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Behind every successful legal career is a series of decisions that never made it onto a résumé. Cited Authorities features conversations with accomplished lawyers, and the leaders who shape their field, about career inflection points, professional judgment, reputation, leadership, and the real stories behind professional success.
Excellent legal careers are not accidents. Hear the stories of how they were built.
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17 episodes
since Feb. 23, 2026
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Melissa L. Wiley, a partner at Kostelanetz LLP and an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, joins Alexander Powell to talk about tax controversy, teaching, and the judgment required for effective advocacy.
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Andrew T. Wise leads the White Collar Defense practice at Miller & Chevalier. He has tried more than 50 cases to resolution, and he started as a public defender at the DC Public Defender Service.
Today's episode is about trial craft, client trust, and what public defense teaches. Andy exp…
Rod J. Rosenstein is a partner at Baker McKenzie and co-chair of its national security practice. He previously served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Attorney for Maryland, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division.
Today’s episode is about judgment,…
Episode 13 of Cited Authorities. A conversation with Ben Tompkins, former trial attorney in the Justice Department's Tax Division and former Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles.Tompkins is now a partner at Nardiello Turanchik Tompkins. We talked about why he left class-action defen…
“Power is a tool. You know, it’s like fire.”Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has taught since 1979. He created Stanford GSB’s Paths to Power course and is the author or co-author of 16 books, including 7 R…
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/how-the-irs-dirty-dozen-was-createdTerry Lemons spent more than 26 years at the IRS, 11 of them leading communications for the agency. Before that he covered the 1992 presidential campaign, Congress, and the White House as a newspaper…
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/why-direct-examination-is-harder-than-crossC. Evan Stewart practiced law for more than 47 years, most of it in securities and financial services litigation, and retired from Cohen & Gresser in 2025. He tried major cases in private…
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/john-pontius-from-army-jag-to-tax-controversyJohn Pontius is the founder of Pontius Tax Law, PLLC. He started as an Army JAG officer, deployed to Iraq with the 1st Armored Division, earned a Tax LL.M. from Georgetown on the GI Bill, a…
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/running-the-cpsc-and-the-safe-rental-car-actPamela Gilbert spent years pressuring federal agencies from the outside, at U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Public Citizen's Congress Watch. Then she ran one. As Executive Direc…
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/building-a-tax-controversy-practiceEpisode 7 of Cited Authorities. A conversation with Glen Frost, Founder and Managing Partner of Frost Law.Glen is an attorney, a CPA, and a Certified Financial Planner, with an LL.M. in Taxation. He …
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