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The Opening Statements Podcast
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Join Laura and Rebecca as they interview and highlight real lawyers and their real cases. Each episode their guests will give insight into what it's really like to practice law and the things you can't learn about law from a textbook.
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Our guest this week is Sara Khaki, founding partner at The Atlanta Divorce Law Group. Sara joins us to discuss her journey from social security disability law to her true calling: family law and how she built her firm based on a deep passion for marriage and was named Law Firm 500's Fastest Growing Law Firm in the Country. All this and more on this week’s Opening Statements!
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Our guest this week is James Grant founding partner at Georgia Trial Attorneys. James joins us to discuss how he went from an engineering degree from Georgia Tech to becoming an aggressive litigator fighting the greedy insurance companies...could it be the eleventy billion tuition or the professional coaches he’s aligned himself with over the years? All this and more on this week’s Opening Statements!
Our guest this week is John Gracia, an attorney specializing in Death and Estate Planning. John is a graduate of Devry University and a partner at Schulten, Ward, Turner and Weiss. John joins the show to discuss estate law, how applying to the wrong university can change your life, and a super secret BBQ sauce recipe. All that and much more on today's episode of Opening Statements.
This week our guest is Chris Sperry, a founder of the Sperry Law Firm, and a commercial transactions lawyer. Chris joins the show to discuss how his wife convinced him to become an attorney and then how 8 years later he did! He also joins the show to talk about working with restaraunts, and deals that go south with family. All that and much more on today's episode of The Opening Statements Podcast!
This week our guest is Victoria Olson, an associate attorney at Eraclides Gelman who specializes in worker’s compensation and a graduate of Mercer University. Victoria joins the show this week to discuss what it's like being a young lawyer, how she managed to choose between pursuing acting and law, and of course, the dangers of having a forklift at home. All that and much more on this week's episode of the opening statements podcast!



