20 episodes
Token Majority™ Ruby Aliment, Lisa Benedetti, Shannon Kilpatrick, Melanie Nguyen, Fred Rabb, Furhad Sultani & Gemma Zanowski
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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Your Rights, Your Legal Resource. The law is complicated and messy—often unnecessarily so. And yet, laws impact our everyday lives in profound ways. The word “person” in our Constitution does not and historically has not included every human being in our country and, yet, it is a central underpinning of our society. Similarly, a variety of other laws affecting our rights have not been designed to protect everyone equally. In fact, our systems—shaped by white supremacy, patriarchy, and other structural forms of oppression—have often worked against the welfare and safety of the people in our communities. As a diverse group of attorneys practicing personal injury and civil rights law, we created this podcast as a resource to help us all better understand the law and how to use it to protect our rights. We hope to share our insights from a place of compassion, understanding, and a little humor.
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Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult: Civil Liability for Schools and Obligations to Protect Students
In this episode of the Token Majority, Melanie and Ruby respond to the new Hulu documentary about Larry Ray’s cult at Sarah Lawrence. They discuss whether Sarah Lawrence can be blamed for the harm to their students and how lawsuits against universities ad similar institutions work.
TW: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and exploitation.
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The text message that took LinkedIn by storm
In this episode, Melanie and Ruby cover the text message taking LinkedIn by storm and ask should the partner have been fired for accusing an associate returning from maternity leave of collecting “a salary from the firm while sitting on your ass?” Does switching jobs after maternity leave make a person “soul-less and morally bankrupt”? What responsibilities do employees owe employers? Also, in this episode: Melanie learns who Kevin Spacey is; they discuss Young Thug’s RICO trial and talk about whether an accused sexual abuser makes for a good plaintiff’s lawyer in FKA Twig’s civil lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf.
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Personal Injury Lawyers Address the Moscow Murders | Probable Cause Affidavit
In this episode of the Token Majority, Furhad, Melanie, and Ruby cover the probable cause affidavit, which led to the arrest of Bryan Kohberger for the murders of four students in Moscow, Idaho, last November. The group reviews the newly-released affidavit, debunks some Internet rumors, and potentially creates a few more.
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Life Coaching with SaraEllen Hutchison
In this episode, Gemma Zanowski and Lisa Benedetti return with special guest SaraEllen Hutchison. SaraEllen is a Washington attorney who has developed a life coaching and mentoring program geared toward intelligent, professional women looking for help balancing a successful career with a fulfilling personal life.
SaraEllen's book, Feminine Energy Feminist, is the guide for Millennial and Gen-X women working in historically male-occupied fields to create work-life balance and personal fulfillment. Available November 30th. Learn more here.
For more conversation with SaraEllen, tune into Episode 7: Credit Reporting with SaraEllen Hutchinson.
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Jeffrey Dahmer's Untold Civil Lawsuits - Part One
In this episode of the Token Majority, Melanie and Ruby take on True Crime and Netflix’s new series Dahmer – Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story. After 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone escaped from Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment on May 27, 1991, the police received multiple phone calls from concerned neighbors who believed he was a minor (true) who was being abused (true). The police escorted the boy back to Dahmer’s apartment, where he was killed 30 minutes later. Dahmer went on to kill four more men before being caught on July 22, 1991. Several families, including Sinthasomphone’s, filed claims against the responding police officers and the City of Milwaukee for wrongful death. All were dismissed by the trial court, but one settled for $850,000.00. Melanie and Ruby discuss why the cases shook out the way they did and share other details about the untold civil lawsuits filed by Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims and their families. This is part one of a two-part series about Jeffrey Dahmer.
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Vanessa Bryant v. LA County – $30 Million Verdict
In this episode of the Token Majority podcast, Ruby and Melanie discuss the $30 million verdict awarded to Vanessa Bryant in the civil rights lawsuit against LA County.
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Customer Reviews
Finally a legal podcast that I can listen to!
so many of the lawyer podcasts out there have a tendency of being stuffy, elitist, and honestly BORING as heck. What a relief to find something interesting and entertaining created by attorneys who are not all white men. If you’re interested in hearing fresh perspectives about the law from a diverse group of people who care about social justice you should subscribe asap. My grandma (also an attorney) used to use her psychic abilities to ‘read’ peoples’ IQs, and if I inherited even a fraction of her psychic gifts I think it’s fair to say the collective IQ of this group is off the charts. Tune in if you want some of Token Majority’s mega brain power to rub off on you.