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Hosted by Alexander Powell · business · EN-US
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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Signup to Generate a PitchBehind 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.
Cited Authorities is hosted by Alexander Powell. The show has published 18 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Barak Richman on the Diamond Trade, Antitrust in Health Care, and ERISA" (29 October 2026, 16 minutes), "Seun Williams on Moving From Prosecution to Defense and What Juvenile Court Teaches" (15 October 2026, 18 minutes), and "Melissa L. Wiley on Tax Controversy, Teaching, and Judgment" (1 October 2026, 18 minutes).
Cited Authorities publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for Cited Authorities is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cited Authorities requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cited Authorities's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Cited Authorities are Law & Legal Services. Cited Authorities has a business audience.
Alexander Powell hosts Cited Authorities, a business podcast with 18 episodes published.
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Episode #18
Barak Richman, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law at the George Washington University Law School, joins Alexander Powell to talk about his years on Senate Finance Committee staff, what New York's diamond...
Episode #17
Seun Williams, a partner at the Law Office of Thomas E. Pyles, P.A., joins Alexander Powell to talk about moving from prosecuting cases in Prince George's County to the defense table, what juvenile court teaches a...
Episode #16
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. CHAPTERS 0:00...
Episode #15
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...
Episode #13
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...
Episode #11
Terry 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 reporter. Today he...
Episode #9
John 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, and worked in the international...
Episode #8
Pamela 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 Director of the U.S. Consumer Product...
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<p>Episode 7 of Cited Authorities. A conversation with Glen Frost, Founder and Managing Partner of Frost Law.<br/><br/>Glen is an attorney, a CPA, and a Certified Financial Planner, with an LL.M. in Taxation. He is...
Episode #6
<p>Episode 6 of Cited Authorities. A conversation with Fred Brown, Director of the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 1990.<br/>Fred started as an electrical engineer at Rutgers...
Episode #5
<p>Episode 5 of Cited Authorities. A Saturday-afternoon conversation with Ebony M. Thompson, Baltimore City Solicitor. She is Baltimore's chief legal officer, and the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the...
Episode #4
<p>Ellis Duncan is the Director of the Graduate Tax Program at Georgetown University Law Center. He built his tax career through Ernst & Young's M&A group in New York City and hedge fund work at Ropes & Gray. In 2011...
Episode #3
<p>Robert C. Bonsib is the co-founder of MarcusBonsib and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has tried more than 300 jury trials across state and federal courts, beginning his career as a prosecutor...
Episode #2
<p>Lisa D. Sparks was the first person in her family to graduate from high school. At age 22, she graduated from law school as valedictorian. She built a construction litigation practice, served as a JAG captain, and...
Episode #1
<p>Before he became an award-winning homicide prosecutor, Christopher J. Monte was a classical musician in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In this series premiere of Cited Authorities, Alex and Chris discuss Chris's path...
Cited Authorities
<p>Cited Authorities is a new interview series hosted by Washington, DC tax attorney and former prosecutor Alexander Powell. Behind every successful legal career is a series of decisions that never made it onto a...
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