Mom Life and Law
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsMom Life and Law gives lawyer moms strategies on how to thrive in the face of the soul-crushing expectation to both parent as if they have no job, and lawyer as if they have no children. As a mom to two toddler boys and a litigator, Megan Whiteside is on a mission to empower lawyer moms find clarity and happiness in their lives. Megan helps lawyer moms to reframe their mindset, own their power, and set themselves up for success each week with reflections from her own journey and from inspiring interviews with women who own their power. In this podcast, you'll get mom advice to find joy in the chaos, coaching to help you tap into your power, career advice for when you're ready to step into a job that truly fulfills you, mentorship from the lawyer moms who paved the way ahead of us, insightful interviews, encouragement to brave the challenges of our male-dominated field, and so much more! Re-heat your coffee and set aside 30 minutes to feed your soul.
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59. Lawyering On Your Own Terms with Kailey Jacomet
September 14, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBKailey Jacomet has created a law career that fits around her priorities and her lifestyle, not a life that fits around her law practice. When she first told me that, it struck me that most of us have built lives around our law practice. We fit family, fun, passions, and hobbies in the margins around our demanding careers. But, how do you create the life and law career that you actually want? Kailey knew from a young age that she wanted to be a lawyer and she wanted to be a mom. Reconcilin...
58. Setting Priorities in Life & in Death with Randi Johnson
September 07, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBRandi Johnson is a former law firm owner, mother of two daughters, business strategist, and end of life and bereavement doula. Before meeting Randi, I had never known you could seek support from an advocate at the end of your life in the same way you do while giving birth. Birth doulas are more commonly known, but there are professionals who train to serve people who are dying. Randi Johnson took an unconventional path away from the practice of law and law firm ownership to follow her pass...
57. Doing What Energizes You with Kori Carew
August 31, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBKori Carew is the Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer at Seyfarth Shaw, a former law firm partner and litigator, a TedX Speaker, a mother, an artist, and a force for good in this world. Kori is someone who is not afraid to tell the truth and disrupt the status quo. She is a leader in the legal industry when it comes to combating bias and fostering inclusion. When reading about Kori's many accomplishments, it would be easy to feel intimidated. However, Kori's warmth will immediately draw y...
56. Taking a Big Leap with Loraine Martinez Bellamy
August 24, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBLoraine Martinez Bellamy is a public interest lawyer, mom, wife, and life & business coach. In her coaching business, she helps ambitious women get crystal clear on their dream career or business and create a master plan to obtain it. She calls herself that bold friend who helps you see where you're holding yourself back and just do the thing you want. In this episode, we discuss Loraine's journey to coaching. She hit a point as she was turning 30, when she had achieved major goals in her ...
55. Setting Boundaries & Practicing Mindfulness with Jeena Cho
August 17, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBJeena Cho is a mom to a two-year-old daughter, mindfulness and meditation teacher, coach for anxious lawyers, and recovering lawyer with nearly 15 years of practice experience. Since leaving the practice of law, Jeena has focused her career on helping lawyers improve their wellbeing with stress and anxiety management through her book, speaking engagements, and one-on-one coaching. Jeena shares details about her experience with anxiety and how it motivated her to help other lawyers. Lawye...
54. The Power of Changing Your Thoughts with Nicole Kuklok-Waldman
August 10, 2021 15:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBNicole Kuklok-Waldman calls herself "The Lucky Lawyer." She calls herself lucky because she has found tools to face difficult choices with clarity to truly enjoy her life and career. Nicole spent many years working in BigLaw, before shifting focus to lobbying at her own firm in Los Angeles, CA. After the birth of her first child, Nicole realized that mindset and thought work were powerful tools to find joy, even in difficult chapters of life. In this episode, we talk about how powerful our...
54. The Power of Changing Your Thoughts with Nikole Kuklok-Waldman
August 10, 2021 15:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBNikole Kuklok-Waldman calls herself "The Lucky Lawyer." She calls herself lucky because she has found tools to face difficult choices with clarity and truly enjoy her life and career. Nikole spent many years working in BigLaw, before shifting focus to lobbying at her own firm in Los Angeles, CA. After the birth of her first child, Nikole realized that mindset and thought work were a powerful tool to find joy, even in difficult chapters of life. In this episode, we talk about how powerful o...
53. Building Influence & Connection with Nonverbal Communication with Kristin Bock
August 03, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBKristin Bock can help you build a nonverbal advantage so you can better connect, engage, and lead others. She's a mom of three and a Certified Body Language & Communication Specialist. She helps you tap into empathy and utilize emotional intelligence to communicate more effectively. Kristin and I met at a virtual conference during the pandemic, and I've been fascinated with her work since. By learning body language and nonverbal cues, you can better recognize those cues and respond effe...
52. Prioritizing Health & Releasing Guilt with Megan O'Neill
July 27, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIt can be easy to say, "I don't have time," or "I can't," when it comes to prioritizing your health. While there may be many reasons why you believe you can't eat healthy or can't exercise, Megan O'Neill is here to encourage you to break that belief barrier. Megan O'Neill is a litigator turned health and wellness coach, personal trainer, and nutrition specialist. In this episode, Megan shares techniques that she uses with her clients to help them get started and to maintain a healthy lifes...
51. Ditching Overwhelm with Time Management with Kelly Nolan
July 20, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBKelly Nolan is a lawyer mom turned entrepreneur and time management strategist. She helps busy professional women manage their time with simple, actionable steps to calm the overwhelm. As a patent litigator working at a big law firm, Kelly grew frustrated with how much time she wasted trying (and often failing) to slog through her never-ending to-do list and ever-full email inbox. She was stressed. She felt like she should just know how to manage it all. Learn about how Kelly found clar...
50. Dreaming Big & Finding Joy in Creating a Podcast from My Basement
July 13, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBIt's amazing how taking action on a dream propels you to take more action, and more action. It is in pushing past the fear and taking courageous action that you will see your life transform. This has been the biggest lesson I've learned in 50 episodes of podcasting. This week, I share about the power of taking action, the power of storytelling, the power of building relationships with other lawyer moms online, and how taking time to pursue something that brings you joy is a powerful way ...
49. Navigating the Path to Partnership with Taylor Poncz
July 06, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBTaylor Poncz is a law firm partner, mother to three, podcast host, and outspoken supporter of lawyer moms. In this episode, Taylor talks about how she took an unconventional path to law firm partnership. She had three kids in roughly two years (her first two are twins!), went on a reduced schedule, and put herself up for partner shortly thereafter. She talks about the power of relationships, having the confidence to advocate for herself, and her fierce determination to make life as a lawyer...
48. Leveraging Technology with Nicole Clark
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBNicole Clark is a litigator turned technology company CEO. As a litigator, she saw a pain point in state court litigation. She wanted to be able to access and search state court data. She was often frustrated by sending internal emails and collecting anecdotes on judges in order to make strategic case recommendations. She had an idea to solve this problem. She sought the help of engineers to build a platform to be able to search across state court records. While still practicing law at a...
47. Building a Network on LinkedIn with Jamie Sternberg
June 22, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBJamie Sternberg is a trademark lawyer, mom of three, and LinkedIn networking maven. It all started with a career move to a smaller law firm, where Jamie had to develop her own book of business. She turned to networking in her local community and started speaking at events. Then, just as it did for all of us, the pandemic changed everything. Jamie turned to creative networking on LinkedIn. In this episode, Jamie shares ways you can use LinkedIn for business development and networking. Fol...
46. Owning Your Worthiness with Arivee Vargas
June 15, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBArivee Vargas is a certified life and high-performance coach for women professionals. She helps women shift their mindset to overcome fears, limiting beliefs, self-doubt, and other roadblocks in order to have the lives and careers they really want and deserve. She is also a lawyer, a podcast host, an unapologetic professional and personal development nerd, and fiery Latina mama of three. In this episode, we talk about the process Arivee went through and how she coaches her clients to own t...
45. Practicing Self-Love with Angela Han
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBAngela Han is an in-house lawyer, mom, podcast host, and life coach for lawyers. She helps her clients transform their blind spots into transformational action. In this episode, we dive into what working with a life coach looks like. Part of it is asking yourself, " What do I need to see that I am not seeing?" Angela shares some of her struggles that led her to changer her own life, launch her podcast, and start coaching lawyers. She explains that if you start practicing self-love, it wi...
44. Finding Calm in the Chaos with Jamie Spannhake
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBJamie Spannhake is here to help you manage your mind and your time to be able to do what you truly value. It is possible to calm the chaos as a lawyer mom. Sound too good to be true? Listen in for some actionable strategies, in addition to examples from Jamie's life about how she has built the life she truly wanted. She is an example of what is possible. Jamie is a law firm partner at a small firm, a sought-after speaker, author of The Lawyer, the Lion, & the Laundry, mom to an amazing 10-...
43. Being Mom & Breadwinner with Jamie Szal
June 01, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBJamie Szal is a state and local tax litigator and lawyer mom to a three year old daughter. You may recognize her from her consistent presence on LinkedIn and Above the Law. One issue she speaks and writes passionately about is her experience as a lawyer mom who is the primary breadwinner in her family. In this episode, Jamie discusses how her love of the law and her career goals shaped her marriage, and later on, her family. With clear communication and mutual respect, Jamie and her husband...
42. Making Moves & Owning Your Worth with Annie Little
May 28, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBAnnie Little is a real estate lawyer mom turned career coach. Annie specializes in supporting lawyers through their job searches and career transitions. Part of navigating a career transition is the salary negotiation. We dive into the real struggles women lawyers face when approaching interview questions about past salaries, figuring out your ideal salary number, and how to make the ask with confidence. In this episode, we talk about Annie's journey from the practice of law to hiring he...
41. Eliminating Debt & Building Freedom with Rho Thomas
May 25, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBDo you have over six figures in law school debt? Have you ever calculated your net worth? Do you earn a sizable income but wonder where the money goes each month? These are all questions we tackle in this episode. Up next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is Rho Thomas. She's a trademark lawyer in BigLaw, a mom of two toddlers, and a personal finance advocate. Soon after their first son was born, Rho and her husband realized they had more than $670,000 in debt, comprised of...
40. Building Wealth & Your Legacy with Jennifer Belmont Jennings
May 21, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBUp next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is lawyer mom turned Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Advisor, Jennifer Belmont Jennings of Hightower Wealth Advisors. Jennifer is a former estate planning and family law attorney, who navigated her early years of practice during the financial crisis. She gained valuable skills as an attorney but found that the stress of litigation with an infant was not the life she wanted. Working now as a wealth advisor she gets to use her ski...
39. Finding Financial Freedom After BigLaw with Jessica Medina
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBUp next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is lawyer mom of twins and Accredited Financial Counselor, Jessica Medina of Jessica Medina, LLC. Have you had an inflection point in your life, where you knew you had to make a change? That moment came for Jessica Medina when she had to decide whether to put herself up for partner. Jessica practiced for eight years as a BigLaw litigation associate, before taking a position in the Division of Enforcement at the SEC. After practicing fo...
38. Using Money to Design Your Best Life with Kristin Brandli Printon
May 14, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBUp next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is Senior Partner & Wealth Advisor, Kristin Brandli Printon of Moxie Wealth Management. Her goal is to motivate and educate women so that they can make better financial decisions with clarity and confidence. Money isn't the ultimate goal. Instead, the goal is to learn how to use money to design your best life. Kristin believes that having deep discussions about your goals will frame your financial plan. What is your why? What do you w...
37. Getting Curious About Your Financial Goals with Jacquette Timmons
May 11, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBFor the rest of the month of May, the episodes on the Mom Life and Law Podcast are going to be all about money, from how we think about it, to the goals we set, to some practical guidance on what to do, to what to consider when hiring money professionals, to negotiation, to getting intentional, when things may have been on auto-pilot for quite some time. Up first is Jacquette Timmons. Jacquette is a Financial Behaviorist, and the President & CEO of Sterling Investment Management, Inc. She ...
36. Empowering Yourself and Others with Estelle Winsett
May 06, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBEstelle Winsett is a lawyer mom, a professional development director at an Am Law 200 firm, and a empowering force for other women lawyers. Estelle practiced in employment defense litigation before utilizing her law degree in a non-traditional way. She served as legal recruiter and then as Dean of Career Services at the University of Memphis School of Law. Estelle then joined Butler Snow as the firm's first Director of Professional Development, where she created a professional development ...
35. Taking Action Even When You're Scared with Laura Yaeger
May 04, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBLaura Yaeger is a trial lawyer, a mom of twins, a leader in mass torts litigation, a legal consultant, a role model for women lawyers everywhere. Laura leads by example. She supports her network fiercely and helps other lawyers build confidence with her collaborative leadership style. She is the current chair of American Association for Justice’s Women’s Trial Lawyer Caucus, co-founder and past chair of the AAJ’s LGBT Caucus, is on the AAJ Board of Governors, and is a member of the AAJ Exec...
34. Calming the Overwhelm with Marcia Narine Weldon
May 01, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBHow do you relax? How do you de-stress? How do you calm the overwhelm? If you are struggling, you are not alone. In this episode, hear from a dynamic lawyer mom who has shares some evidence-based strategies she uses herself and with her coaching clients. Marcia Narine Weldon is a lawyer, a mom, a law professor, a success coach, general counsel of a sustainable startup and of a boutique law firm, a business consultant, and a blogger on corporate law and sustainability. She's also a speed rea...
33. Authentically Walking in Her Purpose with Sara Williams
April 27, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBSara Williams is a is a trial lawyer, a mentor, a thought leader, a mother, a wife, a law professor, and a fierce supporter of other women. More than any role she plays, she is an example of a woman authentically walking in her purpose. I had the pleasure of crossing paths with Sara at trial lawyer events, law professor conferences, and in Facebook groups for lawyer moms. Before we became friends, I admired her warmth and her confidence. Sara is not afraid to speak up when it is needed ...
32. Bringing Ease to Dinner Prep with Celestina Brunetti
April 23, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBDoes feeding yourself and your family feel like just one task too many on your long to-do list? Does figuring out dinner each night stress you out? Do you wish that you had a way to get a meal on the table with ease (and one that your kids will actually eat!)? Celestina Brunetti is here with simple solutions to help you get a meal on the table with ease. She's a professional chef and registered dietician. In her work in restaurants, hospitals, and as a personal chef, she found that many p...
31. Supporting Diverse Attorneys with Ari Alvarez
April 20, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBAri Alvarez is on a mission to help diverse attorneys advance in their careers. She is a partner at Holland & Knight, a certified career coach, and a certified life coach. She is also the host of the Legally Balanced Podcast. Through the Legally Balanced Podcast, Ari provides practical, bite-sized nuggets of career and business development advice for diverse attorneys, much of which was the advice she wished she knew when she was on her path to partnership. Her goal is to give diverse lawye...
30. Bravely Putting Family First with Melissa Caballero Alton
April 17, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBImagine you're on maternity leave, bathing your newborn baby in the sink, and you get a multiple calls from your boss. He needs to be briefed on an issue before a meeting the next day. He then gets mad and berates you for not picking up those calls, all while you're on unpaid maternity leave. That's just what happened to Melissa Caballero Alton during maternity leave with her first son. She decided enough was enough. She left her firm and started her own when her first son was only 2.5 mon...
29. Examining the Power of Feeling Joy with Tovah Kopan
April 13, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBTovah Kopan is a mom of three boys, a recovering lawyer, legal technology consultant, podcast host, non-profit co-founder, activist, and outspoken supporter of all women. With her podcast co-host and fellow lawyer mom, Rielly Karsh, Tovah encourages women to build an intentional life, filled with purpose, meaning, and courage through a weekly message on the We Go Boldly Podcast. In this episode, we dive into why Tovah was inspired to start a podcast that unpacks society's expectations of w...
28. Empowering Yourself Through Style with Melanie Lippman
April 06, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBMelanie Lippman is an image consultant, personal branding expert, and confidence coach for women lawyers. Are you tired of the clothes in your closet, many of which you haven't worn for most of the pandemic? Back when you had to go into the office, did you spend several minutes each morning standing in your closet, trying to decide what to wear? Do you dread buying clothes because you don't feel like it's easy to find things that flatter your figure? Melanie Lippman works with women lawy...
27. Leading with Intention with Sue Bunnell
March 30, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBSue Bunnell is currently a Senior Vice President and Managing Counsel at Wells Fargo, where she has been for over 20 years in a variety of legal roles. She currently leads a team handling information security, technology, renewable energy, physical security, property management, construction, and a wide-ranging vendor transactional practice in support of the company’s over 6000 locations in 33 countries worldwide. As you can imagine, she has been quite busy during the pandemic, serving as a ...
26. Speaking Out with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
March 23, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBJudge Rosemarie Aquilina has faced sexism and gendered norms with the fierce determination to use her own voice and to chart her own path. In this episode, Judge Aquilina details her journey through formative experiences that shaped her into the woman and the judge she is today. She is a mom of 5, judge, author, law professor, retired military JAG officer, and motivational speaker. Through it all, she has used her strength to speak out, not only for herself, but also for other women. Conne...
25. Living Mindfully with Claire E. Parsons
March 16, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBClaire E. Parsons is a law firm partner, mother of two daughters, published author, and passionate advocate of mindfulness meditation. At a low point in her life and career, she began a mindfulness practice. Claire shares how it transformed her life, her motherhood journey, and her legal career. Claire completed the 160-hour online meditation teacher certification program with The Mindfulness Center, to refine her understanding of the science of mindfulness and its practical applications. Cl...
24. Dying to Be a Good Mother with Heather Chauvin
March 09, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBHeather Chauvin is a woman wise beyond her years. She is a mom of three boys, former social worker, author, leadership coach, podcast host, TEDx speaker, and so much more. Heather helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and home. Heather uses a signature approach to help her clients create and enjoy sustainability, profitability, and ease in business and in life. She is the host of the Mom Is In Control Podcast where she reveals her most vulnerable ...
23. Never Meeting a Stranger with Talar Herculian Coursey
March 02, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBIt's amazing how you can make meaningful connections online, if you're open to the possibility. Talar Herculian Coursey has never met a stranger. I met Talar on LinkedIn during the pandemic. We found out we had a few friends in common, all of whom were also women each of us had me online. Talar is a pro at making meaningful connections and supporting others. It shows up in her work as General Counsel for Vista Ford, in the books she's authored and co-authored, and in her work to support a...
22. Finding Freedom to Be Authentic Through Yoga with Aman Costigan
February 23, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBSeveral years into her law practice, Aman Costigan came to the realization that she didn't want lose all the parts of her identity as a person in order to be a good lawyer. In fact, when she followed the teachings of her yoga practice, she found freedom to start showing up authentically. Part of showing up authentically was sharing her love of yoga with other lawyers. As a partner at a law firm in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Aman practices as independent counsel for tribunals deciding profe...
21. Bonus Episode: Announcing Mom Life and Law LIVE
February 21, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBDo you dream a life and a career that actually work for you? Are you craving connection with other women who understand what you’re going through right now? Are you frustrated by the lack of diversity and the low number of women in leadership positions in the law? Moms get shit done. If not us, if not now, then when? Mom Life and Law LIVE is a leadership summit for lawyer moms, taking place virtually on Friday, May 7, 2021. When powerful women gather, we make meaningful connections that ...
20. Finding Purpose Through Podcasting
February 16, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBMegan shares her takeaways from four months of interviewing badass women on the Mom Life and Law Podcast. While on a mission to help lawyer moms thrive, Megan's interviews reveal a common theme: we are all seeking purpose and fulfilment in our lives. The women who have shared their stories and experiences on the podcast have shown us all great examples of what is possible when we pursue our purpose. Mom Life and Law is a podcast for lawyer moms who are expected to mother as if they have no...
19. Harnessing the Power of Reflection with Jabeen Adawi
February 09, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBJabeen Adawi has dedicated her legal career to serving victims of gender-based violence and underserved communities. From litigation to non-profit work to clinical teaching, she navigated changes in her legal career in the midst of navigating the challenges of young motherhood. In this episode, Jabeen shares the lessons that have helped her thrive at home and in her career, ultimately leading to a leadership position as the Director of the Family Law Clinic at the University of Pittsburg Sch...
18. Using the Power of Thought to Thrive with Charise Naifeh
February 02, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBYou can get what you want, all by tapping into the power of your thoughts. If you are a lawyer mom who feels like you don't have the life and career you want, this week's guest, Charise Naifeh has some insight for you. As a litigator in Biglaw turned life coach, Charise coaches lawyer moms to help you make groundbreaking changes in your lives by first helping you change your thoughts. Have you tried talking to friends, loved ones, colleagues, or even a therapist, and you still don't feel l...
17. Gaining Independence in the Practice of Law with Megan Siddall
January 26, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBMegan Siddall is a lawyer mom and the managing partner of Miner Siddall, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, where she represents criminal defendants in white collar cases and other criminal appeals. She is a champion for women solo practitioners and small firm owners. In this episode, Megan details her experience in BigLaw and how she came to the realization that she wanted the independence to practice when she wanted, how she wanted, and with which clients she wanted. Rather than worrying about ...
16. Parenting & Making Choices Heartfully with Christy Keating
January 19, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBChristy Keating spent twenty years as a prosecutor, serving her community. She now serves a larger community of parents as the Founder & CEO of The Heartful Parent. Christy's career transition from litigator to entrepreneur was a thoughtful one and a heartful one. In this episode, she shares about the struggles she faces in working motherhood, why she made her career transition, and her current mission as a parenting coach. She now spends her days helping parents address parenting challenges...
15. Knowing That You Are Amazing with Sari de la Motte
January 12, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBSari de la Motte is a trial consultant, coach, author, speaker, podcaster, and all around badass. In this episode, hear a little bit about the coaching she does to help lawyers find success in the courtroom. It all starts with your mindset. Her strategies can help anyone succeed in their profession. Start with believing, "I am amazing." You don't have to earn it. You start there. Sari explains about the power you can tap into when you shift your mindset. To get the chance to work with Sar...
14. Remembering What's Important to You with Kristen Gibbons Feden
January 05, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBKristen Gibbons Feden fights for survivors of sexual assault and abuse in their pursuit of civil justice as an attorney at Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has spent her career passionately fighting for justice, both as a civil trial lawyer, and as a prosecutor. She is well known as the prosecutor who stared down Bill Cosby, when she tapped into her passion while delivering the closing argument that helped to obtain the conviction in that case. While seemin...
13. Making Radically Authentic Choices with Sarah-Nell Walsh
December 29, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBSarah-Nell Walsh is a business coach and growth strategist. She coaches professionals on how to grow their business, hone their leadership skills, and transition careers. She also happens to be a lawyer mom of 2 who, prior to launching her coaching career, spent 15 years as a partner and litigation team leader in BigLaw. Sarah-Nell details her journey that led her to making the radical choice to leave a prestigious legal career to start a business as a coach. She shares insight into the ch...
12. Living Each Day with Simple Courage with Heather Hubbard
December 22, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBHeather Hubbard lives each day with simple courage. She has a message that provides clarity and guidance that we all can apply: do something each day that is courageous, no matter how small. That practice will change your life. Heather was a litigator, partner, and practice group leader who achieved great success in her legal career. She then left the practice of law to start her own company, focusing on helping women lawyers and other professionals achieve success in their own careers. Y...
11. Adapting to Excel with Elizabeth Lippy
December 15, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBElizabeth Lippy is a lawyer mom of many talents. She is a named partner of her own law firm, Fairlie & Lippy, P.C., the Director of Trial Advocacy at Temple Law School, and the Executive Director of Trial Advocacy Consulting and Training, LL.C. ("TACT"). And, she happens to be a mentor and a friend of mine. Liz has found great success in her career and in her life by adapting to anything that is thrown her way. In this episode, she shares her journey to success and her passion for teachi...