Legally Speaking Podcast

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, Robert Hanna speaks to Tina Odjaghian. Tina is a US-based attorney who runs Odjaghian Law Group, which specialises in workers' compensation litigation, with an emphasis on brain injury related litigation and industrial catastrophic injuries. The firm has seen strong recent growth, and now employs a robust team of 4 attorneys. Tina is not just any attorney, she's been named as a 'Super Lawyer' by the Super Lawyers Magazine in 2016, ...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna speaks to Marc Wasserman. Marc is an attorney, filmmaker, actor and campaigner against cannabis prohibition in the United States. Based in California, Marc has been an attorney for 24 years, running a practice specialising in criminal defence, family law and more. Marc is well-known for his practice Pot Brothers at Law. He's also a major Instagram influencer, and runs the @pot_brothers_at_law account with hi...

Send us a text In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Suzanne Dibble. Suzanne is currently a legal entrepreneur and renowned author. She's had a distinguished career working both in-house and in private practice, at a number of well-known multinational firms. She started her high-flying career at DLA Piper, where she had a memorable 6-month secondment working for Virgin Management under Richard Branson. She later worked at ITV as Senio...

Send us a text In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, Robert Hanna welcomed Sahar Farooqi onto the show to find out more! Sahar is currently a Barrister and a Partner at DAC Beachcroft where he has co-founded 8 DAC Beachcroft Buildings, or 8DB, bringing the Bar into a law firm. By bringing the expertise of barristers into law firms, he's helping to provide better job security and prospects for these barristers, as well as bolstering both the service offering and revenue of law firm...

Send us a text In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, host Robert Hanna is joined by two influential and high-achieving aspiring lawyers, Amy Weir-Simmons and Maia Crockford. They both also represent KC Partners as leading brand ambassadors. Amy is a first class graduate from Royal Holloway and is currently studying for a Master's degree in law. Alongside her role as Head Ambassador for KC Partners, she works as a Business Development Coordinator for Watson's Daily, as Head of Desi...

Send us a text In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna speaks to Steve Lawlor. Steve runs Lawlor's Law Limited, a legal consultancy firm specialising in mental health law. As well as advising law firms, the consultancy trains medical professionals to help them better understand the issues, especially in relation to the Mental Health Act 1983. He's also hosts the Legal Wolf podcast and mentors law students. In this episode he shares his story, describes the wo...

Send us a text In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, and our Season 4 opener, host Robert Hanna is joined by Mitch Jackson. Mitch is a top lawyer, entrepreneur and author based in California. By day, he's an award winning trial lawyer and equity partner at Jackson & Wilson, which specialises in personal injury disputes and business litigation. Partly thanks to his strengths winning the cases others wouldn't take on, he was awarded the 'California Litigation Lawyer of the ...

Send us a text Welcome to the Legally Speaking Podcast! We aim to inspire, educate and entertain, providing the ultimate way of learning more about the exciting world of legal. Whether you’re a lawyer, aspiring lawyer, involved in the legal industry or simply want to know more about the world of law this is the podcast for you. We will provide you with unique and accessible insights from a variety of incredible guests. I’m your host Rob Hanna, I’m an expert in legal careers and content c...

Send us a text In the final episode of our 'Life at the Magic Circle' miniseries, Allen & Overy Partner, Paul Sampson, tells Robert Hanna about his experiences as a partner. Currently a Funds & Asset Management Partner at Allen & Overy, Paul has spent time working at all levels of the law, and shares his experiences and advice in this exclusive miniseries. In this insightful finale, Paul discusses: The experience of becoming a partner in the pandemic His exciting future pl...

Send us a text In this week's bonus episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, we celebrate International Women's Day by sharing some of the highlights of our interviews with high-performing working mothers and female entrepreneurs in the sector. Our first feature is Mandeep Kaur Virdee, Managing Partner of Kaur Maxwell. She managed to set up her successful firm whilst 8 months pregnant! In our extract, she shares this inspiring story. Listen to Mandeep's original episode, 'Managing Par...