Cited Authorities Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:18:40 -0400 https://citedauthorities.com en-us © 2026 Cited Authorities LLC yes 06652e45-195f-533d-991e-6f2e9f8c27be Alexander Powell episodic false 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.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) business, career, prosecutor, tax, law, maryland, dc, legal, litigation, interview, attorney, crime Alexander Powell https://storage.buzzsprout.com/y1w6rqju7lmfos7vfjbhy19rde30?.jpg Cited Authorities https://citedauthorities.com Alexander Powell Pamela Gilbert: The Attorney Fighting for Consumer Safety Pamela Gilbert: The Attorney Fighting for Consumer Safety 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 Safety Commission, she answered to Congress, industry, and a career staff, and learned what changes when the outside advocate becomes the implementer.

In this episode: the path from Tufts activism to Ralph Nader's network, how a small, underfunded agency drives outsized impact through recalls and the bully pulpit, what agency independence really protects, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act, the anti-monopoly movement, and the decades-long corporate effort to shut the courthouse doors to regular people.

Pamela Gilbert is a Partner at Cuneo Gilbert Flannery and LaDuca in Washington, DC. She chairs the board of the American Antitrust Institute and serves on the board of the National Consumers League.

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]]> 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 Safety Commission, she answered to Congress, industry, and a career staff, and learned what changes when the outside advocate becomes the implementer.

In this episode: the path from Tufts activism to Ralph Nader's network, how a small, underfunded agency drives outsized impact through recalls and the bully pulpit, what agency independence really protects, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act, the anti-monopoly movement, and the decades-long corporate effort to shut the courthouse doors to regular people.

Pamela Gilbert is a Partner at Cuneo Gilbert Flannery and LaDuca in Washington, DC. She chairs the board of the American Antitrust Institute and serves on the board of the National Consumers League.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-19325519 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400 2121 8 full false Glen Frost: Building Frost Law and Practicing Tax Controversy Glen Frost: Building Frost Law and Practicing Tax Controversy Episode 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 is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, and before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He started as a solo practitioner and built Frost Law into an 80-plus person multidisciplinary firm of attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents, and Certified Fraud Examiners.

In this episode, Glen and Alex talked about how Glen built Frost Law from a one-lawyer office. The first hire. The pivot to a multidisciplinary firm. Scaling across multiple state bars.  Expert-witness work in tax sentencing. IRS workforce cuts and how they land on clients waiting on audits and appeals, the Employee Retention Credit era and what it did to Frost Law's growth, penalty regime questions and circuit splits practitioners are watching, and the advice Glen gives young lawyers weighing Big Law, accounting firms, and tax boutiques.

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]]> Episode 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 is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, and before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He started as a solo practitioner and built Frost Law into an 80-plus person multidisciplinary firm of attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents, and Certified Fraud Examiners.

In this episode, Glen and Alex talked about how Glen built Frost Law from a one-lawyer office. The first hire. The pivot to a multidisciplinary firm. Scaling across multiple state bars.  Expert-witness work in tax sentencing. IRS workforce cuts and how they land on clients waiting on audits and appeals, the Employee Retention Credit era and what it did to Frost Law's growth, penalty regime questions and circuit splits practitioners are watching, and the advice Glen gives young lawyers weighing Big Law, accounting firms, and tax boutiques.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-19251234 Wed, 27 May 2026 20:00:00 -0400 1407 full false Fred Brown – Leading UBalt Law's Graduate Tax Program Fred Brown – Leading UBalt Law's Graduate Tax Program 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.
Fred started as an electrical engineer at Rutgers, went to Georgetown Law for his JD summa cum laude, then to NYU Law for his Tax LLM. He spent two years at Shaw Pittman in DC and taught as an acting assistant professor at NYU before joining UBalt in fall 1990. He has coached UBalt Law's tax moot court team for over 30 years and co-authored Understanding Taxation of Business Entities with Professor Walter Schwidetzky. In this episode, Fred and Alex discuss why engineers make good tax lawyers, how Fred recruited Tax Court judges and former DOJ Tax Division leaders to teach, Fred's year advising the Joint Committee on Taxation during the 2000-2001 simplification study, Glen Frost's ascent from UBalt Law to founding one of Maryland's fastest-growing law firms, and what running nine marathons has taught Fred about preparation.

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]]> 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.
Fred started as an electrical engineer at Rutgers, went to Georgetown Law for his JD summa cum laude, then to NYU Law for his Tax LLM. He spent two years at Shaw Pittman in DC and taught as an acting assistant professor at NYU before joining UBalt in fall 1990. He has coached UBalt Law's tax moot court team for over 30 years and co-authored Understanding Taxation of Business Entities with Professor Walter Schwidetzky. In this episode, Fred and Alex discuss why engineers make good tax lawyers, how Fred recruited Tax Court judges and former DOJ Tax Division leaders to teach, Fred's year advising the Joint Committee on Taxation during the 2000-2001 simplification study, Glen Frost's ascent from UBalt Law to founding one of Maryland's fastest-growing law firms, and what running nine marathons has taught Fred about preparation.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-19172575 Wed, 13 May 2026 15:00:00 -0400 1900 1 6 full false Ebony M. Thompson – Baltimore's Attorney, Fighting for Her City Ebony M. Thompson – Baltimore's Attorney, Fighting for Her City 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 role in the city's nearly 300-year history. We talked about a career that runs from a Baltimore public-school internship to City Hall: economics at Brown, the Marine Corps Reserve, wealth management at UBS in Midtown Manhattan on the morning of September 11, a successful real estate career, law school in her thirties, eight years at Venable, the call from Jim Shea, and the work she now leads as City Solicitor. We also talked about recording more than 228,000 city properties on a blockchain, an eight-year fight with her insurer over IVF coverage, and the friend whose advice at a Harvard graduation prompted her to follow her calling and go to law school.

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]]> 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 role in the city's nearly 300-year history. We talked about a career that runs from a Baltimore public-school internship to City Hall: economics at Brown, the Marine Corps Reserve, wealth management at UBS in Midtown Manhattan on the morning of September 11, a successful real estate career, law school in her thirties, eight years at Venable, the call from Jim Shea, and the work she now leads as City Solicitor. We also talked about recording more than 228,000 city properties on a blockchain, an eight-year fight with her insurer over IVF coverage, and the friend whose advice at a Harvard graduation prompted her to follow her calling and go to law school.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-19101008 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0400 2044 1 5 full false Ellis Duncan: Leading Georgetown Law's Graduate Tax Program Ellis Duncan: Leading Georgetown Law's Graduate Tax Program 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, Ellis had a networking meeting with Albert Lauber, then the director of Georgetown Law's Graduate Tax Program, to ask about transitioning into government. Ellis walked out with a job offer as Assistant Director of the Graduate Tax Program. After Judge Lauber was appointed to the United States Tax Court in 2013, Ellis became Director of the Graduate Tax Program.

In this episode, Ellis discusses his path to leading the Graduate Tax Program and why helping his students build their careers is the most rewarding work he's ever done.

Show Notes: https://citedauthorities.com/episodes/ellis-duncan
Georgetown Law Office of Graduate Careers: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/your-life-career/career-exploration-professional-development/for-graduate-students/

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]]> 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, Ellis had a networking meeting with Albert Lauber, then the director of Georgetown Law's Graduate Tax Program, to ask about transitioning into government. Ellis walked out with a job offer as Assistant Director of the Graduate Tax Program. After Judge Lauber was appointed to the United States Tax Court in 2013, Ellis became Director of the Graduate Tax Program.

In this episode, Ellis discusses his path to leading the Graduate Tax Program and why helping his students build their careers is the most rewarding work he's ever done.

Show Notes: https://citedauthorities.com/episodes/ellis-duncan
Georgetown Law Office of Graduate Careers: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/your-life-career/career-exploration-professional-development/for-graduate-students/

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-19023572 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0400 2010 1 4 full false Robert C. Bonsib: 300+ Jury Trials & What They Don't Teach You in Law School Robert C. Bonsib: 300+ Jury Trials & What They Don't Teach You in Law School 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 in Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1974. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney, and as Deputy State's Attorney under the Honorable Alexander Williams Jr., before entering private practice. He is a recipient of the Heeney Award for Lifetime Excellence in Criminal Law.

In this episode, Bob discusses his five decades as a criminal law practitioner, the art of cross-examination, and advice for young lawyers on what they don't teach you in law school.

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]]> 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 in Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1974. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney, and as Deputy State's Attorney under the Honorable Alexander Williams Jr., before entering private practice. He is a recipient of the Heeney Award for Lifetime Excellence in Criminal Law.

In this episode, Bob discusses his five decades as a criminal law practitioner, the art of cross-examination, and advice for young lawyers on what they don't teach you in law school.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-18946695 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0400 2054 1 3 full false Lisa D. Sparks – First in Her Family, First in Her Class Lisa D. Sparks – First in Her Family, First in Her Class 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 guided a software company through a private equity buyout as general counsel. Lisa walked into her first day at a 1,000-employee construction firm expecting to be in-house counsel, only to learn she was now the Chief Administrative Officer. In this episode of Cited Authorities, Lisa reflects on her path as a first-generation attorney who graduated during the Great Recession, how she built a book of business from scratch, and the only measure of success that matters: where you started versus where you are.

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]]> 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 guided a software company through a private equity buyout as general counsel. Lisa walked into her first day at a 1,000-employee construction firm expecting to be in-house counsel, only to learn she was now the Chief Administrative Officer. In this episode of Cited Authorities, Lisa reflects on her path as a first-generation attorney who graduated during the Great Recession, how she built a book of business from scratch, and the only measure of success that matters: where you started versus where you are.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-18727470 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400 2194 1 2 full false Christopher J. Monte – Award-Winning Prosecutor Christopher J. Monte – Award-Winning Prosecutor 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 from music to law, their time working together as prosecutors, how Chris prosecutes high-profile cases, and his career advice to law students and new prosecutors.

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]]> 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 from music to law, their time working together as prosecutors, how Chris prosecutes high-profile cases, and his career advice to law students and new prosecutors.

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]]> Alexander Powell Buzzsprout-18732244 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0500 1731 1 1 full false Season One Preview Season One Preview 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 résumé. Every episode we talk to accomplished attorneys to hear those stories. Season One guests include: Rod Rosenstein, Partner at Baker McKenzie, Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Pamela Gilbert, Partner at Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Former Executive Director and Presidential Transition Team Lead, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; Ellis Duncan, Director of the Graduate Tax Program at Georgetown University Law Center; and many more prominent attorneys from courtrooms, boardrooms, and government offices sharing how they actually built their careers.

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]]> 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 résumé. Every episode we talk to accomplished attorneys to hear those stories. Season One guests include: Rod Rosenstein, Partner at Baker McKenzie, Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Pamela Gilbert, Partner at Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Former Executive Director and Presidential Transition Team Lead, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; Ellis Duncan, Director of the Graduate Tax Program at Georgetown University Law Center; and many more prominent attorneys from courtrooms, boardrooms, and government offices sharing how they actually built their careers.

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