Legal Speak

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Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Senior Litigation Reporter of the Daily Report Cedra Mayfield and Senior Staff Writer for the American Lawyer Patrick Smith, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.

Pallas Partner's Natasha Harrison on What it Takes to Make a Big Professional Leap

Sep 26, 2025

Three years ago, Natasha Harrison was set to take the reins at litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller when she made a different choice: To go out on her own and start her own litigation boutique. Harrison said the firm is thriving, finding the right matters. In addition to litigation, Harrison said the firm has accrued a...

The Wrong Side Of The Argument: Employment Attorney Talks Charlie Kirk Fallout

Sep 19, 2025

In this week's Legal Speak episode, labor and employment law attorney Michael Elkins of MLE Law offers feedback on how lawyers should approach fallout surrounding the September 10th assassination of American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.

Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith

Guest: Michael...

Here's How To Leverage ChatGPT For Legal Marketing

Sep 12, 2025

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Spotlight Marketing and Branding Co-Founder Danny Decker reveals three steps attorneys and law firm operators can deploy to help attract potential clients via ChatGPT.

In addition to explaining a shift in how users seeking legal information are leveraging generative AI, the North...

Hinckley Allen's Jim Tuxbury on Winning the Largest SOX Settlement Ever and How It Took a Decade to Cut Through the Red Tape

Sep 5, 2025

Jim Tuxbury is a litigator at Boston-based firm Hinckley Allen. In 2014, he picked up a ‘whistleblower’ case against SunEdison and its owned subsidiaries, Terraform Global and Terraform Power, brought by the former president and CEO of both companies, Carlos Domenech Zornoza. Zornoza was fired shortly...