NextGen Legal: Recent Episodes
Withum
The legal market is shifting rapidly as the next generation of lawyers and professionals assume leadership roles throughout the industry. What impact will these fresh perspectives and new ways of doing business have on the industry? The NextGen Legal podcast, hosted by Marci Taylor of Withum's Law Firm Advisory Team, features candid conversations on leadership, innovation, technology, culture, well-being and sweeping changes across the legal market.
Our guest James Goodnow epitomizes the next generation of legal industry leaders. We discuss why and how he and his team at Fennemore were able to accomplish significant growth and maintain industry-leading retention rates during and emerging from a global pandemic.
Virginia Essandoh is the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for Ballard Spahr. A pioneer in diversity in the legal profession, Virginia shares real-world experience in the journey from diversity and inclusion to equity in BigLaw and practical tips for all firms hoping to walk the talk on DEI.
In this episode, we speak with Nita Cumello, Global Business Director and Director, Well-Being, Global Large Law at Thomson Reuters. Nita shares what her law firm clients are doing to improve the well-being of their employees, what her role as Director, Well-Being entails, the proliferation of the Director of Well-Being role in law firms and the impact the increased focus on well-being has had on lawyer retention and performance. What do the next generation of law firm leaders need to know about the impact of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being on their teams? We invite you to learn more from our conversation with Nita.
In this episode of the NextGen Legal Podcast, we speak with corporate and finance lawyer Chris Wilson from Taylor English, an Atlanta-based firm with 175+ attorneys that embraced the hybrid work model long before the pandemic. Chris shares lessons learned from Taylor English’s position as one of the largest remote law firms and how he helped build the practice.
We discuss leadership, firm culture and the future of law with one of our favorite next gen legal leaders whose candor is refreshing.
Referenced in this episode: Good To Great by Jim Collins
