Episode 5 of Cited Authorities. A Saturday-afternoon conversation with Ebony M. Thompson, Baltimore City Solicitor. She is Baltimore's chief legal officer, and the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the role in the city's nearly 300-year history. We talked about a career that runs from a Baltimore public-school internship to City Hall: economics at Brown, the Marine Corps Reserve, wealth management at UBS in Midtown Manhattan on the morning of September 11, a successful real estate career, law school in her thirties, eight years at Venable, the call from Jim Shea, and the work she now leads as City Solicitor. We also talked about recording more than 228,000 city properties on a blockchain, an eight-year fight with her insurer over IVF coverage, and the friend whose advice at a Harvard graduation prompted her to follow her calling and go to law school.

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Ellis Duncan is the Director of the Graduate Tax Program at Georgetown University Law Center. He built his tax career through Ernst & Young's M&A group in New York City and hedge fund work at Ropes & Gray. In 2011, Ellis had a networking meeting with Albert Lauber, then the director of Georgetown Law's Graduate Tax Program, to ask about transitioning into government. Ellis walked out with a job offer as Assistant Director of the Graduate Tax Program. After Judge Lauber was appointed to the United States Tax Court in 2013, Ellis became Director of the Graduate Tax Program.

In this episode, Ellis discusses his path to leading the Graduate Tax Program and why helping his students build their careers is the most rewarding work he's ever done.

Show Notes: https://citedauthorities.com/episodes/ellis-duncan
Georgetown Law Office of Graduate Careers: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/your-life-career/career-exploration-professional-development/for-graduate-students/

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Robert C. Bonsib is the co-founder of MarcusBonsib and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has tried more than 300 jury trials across state and federal courts, beginning his career as a prosecutor in Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1974. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney, and as Deputy State's Attorney under the Honorable Alexander Williams Jr., before entering private practice. He is a recipient of the Heeney Award for Lifetime Excellence in Criminal Law.

In this episode, Bob discusses his five decades as a criminal law practitioner, the art of cross-examination, and advice for young lawyers on what they don't teach you in law school.

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