Love thy Lawyer

About Love thy Lawyer

Focusing on, but not limited to, Alameda County California attorneys, we meet and get to know practicing attorneys, people connected to the legal profession, and those affected by the justice system. How they got there, what they're doing, how they experience the practice of law and their connection to it.

Publisher

Louis J Goodman

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 May 2020

Latest episode

15 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 244 episodes have a transcript.

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   15 Apr 2026

   Seth Morris - Defending the Accused

   Send us Fan Mail Seth Morris is a criminal defense lawyer based in Berkeley, California, where he runs his own firm and represents clients in state and federal criminal cases, from misdemeanors to serious felonies. He works across the Bay Area and focuses on defending people accused of a wide range of crimes. Before starting his own firm, he spent years as a deputy public defender in Alameda County, then moved into private practice and later launched his own office in 2021. In the episode, he...

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   1 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sonya Mehta - Challenging the Powerful

   Send us Fan Mail Sonya Mehta is a trial attorney and partner at a workers’ rights law firm, where she represents employees and labor unions in cases involving discrimination, retaliation, and workplace issues. She focuses on holding powerful employers accountable and advocating for fair treatment of workers. She has been practicing law for over a decade and has built her career in the same firm, eventually becoming a partner. Before becoming a lawyer, she spent years as a community organizer,...

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   18 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Louis Goodman - I Got A Job!

   Send a text In this special episode of Love Thy Lawyer, Louis shares a personal story instead of interviewing a guest. After nearly forty years as a private criminal defense attorney, Louis explains how he is returning to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney, the same office where he began his career decades ago. He reflects on his early days as a young prosecutor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the legal community in Alameda County was smaller a...

Inside a recent episode

Sonya Mehta - Challenging the Powerful

Published 1 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It was an amazing experience to work with Dan. You have had lots of experience. There's a lot of things that you could do, but you've chosen to practice law and you've chosen to stay practicing law. What is it about the practice of law that you like and that keeps you as an attorney? I really like that. actual practice of law. Issue spotting, even discovery, proving the case. I love proving the case. I love calling witnesses and getting your smoking gun or your hot tip, that whole detective part of things. And I love trial. I feel I am in such a flow state in so many parts of the practice of law where I'm just completely focused. […]

Who has been a guest on Love thy Lawyer

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• RJon Robins
• Mark Shaiken
• Nick Pavilidis
• Hon Al Dover
• Ursula Jones Dickson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

31 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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