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In this episode, Jon chats with ex-actor and now-lawyer Daren Firestone about cryptocurrency. They discuss emerging legal issues around crypto and blockchain technology, the recent Terra not-so-stable coin debacle, and how whistleblowers can help uncover fraud in the crypto business.
Then, Daren does his Golem impression.
After Jon recovers from that, he gets garrulous with Daren about âflexitarianism.â As Daren explains, this is a form of ethical eating that is almostâbut not quiteâvegetarianism. Daren explains his three rules for when heâll eat meat, one of which involve things that can only happen in Paris. Intrigued? Then, you should listen all the way to the end of this fun episode.MORE FROM OUR GUEST
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Meet Susan Francis, the Executive Director of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), a non-profit organization that provides legal help for low-income residents of Maryland in various types of civil matters, including family law, housing issues, tax disputes, estate planning, and criminal record expungement.
Susan and Jon talk about the gap between the civil legal services needed by most people, and the lawyers available to provide those services at a cost people can actually afford. The gap is wide, and attorneys providing pro bono services through organizations like MVLS can make a dent but not close it all the way. So, do we need more lawyers? Or do we need fewer legal
rules? Listen in as Susan and Jon debate this issue.
Then, Jon gets garrulous with Susan about her love of the National Park Service. Sheâs been to over 300 national parks, historical sites, and other locations run by the NPS. And she tells us about her visit to one national park where she crossed paths, quite literally, with a particularly frightening alligator.MORE FROM OUR GUEST
Susan Francis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susankfrancis/
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service: https://mvlslaw.org/
The National Park Service park-finder: https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm
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In this episode, our guest is Bridget Bailey Lipscomb, Assistant Director of the Environmental Torts Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, and President of the Womenâs Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Listen in as Bridget describes her path, from growing up on the South Side of Chicago to working in the halls of power in Washington, D.C. We tackle the issue of women in the law, both marveling at how far things have come since the Womenâs Bar Association was founded in 1917 (three years before womenâs right to vote became a part of the Constitution), but also discussing the challenges women continue to face today in the legal world. Then, we get garrulous with Bridget about her college sorority, and how, just recently, she helped a young woman join that same sorority. Itâs a fun story, and also emblematic of Bridgetâs tireless efforts to mentor and be a role model for other women.
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Bridge Bailey Lipscomb on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridget-bailey-lipscomb-5b2b794a/Bridget Bailey Lipscomb on Twitter: @BridgetLipscom9
The Environmental Tort Litigation Section, Department of Justice: https://www.justice.gov/civil/environmental-tort-litigation-sectionThe Womenâs Bar Association of the District of Columbia: https://wbadc.org/
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Listen in as Jon chats with Christopher Deubert about life as a sports lawyer. Chris worked for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, before becoming the General Counsel for the D.C. United professional soccer team. Now in private practice, Chris represents players, clubs, and other participants in the sports industry.
Chris talks with Jon about what sports lawyers do, and how a lawyer can get into the field. Chris then unpacks some of the more interesting recent intersections of sports and law, including the Major League Baseball lockout and new collective bargaining agreement, the Brian Flores v. NFL race discrimination lawsuit, and the new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rules that apply to college athletes.
Then, Chris gets garrulous about one of his other passions: reading the biographies of American Presidents. So far Chris is up to President No. 32. Do you know which one that was? If you listen to this episode, youâll find out, and youâll also be surprised to hear which two Presidents are Chrisâs favorites.MORE FROM OUR GUEST
Christopher Deubertâs law firm bio: https://www.deubertlaw.com/about
Christopher Deubertâs blog on sports law topics: https://www.deubertlaw.com/blog
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This go-round, we chat with Corinne Blalock, who is the Executive Director of the Law and Political Economy Project. Law and political economy (LPE) is an intellectual movement within legal academia, and the LPE Project is an organization, housed at Yale Law School, that brings together the scholars working in the movement, and that promotes the ideas of the movement in various other ways. Corinne explains what LPE is, and gives us insight into what itâs like to be on the forefront of building infrastructure for a new intellectual movement.
Then, we get garrulous with Corinne about chickens. She lived in a house in Brooklyn, NY where chickens were raised in the front yard. Surprised that itâs both legal and feasible to raise chickens in New York City? Sheâll explain how itâs done, and also why male chickens, a/k/a roosters, are worse than jackhammers and considered outlaws!
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Corinne Blalockâs bio: https://lpeproject.org/our-team/corinne-blalock/
More about the Law and Political Economy Project: https://lpeproject.org/about/
Corinne Blalock on Twitter: @corinneblalock
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In this episode, Anne Champion walks us through legal protections for the press and publishers, including Anti-SLAPP statutes, and the âactual maliceâ standard adopted by the Supreme Court in the famous First Amendment case of New York Times v. Sullivan. Along the way, we hear about Anneâs representation of Mary Trump in two lawsuits, including one brought by former President Donald Trump, relating to Mary Trumpâs book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Worldâs Most Dangerous Man. We also discuss the recent libel case brought by Sarah Palin against the New York Times.
Then, we get garrulous with Anne about something more personal. Twenty-five years ago, a high school friend of hers, Laura Van Wyhe, was found almost lifeless by the side of a road, apparently the victim of foul play. Laura died at a hospital soon thereafter, and the case has remained unsolved all these years. More recently, Anne has made it a personal mission to uncover new leads and solve the case. The intertwined stories of Lauraâs death, and Anneâs pursuit of the truth, has recently been the subject of a gripping podcast called Bonaparte. Weâll talk to Anne about the making of that podcast, and her continued hunt for clues to the untimely death of her friend.
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Anne Championâs bio: https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/champion-anne/
The Laura Van Wyhe case: https://championforlaura.com/
Bonaparte: https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/bonaparte/id1587714904
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This time, we talk with attorney Mark Zaid, one of the countryâs foremost national security and government secrecy attorneys. Mark has built a fascinating practice around uncovering government secrets, and representing clients in the national security realm. We chat with Mark about the Freedom of Information Act, the pre-publication review process, and other legal tools relating to government classified information. He tells us about the FOIA case in which he sought revelation of the oldest classified documents still being kept secret by the U.S. government (youâll have to listen to find out what they were!), and also about his numerous high-profile clients, who have included Alexander Vindman, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, actor John Cryder, and the national security whistleblower whose actions led to the first Trump impeachment proceeding. On a lighter note, we get garrulous with Mark about his passion for comic book collecting, and the controversy over âpressingâ wrinkles out of old comic books. A very fun and educational conversation!
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Mark Zaidâs website: https://markzaid.com/
Mark Zaid on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq
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Our first episode of 2022 features Timothy OâToole, and a discussion about U.S.-China relations, and the ways in which the U.S. uses tradeâand in particular controls on exportsâas a national security and foreign policy tool. Tim also is a great example of the wide variety of work that a lawyer can do over a career; he tells us about spending the first half of his career working as a public defender, focusing on the rights of criminal defendants, and then, 17 years after leaving law school, reinventing himself as a sought-after specialist in trade law. Weâll also get garrulous with Tim about his 1980s new wave band, The Birch Bark Canoes, and the glory days of college radio. And you can check out more of Tim on his own podcast, Embargoed!, which focuses on the law of exports.
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Timothy OâTooleâs webpage: https://www.millerchevalier.com/professional/timothy-p-otoole
The Embargoed! Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/embargoed/id1498136806
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This time around, youâll hear from one of the countryâs top environmental law litigators, Sean Donahue, about various legal issues and challenges associated with climate change. Get the 60-minute version of the semester-long class on climate change law
and policy that he teaches at Stanford Law School! Sean also talks about his time as a law clerk for both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens, and the role that law clerks play at the Supreme Court. And we get garrulous with Sean about his
experience as a political spouse, creating crossword puzzles in support of his wifeâs successful run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.MORE FROM OUR GUEST
Sean Donahueâs law firm: https://donahuegoldberg.com/
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sixth Assessment Report:
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
The Discovery of Global Warming, by Spencer Weart:
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Listen in on a conversation with Jessica Tillipman, an Assistant Dean at the George Washington University Law School, where she specializes in government procurement, anti-corruption, and compliance. We explore the nature of government corruption, and why it matters. Dean Tillipman walks us through the key tools in U.S. law for fighting against corruption by government officials. We get garrulous about the Gov. Bob McDonnell case, the Fat Leonard Scandal, Trump International Hotel, and the Hunter Biden paintings! Then, Dean Tillipman shares some personal anecdotesâto which many of you will relateâabout being both a law school dean and a parent of two small children working from home during the COVID pandemic.
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Dean Tillipmanâs law school webpage: https://www.law.gwu.edu/jessica-tillipmanGW Law Government Procurement Law Program: https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-govpro/
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In this episode, youâll meet Jason Rathod. Jason is a practicing attorney, but he also likes to write lengthy law review articles. Heâs written about how the United States uses foreign aid to impose our legal system on other countries, something we call âRule of Lawâ aid. Jason argues that âRule of Lawâ aid actually only exports half of our legal system: the part that is pro-business and pro-capitalism. What is missing are legal protections for consumers and employees, and in particular mechanisms, like class actions, that Jason calls aggregate litigation. In this interview, youâll find out why he advocates for other countries to adopt aggregate litigation rules. Youâll also hear Jasonâs very entertaining story about his unique destination wedding, which included him dancing on top of a horse-drawn carriage as part of a traditional Indian wedding processional through the streets of Cartagena, Columbia!
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Migliaccio & Rathod LLP website. www.classlawdc.com
Jason Rathod on Twitter: @JasonRathod
Jasonâs article titled Emerging Markets, Vanishing Accountability: How Populations in Poor Countries Can Use Aggregate Litigation to Vindicate Their Rights. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2483579
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This time around, we meet two former New York City prosecutors, Margaret Gandy and Rena Paul. Their many years in both the state and federal criminal justice systems led them to rethink how lawyers approach clients and witnesses who have been victimized by violent crimes or other traumatic events, and to develop what they call âtrauma-aware lawyering,â an approach they are now implementing in their recently-formed law firm. We also get garrulous with our guests about the stresses and traumas that lawyers often encounter, and how law offices can promote attorney well-being.
And how do our guests care for their own well-being? Just what youâd expect from a couple of hard-boiled NYC prosecutors: meditative dancing and adult coloring books!
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Their law firm: www.alcalaw.com
Materials on trauma-informed prosecution, from the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution: https://www.prosecution.org/traumainformed-prosecution
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In this episode, we get garrulous with Samuel Weiss, the founder and Executive Director of Rights Behind Bars, an organization that uses strategic litigation to protect and advance prisonersâ rights. We tackle the hot-button issue of âqualified immunityââa controversial legal doctrine that often protects prison guards and police officers from liability for constitutional violationsâand talk with Sam about the path to victory in Taylor v. Riojas, one of the very few cases in which a prisoner prevailed on that issue in the Supreme Court. Then, weâll chat with Sam about getting back to his roots in creative writing, and his plans to finish his great unfinished novel.
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Rights Behind Bars website: https://www.rightsbehindbars.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RightsBehind/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RightsBehind/
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This time on the Garrulous Gavel, we sit down with Robert Eager, founder of Own Your History. After retiring from a career as a successful corporate lawyer, Bob reconnected with his education in history, and set out to help the next generation of students grapple with the inequality that has marred much of U.S. history. We'll talk with Bob about the work of Own Your History, coming to grips with his own family's role in slavery and Jim Crow, and why he thinks it's so crucial for students to learn about the gaps between our democratic ideals and the reality of cruelty and discrimination. Then, we'll find out why Bob enjoys collaborating with grad students, and what kinds of support Own Your History needs to sustain its important work.
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Our first episode features Sara Kropf, one of the nationâs top white-collar criminal defense attorneys. Sara not only represents defendants in high-profile criminal cases, but also authors the Grand Jury Target blog. We hear about grand juries in the news all the time. But what exactly is a grand jury, and what does it do? Sara will explain it to us, and then you can listen in as we chat about two of the biggest grand jury issues in recent years: the grand jury indictment of the Trump Companies and Trump CFO Allan Weiselberg, and the grand jury failure to indict in the Breonna Taylor case. We'll also get Sara's take on the Washington Nationals' chances at landing a playoff spot this year.
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Read more of Sara's insights on grand juries, criminal defense practice, and more on her blog: https://grandjurytarget.com/
Follow Sara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarakropf
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Welcome to The Garrulous Gavel, with your host, Jon Tycko.
