Tone and Larry chop it up with Edward Wright, Esq (mentor and friend of the pod) about his professional journey, which illustrates the importance of charting your own course (while also highlighting the versatility of a law degree). If this episode resonates with you at all, please go ahead and subscribe, drop a comment, and tell a friend to tell a friend!
More about Eddie:
Captain Edward Wright will promote to Major on May 12, 2024. He currently serves as the Chief of Client Legal Services for III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos. The Chief of Client Legal Services leads a team that serve III Armored Corps, the Fort Cavazos Installation, and over 450,000 eligible clients; including Soldiers, Dependents, Reservist and Retirees in the Central Texas Region. He supervises 6 Judge Advocates, 4 Paralegals, and 4 civilian employees (2 civilian attorneys and 2 civilian paralegals). CPT Wright is responsible for the compliance of Army Regulation (AR) 27-3; including but not limited to, providing adequate training to all assigned personnel; reviewing all office administrative procedures, reports of legal assistance services, client satisfaction surveys; taking reasonable measures to ensure lawyers and paralegals conform their conduct to the rules of professional responsibility and periodic review of incoming and out-going correspondence. He also establishes local legal assistance policies and procedures consistent with AR 27-3 and manages the processing of tort and affirmative claims on Fort Cavazos.
CPT Wright has served as a Brigade Judge Advocate, Senior Trial Counsel, Trial Defense Counsel, and Administrative Law Attorney. His duty assignments include 101st Airborne Division, Fort Cambell, KY; Trial Defense Service – West Region, Fort Wainwright, AK; 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Cavazos, TX; and III Armored Corps, Fort Cavazos, TX. Prior to serving in the JAG Corps, CPT Wright ran his own Solo practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 2011-1017 and worked for the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office from 2009-2011.
CPT Wright earned a Juris Doctorate from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University and Bachelor’s of Arts degree in International Affairs and Global Politics from Marquette University.
Welcome to the ScholarChip$ podcast hosted by Larry Alexander and Tone Gaines. Larry is a transactional attorney at a Fortune 500 Company. Tone is a Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions attorney at a large law firm in Chicago. But more importantly, both Larry and Tone are Black Men from the inner city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The duo started ScholarChip$ to (1) create a platform to have candid conversations with scholars and (2) normalize academics as a viable way to achieve upward mobility in Black and Brown communities.
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S03 - Ep.2: “To Withhold Knowledge is a Sin” with Cory McClendon
S03 - Ep.1: Finish the Swing
S02 - Commercial Break: Chillsweats
S02 - Ep.6: Collaboration over Competition with Simran Kaleka
S02 - Ep.5: The Building Blocks of Belonging with Andrew Adeniyi
S02 - Ep.4: Rise to the Occasion Ft. Apollo Carey
S02 - Ep.3: A Leprechaun’s Journey with Mike Brown
S02 - Ep.2: Never Pour From An Empty Cup Ft. Josef Hobdy
S02 - Ep.1: Equity, Autonomy, & Community Ft. Lauren Feaster
S01 - Finale: Empower Others Ft. Attorney Kristen Hardy
S01 - Ep.11: 110% Ft. Jorjio Hopkins
S01 - Ep.10: On a Mission Ft. Lupita Avalos
S01 - Ep.9: Time is Relative Ft. David Umeh
S01 - Ep.8: Here To Win Ft. Jalen Gipson
S01 - Ep.7: Each One, Teach One Ft. Jade I. Hendricks
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