#91: Let's Get Personal With Sherri Burr, Dickason Chair and Regents Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico School of Law

#94: Let's Get Personal with E.K. McWilliams, Strategic Response Counsel Lead at Block

E.K. McWilliams leads Strategic Response for Block (formerly Square), a financial technology company that provides payment, banking, and consumer financial services. In that role, E.K. provides counsel in connection with complex investigations, external inquiries, and proactive regulatory compliance initiatives.  Before joining Block, E.K. was Chief Regulatory Counsel at Green Thumb Industries, and an associate and then partner at Jenner & Block in Chicago. Prior to law school, E.K. was also a field organizer, a community organizer and research analyst, and Chief of Staff for the Wisconsin State Legislature.  E.K. has a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Masters in Comparative Social Policy from Oxford, and a JD from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com [https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/eba833d5-cb5a-48f8-899a-03e1b214df31/shows/b5a9d6cb-b2c4-418b-ba08-9d72d2e21ef5/episodes/1f064844-fef1-49d6-aa52-55be3899a00a/] Find us on LinkedIn on our new page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/personal-jurisdiction/] and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod [https://www.twitter.com/PersonalJxPod] We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast [https://www.simplecast.com/].  We use Riverside.FM [https://riverside.fm/] to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com [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 [https://www.elliemejia.com].  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com [file:///Applications/Microsoft%20Outlook.app/Contents/Frameworks/EmailRendererKit.framework/Resources/incompetech.com]) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://onclickscan.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/scan/link/fff7f4/670a1d/6bcf5f/e83eed/5f4a12/12c361/a496ca/c7ea1c/e8666a/ef542d/85972d/627493/9a11d6/1f4096/1d247f/d78c2c/c361d5/87cfff/eaac00/2112cc/918ba2/a61c50/a40b1b/39d0b4/a78142/15de73/36d5a4/ccb1a6/9511cf/dd2601/de1b6d/9f653e/2f5247/a63608/657c18/69592e/336b4d/af8350/80edbf/0cfcb2/6e77c3/c17853/e1d64f/b887e8/3b51ca/c02f78/c00826/282c95/5e1008/f05af2/c17d7c/ebc46e/3a4295/8c14d8/14abff/e7d6c0/06038b/06ad71/89f15d/973a6c/af201f/0e782e/fcc804/00813d/1e5414/0fcd8b/84ec72/2707b5/b5bfea/2ca842/1bd167/a7db41/7374ee/db5c93/dd997c/074703/f4a112/16eb34/acb8f6/b0cb4c/8422f1/2b50f4/b6498a/daeecd/4e7cd8/5de1f0/2ef069/f0cd91/4e2312/43395d/5f4889] Show Less

#93: Let's Get Personal with Jennifer Belmont Jennings, Estate Planning Attorney at MGD Law, LLC

Jennifer Belmont Jennings is an estate planning attorney at MGD Law in St. Louis, Missouri.  Prior to her current role, Jennifer was a wealth advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors and Hightower Wealth Advisors, both in St. Louis. Jennifer is a Certified Financial Planner. She is also one of the co-authors of Women in Law: Discovering the True Meaning of Success. Jennifer is a committed community volunteer, and serves on the Board of Directors of YouthBridge Community Foundation and Fathers and Families Support Center St. Louis, and Rooted Sisters. She was recognized as a St. Louis Business Journal 40 Under 40 in 2020, and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of St. Louis. Jennifer is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Jennifer also earned her B.A. and M.A. from Washington University of St. Louis and completed the General Course Program at The London School of Economics and Political Science. Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com [https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/eba833d5-cb5a-48f8-899a-03e1b214df31/shows/b5a9d6cb-b2c4-418b-ba08-9d72d2e21ef5/episodes/1f064844-fef1-49d6-aa52-55be3899a00a/] Find us on LinkedIn on our new page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/personal-jurisdiction/] and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod [https://www.twitter.com/PersonalJxPod] We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast [https://www.simplecast.com/].  We use Riverside.FM [https://riverside.fm/] to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com [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 [https://www.elliemejia.com].  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com [file:///Applications/Microsoft%20Outlook.app/Contents/Frameworks/EmailRendererKit.framework/Resources/incompetech.com]) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://onclickscan.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/scan/link/fff7f4/670a1d/6bcf5f/e83eed/5f4a12/12c361/a496ca/c7ea1c/e8666a/ef542d/85972d/627493/9a11d6/1f4096/1d247f/d78c2c/c361d5/87cfff/eaac00/2112cc/918ba2/a61c50/a40b1b/39d0b4/a78142/15de73/36d5a4/ccb1a6/9511cf/dd2601/de1b6d/9f653e/2f5247/a63608/657c18/69592e/336b4d/af8350/80edbf/0cfcb2/6e77c3/c17853/e1d64f/b887e8/3b51ca/c02f78/c00826/282c95/5e1008/f05af2/c17d7c/ebc46e/3a4295/8c14d8/14abff/e7d6c0/06038b/06ad71/89f15d/973a6c/af201f/0e782e/fcc804/00813d/1e5414/0fcd8b/84ec72/2707b5/b5bfea/2ca842/1bd167/a7db41/7374ee/db5c93/dd997c/074703/f4a112/16eb34/acb8f6/b0cb4c/8422f1/2b50f4/b6498a/daeecd/4e7cd8/5de1f0/2ef069/f0cd91/4e2312/43395d/5f4889] Show Less

#92: Let's Get Personal with Elissa Knoff, Patent Counseling and Prosecution Partner at Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC

Elissa Knoff is a partner at Bookoff McAndrews, a boutique patent counseling and prosecution firm in Washington, D.C. In her role at the firm, Elissa counsels companies on developing and leveraging their patent portfolios. She represents clients ranging from startups filing their first patent application to Fortune 500 companies. Through secondments, Elissa has worked in-house at a major medical device company. Prior to entering practice, Elissa served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. After her clerkship, she worked as a patent litigator in BigLaw. Elissa earned her JD magna cum laude and order of the coif from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, her M.S.Ed from Northwestern University, and her B.A. in Physics from Northwestern University.  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com [https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/eba833d5-cb5a-48f8-899a-03e1b214df31/shows/b5a9d6cb-b2c4-418b-ba08-9d72d2e21ef5/episodes/1f064844-fef1-49d6-aa52-55be3899a00a/] Find us on LinkedIn on our new page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/personal-jurisdiction/] and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod [https://www.twitter.com/PersonalJxPod] We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast [https://www.simplecast.com/].  We use Riverside.FM [https://riverside.fm/] to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com [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 [https://www.elliemejia.com].  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com [file:///Applications/Microsoft%20Outlook.app/Contents/Frameworks/EmailRendererKit.framework/Resources/incompetech.com]) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://onclickscan.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/scan/link/fff7f4/670a1d/6bcf5f/e83eed/5f4a12/12c361/a496ca/c7ea1c/e8666a/ef542d/85972d/627493/9a11d6/1f4096/1d247f/d78c2c/c361d5/87cfff/eaac00/2112cc/918ba2/a61c50/a40b1b/39d0b4/a78142/15de73/36d5a4/ccb1a6/9511cf/dd2601/de1b6d/9f653e/2f5247/a63608/657c18/69592e/336b4d/af8350/80edbf/0cfcb2/6e77c3/c17853/e1d64f/b887e8/3b51ca/c02f78/c00826/282c95/5e1008/f05af2/c17d7c/ebc46e/3a4295/8c14d8/14abff/e7d6c0/06038b/06ad71/89f15d/973a6c/af201f/0e782e/fcc804/00813d/1e5414/0fcd8b/84ec72/2707b5/b5bfea/2ca842/1bd167/a7db41/7374ee/db5c93/dd997c/074703/f4a112/16eb34/acb8f6/b0cb4c/8422f1/2b50f4/b6498a/daeecd/4e7cd8/5de1f0/2ef069/f0cd91/4e2312/43395d/5f4889] Show Less

#91: Let's Get Personal With Sherri Burr, Dickason Chair and Regents Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico School of Law

Sherri Burr is the Dickason Chair and Regents Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico School of Law [https://lawschool.unm.edu/faculty/burr/index.html]. Sherri joined the UNM faculty in 1988, after receiving her bachelors from Mount Holyoke College, a master’s in International Relations from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, and her JD from Yale Law School. Sherri was the first African American woman to receive tenure and promotion to full professor in New Mexico.  Sherri has taught intellectual property, art law, entertainment law, wills and trusts, and international law, among other courses. She has also authored and co-authored over thirty books, which have won numerous awards. Her 27th book, Complicated Lives: Free Blacks in Virgina, 1619-1865 was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History.  Sherri has also frequently written items for the general public, and even produced and hosted her own television show—ARTS TALK, which won numerous New Mexico and National Federation of Press Women Awards. She has served on countless boards and associations, including serving as president of the New Mexico Black Lawyers Association, and her current service on the boards of the Albuquerque Museum and the Authors Guild Foundation.  Most recently, Sherri published her first memoir titled: Living with Nephew: How I got Voted the Meanest Parent in the World. You can buy the book here [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Nephew-Voted-Meanest-Parent-ebook/dp/B0GJR8GJ4C]or at any major bookseller Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com [https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/eba833d5-cb5a-48f8-899a-03e1b214df31/shows/b5a9d6cb-b2c4-418b-ba08-9d72d2e21ef5/episodes/1f064844-fef1-49d6-aa52-55be3899a00a/] Find us on LinkedIn on our new page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/personal-jurisdiction/] and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod [https://www.twitter.com/PersonalJxPod] We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast [https://www.simplecast.com/].  We use Riverside.FM [https://riverside.fm/] to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com [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 [https://www.elliemejia.com].  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com [file:///Applications/Microsoft%20Outlook.app/Contents/Frameworks/EmailRendererKit.framework/Resources/incompetech.com]) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://onclickscan.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/scan/link/fff7f4/670a1d/6bcf5f/e83eed/5f4a12/12c361/a496ca/c7ea1c/e8666a/ef542d/85972d/627493/9a11d6/1f4096/1d247f/d78c2c/c361d5/87cfff/eaac00/2112cc/918ba2/a61c50/a40b1b/39d0b4/a78142/15de73/36d5a4/ccb1a6/9511cf/dd2601/de1b6d/9f653e/2f5247/a63608/657c18/69592e/336b4d/af8350/80edbf/0cfcb2/6e77c3/c17853/e1d64f/b887e8/3b51ca/c02f78/c00826/282c95/5e1008/f05af2/c17d7c/ebc46e/3a4295/8c14d8/14abff/e7d6c0/06038b/06ad71/89f15d/973a6c/af201f/0e782e/fcc804/00813d/1e5414/0fcd8b/84ec72/2707b5/b5bfea/2ca842/1bd167/a7db41/7374ee/db5c93/dd997c/074703/f4a112/16eb34/acb8f6/b0cb4c/8422f1/2b50f4/b6498a/daeecd/4e7cd8/5de1f0/2ef069/f0cd91/4e2312/43395d/5f4889] Show Less

#90: Let's Get Personal about the NextGen Bar Exam with Sophie Dye Gayle of Themis Bar Review

Sophie Dye Gayle is the Director of Legal Education and Innovation at Themis Bar Review [https://www.linkedin.com/company/themis-bar-review/]. She has been with Themis for over 15 years. Sophie earned her JD from Loyola University Chicago School of Law [https://www.linkedin.com/school/loyola-university-chicago-school-of-law/] and her BA from Loyola University New Orleans [https://www.linkedin.com/school/loyola-university/].  Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com [https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/eba833d5-cb5a-48f8-899a-03e1b214df31/shows/b5a9d6cb-b2c4-418b-ba08-9d72d2e21ef5/episodes/1f064844-fef1-49d6-aa52-55be3899a00a/] Find us on LinkedIn on our new page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/personal-jurisdiction/] and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPod [https://www.twitter.com/PersonalJxPod] We couldn't do this alone! So... Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast [https://www.simplecast.com/].  We use Riverside.FM [https://riverside.fm/] to record our episodes.  Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.com [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 [https://www.elliemejia.com].  Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com [file:///Applications/Microsoft%20Outlook.app/Contents/Frameworks/EmailRendererKit.framework/Resources/incompetech.com]) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://onclickscan.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/scan/link/fff7f4/670a1d/6bcf5f/e83eed/5f4a12/12c361/a496ca/c7ea1c/e8666a/ef542d/85972d/627493/9a11d6/1f4096/1d247f/d78c2c/c361d5/87cfff/eaac00/2112cc/918ba2/a61c50/a40b1b/39d0b4/a78142/15de73/36d5a4/ccb1a6/9511cf/dd2601/de1b6d/9f653e/2f5247/a63608/657c18/69592e/336b4d/af8350/80edbf/0cfcb2/6e77c3/c17853/e1d64f/b887e8/3b51ca/c02f78/c00826/282c95/5e1008/f05af2/c17d7c/ebc46e/3a4295/8c14d8/14abff/e7d6c0/06038b/06ad71/89f15d/973a6c/af201f/0e782e/fcc804/00813d/1e5414/0fcd8b/84ec72/2707b5/b5bfea/2ca842/1bd167/a7db41/7374ee/db5c93/dd997c/074703/f4a112/16eb34/acb8f6/b0cb4c/8422f1/2b50f4/b6498a/daeecd/4e7cd8/5de1f0/2ef069/f0cd91/4e2312/43395d/5f4889] Show Less