Best Joseph Gerstel Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 12 | Robert James II - On returning to his roots at Carver State Bank 40:53

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Robert James graduated from Harvard Law School with dreams of becoming governor of Georgia. Robert now runs Carver State Bank, a community bank serving underbanked communities in Georgia and one of only 19 (out of 4,500) black-owned banks in the country. Listen to the story of Rob's winding path from the law to his current position as the president…

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Ep. 11 | Jerry Ting - From Law School Startup to $100 Million Series C Raise 45:55

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Jerry Ting was a 2L when he started Evisort, a legal tech company that just raised a $100 million Series C round. Evisort is an AI-software company that helps companies manage their contracts. Jerry had the initial idea for Evisort while working in a clinic in law school and paired up with an MIT student who he was advising to start the company. Th…

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Ep. 10 | Kiwi Camara - From Small Firm to Publicly-Traded Legal Tech Company 57:39

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Kiwi Camara skipped high-school and graduated college at the ripe old-age of 16. He was 19 when he graduated Harvard Law School. This youngster formed a close friendship with his oldest classmate and shortly after graduating they formed their own commercial litigation law firm. It took them six months to land their first client, but they persisted.…

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Ep. 9 | Jared Craft - Associate to Clean Tech Entrepreneur 46:09

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Jared Craft summered at Bingham McCutchen during the financial crisis. At the beginning of the summer, Bingham told the summer class that only half of them would get offers. Yeah, that happens. Jared survived the summer purge and worked there for a bit but then soured on his law firm experience after his (gentler) firm was acquired by another firm …

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Ep. 8 | Jessica Maroney Shillito on Building a Career in Diversity and Recruiting in BigLaw 43:30

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Jessica Shillito has been in Big Law since she graduated from Harvard in 2006, but not as a lawyer. She is one of a number of lawyers who've made the hop from the legal side to a non-legal function in a law firm. After one year of practicing as a labor and employment attorney, Jessica jumped to a recruiting function and built a career as a recruiti…

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Ep. 7 | From Big Law to Big Ten: How Adam Neuman became Chief of Staff of the Big Ten Conference less than two years out of law school 1:00:27

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Adam Neuman is a sports fanatic. Adam is Chief of Staff and right-hand man to Kevin Warren, Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference. He’s less than four years out of law school, and get this, he nabbed this pretty cool position less than two years out of law school. How did Adam do it? Well it’s a bit of a crazy story... And you’ll just have to list…

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Ep. 6 | Samantha Coxe, CEO & Co-Founder of Flaus 57:44

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Samantha Coxe was spending multiple nights on the floor in her office at Skadden when she decided to make her entrepreneurial dreams a reality. After three and a half years as an M&A associate, Sam jumped ship to launch Flaus, a dental wellness company focused first on developing an eco-friendly electric flosser. In this episode we discuss: How Sam…

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Ep. 5 | Alex Knight: Corp. Associate to Chief Revenue Officer at Best Company 1:00:30

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Alex Knight always had a hunch that he would ultimately pursue something outside legal practice. So after graduating from Harvard Law School in 2018, and spending just under two years as a corporate associate at Fenwick & West out in California, Alex moved home to Utah to start working as Director of Strategic Initiatives at Best Company, where he …

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Ep. 4 | Jake Yormak: Junior Associate to Founding His Own VC firm 1:03:15

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Hear about how Jake Yormak went from being a junior associate at a premier New York law firm to founding his own venture capital firm, Story Ventures, with his brother If you have input, criticism, or guest suggestions (including yourself) for the podcast, shoot me an email at [email protected]. Check out my unbelievably amazing personal g…

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Ep. 3 | Sam CC: Law School Grad to Director at Snap 1:11:34

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If you have input, criticism, or guest suggestions (including yourself) for the podcast, shoot me an email at [email protected]. Check out my unbelievably amazing personal growth newsletter at ExcellentatLife.com. The critics are going mad over it so I'm sure you will as well. In the meantime, may you walk your own winding path well. Josep…

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Ep. 2 | Jim Brennan: Federal Clerk to BCG Partner 45:36

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If you have input, criticism, or guest suggestions (including yourself) for the podcast, shoot me an email at [email protected]. Check out my unbelievably amazing personal growth newsletter at ExcellentatLife.com. The critics are going mad over it so I'm sure you will as well. In the meantime, may you walk your own winding path well. Josep…

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Ep. 1 | Jason Sherman: Biglaw Associate to Beer Startup Founder 1:12:51

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If you have input, criticism, or guest suggestions (including yourself) for the podcast, shoot me an email at [email protected]. Check out my unbelievably amazing personal growth newsletter at ExcellentatLife.com. The critics are going mad over it so I'm sure you will as well. In the meantime, may you walk your own winding path well. Josep…