Episodes - Page 5 | Love thy Lawyer

Aug. 3, 2022

Cherie Wallace - USF

There was never any doubt Cherie Wallace would become a criminal defense lawyer. Coming from a big family with several members that have been in the system, she has visited the inside of jails and prisons since she was little. She runs her own practice but also works as a senior of counsel attorney…

July 27, 2022

Adam Carlson - USF

Adam Carlson knew he wanted to be a lawyer since the days he would relentlessly argue with his mom. He began as an intake paralegal and now is a managing partner at Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook handling personal injury cases with a client first approach. Adam previously worked at the Alameda Co…

July 20, 2022

Hon. Mark McCannon (ACBA) - Alameda County Superior Court

Judge Mark McCannon was an Alameda County Deputy District Attorney trying misdemeanor and felony cases for over 16 years before taking the bench as an Alameda County Superior Court Judge in 2013. Appointed by governor Jerry Brown, he currently handles felony and misdemeanor jury trials as well as p…

July 13, 2022

Carl Ficks - No Surrender LLC

Carl Ficks has been a lawyer since 1988. He started out at a small firm, and later went on to do civil litigation for big law and has done plenty of philanthropy as well. Now he runs No Surrender, a company specializing in helping busy professionals be more productive, less stressed and thrive thro…

July 6, 2022

Jesse Adams - Hastings

Jesse Adams has been practicing law since 2003. He worked for a few private firms before starting his own practice focusing on criminal defense in 2009. Jesse also worked at the San Diego Alternate Public Defender dealing with Dependency Court cases and fighting to reunite children with parents tha…

June 29, 2022

Marshall Hammons - Hastings

Despite only having practiced as an attorney for almost two years, Marshall Hammons has plenty of experience under his belt. He was an intern at the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability helping mediate lower level conflicts between citizens and police officers under a restorative justi…

June 22, 2022

Steve Fretzin - Be That Lawyer

Steve Fretzin has worked with hundreds of lawyers throughout the years, helping them grow their businesses through coaching, training and special programs. He’s a business advisor, author of four books, coach, and the host of the Be That Lawyer podcast. In this interview Steve talks about the impor…

June 15, 2022

Hon. Pelayo Llamas (ACBA) - Alameda County Superior Court

Hon. Pelayo Llamas Prior to becoming an Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner, Pelayo Llamas worked at the Oakland City Attorney’s Office for 18 years handling cases and helping eliminate drug trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution and other issues such as zoning violations and proper…

June 8, 2022

Roseann Torres - Albany Law

Roseann Torres used to be a Deputy Counsel and a Deputy District Attorney at San Joaquin County, but left her job as a prosecutor to start her own law firm in 2004. She is a current or former member of several community organizations such as the Alameda County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Centro L…

June 1, 2022

Zoi Jones - Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Zoi Jones is a personal injury attorney who treats her clients like family. She and her father run Gonzales & Jones, a personal injury and criminal defense practice. Zoi has represented over five thousand clients in ten years as an attorney. In this episode she describes her experience growing up a…

May 25, 2022

Yesenia Sanchez - Division Commander / ACSO

Yesenia Sanchez started out at an entry-level position at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office 25 years ago at only 19 years old and has risen through the ranks to become Division Commander and the highest-ranking woman in the agency. Throughout her career at the ACSO she’s had various duties such a…

May 18, 2022

Greg Ahern - Sheriff of Alameda County

Greg Ahern has lived in Alameda County his entire life and has served at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office since 1980. In 2006 he was elected Sheriff and is currently up for re-election. He was actively involved in the development and implementation of several programs to benefit the community an…

May 11, 2022

Roundtable with Nabiel Ahmed & Matt Fregi

This special roundtable discussion episode has the participation of criminal defense attorneys Nabiel Ahmed and Matt Fregi. They talk about a variety of topics including memorable cases where some of their clients would have been much better off taking the deal instead of being sentenced in court, …

May 4, 2022

Michael Meehan - No Cuffs

Michael Meehan has been a criminal defense attorney for 15 years at the Kavinoky Law Firm, also known as No Cuffs. He is admitted in California, Kentucky and Tennessee. Prior to being an attorney, he used to run a hair salon business in Kentucky and was also a deputy district attorney for Los Angel…

April 27, 2022

Seth Steward - George Washington University

Seth Steward’s interesting career involves being a rescue helicopter pilot for the United States Air Force, being the chief of staff for a member of the Oakland City Council, and serving in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office under Kamala Harris and George Gascón. Listen to the episode to …

April 20, 2022

Hon. Tamiza Hockenhull (ACBA) - Alameda County Superior Court

In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association, Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with: Hon. Tamiza Hockenhull, Alameda County Superior Court Before being a Commissioner for the Alameda County Superior Court, where she is also currently a candidate for judge, Tamiza Hockenhull has …

April 13, 2022

Courtney Burris - San Francisco DA

For over 8 years Courtney Burris has been an Assistant District Attorney for the city and county of San Francisco. During that time, she has worked in the sexual assault unit and the domestic violence unit before being promoted to the homicide division. Courtney is a board member of the Bay Area Bl…

April 6, 2022

Hon. Victor Rodriguez - First District Court of Appeal

Justice Victor Rodriguez has almost two decades of experience in the courts, having served under four different California Supreme Court justices and a U.S. District Court judge before taking the bench at the Alameda County Superior Court, and later being appointed justice at the First District Cou…

March 30, 2022

Kelly Bagla - University of Wales

Love Thy Lawyer – Kelly Bagla - Show Notes lovethylawyer.com A transcript of this podcast is available at lovethylawyer.com. Kelly Bagla is a British lawyer who runs her own practice, Bagla Law Firm, focused on business and corporate law. She’s had notorious appearances in television and m…

March 23, 2022

Hon. Stuart Hing (ACBA) - McGeorge

lovethylawyer.com A transcript of this podcast is available at lovethylawyer.com . In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association , Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with: Hon. Stuart Hing. Judge Stuart Hing wa...

March 16, 2022

Tim Burr - Davis

Tim Burr was a prosecutor at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office for six years before joining Lyft to work as a Government Relations Manager dealing with local and state efforts regarding public policies and regulations in California. He currently leads Strategies360’s office in Northern …

Guest: Tim Burr, Timothyb@strategies360.com

March 9, 2022

Mark Shaiken - Haverford

Mark Shaiken had an outstanding career in bankruptcy law, practicing in 5 states over the course of 38 years. He has been a partner at a large bankruptcy firm before becoming an author and writing two books with a third one on the way. Other than law and writing, Mark is also a photographer who is …

Guest: Mark Shaiken

March 2, 2022

Hon. Delbert Gee (ACBA) - Santa Clara

Judge Delbert Gee has a legal career that spans over 40 years, 19 of which he served as a judge. He tells the story of how his parents met and came to the United States, how he went straight to college from high school, and straight to law school from college, majoring in Political Science from Dav…

Feb. 23, 2022

Tom Ogas - Pepperdine

Tom takes us through his life playing sports, sporting his acting skills in plays, and always fighting for justice at a criminal defense attorney.