🎙#089 & #090: Neal Katyal (Former Solicitor General) & Mary Chartier (Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer)
👋🏻 Welcome back to the How I Lawyer Podcast! I am excited to share not one but two new (shorter) episodes of the podcast both recorded in-person at ClioCon in Nashville.
In Episode #090, I spoke briefly with Former Solicitor General, Hogan Lovells Partner, and Georgetown Law Professor (and my criminal law professor years ago) Neal Katyal. In our brief chat, we discussed the importance of speaking to your audience as a lawyer and his take on what law schools can do better to train the next generation of lawyers (hint: it is about legal writing!).
Listen Now to Neal Katyal: 🍎 iTunes | 🎧 Spotify | 🌐 Website.
In Episode #089, I spoke with Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Mary Chartier from Chartier & Nyamfukudza, P.L.C. Mary has successfully defended clients in numerous federal and state trial courts and on appeal at the Michigan Supreme Court. Mary’s practice is not limited to one single area of criminal law but instead she has developed a reputation as an expert defense attorney no matter how novel the case is. She even takes on “doggy death row” cases pro bono representing dogs who have been ordered to be euthanized. She and her firm recently won Clio’s Reisman award for its wrongful conviction work.
In our conversation we discuss her path to criminal defense law despite thinking she wanted to open a restaurant, the ways in which being a criminal defense lawyer is different from but even more exciting than you might see on TV, the ways in which female lawyers are changing and improving our profession, how she thinks about arguing hard and novel cases, the importance of pro bono to her practice, and the kinds of skills you can build as a law student to become a great criminal defense lawyer.
I'll have a few more shorter, live recorded interviews over the next few weeks and have a bunch of exciting new interviews coming up for 2023 as well!
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Jonah
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