Episodes
Samer Habbas - Personal Injury Pro
May 24, 2023
baspilaw.com/attorney/samer-habbas/ Samer Habbas runs his own law firm specializing in all sorts of personal injury cases. He opened his firm fresh out of law school and in the 17 years since it has grown to have more tha…
James Rodriguez - Alameda County Assistant Public Defender
May 17, 2023
James Rodriguez is a highly accomplished Alameda County Public Defender, boasting an impressive track record of over 20 years. Throughout his extensive career, he has adeptly handled a diverse range of cases, ranging from mi…
Burning Woman: Laura Robinson - UC Law / San Francisco
May 10, 2023
Throughout her 34-year career, Laura Robinson has tried over 78 cases, with the majority resulting in jury verdicts. As a Contra Costa County Public Defender for over 15 years, she has handled a considerable number of felony…
The Client - Tom Silva / San Leandro
May 3, 2023
Tom Silva is a businessperson who has been in the real estate business since 1980. He owns Eden Realty in San Lorenzo, California, and routinely deals with lawyers and the legal system when developing, rehabilitating, and ma…
Senior Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Chandler - Harvard
April 26, 2023
Cynthia Chandler boasts an impressive legal career spanning over 20 years, during which she has co-founded multiple social justice organizations, including the Oakland Eviction Defense Center, Critical Resistance, and Justic…
Reefer Sanity (ACBA) - Shay Gilmore / UT Austin
April 19, 2023
In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association, Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with: Shay Gilmore Shay Gilmore is a highly accomplished attorney who runs a successful solo practice focused on corporate, co…
Pam Ortiz - Golden Gate
April 12, 2023
Meet Pam Ortiz, a skilled criminal defense lawyer and a Bay Area native with a wealth of experience in the legal field. After years of working in employment issues as a civil litigator, she found her true calling in criminal…
Twins Roundtable - Identical Ahmeds
April 5, 2023
Practicing law in different counties can be a fascinating experience, as each county has its own unique nuances. Join the roundtable conversation as we compare and contrast court practices in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo…
Practicing in Kiev, Kabul / Bribing Cops in Moscow - Jamie Bowman
March 29, 2023
As an attorney, practicing law overseas can be an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also come with its own set of challenges. Jamie Bowman, a Bay Area lawyer with legal roots in San Jose, chronicles her professiona…
ACBA President (2022) Pamela Ross - All For the Family Legal Clinic
March 22, 2023
Pamela Ross is the founder and CEO of the All for The Family Legal Clinic, a nonprofit that offers services to low income and modest means litigants, charging on a sliding scale from as low as $50 an hour. They help clients …
International Law / Hans Sperling - Tulane
March 15, 2023
Hans Sperling is the founder of the Sperling Law Corporation. Known as the Deal Lawyer, he is a renowned corporate transactional lawyer with extensive experience in protecting businesses' legal interests through contracts an…
Totally - Family Law / Renee Ross - Golden Gate
March 8, 2023
Renee Ross is one of the happiest family lawyers you’ll ever meet. She runs a successful boutique family law firm with 12 employees in Pleasanton. Her journey to family law was preceded by her involvement in civil litigation…
Lawyer Stories - Benny Gold (Brother from Another Mother)
March 1, 2023
Benny Gold, a licensed attorney in Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts, has established himself as the esteemed host of the Lawyer Stories podcast, which boasts a significant following of over 54,000 on Instagram and over …
Horse Sense / Kim Kupferer - Stanford
Feb. 22, 2023
Kim Kupferer built a remarkable career as an Alameda County Public Defender for over 15 years before going into private practice. She was renowned for her exceptional preparation and unwavering commitment to fighting for her…
Terror Attack Leads to Bench - Hon. Glenn Kim (ACBA) - USF
Feb. 15, 2023
Judge Glenn Kim had over twenty years of experience as a prosecutor before taking the bench at the Contra Costa County Superior Court in January of 2022. He decided to pursue a career in law to fight back after 3 members of …
Jeopardy Champ Megan Wachspress - Yale
Feb. 8, 2023
Megan Wachspress’ impressive academic endeavors include earning a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago, a master’s degree from Cambridge, a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from U…
PD to Judge - Hon. Michelle Tong / SF Superior Court
Feb. 1, 2023
Judge Michelle Tong was a trial attorney for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office for over 15 years before taking the bench at the San Francisco Superior Court. She was born in Toronto and moved to Sacramento with her …
Personal Freedom: Gary Miles - Loyola
Jan. 25, 2023
Gary Miles is an attorney, entrepreneur, podcaster and life coach with a career that spans over 43 years. He is a managing partner at boutique litigation law firm Huesman, Jones & Miles. Nowadays he mostly handles family law…
Vicki Jensen, Santa Clara - Bartender to DUI Pro
Jan. 18, 2023
Vicki Jensen went from serving up drinks as a bartender to defending clients from DUIs as a criminal defense attorney. She has clerked for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, the Santa Cruz Public Defender’s Office a…
My Case & LawMatics Founder: Matt Spiegel
Jan. 11, 2023
After spending five years as a criminal defense attorney and receiving a bar complaint for not calling back a client on time, Matt Spiegel developed a legal case management software so that law firms could keep better track …
ACBA President Alice Cheng - Davis
Jan. 4, 2023
In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association, Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with: Alice Cheng Alice Cheng was born in Hong Kong and moved to San Francisco when she was a kid and speaks Cantonese and Man…
An End & A Beginning / Louis Goodman - University of Rochester
Nov. 16, 2022
Louis goes solo in the season finale of 2022 to recommend some of his favorite previous episodes and give an update for the next season in 2023, which begins in January. Louis takes us back in time to the late 70’s in Roches…
Simone Chambliss - Red Metric Law
Nov. 9, 2022
Simone Chambliss is a criminal defense attorney at Red Metric Law. Despite just being an attorney for a little under two years, she has found her passion in helping people and defending the criminally accused in court. She’s…
Mark Willis - Whole Life Insurance as Banking Alternative
Nov. 2, 2022
Mark Willis is not a lawyer, but a Certified Financial Planner and the co-host of the Not Your Average Financial Podcast. After watching the market meltdown in 2008, he came across strategies that he deemed worthy of recomme…