On The Road With Legal Talk Network

Laurence Colletti interviews Madeline Meacham and Michael Haddad about public officer misconduct and liability at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Together they discuss the types of cases being brought forward, media attention due to increased technology, and the difference between negligence and a violation of constitutional rights. Furthermore, what are we missing from media coverage of events like those in Ferguson? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews Benjamin Griffith, Robert Heath, Nancy Abudu, Tanya Clay House, and Nicole Austin Hillery about election law at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. The guests explain the history of election law and why redistricting is necessary, gerrymandering or packing similar voters into a district, and how legal cases often involve racial discrimination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews American Bar Association Immediate Past-President William Hubbard at the 2015 ABA Annual Meeting. Together they discuss his year as president including the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the historic U.S. Supreme Court session, crisis in confidence in the criminal justice system, and changes in the legal marketplace due to legal technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews Allen Pusey, ABA Journal editor and publisher at the American Bar Association 2015 Annual Meeting. Pusey discusses the ABA Journal’s independent voice, how they reach a broad audience through newsletters, emails, podcasts, websites, and paper publishing, and their centennial anniversary celebrations. Tune in to hear a behind-the-scenes perspective of how your favorite monthly magazine comes together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews Jonathan Malysiak, executive editor of Ankerwycke Books, and authors David Lat, Ronald Fierstein, and Dina Gold at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Ankerwycke Books is the new consumer trade imprint of ABA publishing, with a broad range of legal books including legal fiction, memoir business biography, true crime narratives, and many others. Jonathan discusses his draw to Ankerwycke and the challenges he has encountered so far. The authors describe their books, passion for the legal topic they wrote about, and why they chose Ankerwycke as a publication source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews Bobbi Liebenberg and Stephanie Scharf about their study “First Chairs at Trial: More Women Need Seats at the Table” at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Liebenberg and Scharf discuss the statistics that show potential implicit and unconscious biases that affect the number of opportunities for women to become head trial lawyers. They suggest solutions that can come from law schools, law firms, governmental institutions, judges, clients, and the female lawyers themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews labor and employment lawyer Joseph Yastrow at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Joseph talks about how the recent developments in marijuana law affect the workplace. He and Laurence discuss the conflicting nature of state and federal laws and how the courts have responded in cases like Coats v. Dish Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Kathy Taylor, the former mayor of Tulsa, at the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) 40th Annual Convention. Together they discuss her involvement in NALA, her passion about early literacy, and the ways in which paralegals, other legal professionals, and any educated adult can help young children succeed by teaching them to read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vicki Voisin interviews Andi Elmore from the Kansas Association of Legal Assistants and Paralegals (KALA), Tove Sebring from the Capital Area Paralegal Association (CAPA), and June Brown from the Tulsa Area Paralegal Association (TAPA) about being members of paralegal associations affiliated with NALA. Together they discuss benefits including networking opportunities, leadership communication and education, and certification opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the National Association for Legal Assistants 40th Annual Convention, Vicki Voisin interviewed Yoli Garcia from the El Paso Paralegal Association (EPPA), and Linda Corrett, Carla Valenzuela, and Ruth Conley from the Houston Paralegal Association (HPA). Both EPPA and HPA are affiliated with NALA, ensuring that members have access to many CLEs and other affiliate benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vicki Voisin interviews Stacy Bowers, professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, about corporate law and commercial law for paralegals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vicki Voisin interviews Peter McGrath about issues in environmental law, Penny Bradshaw about immigration law for paralegals, and Jeff Bennion and Karin Scheehle about why it is important for legal professionals to stay on the edge of legal technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) recently hosted their 40th Annual Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Legal Talk Network attended with The Paralegal Voice host Vicki Voisin to interview board members, panelists, and attendees about their experience at the conference and what’s happening next year for paralegals. In this episode, Voisin interviews NALA President Kelly LaGrave, First Vice President Cassandra Oliver, and Second Vice President Jill Francisco about what went into planning the conference, CLEs and other educational programs, and how paralegals and other legal assistants can get involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews Melanie Griffin and Renee Thompson, co-chairs of the annual bar convention, at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. Together they discuss highlights from the conference and what to expect from the 2016 annual convention. Hint: It’s happening earlier, there’s a new venue, the presidential focus is shifting, and everything will be bigger. Tune in for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews panelists Professor Donald Jones and Emily Patricia Graham about their seminar “Counseling the Provocative Client” at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. A provocative client produces art or content that may be offensive to members of the public and needs legal advice or legal representation in court to defend his or her First Amendment rights. Professor Jones shares his view on how hip hop music artists are often set up to fail in a society of structural racism. Emily Patricia Graham talks about being a transactional attorney who advises clients in film, fashion, and music about the practical issues of marketplace value. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews appellate attorney Ceci Berman and appellate judges Stephanie Ray, Morris Silberman, and Richard Suarez about their seminar “Differences Among the DCAs” at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. The appellate judges distinguish differences in motion practice, use of law clerks, staff attorneys, decision making, and what lawyers should and shouldn’t do to be successful in court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews panelists of the incredibly important seminar titled “Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence: Pre Discovery Through Trial” at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Conference. In the first part of the podcast, he talks with electronic discovery experts John Jorgensen and Steven Teppler about the presentation “The Internet of Things,” and devices controlled online by computer code. They examine issues of hearsay and authentication in cases where these devices malfunction in a harmful way. Explaining technological evidence to a jury or judge can often be the most difficult part of these cases. In the second part of this podcast, Laurence interviews Christian Dodd and Larry Kunin about the merging of technology and legal ethics. They discuss The Florida Bar’s proposed increase in technology CLE requirements, client data stored on printer hard drives, supervising non-lawyer staff, and what is a reasonable level of competence. Most importantly, they emphasize that technology is growing expo

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Bob Hoyle and Meah Tell from the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section about their seminar titled “Arbitration, Effective Joint Opening Sessions, and Ethical Issues for Mediators and Attorneys” at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews social media lawyer and consultant Ethan Wall at The Florida Bar’s 2015 Annual Conference. Together they discuss how social media has affected the law, including discovery and conflicts between what lawyers and their clients believe to be private and the reality of online privacy rights. Additionally, Ethan tackles the big issue of juries and judges being affected by the media in high profile cases, including his discussion with Judge Belvin Perry who presided over the Casey Anthony trial. Ethan Wall is a social media lawyer, author, professor, and consultant. He helps attorneys use social media in their practices for marketing, ethics, and litigation training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurence Colletti interviews panelists from “Don’t Crash on the Information Highway: What Every Law Firm Needs to Know About the Impact of Technology on Employment Law Issues,” a seminar at The Florida Bar 2015 Annual Convention. He talks to Gregory Hearing, Robyn Hankins, and Judge Alan Forst about how new ways of communication like social media, text, email, and instant messaging are affecting employment law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices