Episodes - Page 3 | Love thy Lawyer

July 26, 2023

Emily Dahm (ACBA) - Berkeley Law

Emily Dahm is a partner at Bonjour, Thorman, Burns, and Dahm, a Bay Area criminal defense and personal injury firm. Prior to entering private practice, she gained extensive experience with felony and misdemeanor trials as a San Francisco Public Defender. Furthermore, Emily is well-versed in civil l…

July 12, 2023

Dale Minami - Korematsu v. United States

Dale Minami has had a fascinating career as a lawyer. He is currently one of the top personal injury lawyers in the Bay Area. He was involved in the creation of the Asian Law Caucus and served as its first director. Dale was also part of the legal team that successfully overturned Fred Korematsu’s …

June 28, 2023

Marco Brown - BYU

Marco Brown runs a successful family law firm in Utah. He is the managing partner of Brown Family Law in Salt Lake City and oversees the business administration of the company. His firm handles divorce and child custody cases and has been operating since 2010. In this interview, Marco talks about w…

June 21, 2023

Del Bahner - Hastings

Del Bahner runs his own criminal defense practice in Pleasanton. Working with private as well as indigent clients through the Court Appointed Attorneys Program, he handles everything from DUIs to robberies and murders. After clerking in the Sacramento and San Mateo DA's Offices and working for the …

June 14, 2023

Smartest Kid in the Class - Lori Mihalich-Levin / Princeton

In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association, Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with: Lori Mihalich-Levin Lori Mihalich-Levin helps new parents transition back to the workplace and learn the best practices of being working parents through her special program, Mindful Return, of wh…

June 7, 2023

Kickboxing Champ James Cook - Howard

James Cook boasts a diverse professional background spanning various fields. He has excelled as a professional athlete, a college-level teacher, and a writer. Presently, he serves as an attorney, primarily focusing on cases involving police excessive force at the John Burris law firm. James is an a…

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 to have more than 55 employees across several offices throughout California.…

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 misdemeanors to high-stakes felony offenses, including assault, attempted mur…

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 matters, including rape, kidnapping, and murder. Since 2004, she has been …

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 managing residential and commercial property. In this interview Tom talks abo…

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 Justice Now. In addition, she served as the director of the Alameda County Bar As…

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, commercial, and regulatory matters in the cannabis industry. He previously wo…

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 defense. Her impressive legal career includes serving as a prosecutor for …

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, and Santa Clara counties. Participating this week are Nafiz Ahmed, a cert…

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 professional and personal adventures as an international legal consultant working in U…

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 mostly with family law matters such as divorces, custody, support and restr…

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 and international transactions. As a son of a diplomat, he lived in diverse c…

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 and personal injury law, but it was in family law that she discovered her …

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 8,000 on Facebook. The Lawyer Stories podcast is more than just a project f…

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 clients and was recognized for her fair and ethical approach and her deep …

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 his family died on 9/11. Judge Kim started as an intern at the San Francisc…

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 UC Berkeley as well as JD from Yale. She originally wanted to be a professor…

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 parents when she was 8. While in college in Santa Cruz, she studied abroad …

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 but has also tried countless personal injury and insurance defense cases o…