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Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawFrom Launch to Growth: The Business of Building a Law FirmThinking about starting your own firm? This episode of Leveraging Latitude offers an unfiltered look at what it really takes to launch—and grow—a law firm.Guest co-host Kyle Robisch joins Alex Su in welcoming Matt Margolis, whose career has spanned Big Law, in-house roles, legal tech, and now, Partner of his own firm, Margolis PLLC. Matt shares how he built a fast-growing practice by leveraging his in-house experience, building genuine relationships, and showing up consistently on social media.The conversation dives into the nuts and bolts of starting up: how to find clients, the...2025-05-1335 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawWith Paula Davis: Leadership Mindsets to Inspire and Retain Legal TalentCandice and Tim welcome back Paula Davis, former attorney, workplace well-being expert, and founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute. For over 15 years, Paula has been a trusted advisor to leaders, teams, and organizations, helping them make work better. Paula returns to Leveraging Latitude to discuss her newest book, Lead Well: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your Team. She breaks down the mindsets for legal leaders to foster engagement, prevent burnout, and build resilient teams—without sacrificing performance.Together, Paula, Candice, and Tim unpack leadership topics such as:Building connected workplace cultures tha...2025-04-0747 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLeveling Up In-House: Leadership, Strategy, and Professional DevelopmentLeveraging Latitude hosts Candice Reed and Alex Su sit down with Stacy Bratcher, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Cottage Health. Stacy shares her journey from law firm associate to in-house leader, offers actionable advice on aligning legal goals with business objectives, and emphasizes the importance of professional development. Learn how to build strategic partnerships, position legal departments as value-driven business units, and identify growth opportunities within your organization.Interested in more from Stacy Bratcher? Tune in to her podcast The Legal Department, which delivers advice on what busy in-house lawyers need to know to...2025-03-0443 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawWinning Strategies for Hiring and Job-Seeking in the Legal Job MarketJoin Candice Reed and Tim Haley as they sit down with Jorge de la Osa, Director of Legal Recruiting at Latitude and former General Counsel, to uncover strategies for success in the legal job market. Drawing from his experience as a job seeker, hiring manager, and now recruiter, Jorge offers a unique perspective on job seeking, interviews, and hiring strategies.The trio discuss how to effectively showcase transferable skills, approach a career move with confidence and avoid of common interview pitfalls. They also examine the evolving hiring landscape, sharing actionable advice for legal department leaders seeking top...2025-01-1043 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawAccelerating Business Velocity: Legal Ops in Focus with Mike HavenIn this episode of Leveraging Latitude, Candice and Alex speak with Mike Haven, Head of Global Legal Operations at Intel Corporation. With over two decades of experience in law and legal operations at leading companies like K&L Gates LLP, NetApp Inc., and Gap Inc., Mike shares insights on the rapid evolution of legal operations and the forces driving its transformation. Mike discusses his core philosophy: that the legal function must be a business enabler, accelerating business velocity while supporting the people and teams it impacts. He emphasizes that legal ops thrives through strong relationships, collaboration, empathy, a...2024-11-2136 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawEmpowering Legal Teams with Flex Talent SolutionsCandice Reed, Tim Haley, and Alex Su share the diverse career journeys that brought them to Latitude and the opportunities that shaped their paths. The conversation highlights the rising trend of flexible legal talent. Tim and Candice dive into how law firms and in-house teams are leveraging flexible talent to optimize workflows, manage costs, and mitigate team burnout. This strategy not only enhances productivity but also supports a healthy work environment, demonstrating that innovative solutions in legal staffing are more important than ever. A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.2024-09-1040 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLegal Influencer Series: A Conversation with William HendersonThe Legal Influencers series continues as Tim Haley sits down for a conversation with William Henderson, professor and Stephen F. Burns Chair on the Legal Profession at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. William is the founder and principal editor of Legal Evolution, an online publication that blends theory, data, and detailed examples of successful legal industry innovation. This publication is a dynamic hub of research spanning a range of topics, including the business of law, leadership in the law, and the economics shaping the legal profession.William sheds light on several fascinating aspects of h...2023-10-0435 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLegal Influencer Series: A Conversation with Brittany LeonardIn the second installment of Latitude’s Legal Influencers series, Candice Reed speaks with Brittany Leonard, general counsel at Civix, a multinational technology company that provides services and software solutions to over 100 airports, 90 percent of U.S. nuclear power plants, and nearly half of the country’s secretaries of state.Candice and Brittany discuss Brittany’s inspiration for her creative, authentic, no-holds-barred posts providing strategic business leadership and pragmatic career advice to her online community of thousands of attorneys and legal operations professionals. They discuss:Brittany’s unique path from contemplating leaving the practice of law to becom...2023-05-241h 00
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLegal Influencer Series: A Conversation with Alex SuIn the first podcast in Latitude’s Legal Influencers series, Candice Reed speaks with Alex Su, head of community development at Ironclad, a contract lifecycle management platform. Best known for his TikTok videos satirizing the legal profession, Alex is the author of “The Unauthorized Guide To Getting Into Law School With Bad Grades” and the popular newsletter, “Off The Record”. Candice and Alex discuss Alex’s fascinating career journey and the legal trends he’s identified using his own experience and by staying close to the people on the front lines of the legal industry.Alex’s journey from gl...2023-04-261h 00
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawFinding Purpose and Fulfillment Outside Traditional Legal Careers | Juanita IngramRoyalty visits Leveraging Latitude as the reigning Mrs. Universe catches up with Candice Reed. Juanita Ingram is an attorney, author, award-winning actress and filmmaker, and she is also the first black woman to be crowned Mrs. Universe. Juanita speaks about her unique career path and the life lessons she’s learned along the way. With her characteristic charm, wit, and vulnerability, she shares how she came to embrace her full self and the opportunity to be found in stepping outside the confines of established expectations. She discusses:Why, in the midst of a successful legal career, she began co...2023-02-281h 03
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawA Path to General Counsel: Trials and Lessons Learned | Lisa Ann CooneyTim and guest host Michelle Culligan speak with Lisa Ann Cooney, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Day & Zimmermann, listed by Forbes as one of America's Largest Private Companies. For Lisa, leadership and business are personal, and she shares the lessons she’s learned about advocating for herself and her career goals, inviting and responding to constructive criticism, adapting leadership styles to varying situations, and giving back through coaching and mentoring. A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.2023-02-1741 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawCollaborating Across the Legal Ecosystem: The 2022 LVNx Conference Experience | Alexandra GuajardoConference season is in full swing! On this episode of Leveraging Latitude, Candice Reed and Tim Haley speak with special guest Alexandra Guajardo, Conference Director for Legal Value Network’s LVNx Conference taking place September 21-23 in Chicago. Alexandra shares an exciting preview of the conference and Legal Value Network’s unique approach to accelerating evolution in the legal industry. From her experience serving as Pricing & Analytics Officer at Shell, Alexandra also shares her insights on the growth and trajectory of legal operations in supporting the people and the business of law.A podcast by Lati...2022-09-1640 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawRising Together | Breaking Down Systemic Barriers to Gender Equity in the Legal Profession with MothersEsquire Founder, Michelle Browning CoughlinSpecial guest Michelle Browning Coughlin, Founder and President of MothersEsquire®, joins Candice and Tim in examining systemic gender biases in the legal profession and how they hurt both men and women. Michelle sheds light on “the motherhood penalty” across professions and suggests big and small pragmatic changes that legal institutions and employers can make to help support women and parents. Exchanging personal parenting and professional anecdotes, Michelle, Candice and Tim discuss what it means to “parent out loud” in the workplace. A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.2022-05-0945 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLegal Recruiting Today & the Value of Being Brave (and Intentional) in Your Career Assessment | Cynthia Moon & Joan BlackwellLawyers are the last ones to give themselves permission to step back and think, “Am I happy, should I do something else?” We often are tasked with solving everyone else’s problems, but are reluctant to ask ourselves if what we’re doing is helping us meet our own career goals or priorities.Cynthia Moon and Joan Blackwell, Directors of Legal Recruiting and Placement at Latitude, share their personal experiences as attorneys who chose to pivot their legal careers into law-adjacent recruiting positions. They take us through their decision-making process when considering whether to leave the daily practice...2022-03-0941 min
Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLawyers Involved in the Next BIG Event | The 2022 College Football ChampionshipAll eyes will be on Indianapolis as the College Football Playoff National Championship Game is scheduled for Jan. 10, at Lucas Oil Stadium. On this Leveraging Latitude episode, Tim Haley talks to Kobi Wright, Chief Legal Officer & Business Operations Director for the Capital Improvements Board of Managers (CIB), and Eric Neuburger, Attorney & Stadium Director for Lucas Oil Stadium, about their unexpected career paths and their work to bring this game (and other high profile events) to the city of Indianapolis. They also talk about remaining open to opportunities that may come into your life as you...2022-01-0540 minLeveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawPredicting Trends in the Law with Legal Futurist Brad BlicksteinCandice Reed talks to Brad Blickstein about the trends in Legal Ops over the past 13 years and his 14th Annual Law Department Operations Survey – open to Legal Operations professionals right now. Eligible professionals should participate, and by participating can learn what the Legal Futurist is learning about the growing role of Legal Ops in the market. A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.2021-10-1345 minLeveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawLegal Ethics and Remote Work | Lucian PeraTim paraphrases Billy Madison and Candice defends herself. Our special guest this week, Lucian Pera, sets them both straight with his expertise on the topic of legal ethics and how that relates to working remotely. This is a very current topic as more and more attorneys adapt to a pandemic reality. A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.2021-08-2544 minLeveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the LawThe Secondment Trap | Ross BooherThe traditional law firm secondment has been used for more than 50 years to help in-house clients expand their internal bench strength to meet peak work demands. However, that doesn't mean that this model is without its disadvantages. In this episode, Candice interviews her Leveraging Latitude co-host Tim Haley and Latitude CEO Ross Booher about "The Secondment Trap" on the heels of a National Law Review article they recently wrote outlining why this traditional model is not always the best option and how utilizing experienced flexible legal talent can positively impact the client-firm relationship, while also providing cost savings and...2021-07-2937 min