All Episodes

Ep 115: From Career Break to CLO: How Shanti Ariker Rebuilt Her Legal Career

Ep 114: Building Outside the Box: Monica Zent on Legal Ops, AI, and Bold Bets

Ep 113: Tackling Change: Emmanuel Smith's Journey Beyond Football

Ep 112: Risk, Reward, and Reinvention: Viraj Joshi on Law, Policy, and Startups

Ep 111: Lessons from Ola's Former GC: Leadership, Risk, and Reinvention

Ep 110: From Product Counsel to Privacy Leader: Tina Hwang's Journey

Ep 109: Books That Stay With You: Legal Leaders Share Their Shelf

Ep 108: Reimagining Law Firm Pricing: Ken Callander on Value, AI & In-House Strategy

Ep 107: From Big Law to GC Before 35: Andrew Epstein's Journey on Navigating Modern Legal Careers

Ep 106: Scaling Legal at Speed – Lessons from Carta, Cockroach Labs, and More

Ep 105: Punishing the Victim: What's Broken in Cybersecurity Law

Ep 104: Jack of All Trades, Master of Risk: How Joon Park Navigates Modern Legal Work

Ep 103: Building What Doesn't Exist Yet: Inside the Legal Career of Tommie Tavares-Ferreira

Ep 102: What Comes After Legal Ops? A Conversation with David Cowen

Ep 101: How Legal Ops Became the Center of Strategy with Adam Becker, Cockroach Labs

Ep 100: Community as Strategy: Your Guide to Growth with Tyler Finn

Ep 99: Resilience, Wellness, and the Law: Keita de Souza on Building a Sustainable Legal Career

Ep 98: Breaking the Silence: Legal Leaders Talk Mental Health

Ep 97: From First Legal Hire to EMEA GC with Volker Weisshaar, Sonos

Ep 96: Scaling Teams from 80 to 800 with Jordan Hatcher, Co-Founder, CLO, and COO of The Grid

Ep 95: How Adidas Is Scaling Legal Ops with Alex Herrity, Director, Global Legal Solutions

Ep 94: Why Legal Teams Break and How to Fix Them with Manu Kanwar, CEO LexSolutions

Ep 93: Legal's Crisis Stories: SVB, Uber & More

Ep 92: Why I Left the Big Firm Life to Feed Dogs with Tim Hirsch, GC of Mars Science and Diagnostics

Ep 91: Why Legal Work Will Never Be the Same with SpotDraft's Shashank Bijapur and Akshay Verma

Ep 90: From Engineer to Top Lawyer at Adobe and Microsoft with Dana Rao

Ep 89: From Hackathon to Legal Game-Changer with Hannah Konitshek, Founder, Legal.io

Ep 88: From Prosecutor to Security Leader – Joe Sullivan (ex-CSO: Uber, Facebook, Cloudflare)

Ep 87: Building a Culture of Integrity with Rob Chestnut, former Airbnb Chief Ethics Officer

Ep 86: Why In-House Lawyers Need Each Other with Shai Mehani, CEO In-House Connect

Ep 85: From Coding to the C-Suite with Ryan Nier, GC Nova Credit

Ep 84: Why Lawyers Struggle with Communication with Briefly CEO Adam Stofsky

Ep 83: The 2025 Legal Ops Playbook with Brightflag's Kevin Cohn & Priori's Matt Wheatley

Ep 82: How Carta Built a Legal Team from Scratch & Scaled 10X with April Lindauer, GC

Ep 81: What Every GC Should Know About Working With Founders with Sarah Irwin

Ep 80: Insights on Privacy with Ron De Jesus, the Industry's First Field Chief Privacy Officer

Ep 79: Understanding the Future of Patent Law with Patsnap's Matt Veale

Ep 78: Blueprint for the Ultimate Legal Ops Team with Steph Corey, CEO UpLevel Ops & Co-Founder LINK

Ep 77: Thriving Through Change: Insights from Ron Bell, Collective Health CLO and Former Yahoo! GC

Ep 76: Lawtrades Co-Founders on Creating a Gig Economy for Lawyers

Ep 75: Must-Read Books for Legal Professionals in 2025 | Bonus Episode

Ep 74: Advice to Young Lawyers | Bonus Episode

Ep 73: All Things Contracts with Laura Frederick, CEO of How to Contract

Ep 72: Lobbying for Better Telehealth Regulations with GC Adam Greenberg

Ep 71: Privacy, Facial Recognition, and Semi-Pro Football with DPO Paul Collier

Ep 70: Why GCs need to care about ESG with Christine Uri, Founder ESG for In-house Counsel

Ep 69: Leading Teams Across Borders with Manuel Martinez-Herrera, BetterCloud GM

Ep 68: From Litigator to Spin Instructor to Chief Legal Officer with Jasmine Singh

Ep 67: The Future of Crypto Regulation with Heath Tarbert, Circle CLO and Former CFTC Chair

Ep 66: Tennis & Media Law with Peter Steckelman, SVP, Tennis Channel

Ep 65: Why GCs Need to Understand Geopolitics with Sean West

Ep 64: How to build and scale legal teams?

Ep 63: From Prosecutor to GC at Enfusion with Matt Campobasso

Ep 62: From Serving in the Army to becoming a CEO with Ethena CEO Roxanne Petraeus

Ep 61: How to lead Legal without a JD with Zoe McMahon, HP, Head of Legal Ops

Ep 60: Sharing Legal Secrets Onstage with Playwright and ex-Etsy and Vroom GC Sarah Feingold

Ep 59: From Lawyer to Angel Investor, Advisor & Dealmaker with Sunjay Mathews

Ep 58: How a lawyer built an AI company with Cecilia Ziniti, founder GC AI

Ep 57: Bridging the gap between Politicians & Corps. with Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of Privacy

Ep 56: Poker helped me negotiate contracts, says Andrew Woods, GC @PubMatic

Ep 55: Why Upwardli CEO Aaron Gregory Took the Leap from GC to Founder

Ep 54: Lyft's Kristin Sverchek on Expanding Beyond Legal into Corporate Leadership

Ep 53: What it takes to lobby for Apple, Google & Intel with Matt Tanielian

Ep 52: How Vanessa Wu, GC @Rippling tackled Silicon Valley Bank's collapse

Ep 51: How Rachel Olchowka, balanced the role of GC & CPO @ Fetch

Ep 50: How beating cancer twice helped him become the "Zen" GC: Dan Haley, GC, Guild

Ep 49: Will AI change Legal Work Forever?: Joe Green, Chief Innovation Officer, Gunderson Dettmer

Ep 48: How a Pilot turned into a CEO: Ben Klein, CEO at Aero

Ep 47: Steering Companies Through Crisis: Chelsea Grayson, Managing Partner at Pivot

Ep 46: What You Wish You Had Known at the Start of Your Career | Bonus Episode

Ep 45: What Executive Recruiters Need from GCs: Joelle Khoury, Consultant at Egon Zehnder

Ep 44: How an Opera Singer Became a Legal Ops Pro: Cory Clines, Legal Operations Consultant

Ep 43: Why Foreign-Trained Lawyers are Essential: Flavia Naves, Of Counsel, Hathaway & Kunz, LLP

Ep 42: Legacy Legal Ops v. Start-Up Legal Ops: Susan Packal, Head of Global Legal Ops at Atlassian

Ep 41: Building Legal Ops at Google: DeAnna Papedis, ​​Head of Legal Contracts & Operations, Google

Ep 40: Leveraging Social Media to Build a Legal Brand: Matt Margolis, Partner, Margolis PLLC

Ep 39: Legal Process Orchestration: Sagi Eliyahu, CEO & Co-founder, Tonkean (w/ cohost Akshay Verma)

Ep 38: Product Counseling at Nest, Apple, and a Climate Change Startup: Vineet Shahani, GC, Mill

Ep 37: IPO, Acquisitions & Board Membership: Nithya Das, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Diligent

EP 36: From Paralegals to Legal Ops Leaders: Tommie Tavares-Ferreira, Cedar, and Tom Stephenson, Legal.io

Ep 35: Growing Your Personal Brand and Legal Network on LinkedIn: Brittany Leonard, GC at Civix

Ep 34: From Prosecuting to Leading In-house at a Tech Startup: S. Michael Lee, GC & COO at Engaging.ai

Ep 33: Legal Issues in the Gene Editing Space: Lisa Taylor Ash, General Counsel at Shape Therapeutics

Ep 32: From Product Counseling at Apple & Meta to the Crypto World: Nguyen Vu, DGC, OKX

Ep 31: Peak Legal Efficiency: Siddharth Manchanda, IndusLaw Partner & Unacademy External GC

Ep 30: Leading Legal in Complex Regulatory Environments: Hardeep Singh, GC, CRED

EP 29: What's Next for Legal Ops: Jenn McCarron, President of CLOC

Ep 28: From Law Partner to Top Recruiter: Richard Hsu, Managing Director at Major, Lindsey & Africa

Ep 27: Taking Businesses & Legal Teams Global: Sarah Binder, General Counsel, Lime

Finding Empowerment in Disability: Raj Mahapatra, Senior Counsel at Wilson Sonsini

Data, Privacy, and Podcasting: Andy Dale, GC & CPO, OpenAP

Building, leading, and scaling legal teams | Bonus Episode

Expanding Beyond the GC Role | Bonus Episode

GCs in the Boardroom: Lisa Harrington, Board Director, Consultant, and CLO

From FBI Dreams to Big Tech Legal: Alice Bisgrove, VP & Associate General Counsel, Procore

Championing Inclusion, Ethics & Compliance: Junna Ro, Head of Strategic Legal Initiatives, UC Office of the President

Taking the Helm as an Interim Executive: Vanessa Gage, General Counsel, Cedar

Defining Ethical Use & Dealing with Law Enforcement: Mark Kahn, Partner and Head of Consumer at Protégé Search

Big Risks and Big Rewards: René Paula, GC & SVP of Legal & Business Affairs, Vaxxinity

Privacy, Ad Tech, and AI: Julia Shullman, GC and Chief Privacy Officer, Telly

Navigating Public Scrutiny & Adversity as a GC: Mark Marin's Candid Insights

Being a Business-Minded Lawyer: Kathy Zhu, Co-founder, CEO & GC @Streamline AI

Leading Teams in High Growth, High Pressure Environments: Seth Weissman, Executive Coach

Navigating Ownership Transitions From PE to Public Holdings: Brian Chase, GC, ServiceChannel

From NASA to HR Tech: Evan Ferl, Chief Strategy Officer & GC, Bambee

Becoming a True Business Partner as an In-House Lawyer

Going Beyond the GC Role: COO Genessa Stout on Organic Growth

Navigating IPOs and Acquisitions: GC Gary Spiegel Takes Us Behind the Scenes

Brand Building for Legal Teams: With Lydia Cheuk, GC at Away

Navigating the Legal-Security-Privacy Relationship: Celaena Powder's Experiences at Seismic

Riding Tech Booms and Busts as a Lawyer: Perspectives from David Lancelot

Mapping Your Career in Law: Akshay Verma's Blueprint for Success

Becoming a Customer-Centric GC: Adam Glick's Mindset

Unlocking Success in In-House Legal Roles: Lessons from Doug Luftman, ex-DGC @DocuSign

The Limits, and Limitlessness, of the Legal Function

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