TECH Fireside Chats

Every week ViewStub and CodeFirm hope to bring you the best and brightest in tech at our Fireside chats. These are informal conversations between our moderator, the guests, and the live viewers who can ask questions via the chat window.

High level interviews with the movers and shakers in the world of emerging technology. We cover everything in the post-Covid world including startups, raising capital, emerging AI, Drones, Micromobility, all the way to simple HR issues. Hear from CEOs and Entrepreneurs about the issues that affect them. Join us each week on ViewStub.com

Zara Watkins - https://www.onpointexpertise.com/

I am an appellate attorney with 15 years experience perfecting appeals in state, federal, and immigration cases. I handle appeals as attorney of record or “Of Counsel” to solo attorneys and small law firms. I also help lawyers construct their appellate arguments from the ground up, from spotting the key issues in the case to researching and writing substantive motions for the trial court to attending trials to spot appeal issues and preserve them for the record.

I started my career at a Big Law firm in Manhattan (Torys LLP), but since 2007 I have worked as a solo practitioner. My clients either represent or are themselves individuals and small businesses dealing with a variety of legal subjects ranging from bankruptcy to asylum to foreclosure defense to real property disputes to decedent estates battles and many more in between. I have a particular knack for oral argument so, in addition to my own appellate cases, I often argue on behalf of other lawyers in courts across New York City––even in cases in which I did not write the brief.

I graduated from Georgetown Law Center, and Tulane University before that. I consider myself a lifetime student of the art of argument and I have continuously honed my persuasion skills since childhood. Why? Because I love making and winning arguments, which I consider to be the perfect intellectual exercise and the bedrock for the Rule of Law.

I am also an intrepid world traveler: I've visited 50 countries and counting. Interacting with people from so many different cultures has given me a unique insight into the minds of others, which serves me well when I am anticipating the argument that will be the most persuasive to a particular judge. My decades-long daily meditation and yoga practice also aids in my argument-making by keeping my mind focused and clear.

I am admitted to the bars of New York and Florida, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Southern District of Florida, the Second Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

This is all Attorney Advertising, of course. And Prior Results Do Not Guarantee The Same Outcomes.

Joel Martin - Host

Joel is an experienced Marketing and Executive Sales Leader. He has a passion for technology sales working as the VP of DOOH at Swiftmile.com and new CRO of CodeFirm.com

His first endeavor was importing and distributing Malaguti motorized driven scooters from Italy. Recent projects included launching the experiential arm of Brightbox a VC backed national kiosk phone charging network (now owned by Luxor/EBSCO Industries) and bringing to market the first photo booth Digital-Out-of-Home network. Over the years he has represented and fashioned several brands in the United States and Europe. He received a BA in Political Science and Marketing from the University of Florida, with certifications in International Relations and Latin American studies. Joel has sold everything from Apps to coffee. In addition, he is an active startup board advisor and volunteers with the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation https://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/