In this episode of Legally Vocal, Nino speaks to Ben White, founder of Crafty Counsel. 

Ben and Nino explore the similarities in their careers: both starting as corporate lawyers who moved into in-house roles before founding their own businesses within the legal industry. In doing so, they discuss the inevitable tension in trying to maintain work-life balance while building a successful ‘now or never’ business.
 
Ben also shares his insights into why a sense of community, and fun, is increasingly important to London’s GC community. He also tells us a bit more about the inaugural CraftyFest, which promises to deliver both these things, along with a little dash of glitter.

Season 3 - Episode 4 with Ben White

Host David Hamm, Co-Chair of the In-House Subcommittee of the ABA Corporate Governance Committee, talks with Randall (“Randy”) Ebner, former Vice President and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil Corporation. We start off the conversation discussing the path that Randy took to become a general counsel. He admits that although he knew he wanted to become a lawyer since middle school, he never thought about becoming a general counsel until his developed interests in both business and law along with both domestic and global issues.

Conversations with GCs: Episode 6: Randy Ebner – Taking Ownership and Holding Yourself Accountable

Host David Hamm, Co-Chair of the In-House Subcommittee of the ABA Corporate Governance Committee, talks with Sterling Miller, former GC at Sabre Corporation, Travelocity, and Marketo. We kicked off our conversation with Sterling’s unique path to becoming GC, which was inspired by the Game of Life and included him handwriting five hundred letters to companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Ultimately, Sterling discusses how he was proactive in his career by raising his “hand early and often.” He also credits his diverse skill sets across many legal fields that helped him land his first general counsel role.

Conversations with GCs: Episode 7: Sterling Miller – Raising Your Hand Early and Often

On the first episode of "Plead the Facts, presented by KI Legal," Co-Founders Andreas Koutsoudakis and Michael Iakovou discuss their individual legal paths and what brought them together to form KI Legal.
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Episode 1: "Always a Way" with Andreas Koutsoudakis and Michael Iakovou

On the fourth episode of "Plead the Facts, presented by KI Legal," Co-Founder Andreas Koutsoudakis is joined by Associates (pending admission) Olivia Piluso, Karen Canales-Reyes, and Ralphsun Nayem to discuss their journeys from Externs to Law Clerks to, now, Associates.
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Episode 4: "Externs to Associates" with Andreas Koutsoudakis and KI Legal Associates

On the sixteenth episode of "Plead the Facts, presented by KI Legal," Co-Founders Michael Iakovou and Andreas Koutsoudakis welcome Michael Tannousis to the KI Legal team as the firm’s newest partner.

Episode 16: “KI Legal Welcomes Michael Tannousis as its Newest Partner” with Michael Iakovou, Andreas Koutsoudakis, and Michael Tannousis

On the eighteenth episode of "Plead the Facts, presented by KI Legal," Co-Founders Michael Iakovou and Andreas Koutsoudakis welcome Ricardo Morales to the KI Legal team as the firm’s newest of counsel.

Episode 18: “KI Legal Welcomes Ricardo Morales as Of Counsel” with Michael Iakovou, Andreas Koutsoudakis, and Ricardo Morales

In recognition of Women's History Month, Vantage Risk's General Counsel, Bobbi Anderson shares stories of women (and men) who helped expand her horizons.

Recognizing Women’s History Month

What does it take to be a true leader? Affan Arain shares his view of leadership with Michael Sachs in this first episode of In-House Legal: Uncovered. With a focus on Affan’s personal experiences, they explore the responsibilities of a GC, what the hardest part of leading is, and where a leader goes for support and guidance.

A Conversation with Affan Arain

In this episode, Shazia Ahmad talks with Jeannie Frey, chief legal office and general counsel at Christus Health, about the challenges posed by a crisis, such as the Covid pandemic, and what leadership tools are needed to succeed in running a business.   Frey served as chair of the ABA’s Business Law Section during 2020-21.

Shazia Ahmad works on complex structured finance transactions involving a variety of asset classes at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.   She advises issuers, underwriters, borrowers, lenders,  and service providers in these transactions, including drafting and reviewing transaction-related documents, performing due diligence and facilitating closings.  Prior to joining Kramer Levin, Shazia gained finance and legal experience at Fortune 500 companies and global banking institutions. Shazia is the Chair of the Young Lawyer Committee and a member of the Marketing Board of the ABA Business Law Section. 

Jeannie Frey is chief legal office and general counsel at Christus Health, a multi-national nonprofit health system, with U.S. operations primarily in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico, and Latin American operations in Mexico, Colombia and Chile. Prior to joining CHRISTUS Health in 2018, Frey was chief legal officer and general counsel of Presence Health, a Catholic health system based in Chicago, from 2011-18. She also served as general counsel of Resurrection Health Care in Chicago (2004-11) and was a partner in the health law department of McDermott, Will & Emery in its Chicago office.
Frey’s professional activities have included serving on the board of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, the Audit and Corporate Responsibility Committee of Mercy Health (Cincinnati) and in numerous leadership positions in the ABA Business Law Section, including chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Committee.

Business Law Section Leadership: Episode 6: Succeeding as a Leader in Difficult Times

'Plead the Facts' presented by KI Legal is a weekly podcast produced by KI Legal, a multidisciplinary law firm based in NYC. Plead the Facts offers listeners the chance to hear KI Legal attorneys cover topics and share their insight on the world of law and business in the disciplines that the firm touches.
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The Legally Vocal podcast with Nicholas d’Adhemar.
The home of insights, ideas, and provocations for legal teams.
Exploring what's happening in the legal industry today...and looking ahead to tomorrow.

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