Beyond the Bar Podcast

Apr 02 2025 115 ep. 28 mins 2
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Your Host of Beyond the Bar Podcast! This channel elevates trailblazers, entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to rise above their ego to improve humanness. 🎥 Expert Talks: Catch Denisa's podcast Beyond the Bar, a former TV financial expert (NBC, ABC, Fox), as she goes beyond the bar with legal trailblazers having real talk about the incredible stories and experiences that shape the lives of attorneys and judges. 🗽 Personal Journey: Join Denisa, a Prague native now in the US, as she shares insights from her cross-continental experience.

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S4 E8: This Lawyer Can SING! Meet Melissa Glassman Who Went From Broadway Dreams to Family Law

Apr 02 2025 25 mins  
Ever wonder what happens when musical talent meets legal expertise? In this fun episode of Beyond the Bar podcast, Anissa sits down with Melissa Glassman, a family law rockstar who's killing it at Advocate LLP in NYC.Melissa's story is anything but ordinary! She takes us from her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer to her surprising years at the famous LaGuardia High Schoo

S4 E7: Tears, Trials, and Triumph: A Lawyer's Raw Journey Through Family Battles

Mar 26 2025 28 mins  
Buckle up for an extraordinary conversation that peels back the layers of family law and human resilience. Jill Spielberg isn't just another attorney - she's a warrior who transforms personal pain into professional purpose. Hear the untold stories behind divorce, discover the shocking truth about how children really experience family breakdowns, and learn how one woman turn

S4 E6: How Family Law Attorney Dolores Gebhardt Transformed Personal Pain into Professional Purpose

Mar 19 2025 27 mins  
What happens when life's challenges reshape not just your personal journey, but your entire professional path? In this powerful episode of Beyond the Bar Podcast, host Denisa Tova sits down with distinguished family law attorney Dolores Gebhardt, who shares her remarkable journey from labor law to becoming a renowned family law expert. After experiencing divorce firsthand, Dolo

S4 E5: Kitchen Disaster to Sweet Success: Mother-Daughter Muffin Empire

Mar 05 2025 27 mins  
In this special episode of Beyond the Bar Podcast, host Denisa Tova reunites with attorney Jacqueline Newman, who returns with her daughter Alexandra to share how a baking mishap during COVID led to their innovative dessert brand "That's the Way the Muffin Crumbles." Discover how this creative mother-daughter team balances family dynamics with entrepreneurship, learn

S4 E4: From Stage Fright to Singing for Randy Travis: Karissa Ella's EMOTIONAL Country Music Journey

Feb 26 2025 26 mins  
Join host Denisa Tova as she sits down with rising country star Karissa Ella on the latest episode of Beyond the Bar Podcast! This Ohio native shares her incredible journey from being a shy singer who refused to perform at family gatherings to making her CMA Fest debut and performing for Randy Travis himself.Karissa opens up about conquering stage fright, finding her voice in Nashv

S4 E3: I Was Poor & Didn't Fit In. Now I Transform Divorces Into Healing | Top Family Lawyer Tells All

Feb 19 2025 24 mins  
What if everything you've been taught about practicing law is holding you back?A small-town girl becomes one of New York's elite divorce attorneys. But after 30 years of court battles, she discovered something that changed everything. Ellen Jancko-Baken reveals how she went from struggling to belong in affluent Scarsdale to leading a revolution in family law. She shares the

S4 E2: Blues Legend to Global Icon: Vasti Jackson's Electrifying Journey

Feb 12 2025 32 mins  
From playing Mississippi juke joints at 12 to commanding a million-strong crowd at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, blues virtuoso Vasti Jackson electrifies this episode with raw authenticity and soul-stirring stories. Experience his magnetic transition from B.B. King's collaborator to embodying Ike Turner on stage, while discovering how this guitar prodigy became a force for glo

S4 E1: She's Making Divorce Less Toxic and NYC Lawyers Are Taking Notes

Feb 05 2025 29 mins  
Meet the attorney who's flipping the script on family law. In this raw conversation, Asia Scarlett-Jones reveals why she launched her firm during COVID with one radical mission: prove that divorce doesn't have to destroy families. Now an Amazon bestselling author and FamilyKind's Rising Star, Asia exposes why traditional litigation is failing families and shares the unc

S3 E41: Poker, Pensions & Parenting Plans: The Unconventional Legal Life of Carl Graham

Dec 20 2024 31 mins  
Imagine growing up in Egypt, Norway, and England, then becoming a military prosecutor, and finally landing as a top family law attorney in Colorado Springs. This isn't a Hollywood script—this is Carl Graham's real life. In this raw and unfiltered podcast episode, Carl pulls back the curtain on a legal career that defies expectations. From navigating international schools as a te

S3 E40: BREAKING THE LEGAL MOLD: How Two Attorneys Are Revolutionizing Family Law

Dec 18 2024 37 mins  
Ever wondered what REALLY happens behind the scenes of a family law case? In this EXPLOSIVE podcast episode, Kristen Holstrom and Samantha McBride—aka the CUSTODY QUEENS—shatter everything you thought you knew about family law. 👉 KEY INSIGHTS YOU'LL LEARN: - Why traditional legal approaches are BROKEN - How compassion becomes your most powerful legal strategy - The REAL em