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Patrick Maillet is currently Government Relations Counsel at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Washington, DC. LSC is the largest national funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans, ensuring equal access to justice for those who need it most. Since it was established by Congress in 1974, LSC has operated as an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, providing essential grants to support high-quality civil legal assistance for individuals facing economic hardships.  Prior to this role, Patrick was earning his JD from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in the evenings while also working full time during the day for U.S. House Representative Betty McCollum. Patrick started his work in the house as a legislative correspondent. He later become a legislative assistant, and after graduating from law school in 2021, he took on the role of legislative counsel for Representative McCollum. In addition to his current role as counsel for the Legal Services Corporation, Patrick also joined the United States Army Reserve as a Judge Advocate General in 2024 and continues to practice this work, as well.  You can support LSC by donating here, or volunteering your time! You can also donate to Equal Access to Justice to support New Mexico Legal Aid and DNA People's Legal Services. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

The views expressed in this interview are those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Air Force, or the U.S. Government. PA#: USAFA-DF-2025-765 Christopher Bailey is an Assistant Professor of Law and Senior Military Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy, as well as a United States Air Force Judge Advocate. He is a 2007 graduate of Southwestern University , a 2010 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, and in 2017, he earned an LLM in Space, Telecommunications & Cyber Law from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Diana Tafur is a Senior Technical Advisor at the International Rescue Committee. She is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Prior to this role, Diana was a Supervising Attorney at the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) in San Antonio, Texas. Diana also served as a Supervising Attorney at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago and a Legal Advocate at Kids in Need of Defense in Washington, D.C. Diana is a 2011 graduate of the American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC and a 2008 graduate of Florida State University. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Clare Diegel is the Director of the Professional Standards Division at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minnesota. Prior to this role, Clare was a staff attorney at the ACLU of Minnesota, and a public defender in both Minnesota and Seattle. Clare also clerked at both the federal district and circuit court levels, first in the Central District of Illinois and later on the Ninth Circuit. Between her two clerkships, Clare worked at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.  Clare is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she earned both her JD and an LLM in International Human Rights.  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Tamany Vinson Bentz is the founding partner of California IP Law, a boutique law firm in Manhattan Beach, California dedicated to helping small and growing businesses establish and protect their intellectual property. Tamany helps clients navigate the landscape of technology and media, focusing her efforts on intellectual property matters, including copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks, as well as false advertising issues. Tamany also founded Pour Tous Skincare - a skincare line designed to be simple, inclusive, and effective - especially for teens and young adults navigating the ever-changing needs of their skin. Pour Tous Skincare was recently named one of the best gifts for teen girls by Forbes.  Before starting California IP Law, Tamany was an associate and partner at Venable and a partner at DLA Piper both in Los Angeles. Tamany clerked for the Honorable Sue L. Robinson on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. She is a graduate of Arizona State, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.    Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

The Honorable Kevin Newsom is a graduate of Samford University and Harvard Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge O’Scannlain on the Ninth Circuit, and went on to clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Between and after his clerkships, Judge Newsom worked at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. In 2003, he was appointed the State of Alabama’s Solicitor General. And in 2007 he returned to private practice, this time in Birmingham Alabama, until 2017, when he was appointed to the Eleventh Circuit.  Among other things, Judge Newsom is known for his exceptional legal writing, concurring with his own opinions, and promoting a fun and welcoming yet rigorous chambers environment.  Karissa Kang is a 2024 Yale Law School graduate, and is now clerking for Judge Newsom on the Eleventh Circuit. During law school, Karissa was the Editor-In-Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review. She also spent her summers working at Susman Godfrey in Houston, Texas; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City; and the New York State Attorney General’s Office in their Antitrust Bureau.  Special shout out to John Kang, Karissa’s father, and Allison's colleague at the University of New Mexico School of Law, who is always a fantastic supporter of Personal Jurisdiction, and who connected us to Karissa and thereby Judge Newsom. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Tom Peabody is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to becoming an AUSA, Tom worked at Katten in Chicago, and clerked for the Honorable Amy St. Eve first at the district court level in the Northern District of Illinois and later on the Seventh Circuit.  Tom is a graduate of Washington University School of Law, in St. Louis, and DePaul University in Chicago.  *All views expressed in this episode are those of Tom Peabody, not of the U.S. Attorney's Office or the Department of Justice. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Christina Otero Geeza is a partner at Otero Geeza Law in Miami, Florida. She has a broad corporate practice with a concentration on various types of lending transactions and real estate matters, as well as trust and estate matters. Prior to moving back home to Miami, Christina worked at Katten Muchin Rosenman in Chicago in the commercial finance department, where her practice focused on representing senior secured lenders, second lien lenders, mezzanine lenders, and borrowers in asset-based lending.  Prior to her legal career, Christina worked as an analyst in Institutional Equity Sales at Goldman Sachs, and as an associate in Private Wealth Management at J.P. Morgan Chase.  Christina is a graduate of Princeton University, where was a member of the women’s crew team for four years, and a graduate of the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Accelerated JD Program.  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Zac Byer is the Director of Litigation and Intellectual Property at Activision Blizzard. Prior to going in-house, Zac worked at Kirkland & Ellis in both Washington, D.C. and California, where he started as an associate and later made partner. He has also worked at King & Spalding in their Los Angeles Office, and he clerked on the Sixth Circuit for the Honorable Deborah L. Cook.   Zac is a 2010 graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, and a 2014 graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Is the July 2025 bar exam already stressing you out? Are you thinking about adding another jurisdiction to your practice? If you're taking the bar exam, this episode is for you! We chat with Rebecca Petrilli, the bar exam expert from Themis Bar Review, about the top 5 tips for bar exam study, common roadblocks in studying, how to personalize your bar exam studying to work best for you, strategies for the final week before the exam, and exam day advice. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Chris Louis-Jacques is a 3L at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. He will graduate from UGA Law in May 2025. Chris serves on the editorial board of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, was a Teaching Assistant for Professor Anna Howard’s Legal Writing Class, and spoke at the 2024 HBCU Pre-Law Summit last September.  Chris is a 2021 graduate of Kennesaw State University. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

This episode was created in partnership with the University of New Mexico School of Law’s Association of Public Interest Law (or APIL) and New Mexico’s very own Equal Access to Justice. APIL provides funding and education related to public interest law to UNM’s law students. And EAJ supports some of the most important public interest organizations in the state, including New Mexico Legal Aid, the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, and DNA People’s Legal Services.  Importantly for this episode, APIL and EAJ have teamed up to provide scholarships for students to undertake important public interest work during the summers while they’re in law school. Alicia was one of last year’s recipients of an APIL Fellowship funded by EAJ. During her fellowship, Alicia worked at the Southwest Women’s Law Center, an organization the provides free legal services to Native women experiencing domestic violence and/or intimate partner violence.  Alicia was also recently selected to be part of the Community Governance Attorney Program, which was established by the New Mexico legislature in 2019 to provide legal services for land grant, acequia, and colonias communities. She will serve these communities while working at New Mexico Legal Aid following graduation.  If you would like to donate or get involved with EAJ, please do so here. EAJ is working to unlock a $15,000 matching challenge, so please make your donations by March 31! Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the July 2025 Themis Bar Review Course (code valid through March 31, 2025).  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Yvette Diaz is an attorney at Freese & Goss, PLLC in Dallas, Texas, where she focused her practice on personal injury and mass tort law. As a plaintiff’s attorney, Yvette represents individuals injured in car accidents, 18-wheeler collisions, motorcycle collisions, pedestrian collisions, slip and falls, general negligence, work injuries, and dog bite cases. Yvette is a trial attorney. She tries cases in both state and federal courts and has secured significant verdicts for injured plaintiffs against some of the largest corporations. Yvette has been named a National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer and a Super Lawyers Texas Rising Star.  Yvette is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Connect with Yvette on LinkedIn. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Episode #74 compiles the "success" responses from the following wonderful Season 3 Guests: E34: David Lat, Lawyer Turned Writer and Commentator on the Legal ProfessionE35: Abimbola Oladokun, Lead Counsel, General Litigation at MetaE36: Nathan Brenner, Attorney, Mergers IV at the Federal Trade CommissionE37: Wookie Kim, Legal Director at the ACLU of Hawaii E38: Sharonmoyee Goswami, Partner at CravathE39: Mark Feldman, Senior Litigation Attorney at the National Immigrant Justice CenterE40: Jonah Perlin, Georgetown Law Professor and How I Lawyer Podcast HostE41: Noah Nix, 3L at UGA Law and a Legal Intern at the Office of the Federal Public DefenderE42: Jeena Cho, Mindfulness Consultant and Coach and Co-author of The Anxious LawyerE44: Rachel Easter, Senior Counsel at National Women’s Law CenterE45: Adria Kimbrough, Laura Rose & AJ Bellido de Luna, Mock Trial Coaches from the Class Action Podcast Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less

Jeremy Wilson is VP of Legal at Fabletics and TechStyleOS in Los Angeles, California, where he has worked for over three years. Jeremy began his legal career at Vedder Price in Chicago doing mergers and acquisitions work before moving to Winston & Strawn LLP, where he was an associate in the Venture Capital and Private Equity group.  He then moved in-house and became the Director of Legal at JLL, a professional services firm specializing in real estate, services and investment management. A move to California took him to Activision Blizzard where he was a corporate and securities senior attorney for almost two years before he joined Fabletics in his current role.  Jeremy is a graduate of Stanford University as well as the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the July 2025 Themis Bar Review Course (code valid through December 31, 2024).  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com Find us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast.  We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Show Less