Kevin Gallagher is a maritime attorney based in Miami, Florida. In addition to the law, he is also an expert in rap music.
***TIMESTAMPS***
3:44 - Kevin beating Covid; Covid Era in Florida & how open it is
18:37 - The Tech Movement to Miami, Mayor Francis Suarez, & people’s opinion on Governor DeSantis
23:51 - Miami’s ports; The state of the cruise ship industry; How law works at sea; the maritime law that Gallagher practices
34:57 - China’s $1 Trillion investment in global transportation/ports; The Second Panama Canal; Our country’s lack of understanding of the threat the Chinese Communist People’s Party poses
46:14 - Financial illiteracy in America
52:32 - Miami’s boom; How the politics in Miami work; discussion about Miami’s reach in the wake of the tech and venture capital move to the city during Covid
1:05:35 - Federal government vs. State government decision-making powers in the Covid Era; How Kevin ended up in Florida
1:16:55 - How practicing law in different states works; Public Defenders; Defending yourself in court
1:31:08 - Criminal law and how heavy the stakes are; Bench trials vs. Jury Trials
1:37:39 - Potential Trump pardons/commutations: Edward Snowden & Julian Assange (their cases, the pros & cons, the ramifications, etc.)
1:53:19 - Ross Ulbricht, The Silk Road, & THE FULL CASE BREAKDOWN (what background, what happened, Dread Pirate Roberts, the FBI/DEA/Homeland/IRS Case against him; the controversy over the alleged murders-for-hire; Ross’ current double life sentence; the prospects of commuting his sentence; the ideology that motivated him to create The Silk Road
2:29:19 - Jury Trials in the current climate of constant news and the court of public opinion
2:33:05 - The Grammys Rap Album of the year discussion--and the controversy around the nominees; Revisiting Cardi B’s win in 2018 over Travis Scott
2:42:31 - The hoopla around Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s song, “WAP”
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