Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & Law
After over three decades in the legal-trenches, Mike Bassett has learned to appreciate two things: good conversation & good coffee.
Legal Grounds is an ongoing series of interviews with the people who are shaping our world - legal or otherwise. Witty, irreverent, & always thoughtful, these brief discussions fall somewhere between “Night Court” & Hopper’s “Nighthawks At The Diner”.
With that in mind, we promise your coffee will still be warm when the podcast is done.
(Legal Grounds was written, recorded, and produced by Dust Devil Press)
Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & Law
Legal Grounds | Breeana Somers On Law School as a Non-Traditional Student, the Shifting Landscape of Big Law, & Making Space for Yourself to Make Space for Others
Growing up, I knew I wanted to be an attorney since I was a sophomore in high school; my guest this week had me beat by 8 years.
All of my peers thought I was crazy to have a kid right as I was about to finish law school; my guest this week earned her JD at night while working a full-time job.
I could do more of these comparisons, but the point is that hurdles take on a lot of different forms, sometimes obvious but sometimes not.
As lawyers we want the necessary facts, and while that’s great for understanding a case, people are often a lot more nuanced. My conversation this week was one of the best reminders I’ve had in a while to slow down and get to know someone else's story.
So with that in mind, my guest this week is Breeana Somers, a litigation associate with Ballad Spahr whose practice focuses on consumer financial services matters.
Earning a place in 2024’s “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America, her journey has been anything but traditional, but nothing short of extraordinary.
Enjoy the show.