Lawful Good Luke W Russell

My guest today is Diandra Debrosse Zimmermann, also known as Fu. She is the managing partner of DiCello Levitt’s Birmingham office, and Co-Chair of the firm’s Mass Tort division. Fu was born in Brooklyn to immigrant parents of Haitian and Cuban descent. She was raised with many cultural values of the West Indies: self sufficiency, integrity, and taking risks to stand up for the marginalized.Fu's father was a strict disciplinarian. The most important rule in the house: don't follow the crowd a...

My guest today is Mark O’Mara, a former prosecutor best known for defending George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.Growing up on Long Island, Mark was greatly influenced by his parents’ Irish Catholic roots and his father’s rigorous work ethic. After a friend talked him out of going to community college part-time, he ended up at the University of Central Florida, where student government pushed him toward his lifelong pa...

My guest today is Darryl Isaacs, a personal injury attorney widely known as "The Hammer". Darryl grew up in the Louisville, KY neighborhood of Hikes Point. His father worked six days a week as a pharmacist, and graduated law school in his 40s. Seeing that hard work and dedication inspired Darryl, and he would one day follow in his father's footsteps.It wasn't easy — Darryl was never the best student, in his own words. But he seemed to have an uncanny knack for making money.&...

My guest today is Paige White, trial attorney for DiCello Levitt and Of Counsel for Ben Crump Law.Before entering Temple University, Paige aspired to a glamorous life of singing, modeling, and dancing. The childhood strain of her parents’ divorce instilled a rebellious spirit in Paige, but it was nevertheless her mother that would reveal her true path — in a rather unusual way.After serving as a congressional intern in law school, Paige began her career as a public defender in Harlem, t...

My guest today is Mary Lehman, appellate attorney with a diverse range of experiences and skills.. Mary is, by definition, driven. Whatever she sets her mind to, she accomplishes from amateur boxing, to helping refugees in Greece, to being a ski patrol. Although, she never did become a pirate, even though, as a young girl, that’s what she wanted to be when she grew up. Mary attended St. John’s college in Santa Fe where she was trained in classical humanism. Her desire to be a good w...

My guests today are Carissa Phelps and Kim Adams. Working with the support of Levin, Papantonio and Rafferty, Carissa and Kim are leaders in the fight against human trafficking in the realms of both policy and litigation.A survivor of trafficking herself, Carissa Phelps went from being a so-called runaway teen to earning a Masters of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson and a JD from UCLA School of Law. Since then she has become a sought after speaker on human trafficking, a...