Personal Jurisdiction

#85: Let's Get Personal with Diana Tafur, Human Rights Advocate and Senior Technical Advisor at International Rescue Committee

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 [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course. 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

Let's Get Personal with Clare Diegel, Director of the Professional Standards Division at the Hennepin County Attorney's Office

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 [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course. 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

Let's Get Personal with Tamany Vinson Bentz, IP Attorney and Founder of California IP Law

Tamany Vinson Bentz is the founding partner of California IP Law [https://www.caiplawyer.com], 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 [https://pourtousskin.com] - 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 [https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/best-gifts-for-teen-girl/].  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 [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course. 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

Let's Get Personal with Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom & Law Clerk Karissa Kang

The Honorable Kevin Newsom [https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/judges/hon-kevin-c-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 [https://www.cov.com/] 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 [https://law.yale.edu/] 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 [https://yalelawandpolicy.org/]. She also spent her summers working at Susman Godfrey [https://www.susmangodfrey.com/] in Houston, Texas; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz [https://www.wlrk.com/] in New York City; and the New York State Attorney General’s Office [https://ag.ny.gov/] in their Antitrust Bureau.  Special shout out to John Kang [https://lawschool.unm.edu/faculty/kang/index.html], 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 [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course. 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

Let's Get Personal with Tom Peabody, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois

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 [https://substack.com/@personaljurisdiction]!  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review [https://www.themisbar.com/]!  Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course. 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