The Filevine Fireside

Join us as we sit down with the brightest minds in the legal industry to talk about their processes and practices, and their outlook on the always-changing legal landscape.

Filevine Fireside | The Lawyer as CEO with Reza Torkzadeh 10/03/2022

Filevine Fireside | The Lawyer as CEO with Reza Torkzadeh Reza Torkzadeh is an American plaintiff’s attorney based in Irvine, California. Reza has served in leadership roles in litigation at the National level and is currently serving as Chairman of the Dean’s Circle at UC Irvine Law School. He is widely regarded as one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators. He is also one of the Top 100 National Trial Lawyers 2019. Reza is a frequently invited guest speaker and has lectured across the country on the practice of law and the civil justice system. In this special episode of the Filevine Fireside, your host Dr. Cain Elliot interviews Reza Torkzadeh about his new book, "The Lawyer as CEO." Hear about Reza's experience growing a law firm, get a behind-the-scenes look at his reasons for writing "The Lawyer as CEO," and learn about balancing your law firm's business and legal needs. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/24568761

Seeking the Proof With Fred Schauer 08/03/2022

Seeking the Proof With Fred Schauer Join Dr. Cain Elliot, Alex Pearson, and Professor Fred Schauer as they discuss the finer points of Fred Schauer's latest book, The Proof: Uses of Evidence in Law, Politics, and Everything Else. Frederick Schauer (born 15 January 1946) is an American legal scholar who serves as David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is also the Frank Stanton Professor emeritus of the First Amendment at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He is well known for his work on American constitutional law, especially free speech, and on legal reasoning, especially the nature and value of legal formalism. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/23958777

Designing the Future of Legal with Nicole Bradick 01/03/2022

Designing the Future of Legal with Nicole Bradick Our guest today is on a mission to improve the legal experience for all through thoughtful digital design. Nicole Bradick is the founder and CEO of Theory and Principle, a legal and justice technology design and development agency. At Theory and Principle, they're helping global law firms, foundations, legal aid organizations, and legal tech companies to design and build digital products that can make legal work more productive and accessible. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/21666074

Social Responsibility in the Age of Change with Ryan Anderson 08/18/2021

Social Responsibility in the Age of Change with Ryan Anderson Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson has a lot to say about the state of American social dynamics, the responsibility of business leaders in the age of climate change, the future of technology and its intersection with the legal system, and much much more. As a former personal injury lawyer turned CEO, Ryan offers valuable insights from a rare perspective in this "ask anything" edition of the Filevine Fireside. Ryan Anderson is the co-founder and CEO of Filevine. Before starting Filevine, Ryan was a founding partner at a western-states firm focused on personal injury, mass tort, and employment class action. With lived experience litigating hundreds of cases, including successful trials with 7-figure settlements, Ryan faced stress and process issues at his firm. He decided to build a solution to solve his problems. Today, rated as one of the top automation tools for law firms, legal departments, and businesses, Filevine is on a continual path of growth. Ryan is a proud husband and father of 5 children and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. His goal is to change the face of legal work and help lawyers be happier, less stressed, and better equipped to achieve their goals. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/20185436

Fighting For Hope's Boy 07/16/2021

Fighting For Hope's Boy Today's guest has dedicated his life to fighting for children's rights, particularly children in the foster-care system. It's a committment rooted in his own experience growing up as a foster child. Andrew Bridge is a New York Times best-stelling author, children's rights lawyer, and an advocate for children in families living in poverty. After eleven years int he LA county foster system, he earned a scholarship to Wesleyan, became a fulbright scholar, and graduated from Harvard Law School. Andrew wrote the powerful memoir Hope's Boy about his life and his work, and he's here today to share his knowledge an experience with us. Learn more about Andrew and his ilfe's work at www.hopesboy.com. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/22793672

Chasing Runaway Technology With Joshua A. T. Fairfield 06/29/2021

Chasing Runaway Technology With Joshua A. T. Fairfield In this episode of the Filevine Fireside, Dr. Cain Elliot sits down with Joshua A. T. Fairfield to discuss his new book, "Runaway Technology: Can Law Keep Up?" Discover how changing definitions, new and emerging markets, and the ever-escalating tide of technological progress are affecting the reality of law all over the world. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/19650254

Building the Future of Legal with Amanda Brown 02/26/2021

Building the Future of Legal with Amanda Brown Today we are talking to a rising young leader in legal technology. Her name is Amanda Brown and she's finding new ways that technology can make legal services more efficient, personable, and accessible. Amanda's the Founder and Executive Director of the Lagniappe Law Lab, a Cochair of the Louisiana Access to Justice Commission's Technology Subcommittee, and she's active in the ABA's Young Lawyer Division, where she serves as the Vice Director of the Disaster Legal Services Team. Join the conversation and find out why Amanda is excited about the future of legal technology and what drives her passion for increasing access to justice. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/18107939

The Nature of Professional Trust 02/25/2021

The Nature of Professional Trust What does trust mean to you? Does your definition change when applying trust to a professional situation, as opposed to personal application of trust? Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson and VP of Strategic Partnerships Nathan Morris discuss the concept of trust with Cain Elliot, Filevine's VP of Industry Expansion. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/18091781

Emily Benfer Fights the Eviction Crisis 12/04/2020

Emily Benfer Fights the Eviction Crisis As we continue through the COVID pandemic, an estimated 30 to 40 million people in the U.S. are currently at risk for eviction. Is this preventable? /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/17066774

The Future of Legal is Female 10/30/2020

The Future of Legal is Female In this special Fireside, Dr. Cain Elliott (Director & Consultant for Operations at FIlevine) interviews three women who are challenging the status quo in the legal and tech industries, to learn more about the future of women in business and law. Gabriela Isturiz, Colleen Leonard, and Emelia Schinke weigh in. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/16619117

Using Comedy to Win Court Cases with Mitra Shahri 10/12/2020

Using Comedy to Win Court Cases with Mitra Shahri Mitra Shahri shows how lawyers can benefit from the flexibility, creativity, wit, and sense of timing that comes with comedy. And she's here today to share her story and give us some tips for developing and keeping a sense of humor, even as we come up against life's major obstacles. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/16370234

Behavioral Science & the Law: Updating our Outmoded Legal System with Adam Benforado 09/08/2020

Behavioral Science & the Law: Updating our Outmoded Legal System with Adam Benforado Adam Benforado is a lawyer, writer, and professor at the Thomas R Kline School of Law. His New York Times best-selling book, “Unfair: the New Science of Criminal Injustice," explores his extensive research into cognitive psychology and how it relates to our legal system. Adam’s research continues to show that our system neither meets our needs nor aligns with our purported values. Adam is proposing bold, fascinating and controversial ideas for how our justice system could be radically improved. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/15930350

Hope, Justice, & Freedom: How Brittaney Barnett is Changing the Criminal Justice System 07/23/2020

Hope, Justice, & Freedom: How Brittaney Barnett is Changing the Criminal Justice System Imagine that in only 90 days, you were able to liberate 17 people from prison. And imagine you didn't stop there, but continued dedicating your life to "picking locks on human cages." /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/15332207

Increasing Access to Justice: How Rocky Anderson Transitioned from Attorney to Politician 06/19/2020

Increasing Access to Justice: How Rocky Anderson Transitioned from Attorney to Politician Rocky Anderson was the mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years; he founded his own party, the Justice Party; and he ran for President in 2012. He then created a non-profit to fight for human rights and address the climate crisis around the world. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/14893823

Advocating From the Future: How to Survive Changing Legal Trends w/ Chris Dolan 05/22/2020

Advocating From the Future: How to Survive Changing Legal Trends w/ Chris Dolan Chris Dolan is the founder of Dolan Law Firm in San Francisco, CA. He’s repeatedly been recognized as one of the top trial lawyers, even earning the California Lawyer of the year award. He’s obtained settlements of over $1 Million dollars in over 26 cases. And, in addition to all this work, he is constantly thinking about the future of law, and how plaintiff-side lawyers can create a legacy of positive social change. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/14533370

This Trend Will Reshape the Future of Law 04/24/2020

This Trend Will Reshape the Future of Law Gabe Teninbaum is the Director of the Institute on Law Practice Technology and Innovation and Professor of Legal Writing at Suffolk University in Massachusetts. Perhaps his greatest achievement of all is his uncanny ability to put complicated ideas into clear and simple terms. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/14132273

Embracing Positive Psychology with Martha Knudson 03/19/2020

Embracing Positive Psychology with Martha Knudson Today we're talking to Martha Knudson, who is Executive Director of the Utah State Well-being Committee for the Legal Profession. and she's helping us examine an intractable problem: lawyers experience substance abuse and mental health problems at rates far higher than the general population. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/13620119

Sam Mollaei: the Virtual Lawyer 02/14/2020

Sam Mollaei: the Virtual Lawyer Today we're asking: "Can you be a successful lawyer if you refuse to meet your clients?" Sam Mollaei says the answer is "yes." /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/13156835

Embracing an Abundance Mindset with Tyson Mutrux 01/17/2020

Embracing an Abundance Mindset with Tyson Mutrux Tyson is a personal injury lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to owning and managing his own firm, he's also one of the founders of Maximum Lawyer. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/12779798

Hamilton Chan & the Netflix of Legal Education 12/19/2019

Hamilton Chan & the Netflix of Legal Education “Post the 2008 recession, a lot of law schools in America had to scramble. Even the Harvards and the Yales and the Stanford Laws had to go and reckon with decreased applications and potentially reduced enrollments. And Loyola Law School is no different.” /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/12473333

Radiance Harris - "Owning It" in Trademark Law 11/27/2019

Radiance Harris - "Owning It" in Trademark Law Our guest today has worked in Big Law, a boutique firm, and now owns her own practice. She's logged her billable hours and she's figured out flat rates; she's represented multinational Fortune 200 companies and scrappy startups. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/12199949

Renee Heinrich & Helen Bukelmez - The Meditating Lawyer 10/11/2019

Renee Heinrich & Helen Bukelmez - The Meditating Lawyer In our podcast interviews, we usually talk about new ideas and innovations in law. But today, we're talking about a very old idea. And by old . . . I mean thousands of years old. But our guests today believe it holds the key to transforming the modern legal practice. Kentucky attorneys Renee Heinrich and Helen Bukelmez are here to talk to us today about the role of mindfulness and meditation in the modern legal practice. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/11611304

R. Scott Oswald - Fighting for the Workforce 08/02/2019

R. Scott Oswald - Fighting for the Workforce We live in a country that touts itself as the land of the free and the home of the brave. And yet we spend the majority of our waking hours in undemocratic workplaces where we fear retaliation for speaking out against fraud, assault, or other forms of misconduct. We’ve seen how the #MeToo movement is pushing back against workplace harassment and nondisclosure agreements. We’re also living through some hard fights over mandatory arbitration agreements, the place of unions in our society, and whether whistleblowers should be protected. We’re living through a battle over what justice looks like in the workplace. And today’s guest is right in the thick of the fray. Welcome to the Filevine Fireside. I’m Katie Wolf. Today we’re talking with attorney R. Scott Oswald. Scott is a hugely accomplished trial lawyer working with the Employment Law Group in Washington DC. He has done groundbreaking work around employment law and whistleblower law. He’s also a prolific speaker, advisor, and writer on these issues. We’re lucky to have him on the show today. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/10753673

Patrick Arenz - The Heart of a Trial Lawyer 06/28/2019

Patrick Arenz - The Heart of a Trial Lawyer As Patrick Arenz says, there are few jobs that can change another person's life forever. But being a trial lawyer is one of those jobs. Patrick Arenz is a trial lawyer with the firm Robins Kaplan, working on patent and copyright law. And he's a pretty big deal for the intellectual property cases he's handled. But I first ran into Patrick's name in a very different place. It was the story of one of his clients - not a tech company or an internet startup, but a young Hmong woman who was suing her abuser. What made this case unique, is that the abuse happened in Laos, and the man was a U.S. citizen who was participating in sex tourism. Never before had a victim of sex-tourism won a civil suit against an abuser until this case. This story got international attention, but it wasn't Patrick's first pro bono case. Since he became an attorney, he's been finding ways to help clients who would otherwise have no access to the legal system. In 2018, he wont he Pro Bono Publico Award, given to attorneys who have shown a remarkable dedication to the public good. Somehow, he's been doing this work in-between the massive multi-million dollar patent and copyright law cases he runs. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/10325480

Jeff Echols - Feeding the Lizard Brain 05/30/2019

Jeff Echols - Feeding the Lizard Brain When you talk to potential clients, do you connect with their fundamental hopes and fears? Or do their eyes glaze over? Does your website make potential clients excited, or does it leave them confused? Our guest today will share his tips for remaining relevant to our clients and thriving as an attorney in a world transformed by technology. Jeff Echols is managing principal of professional services organizations for the marketing agency Revenue Path Group. He'll share with us the science behind human decisions, and how an attorney can harness it to build a successful and sustainable practice. Learn more about Jeff and Revenue Path Group at . /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/9988118

Jean Hyams - Becoming a Movement Lawyer 04/25/2019

Jean Hyams - Becoming a Movement Lawyer You've seen it in your Facebook feed. You've watched it bring down media empires and elected officials. We're living in the moment, when unprecedented numbers of people are coming forward to share their experiences as victims of sexual harassment and survivors of sexual assault. Today, we're talking to civil rights attorney Jean Hyams, who has gained national renown for her work representing victims of sexual assault. Jean is sharing with us what it means to be a "#MeToo Movement Lawyer" in exciting but difficult times. Learn more about Jean Hyams at her law firm's website: /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/9535565

Allen Bromberger - Law in the Fourth Sector 03/28/2019

Allen Bromberger - Law in the Fourth Sector Can you really have it all? Can you have a profitable job and live true to your values by making the world a better place? Attorney and writer Allen Bromberger believes the answer is yes, and he's built a thriving legal practice on that idea. Allen Bromberger is a pioneer in a new field combining non-profit and for-profit legal structures. That means his clients are simultaneously pursuing two goals: financial well-being, and social or environmental well-being. Sometimes this is called the 4th sector, and in Allen's 35 years of legal practice, it's moved from a fringe idea to a thriving pillar of our society and our economy. In addition to practicing at the firm Perlman and Perlman, Allen has co-authored the book "The Art of Social Enterprise: Business As If People Mattered." He's much sought-after for public speeches and presentations, but he's taken the time today to tell us about his work, the skills it requires, and how these same ideals can build a successful law practice. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/9177896

Christopher P. Chapman - Accessing Better Legal Education 02/28/2019

Christopher P. Chapman - Accessing Better Legal Education We talk a lot about the future of the legal practice on the Filevine Fireside. But one thing we maybe forget is that the future of Law really belongs to future lawyers. We should be asking: who will the next generation of lawyers be? What challenges will they face? And how will they get through them? Our guest today has some insight. Christopher Chapman is the President and CEO of the non-profit AccessLex, and AccessLex is in the business of improving law schools - and the well-being of students who attend them. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/8822867

Ann Groninger - Bicycling Advocate 12/13/2018

Ann Groninger - Bicycling Advocate Car collisions are the bread and butter of many personal injury attorneys, but today we talk to an attorney who has changed her focus from four wheels to two. Ann Groninger from North Carolina is a co-founder of Bike Law, a national network of personal injury attorneys representing injured cyclists. There are now 66 million cyclists in the U.S. Cities and individuals are promoting bicycles as a feature of healthy, fun, and sustainable lives, but cyclists still face a higher risk of death and injury than drivers do. That's where Ann and Bike Law come into the picture. Ann has found that her cycling clients are special. Their needs and interests set them apart from car drivers, and she's generously agreed to share her stories and thoughts today on the Filevine Fireside. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/7912346

Ross Guberman - Write Like a Legal Pro 10/04/2018

Ross Guberman - Write Like a Legal Pro In every legal drama, it's the oral arguments that get all the attention. But for most cases, what really wins is good legal writing. And today on the Filevine Fireside, we're talking with one of this country's most esteemed legal writers. Ross Guberman has worked with thousands of attorneys and judges and dozens of state and federal agencies teaching the in's and out's of great legal writing. He's the president of Legal Writing Pro (an advanced training and consulting firm), and he just released the editing tool BriefCatch at briefcatch.com. Ross is also a professorial lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School, and holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne, and the University of Chicago Law School. He's here to talk about his work, and to give us a few tips to improve and polish our legal writing. /episode/index/show/filevinefireside/id/7129941

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