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Ebony M. Thompson
City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law · Former Counsel, Venable LLP · USMC Reserve Officer
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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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Host
Alexander Powell
Host & Founder, Cited Authorities
Attorney and Georgetown Law Tax LL.M. candidate. A former prosecutor, he has tried 75+ cases to verdict and drafted 100+ appellate opinions. He brings a trial lawyer’s energy and a tax lawyer’s precision to every interview.
Based in Washington, DC.
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Episodes
- Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, Calvert County; Victoria F. Gelfman Legal Excellence Award; Case Featured on CBS 48 Hours
- Chief Administrative Officer, Schuster Companies; President, UBalt Law Alumni Association
- Co-Founder, MarcusBonsib; Heeney Award, Lifetime Excellence in Criminal Law; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Director, Graduate Tax Program, Georgetown University Law Center
- City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law; Former Counsel, Venable LLP; USMC Reserve Officer
- Director, Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore School of Law
- Founder & Managing Partner, Frost Law; Attorney & CPA
- Partner, Cuneo Gilbert Flannery & LaDuca; Former Executive Director, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Managing Attorney, Pontius Tax Law; Georgetown Tax LL.M.; Former Judge Advocate, U.S. Army
- Retired Senior Partner, Cohen & Gresser LLP; Author, William Henry Seward’s Quest to Save the Nation (Twelve Tables Press, 2026); ~300 Published Legal Articles
- Former Chief of Communications & Liaison, IRS; 2017 Presidential Rank Award; Former White House Press Corps; Washington Bureau Chief
- Partner, Nardiello Turanchik Tompkins; Former DOJ Tax Division Trial Attorney & AUSA
- Partner, Baker McKenzie; Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Former U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland
- Tax Counsel, SouthBank Legal; Former Chief, Appellate Section, DOJ Tax Division; 60+ Federal Appellate Arguments; Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
- Member & White-Collar Defense Practice Lead, Miller & Chevalier
- Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Author of 16 Books, including Leadership B.S.: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time; Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame
- Partner, Kostelanetz LLP; Tax Controversy; Regent, American College of Tax Counsel
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Guests
Robert C. Bonsib
Co-Founder, MarcusBonsib; Heeney Award, Lifetime Excellence in Criminal Law
Fred Brown
Director, Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore School of Law
Ellis Duncan
Director, Graduate Tax Program, Georgetown University Law Center
Glen Frost
Founder & Managing Partner, Frost Law; Attorney & CPA
Pamela Gilbert
Partner, Cuneo Gilbert Flannery & LaDuca; Former Executive Director, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Terry Lemons
Former Chief of Communications & Liaison, IRS; 2017 Presidential Rank Award
Christopher J. Monte
Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, Calvert County
John Pontius
Managing Attorney, Pontius Tax Law; Georgetown Tax LL.M.
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB; Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame
Rod J. Rosenstein
Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Former U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland
Lisa D. Sparks
Chief Administrative Officer, Schuster Companies
C. Evan Stewart
Retired Senior Partner, Cohen & Gresser LLP; Author, William Henry Seward’s Quest to Save the Nation (2026)
Ebony M. Thompson
City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law; USMC Reserve Officer
Ben Tompkins
Partner, Nardiello Turanchik Tompkins; Former DOJ Tax Division Trial Attorney
Francesca Ugolini
Tax Counsel, SouthBank Legal; Former Chief, Appellate Section, DOJ Tax Division
Melissa L. Wiley
Partner, Kostelanetz LLP; Regent, American College of Tax Counsel
Andrew T. Wise
Member & White-Collar Defense Practice Lead, Miller & Chevalier
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