A trend-setter, a trend-challenger, and a trend-analyzer, Prof. Jen Leonard leads programs on innovation and the future of the profession at the University of Penn law school. Her work takes her to places like the renowned consulting firm McKinsey, where she has discussed topics such as: how great it could be to be a lawyer. […]

Ashley is a sharer, storyteller, and thinker. Founder and host of the no straight path podcast, Ashley’s podcast work focuses on highlighting the story behind success, believing that story is often shared too late, like at a eulogy or a memoir. It’s a podcast offering an evergreen snapshot of guests who are mid-journey. Ashley is […]

Nick Fogle is a story about higher education, student loans, switching careers, and paying off a quarter million dollars in debt. Hello, adulting. Today, you’ll find Nick as the founder and CEO of Churnkey: an integration with a SaaS company’s billing provider to save SaaS companies immediately. In short, Nick has a mousetrap helping reduce […]

For 16 years, Professor William Janssen was a litigation partner at a white shoe law firm, Saul Ewing, For the last 10, he has been a law professor at the Charleston School of Law. A cursory review of ratemyprofessors.com says Professor Janssen is caring, challenging, passionate, enthusiastic, and accessible. His subject matter expertise from an […]

Jim Buxton is the most well-known member of the Porter-Gaud chain gang. He’s certainly the most passionate. At least that’s our guess. To know Jim is to know unbridled passion whether it’s going all out for an office seasonal sweater party or berating a ref for a bad spot. Passion never sleeps. In life, Jim […]

The son of a public school teacher and the grandson of an entrepreneurial grandmother, Brian Collie is an old soul. A real estate lawyer in Charleston, South Carolina, commercial and residential, Brian’s life passions are his family, his friends, and Clemson football. As an attorney, Brian has done all the things: has his name on […]

Rob Harrington is Charlotte-famous. A lawyer at Robinson Bradshaw, you cannot be a lawyer in Charlotte and not know Rob. His colleague once remarked that as Jerry West is to the NBA logo so would Rob Harrington be to the human lawyer podcast. He’s not wrong.    Rob’s awards and recognitions are too numerous to […]

Today we meet Sabrina Winters, an estate planning attorney in Charlotte, NC, and the person who goes to work with one mission: how can she make her clients smile today? Smiling can be tricky in her work as she helps people plan for the days when they’re no longer on this earth. To Sabrina’s clients, […]

Meet Jennee DeVore, a mom of three, and the head of legal at Inflammatix, a biotech research company reimagining diagnostics by reading the immune system. A quick survey of social media suggests that either her favorite, or her family’s favorite, pastime is America’s pastime, and in particular the San Francisco Giants. It’s been a good […]

Ann Groninger leads the Charlotte lawyer way in bike and outdoor enthusiasm. Her practice marries a passion for advocating for individuals and for bicycling culture, especially interested in representing victims of bicycle crashes. Ann is a trial attorney by experience which is owed, in part to her formative years at Cumberland County Public Defender’s Office. […]