Episodes

Elder law attorney Kathryn Casey joins Karen Conti to discuss the importance of estate planning with family members sooner rather than later. Kathryn explains the difference between elder law attorneys and estate planning attorneys and dives in on the role of a power of attorney. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7434056/Kathryn_Casey_5-25-25_2025-05-25-234556.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin D...

Military lawyer and Army veteran John Maher joins Karen Conti to share some stories and insights on the Memorial Day holiday. John details the medals that veterans can be honored with and breaks down the basis of military law. John also explains what the law says for soldiers who are in combat. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7434057/John_Maher_5-25-25_2025-05-25-232257.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:eveno...

Scientist and genealogist Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick, Founder & President of Identifinders, joins Karen Conti in-studio to highlight how forensic genetic genealogy can be used to help solve cold cases, find missing people, and even identify Holocaust survivors. For more information, visit identifinders.com.

Criminal psychologist, professor, and author Dr. Katherine Ramsland joins Karen Conti to talk about women who fall in love with notorious inmates. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7410250/7410250_2025-05-11-214350.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Animal rights and where the line is drawn .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-ru...

Dr. Susan McConnell, Executive Director and Founder of Let It Be Us, joins Karen Conti on Mother’s Day to highlight the organization which works to provide solutions for children in adoptive and foster care. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7410244/7410244_2025-05-11-204944.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Animal...

Criminal Defense Attorney Damon Cheronis joins Karen Conti to preview the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial in New York. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7397860/7397860_2025-05-04-215400.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Animal rights and where the line is drawn .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Difference between pol...

Attorney and wellness coach Erin Clifford joins Karen Conti in-studio. Erin is the author of Wellness Reimagined: A Holistic Approach to Health, Happiness, and Harmony. In light of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, she shares tips and tricks to managing your stress levels and maintaining a proper work-life balance.

Ron Onesti, President of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, and his lawyer, Enrico Mirabelli, join Karen Conti to discuss the settlement of a lawsuit regarding the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7397843/7397843_2025-05-04-204643.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;...

Stephen Kravit, President at Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk joins WGN Radio’s Karen Conti to discuss the arrest of a Milwaukee judge for allegedly helping an undocumented litigant leave the courthouse.

Highland Park shooting victims’ family attorney Antonio Romanucci joins Karen Conti to discuss the sentencing of Robert Crimo III. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7387188/7387188_2025-04-27-224628.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts More coverage of Highland Park parade shooting Victims’ attorney on sentencing of Robert Crimo III .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Crimo gets life sentence after admitting to deadly shooting .cls-4{fill:#000;} Highland Park parade shooter gets life sentences .cls-...

Dr. Dan Krane, who is a Biological Sciences professor at Wright State and one of the world’s foremost DNA experts, joins WGN Radio’s Karen Conti to explain why he believes that DNA evidence can be used to help solve the notorious JonBenét Ramsey case. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7387186/7387186_2025-04-27-223226.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of ...

Class action lawyers Katrina Carroll and Jon Jagher join Karen Conti to explain everything you need to know about class action lawsuits, and what an injunction is. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7387185/7387185_2025-04-27-223825.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Animal rights and where the line is drawn .cls-7{...

Chicago criminal defense attorney Damon Cheronis, who represented Harvey Weinstein in his first trial, joins Karen Conti to comment on Weinstein’s retrial that just started in New York City. Damon also touches on the resentencing of the Menendez brothers. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7377575/Damon_Cheronis_4-20-25_2025-04-21-000915.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal iss...

Chicago intellectual property lawyer Michele Katz joins Karen Conti to discuss what to do when you post an image that is copyright protected. Michele also explains the difference between a copyright, a patent, and a trademark. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7377574/Michele_Katz_4-20-25_2025-04-21-003614.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill...

Karen Conti chats with Dr. Adam Kunz, assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, about the First Amendment and if it allows cult organizations to brainwash people. Dr. Kunz also talks about what can be done legally to extricate cult members from those organizations. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7377573/Dr_Adam_Kunz_4-20-25_2025-04-21-000813.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin ...

Criminal defense attorney Mike Leonard joins WGN’s Radio’s Karen Conti to discuss this week’s top legal stories, which include the Madigan sentencing, the possibility of a third Trump term, and the civil suit against the gun dealers in the Highland Park shooting case.

Karen Conti is joined in-studio by attorney/mediator Faustin ‘Frosty’ Pipal to discuss mediation and how it resolves legal disputes. Additionally, Karen’s husband Jerry joins the show and the three perform a ‘mock’ mediation. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7357211/7357211_2025-04-06-213311.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rul...

President Kari Steele of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago joins Karen Conti in-studio to highlight what they do relating to the waterways of Chicago, including treating wastewater and managing stormwater. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7357210/7357210_2025-04-06-211110.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff...

Employment Lawyer Patrick Dolan of Conti and Dolan joins Karen Conti to talk about employment law amid the mass federal employee layoffs and the effect new presidential administrations can have on employment. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7314706/7314706_2025-03-09-212506.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Anima...

David Ellis, a Judge and an Edgar-award-winning author of ten novels of crime fiction, as well as eight books co-authored with James Patterson, joins Karen Conti and Patrick Dolan, Karen’s partner at Conti and Dolan, to talk about his writing style and how he goes about writing crime novels. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7314707/7314707_2025-03-09-210407.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Dia...

Lester Munson, lawyer and former Sports Illustrated and ESPN sportswriter, joins Karen Conti and Patrick Dolan, Karen’s partner at Conti and Dolan, to talk about the dangers of sports gambling and how addictive it can be. Then Lester discusses whether or not Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7314721/7314721_2025-03-09-232321.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Co...

Scott Turow, New York Times best seller author, joins Karen Conti to talk about his latest book, Presumed Guilty, the latest installment of Rožat “Rusty” Sabich’s story. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7305454/7305454_2025-03-03-190354.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summer legal issues to be aware of .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Animal rights and where the line is drawn ....

Russell Edwards, an expert on Jack the Ripper, joins Karen Conti to discuss how the identity of the famed serial killer was discovered. A process that took more than a decade, Edwards got his breakthrough piece of genetic evidence from a shawl. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7305369/7305369_2025-03-03-195609.64kmono.mp3 Jack the Ripper’s identity revealed after DNA match, historian says Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rul...

Judge Patricia Spratt joins Karen Conti to discuss the WTTW documentary called Firsthand: Peacekeepers! Featured in the documentary is Judge Spratt’s North Lawndale Restorative Justice Court. Judge Spratt details the process and the criteria for those participating in the program. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7305361/7305361_2025-03-03-193801.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Karen Conti The 14th Amendment’s role in birthright citizenship .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Colin Diamond: Summe...