Episodes

Few lawyers have more experiences in the trenches trying jury trials that Karen Smolar, the former long-time Trial Chief at Bronx Public Defenders. Karen discusses her take on the verdict in the Chauvin trial, including what the prosecution and the defense did well and mistakes made. Karen then dis…

Kalpana Srinivasan is a graduate of Yale University, Stanford Law School, a trial lawyer with a $700 million verdict, co-managing partner of the Houston based law firm Susman Godfrey, a woman, and a South Asian. Her unparalleled success has paved the way for other talented minorities and females to…

Lawyers learn to marshal logic and emotional persuasion, but few focus on what is perhaps the most powerful element of advocacy--what Aristotle called ethos--which is the intangible factor that stems from the character and moral strength of the lawyer him or herself. Rick Friedman discusses how law…

In this brief trailer, Ben Gideon and Rahul Ravipudi talk about what motivated them to launch this podcast and their goals and expectations for the show.