The Former Lawyer Podcast
Episodes
There Are Some Things You Can't Think Your Way Through
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 040 of the podcast, I'm sharing two reasons that I'll be doing things a little differently on the podcast for a bit, and why it&a...
How Sarah Rutledge Fischer left Biglaw to be a Working Artist: Part Two
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 039 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing the second half of my conversation with Sarah Rutledge Fischer. (You can listen to part 1 h...
Leaving A Biglaw Firm For The Art World with Sarah Rutledge: Part One
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 038, I’m sharing the first half of my conversation with Sarah Rutledge Fischer. (Look out for part 2 next week! We covered so many import...
Dr. Jan Newman: From Biglaw Associate to Clinical Psychologist
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 037 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Dr. Jan Newman. Jan is a licensed clinical psychologist and executive ...
What Unhappy Lawyers Need To Know Right Now
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're doing things a little differently on today's episode. It's my first solo episode since all the way back in episode 001, when I sh...
Leaving the Biglaw for Nonprofit Consulting with Tai Dixon
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 035 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Tai Dixon. Tai left legal practice for the the world of non-profit lea...
Spouses Leave the Law to Build a Marketing Agency for Lawyers with Tyler & April Roberts
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 034 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Tyler and April Roberts. Tyler, a former lawyer, and his wife April, w...
From Lawyer to Online Stationery Shop Owner with Gaby Abrams
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 033 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Gaby Abrams. Gaby left legal practice five years ago and opened an onl...
Beating the Sunday Scaries and Finding Joy In Life and Business After Law
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 032 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Shunta Grant. Shunta left legal practice in 2015 to run her then side-...
From Tax Attorney to Financial Coach with Adam Kol
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 031 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Adam Kol. Adam practiced tax law before leaving to become a couples fi...
Amy DuVall: From Politics to Pastry, part 2
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 030 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing the second half of my conversation with Amy DuVall. (I shared the first half of our convers...
From Environmental Lobbyist to Starting a Pastry Business with Amy DuVall
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 029 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing the first half of my conversation with Amy DuVall. (We talked about so many important thing...
How Matt Wheat Left Legal Aid to Become a Firefighter
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 028 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Matt Wheat, a single dad who left the law to become a firefighter. Matt spent most of hi...
Finding an Influential Career in Coaching After Being Let Down by Biglaw
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 027 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Erin Conlon. Erin graduated from law school and landed her dream job with a plaintiff-si...
Battling Depression To Become Legally Bold with Toya Gavin
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 026 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Toya Gavin. Toya practiced law for over 10 years, eventually opening her own practice, b...
Giving Up The Legal Profession For Event Planning with Risa Weaver-Enion
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 025 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Risa Weaver-Enion. Risa graduated from Duke Law School and worked a handful of jobs in t...
From Business Litigation to Professional Development for Lawyers with Katie Aldrich
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 024 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Katie Aldrich. Katie practiced business litigation at a big law firm in Boston for more ...
Building a Career and Business Coaching Firm After Leaving The Law with Ami Watkin
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 023 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Ami Watkin. Ami is a self-described “recovering corporate attorney,” and the co-foun...
From Federal Public Defender to Post Legal Career In Photography and Travel Journalism with Sivani Babu
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah talks with Sivani Babu. Sivani worked as a federal public defender before switching careers. She is now an award-winning nature photographer and...
From “Hating Every Second” of Working in Law to Legal Educator for Entrepreneurs with Sam Vander Wielen
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam left legal practice and has spent the last three years helping women entrepreneurs legally protect and grow their online businesses with her DIY L...
From Working In Biglaw To Teaching Yoga And Meditation With Catherine Zack
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 020 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Catherine Zack. Six years ago, Catherine walked away from biglaw to teach yoga and medit...
The Generational Mindset Gap Around Career Changes with Morgan Hall
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 019 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Morgan Hall. Morgan left legal practice after 4 1/2 years and is now a sales executive a...
Leaving Biglaw Without a Plan for The Unbillable Life with Marissa Geannette
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 018 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Marissa Geannette. Marissa walked away from a successful biglaw career after nearly eigh...
How a Millennial Lawyer Followed Her Curiosity Out of Law With Nicole Abboud
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 017 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Nicole Abboud. Nicole first practiced family law, then fashion law, and along the way st...
How This Former Lawyer Made a Business out of Quitting with Goli Kalkhoran
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 016 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Goli Kalkhoran, who quit law and started a portable photo booth company, Usie Booth. Gol...
Transitioning From A Legal Career to Health Coaching For Perfectionists With Simi Botic
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 015 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Simi Botic, who worked as a corporate healthcare associate at a law firm for almost four...
Jennifer Alvey: From Lawyer to Legal Publishing to Career Coach for Lawyers
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 014 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Jennifer Alvey. Jennifer left the law for a career in legal publishing, and now works as...
From Lawyer to Six-Figure Entrepreneur with Tasha Cochran
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, you’ll read about Sarah’s conversation with Tasha Cochran of One Big Happy Life. Tasha went from working as a lawyer to being a six-figure ...
From Renewable Energy Lawyer to Environmental Advocate with Tiffany Duong
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 012 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Tiffany Duong. Tiffany practiced renewable energy project finance law for five years aft...
Leaving the Law to Build a Caligraphy Company with Shinah Chang
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 011 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Shinah Chang. Shinah practiced corporate law for six years before leaving to start her o...
Leaving Your Legal Career After a Few Years With Francesca Chang
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 010 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Francesca Chang. While in law school, Francesca realized that she didn’t want to pract...
How Jen Berson Created a Different Definition of Success After the Legal Life
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 009 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Jen Berson. Jen is a former lawyer who owns and run her own PR Agency, Jeneration PR, an...
Why Alex Davis Left Practicing Law To Do Content Marketing For Lawyers (And How An Enneagram Test Helped)
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 008 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah has a conversation with Alex Davis. Alex is a former lawyer who is now a writer, content expert, an...
Stacy Mikulik
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Sarah talks with Stacy Mikulik. Stacy is a former lawyer who is now a jewelry designer and the owner of grace + hudson jewelry. I...
Leaving The Law For Coaching as an Ontological Coach with Matt Maxwell
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Sarah talks with Matt Maxwell. Matt is a former lawyer who is now a Leadership Coach and Facilitator. In this conversation, Sarah...
From Biglaw to Director of The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice with Heidi Mueller
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Sarah talks with Heidi Mueller. Heidi is a former lawyer who is now the Director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. ...
Flying Out The Gates Of A Legal Job For Horse Race Writing With Nicolle Neulist
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Sarah talks with Nicolle Neulist, a former lawyer who went from lawyer, to information security consultant and analyst, to writing ...
Putting Priorities First To Discover A Career Outside Of The Legal World with Alexis Michaud
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Sarah interviews Alexis Michaud. In her former life, Alexis was Deputy General Counsel for a newly public technology company. In ...
Quitting the Law to Practice Medicine with Maria Phillis
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, Sarah interviews Maria Phillis, former lawyer turned doctor (ob/gyn, to be specific). In this interview, Maria shares: Why getti...
How Former Lawyer Sarah Cottrell Got In And Out Of The Law
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah Cottrell, the host of The Former Lawyer Podcast, shares about her experience working as a lawyer and why she decided to leave t...
Introduction to The Former Lawyer Podcast
03 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's mini episode, Sarah introduces The Former Lawyer Podcast. Click here to grab the free guide, "First Steps to Leaving the L...