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Today's guest is my little brother, Adam Tricola. He is more well-known on the interwebs, however as Xaereth. If you're at all into Star Wars or the Galaxy of Heroes game, you already know him.  If you want to get to know him better, check out his YouTube channel, Xaereth Prevails: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkTSSyrcyZnY7JvjIDeJRyQ Also, check out The Gambit Podcast, which is available on apple podcasts, spotify and most other podcast platforms.  We discussed The Lies of Locke Lamora:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lies_of_Locke_Lamora https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Lies-of-Locke-Lamora-Audiobook/B004K50434

Jason Argos is a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney in Orange County, California. You can read all about him and the work he does here: https://www.ocinjury.com/about-us/jason-n-argos You can find his firm, Burke | Argos on Instagram @burkeargos And you can see what we’re up to at OCTLA at octla.org and on Instagram as @octla_org   We discussed Jerry Maguire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 And his wife's book "Why a Mask You Ask? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Gina Calabro is a family law attorney in Massachusetts, focusing on all areas of family law. Read about her and her amazing work here: https://www.brickjones.com/attorneys/gina-calabro/   Gold Digger Music Video:  https://youtu.be/6vwNcNOTVzY  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Digger_(Kanye_West_song) 

Today’s guest is Matt Price, a trial attorney in Southern California, representing injured plaintiffs. He's one of the good guys.    You can read more about him and his work at https://www.duquelaw.com/matthew-r-price/ And follow him on Instagram: @matthewprice_trialattorney   We discussed My Cousin Vinny:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cousin_Vinny  

Michelle Philo is an attorney in Orange County. Her practice centers around providing general counsel services for her business clients and trusts and estate planning services for her individual clients. Read more about her and her practice at: philolaw.com  You can also follow her on Twitter: @Philolawfirmpc

Tamara Caban-Ramirez, a celebrated immigration and criminal defense attorney in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. You can read more about her work at http://cabanramirezlaw.com/ She also posts a lot of good updates on the Facebook page for her firm: https://www.facebook.com/CabanRamirezLawFirm/ And you can find her on Twitter as @Tcabanramirez Sister Outsider Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Outsider

Today’s guest is Nathaniel Brown, an attorney practicing in Long Beach, California handling personal injury cases as well as business / contract disputes and litigation and landlord / tenant cases. You can find out more about him at http://nsb3law.com/ He’s on Instagram @nathanielsbrown We discussed the Movie Jury Duty starring Pauly Shore: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113500/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 

Today’s guest is introduced as Kerri Ranney, who is not only an attorney, but she also a trained and licensed architect, working to design schools and classrooms in a way that helps facilitate and enhance children’s learning. Google her!  She chose The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and I read the WHOLE THING.  https://aynrand.org/novels/the-fountainhead/ If you would like more information, head on over to www.lawterature.com. You can also follow us on social media: @Lawterature on Twitter - https://twitter.com/lawterature @lawterature.pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lawterature.pod/ Lawterature on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Lawterature Lawterature on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/lawterature

Bryan is currently pursuing a PhD in in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. His areas of interest include comics studies, queer and femninist studies, gender & sexuality, disability studies, YA novels (specifically queer YA and 1990s supernatural romance), and pop music of the 1990s and early 2000s. Read about him and see his artwork at www.nerdbove.com Find him on Twittter and Instagram as @nerdbove Book: http://andreweliopulos.com/new-page-1 

Today's guest is Ozgun Tumer, a business attorney here in Orange County, California. Read more about his work here: https://tumersharif.com/ We discussed Njal's Saga, an Icelandic Saga.  Njal's Saga on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ls_saga   Njal's Saga on Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Njals-saga The Law Rock: https://uncouthreflections.com/2013/04/13/the-law-rock/?fbclid=IwAR0lVsiPtPd0feFYSOWSNEL5y7uoSNokuheezjyAdnnQnZf6P0SyfogR9Kk  

Sharon Zinns is a personal injury lawyer in Atlanta Georgia. She has represented clients across the country in a wide range of occupations who developed mesothelioma or other cancers after being exposed to the toxic substance, asbestos. She is licensed in six states, and a bunch of federal courts across the country too. She is badass.  Read more about her work here: http://zinnslaw.com/ You can find her on Instagram and Twitter as @zinnslaw We Discussed Cider House Rules by John Irving,  Book: https://john-irving.com/the-cider-house-rules/ Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124315/ We also referenced the John Irving Blog, and here is a link to that: https://john-irving.com/

This week's guest is Kristin Braithwaite, Assistant Regional Counsel at the Department of Children and Families in Massachusetts. She is so brave and vulnerable in this episode, talking about her own experiences as a widow and the aftermath of losing her husband after a surgical procedure.   Find out more about the book and its author here: https://www.catherinetidd.com/

Melissa Cohen is a Family Law Attorney in New Jersey. Read more about her and the work she does here: https://www.weinbergcooper.com/attorney/melissa-e-cohen/ She can be found on Instagram @melissapen123 For information about the book, check out https://www.tokillamockingbird.com/ 

Andrea Padley Montini is a family lawyer from Annapolis Maryland. You can read more about her work here: http://www.krohnlawannapolis.com/bio-andrea-padley-montini She can be found on both Instagram as @apadleyus    On this episode we discuss:  The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen - https://poutpoutfish.com/books/   The Book with No Pictures by BJ Novak - https://thebookwithnopictures.com/   Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/309024/dragons-love-tacos-by-adam-rubin-illustrated-by-daniel-salmieri/

This week’s guest is Anna Petosky, a criminal prosecutor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. This woman is a powerhouse attorney, a wonderful mother with a gift for costumes, and she is hands down the most voracious reader I know.  We discussed Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment We referenced: “Trial by Jury: A Western or Peculiarly Russian Model?” Review International de Droit Penal – Vol. 72 (2001) pp. 365-370 https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-droit-penal-2001-1-page-365.htm “The Reasons for Reintroducing Trial by Jury in Russia” Review International de Droit Penal – Vol. 72 (2001) 253-257 https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-droit-penal-2001-1-page-253.htm

Travis Davis is a legal writer extraordinaire and head of the Bad Faith Litigation Department and the law and motion team at the Simon Law Group. Read more about him here: https://www.thesimonlawgroup.com/team/travis-davis/ He can be found on Instagram as @travised   You can also follow his collecting pursuits on Instagram at @vinyl_and_vinyl   More about the book at: https://www.jonkrakauer.com/books/into-the-wild-tr Into the Wild Soundtrack Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(soundtrack)   Each week on Lawterature, I invite an attorney guest to choose a work of literature and analyze it with me from a legal standpoint. For purposes of this podcast, the term “literature” will be defined as: any book, movie, television series, podcast, song, or other storytelling vehicle.   If you would like more information, head on over to www.lawterature.com. You can also follow us on social media: @Lawterature on Twitter - https://twitter.com/lawterature @lawterature.pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lawterature.pod/ Lawterature on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Lawterature Lawterature on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/lawterature

This week’s guest is Ozgun Tumer, a transactional business and tax attorney in Orange County, California. Check out his website: http://www.tumersharif.com/  You can also follow his firm on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TumerandSharif/    Oz chose The Hot Rock by Donald Westlake, a comic caper story involving a crew of thieves and their multiple attempts to steal the same emerald.   For more on The Hot Rock (and protagonist Dortmunder) see: https://www.donaldwestlake.com/dortmunder    I also referenced this blog post in the episode: https://thewestlakereview.wordpress.com/tag/john-dortmunder/

Nancy Potter is an education civil rights attorney from Pittsburgh, PA. You can read more about her work here: https://mcandrewslaw.com/our-attorneys/nancy-e-potter/   She can be found on both Twitter and Instagram as @nncypttr   Today we discuss "Peace Like a River" by Lief Enger. https://www.leifenger.com/peace-like-a-river

Today's guest is Jessica DeFalco, an immigration attorney practicing in Manhattan, but living that commuter life on Long Island.     We discussed "Nightfall" by Nelson DeMille. See: https://nelsondemille.net/books/night-fall/   And Abbey chimes in with thoughts on the events of 9/11. 

Today's guest is Claire Carter, a criminal defense attorney from Austin, Texas. You can read about her and her practice here: http://clairecarterlegal.com/   We discussed "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert.    This episode is brought to you by Abbey and her desire for more siblings.