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[S1:E10] Peter Vincent (Part 2): On DACA, Values in Government, and Public Service

As Season 1 of TendingBar draws near to its close, it’s only fitting to bookend the season with the second part of our interview with Peter Vincent, whose interview...

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[S1:E9] Jere Simpson: On Success as a Platform for Giving Back

Once a struggling teenager who found himself “without home,” as he describes it, Jere Simpson is a luminary entrepreneur whose successful software company, Kitewire, is trusted by the FBI...

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[S1:E8] Alison Bost: Legal Ethics, Fighting Implicit Bias & Being a Lawyer to Lawyers

As the Deputy General Counsel of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Alison Bost advises hundreds of attorneys across the country regarding legal ethics, professional responsibility and risk management.  During...

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[S1:E7] Rob Falk: Lawyering in the Service of Equality and Public Health

With a wide-ranging career in both private practice and leadership roles within in-house legal departments, Rob Falk’s career has been about service from the start.  As a young law...

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[S1:E6] Ted Claypoole: COVID-19, Contact Tracing & Real-Life Privacy Risks For Vulnerable Communities

Ted Claypoole has been a leading expert regarding information security and privacy law since before most people ever heard the term “Internet.”  Formerly the chief data lawyer for Compuserve,...

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[S1:E5] Chris & Betsey Mercado: Fighting Veteran Suicides & Objective Zero

When Army Ranger Maj. Chris Mercado spoke with his former combat buddy in 2014, he discovered that his friend, a veteran with a distinguished service record, was suffering from...

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[S1:E4] Kevin Hall & the Case of South Carolina’s “No Promo Homo” Law

As a political heavy-hitter in South Carolina’s Republican Party, Kevin Hall is well-known as the go-to attorney for the state’s leading political figures.  Kevin’s client list reads like a...

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[S1:E3] Jennifer DeTrani on Cybersecurity, Workplace Diversity & Lawyering Like a Human Being

At just 16, Jennifer “Jen” DeTrani started her professional career as an intern at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).  Later becoming an attorney at the Department of Justice (DOJ),...

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[S1:E2] Mark Schamel & Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted

“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all...

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[S1:E1] Peter Vincent – ICE, El Chapo & Public Service (Part 1)

Join TendingBar for Part 1 of an eye-opening and energizing conversation with Peter Vincent, General Counsel to ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) during the Obama administration, one of America’s...

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