Hosted by Attorney Louis Goodman

Episodes

May 24, 2023

Samer Habbas - Personal Injury Pro

https://www.habbaspilaw.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 t…
May 17, 2023

James Rodriguez - Alameda County Assistant Public Defender

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…
May 10, 2023

Burning Woman: Laura Robinson - UC Law / San Francisco

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…
May 3, 2023

The Client - Tom Silva / San Leandro

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…
April 26, 2023

Senior Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Chandler - Harvard

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…
April 19, 2023

Reefer Sanity (ACBA) - Shay Gilmore / UT Austin

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…
April 12, 2023

Pam Ortiz - Golden Gate

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…
April 5, 2023

Twins Roundtable - Identical Ahmeds

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…
March 29, 2023

Practicing in Kiev, Kabul / Bribing Cops in Moscow - Jamie Bowman

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…
March 22, 2023

ACBA President (2022) Pamela Ross - All For the Family Legal Clinic

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 …
March 15, 2023

International Law / Hans Sperling - Tulane

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…
March 8, 2023

Totally - Family Law / Renee Ross - Golden Gate

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…
March 1, 2023

Lawyer Stories - Benny Gold (Brother from Another Mother)

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 …
Feb. 22, 2023

Horse Sense / Kim Kupferer - Stanford

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…
Feb. 15, 2023

Terror Attack Leads to Bench - Hon. Glenn Kim (ACBA) - USF

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 …
Feb. 8, 2023

Jeopardy Champ Megan Wachspress - Yale

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…
Feb. 1, 2023

PD to Judge - Hon. Michelle Tong / SF Superior Court

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 …
Jan. 25, 2023

Personal Freedom: Gary Miles - Loyola

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…
Jan. 18, 2023

Vicki Jensen, Santa Clara - Bartender to DUI Pro

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…
Jan. 11, 2023

My Case & LawMatics Founder: Matt Spiegel

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 …
Jan. 4, 2023

ACBA President Alice Cheng - Davis

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…
Nov. 16, 2022

An End & A Beginning / Louis Goodman - University of Rochester

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…
Nov. 9, 2022

Simone Chambliss - Red Metric Law

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…
Nov. 2, 2022

Mark Willis - Whole Life Insurance as Banking Alternative

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…