The Maximum 
Mom Podcast

Amy comes from humble beginnings. She was the first person in her extended family to go to college, let alone attend law school. Raised by a single mother with limited means, Amy understands the importance of family and the value of a dollar. She takes neither for granted in her law practice.

Bunmi has a career that spans 17 years moving fluidly between the legal and biotechnology world. She started her career working in pharmaceutical litigation, before moving on to regulatory policy in emerging technology, such as synthetic biology and nanotechnology. She eventually made the transition to government ethics while working at the Food and Drug Administration. 

Attorney Billie Tarascio practices exclusively in divorce and family law in Arizona at the law firm she founded, Modern Law. Billie is a skilled practitioner, national speaker, podcast host of ‘Modern Divorce’, and law firm business consultant. She is also the author of Decode Your Divorce and a co author of Tiger Tactics, Powerful Strategies for Winning Attorneys.

Melissa Shanahan founded Velocity Work after several years at a consulting firm focused on the growth of private practices all across the U.S. After coaching over 350 doctors, dentists, and lawyers - she chose to narrow her services to attorneys only and started Velocity Work.

She grew up in Decatur, Illinois and traveled out of state for school, attending Mary Baldwin College in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, living in DC between college and law school and working for Fried Frank law firm, and then moving to New Orleans for law school at Loyola University New Orleans before eventually moving home in 2010, passing the bar, and starting to practice. 

Karen’s work as a Collaborative Divorce Coach spurred her determination to write “The Co-Parenting Handbook” “ with Kristin Little, Child Specialist. Parents learn the best ways to support their children, strengthen their co-parenting, and discover the necessary tools to skillfully create a two-home family.

Tahmina is a national spokesperson of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She also serves as the Chair of the Response Committee of the Washington Chapter AILA, as well as many other boards and organizations in Washington State.

She graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2002 and began practicing at mid-sized firms.  Disillusioned by their inefficiencies, Melanie left to start her own firm in 2006.  And, over the next 12 years, she built a thriving real estate law practice.  An early adopter of Clio, Melanie became one of the first Clio Certified Consultants.  She developed a passion for helping other firms achieve amazing results with their own use of practice management software. 

Recent accomplishments include the American Bar Association‘s James I Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in E-lawyering and Duke University School of Law’s Legal Tech Accelerator - Grand Prize.