education with Flora Garcia-Sepulveda
July 17, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 22.6 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Flora Garcia-Sepulveda. Flora Garcia-Sepulveda, a founding partner of Woodman & Garcia-Sepulveda and a Certified Family Law Specialist, is an experienced trial lawyer who practices family law exclusively, focusing on diverse financial issues including business valuation, property division and child and spousal support. Flora is fluent in Spanish. Flora also represents clients in difficult custody disputes and move-away ca...
Understanding Your Finances to Help Your Firm Thrive with Leah Miller
July 03, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Leah Miller. Leah was a litigation paralegal for 13 years, 10 of those years she was a Florida Registered Paralegal. Leah has her MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University in Estero, Florida. Until just recently Leah was the firm administrator and CFO for a personal injury law firm in SW Florida. She has started her own business LNM Financial Services to broaden her reach and use her knowledge to help other law firms under...
The Power of Resilience with Christine Diorio
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Christine Diorio. Christine is a survivor! After losing her brother to a drug overdose when she was 23, she married her first husband less than a year later. They were both alcoholics, and yet somehow she managed to go to law school and have 2 kids while they were there. After she started work as prosecutor, Christine and her husband went through a very nasty divorce which culminated in her own (and very public!) arrest f...
Leaving a Legacy with Carmen Rosas
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 25.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Carmen Rosas. Award-winning attorney Carmen, is on a mission to help women get control of their lives beyond the grave. She enlightens them with not only how to protect their legacies but also teaches what, how, and when to protect their assets and legacy. Carmen Rosas, was born and raised in the bay area. A proud mix of Mexican, French, and Italian, she grew up fascinated by her grandmother’s stories of living in Mexico,...
When and How To Ask For Help with Kara McKeage
March 27, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 19.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Kara McKeage. Kara McKeage is the founder of Pepper’s Personal Assistants, a sourcing and placement agency for highly vetted personal assistants. With the belief that support is not a luxury, support is a necessity. She is dedicated to helping professional women let go of the shame around outsourcing household tasks so they can find more time, feel organized and have peace of mind. Kara provides a framework and mindset ...
Success As a Mom and a Law Firm Owner with Michelle Bomberger
March 20, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutes - 24 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Michelle Bomberger. Michelle founded Equinox in 2005 to provide business leaders a more transparent, responsive, and business focused solution for their legal needs. Over the past 17 years, she’s morphed the business model to offer a fixed fee General Counsel Services solution giving business leaders the confidence and freedom to include legal in their strategic and tactical planning -- they have a relationship with their...
The Measure of “Success” with Steph Tuss
February 27, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Steph Tuss. Women in particular are burdened with a double edged sword – society tells us that our values are built on being a mother to our children, but it also says we should go out and have a career or business of our own. Raising children and excelling as an entrepreneur at the same time are two barely synchronizable endeavors. Mothers don't even have to fail in one of these areas to feel mom guilt. Steph Tuss – CEO...
Are Your Clothes Helping You or Hurting You with Melanie Lippman
February 20, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Melanie Lippman. Melanie is an Image Consultant and Personal Branding expert who helps high-powered women in male dominated fields use style to communicate confidence, build connections, and achieve next-level visibility. Navigating the duality of motherhood and building your firm, Elise chats with Melanie about ‘How style can encapsulate both your leadership and motherhood persona’”. Deep diving into: The challenges wome...
Unconventionally Starting Your Law Firm with Latrice Latin
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 19.7 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Latrice Latin. Latrice was a single mother, and law firm owner for over 13 years. She finished law school with one child and had a crazy career ride going from working for a firm to starting her own firm, all while navigating motherhood. Latrice has secured millions in settlements for her personal injury clients over the span of her career. She works hard for her clients and gets the results that are needed on their behal...
Embracing Your Unique Personality with Nishea Clark
January 23, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 23.5 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Nishea Clark. Nishea is not a lawyer but the is Founder and Owner of NVC Consulting, LLC market research and strategic planning customized services. Since 2002, NVC Consulting has provided insights and analysis for customers in pharmaceuticals, consumer package goods, media and entertainment and financial services. Nishea experience spans from the most elite advertising agencies such as EURO RSCG, Leo Burnett and DDB to pr...
Joy In the Journey with Bridgette Bennett
December 12, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie is joined by Bridgette Bennett. Bridgette is the CEO & Founding Attorney at the Bennett Law Center. Bridgette, or Attorney B as clients call her, is a U.S. immigrant. While she will tell you that her immigration story was a positive experience, the same could not be said for her husband's immigration experience. After immigration authorities attempted to deport her husband, Attorney Bennett realized she had a higher purpose in life. S...
The Roller Coaster of Divorce w/ Stacey Freeman
November 21, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 21.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Stacey Freeman. Stacey is a New York City-based writer and journalist and the founder of Write On Track LLC, a full-service consultancy dedicated to providing high-quality content and strategy to individuals and businesses. She has written extensively on lifestyle topics including career reinvention, health and wellness, personal finance, divorce, and parenting. Her work has been published or syndicated in The Washington Post, The Lily...
The Virtual Firm with Jeena Belil
November 07, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 23.3 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Jeena Belil. Jeena is one of the first female owned personal injury law firms on Long Island, which started back in 2007 as a virtual office, while other firms looked at her sideways. She thinks of being a solo attorney not as a job, but as a lifestyle. She was able to create a successful practice on a shoestring with a smart business plan. She was able to stay home and make sure her daughter actually saw her mom for more than a...
Being Authentic with Pamela Grady
October 31, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 21 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Pamela Grady. Grateful for the opportunity to serve the people and businesses of Madison Parish, Louisiana, and Warren County, Mississippi, Pamela co-founded Crews Grady PLLC in 2013 with the desire to empower her clients and her community. She utilizes her love of communication, technology, research, and planning to create successful outcomes for her clients and economic prosperity for her community. She has a heart for public...
Ambitious Like a Mother with Lara Bazelon
October 17, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Lara Bazelon. Lara is a law professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she directs the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics and holds the Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy. Before that, she worked as a deputy federal public defender and the director of a Los Angeles-based innocence project. Along the way, she got married, had two children, divorced, and worked to create a different kind o...
Doing Your Best Work with Meg Garavaglia
September 12, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Meg Garavaglia. Starting and growing Woven Legal has been both rewarding and challenging. Yet, it still pales compared to Meg’s most important work helping her son, Matt, who is now 23, arrive at a life of independence, pride in his accomplishments, and a network of support from his close friends and trusted professionals. She recognized from Matt's extreme hyperactivity as a toddler that he was different. Still, she wasn’t pr...
Sustainability and Growth with Devon Moody-Graham
September 05, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 18.7 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Devon Moody-Graham. Devon Moody-Graham is an international business strategist, consumer behavior specialist, and impact speaker with over 13 years of experience in new market expansion, marketing strategy, revenue stream creation, and business development. She sees the desired end in mind for business owners and creates the roadmap to get there. Working with companies to gross over $4M+ in revenue and funding, she creates feas...
Balanced and Happy with Heather Moulder
August 22, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Heather Moulder. Heather is a recovering lawyer who practiced in Big Law for over 18 years, made partner, and built a thriving ($2.5MM practice). And she did the latter while staying balanced and happy - but only after burning out and wondering why she’d ever wanted to be a lawyer in the first place. This shift occurred about 4 years into her legal practice, after hitting a mental brick wall and realizing that not everyone was s...
How to Marry the Things That You’re Doing with Hillary Walsh
August 15, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 21.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Hillary Walsh. Hillary’s first interaction with a lawyer was when she was being placed in state custody (foster care), and today she is an immigration lawyer who helps noncitizens get status based on abuse from their US citizen family members. Hillary is the attorney and owner of New Frontier. More importantly, Hillary knows what it’s like to experience detainment personally. She understands the fear of being left to the hands ...
Women In Larger Firms with Leora Maccabee
August 08, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Leora Maccabee. Leora is a mom of 3 who is a partner at an award-winning #midlaw firm (of approximately 85 attorneys) in Minneapolis, building her business through relationships with women executives, in-house counsel, and businesses in various industries, including the medical device space. She is a thriver (not survivor) of divorce, and has channeled her personal story and lessons she has learned into pro bono work for low-inc...
Bold Women Lawyers with Sharon Christie
August 01, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 21.1 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Sharon Christie. Sharon Christie is a nurse, an attorney, and a business coach for women lawyers. As an attorney, she worked as an associate in a big law firm, a partner in a small personal injury firm, and then had her own solo practice for 16 years. She sold her law firm in 2021 to start Bold Women Lawyers. She believes that lawyers are happiest when they do work that feeds their souls. That is why she created Bold Women Law...
Making an Informed Decision with Andrea Gellen
July 25, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Andrea Gellen. Andrea brings humor, creativity, and a lot of sarcasm to the table. She is new to this and has been solo for about 1 year and 10 months. Her business recently expanded, and she is in the process of buying a commercial space. She also brings a fresh perspective. Her work and clients bring a lot of joy- it's a type of fulfillment she doesn’t get from her marriage or her children. She is an attorney who practices in...
Reframing Your Thinking with Elise Buie
July 04, 2022 09:00 - 10 minutes - 5.93 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie dives into thinking differently and accountability. 1:31 Jason Selk 4:12 get a hold of your thoughts 9:00 level of trust Elise’s Tip: Check out Relentless Solution Focus: Train Your Mind to Conquer Stress, Pressure, and Underperformance by Jason Selk. Watch the interview here. Subscribe to Maximum Mom on your favorite podcast player, so you never miss an episode! Sign up for the Maximum Mom newsletter!
A Full Life with Amber Russell
May 16, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Amber Russell. Amber founded the Law Office of Amber Russell, PLLC, to help injured Texans all over the state get justice. Her passion for the law started at an early age, and she has worked with victims her entire adult life. While attending the University of Texas Law School, she worked with groups to serve victims of domestic and sexual violence as well as individuals alleging they were wrongfully convicted. She’s been pr...
Law By Design with Laura Hartnett
May 09, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 29 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Laura Hartnett. Laura started her early career interning on Capitol Hill and working for federal agencies while completing a Master’s in Public Policy, then became a management consultant advising federal agencies (IRS, the Pentagon, SSA) on how to be cheaper, better, and faster. Her friends didn't understand what she did, so they assumed she was a spy. While she loved her job, she was sick of developing PowerPoints and missed...
Adjusting to This New Life with Zaira Solano
April 11, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 23.6 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Zaira Solano. Zaira earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Georgia College & State University. While earning her degree, she worked in the office of a solo practitioner in the metro Atlanta area. She gained valuable, hands-on experience in family law, criminal law, and worker’s compensation law prior to her legal education. She worked for several firms throughout the Atlanta area while earning her law degree at Atl...
The Art of Starting Over with Victoria Collier
April 04, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 26.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Victoria Collier. Victoria is a two-lawyer married couple (both women) who had twins. Her wife (ADA) stopped working to be the primary home caregiver while she (law firm owner) became the sole financial support. 19 years later, while still with minor children, Victoria sold her law firm and "started over". So many say they "can't" because of the children; she says "I must" because of the children. Credentials: attorney, entrepre...
Parenting and A Growing Firm with Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert
March 21, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 27.9 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert. Jennifer is passionate about entrepreneurship, especially women entrepreneurs. She is passionate about growing and scaling up businesses to 7 and 8 figures. She believes in living life to your maximum potential, personally, professionally, and financially. She is passionate about intentional parenting and the raising of independent and purpose-driven children. Jennifer believes in being a lifelong learn...
Being a Solo Practitioner with Nicole Loughlin
March 14, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutes - 25.1 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Nicole Loughlin. Nicole has an entirely virtual law firm, Loughlin Law P.A. where she practices estate planning, probate administration, and personal injury in Florida. She is a solo attorney with four support staff members, three years in business, multiple six figures in revenue, a lot of systems and automation, and a profit first from the beginning. Nicole is a mom of 3 (one just born last month), room/PTA parent involved, Di...
Practicing Law and Running a Firm with Geannina Burgos
February 21, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 22.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Geannina Burgos. Geannina Burgos is a first-generation (born in Chile), second-career attorney (previously in the non-profit arts education sector, and a classically-trained dancer). She went to law school part-time in the evening (started when her daughter was 6 months old) while working during the day. She is a partner at a plaintiff's disability insurance & ERISA firm, adjunct law professor, and serves on local non-profit/go...
Taking the Litigation Route with Angela Barker
February 14, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Angela Barker. As a black, immigrant woman who started her law career as a single parent, Angela shares her unique perspective on how you can use your strength to find success in your personal and professional life. Angela Barker’s role is to assist clients to prepare for and transition through various life stages, including pre-nuptial agreements in anticipation of marriage, advice, and counsel to clients considering a separa...
Maximum Lawyer Mastermind with Elise Buie
February 07, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes - 8.99 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie dives into different topics coming off the Maximum Lawyer Mastermind in Scottsdale, Arizona, including various resources and books. She also explains how you, as a law firm owner, can benefit from things like the Guild, where many robust conversations happen on the daily. 2:37 traction 4:34 become clear on core values 8:39 gender equity 12:08 find your unicorn space 15:13 simple numbers, big profits Watch the interview here. Subsc...
Supporting Women through Life Coaching with Laura Chipman
January 03, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Laura Chipman. Laura Chipman is a marketing & privacy attorney and life coach for lawyers. As a coach, she helps women lawyers live and practice intentionally. As a lawyer, she takes pride in empowering her clients with practical and creative solutions to legal challenges. Laura is also a mom to two boys and lives with her...
Being a Mom & Special Ed Attorney with Frances Shefter
December 20, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 20.5 MBBeing a Mom and Special Ed Attorney with Frances Shefter This week on Maximum Mom, your host Elise Buie joined Frances Shefter. Frances started her professional career as a regular education teacher. She always had an interest in special education and decided to obtain her master's in special education. After 7 years in the classroom, she became the special education coordinator at an alternative middle and high school. After 2 years in that position, Frances realized that she was not ma...
Filling Your Cup with Erin Lecocq
November 29, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Erin Lecocq. Erin started law school when her daughter was 7 weeks old. Her husband at the time called law school "a hobby," so she was lucky to find support in friends she met at school. She stayed home with her baby during the day and went to class at night. Three and a half years later, she graduated law school cum laude with her daughter holding her hand. During her last year in school, she took a clinic helping incarcerated p...
Opportunity for Growth with Jennifer Hargrave
November 22, 2021 15:14 - 40 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Jennifer Hargrave and talk all things grief, teens and self-reflection. Jennifer is the owner of Hargrave Family Law . She helps good people end broken marriages. When facing divorce, people need to know they have options. Divorce does not have to end in disaster. The best divorces are ones where both partners are empowered to make decisions - not where fear is the operating force. Building a business is very similar. Jennifer ...
The Joyful Attorney with Laura Kelley
November 15, 2021 15:14 - 47 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Laura Kelley. Laura is an immigration attorney and professional certified coach. She helps attorneys prevent and recover from burnout. She helps attorneys find joy, harmony and balance in their practices and lives. 2:39 your passion 6:22 radical ownership 10:55 our thoughts about our circumstances 16:00 truth bombs 20:33 false pleasures 26:54 failure is required 31:35 wind down time 42:30 you don’t have to do this Watch the i...
The Referral Ninja with Stacey Brown Randall
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 16.2 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Stacey Brown Randall. Stacey Brown Randall is the multiple award-winning author of Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, host of the Roadmap to Grow Your Business podcast and national speaker. She has had the privilege of helping well-known corporations and franchises, but her focus is on small business owners, solopreneurs and sales professionals. Stacey’s programs are uniquely tailored to help you take control of yo...
Filling in the Gaps with Shivanii Ray
October 25, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 33.5 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Shivanii Ray. Shivanii is an International Speaker and Gamification Expert, who uses her worldly experiences to inspire others to live life outside the box and on their own terms. When she was 10, after her family was forced out of the US due to immigration issues, she spent 5 years travelling around the world. Growing up globally, Shivanii was able to learn on her own terms which led her to become a certified NLP Practitioner a...
Work Life Balance with Alycia Kinchloe
October 04, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 15.7 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Alycia Kinchloe. Alycia manages a law firm and other small businesses while raising three sons with my husband. My unique business ownership experience provides a different perspective on management, goal setting, and work-life "balance." Watch the interview here. Subscribe to Maximum Mom on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode!
Give Yourself Grace with Corinne Cantwell Heggie
September 27, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 24.1 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Corinne Cantwell Heggie. Corinne is a principal of Wochner Law Firm LLC in Northbrook, Illinois. Corinne safeguards individuals from taxes, legal battles, and asset loss with estate planning. Corinne will appear in probate court if beneficiaries are not named by a decedent. Corinne is the immediate past President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Under Corinne’s leadership, WBAI forged unprecedented partnerships with ...
Be Kind to Yourself with Amany Hacking
September 20, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutes - 29.6 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Amany Ragab Hacking. Amany practices immigration law full time at Hacking Immigration Law, LLC. She is the Chief Operations Officer. From 2007 to 2016, she was an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Supervisor of the Externship Clinic at Saint Louis University School of Law. She also taught Immigration Law and an Islamic Law Seminar. She teaches as an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Law. She is a mom of ...
Look at the Pain Points Sonya Sigler
September 06, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 23.1 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Sonya Sigler. Sonya is a mom of three man boys (ages 23, 21, and 19). She had a 25 year in-house career and has learned a lot in that time - about being a mother, a professional, and a better human! She wrote down the career advice into two books WELCOME to the Next Level and What's Next for My Career? She has so many ideas, that she’s not sure where to start in terms of sharing them with everyone. You can see a recent article she...
Act Like It’s Easy with Rachael Ardanuy
August 30, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 24.1 MBThis week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Rachael Ardanuy Rachael moved across the country in 2015 from FL to CO and switched practice areas from family law, estate planning, probate and guardianship to cannabis business law, a new and niche, risky practice area. She worked for another firm until she had her first kid in 11/16 and quickly found it couldn't make ends meet, so she left that firm, went solo, and had cultivated enough relationships that a few clients came wi...