{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#11: Ilya Lerma in The Heart of Law","description":"Punctuating the first season of The Heart of Law, Mirena invites the perfectly sanguine and finely enlightened guest, Ilya Lerma, into the show. Our riveting anchor calls Ilya the New Age Lawyer, and the title fits her well.  Ilya gives us a  backdrop of a picturesque childhood entrenched with philosophy and a keen awareness of others. Nurtured by accomplished and astute parents who lovingly raised her to have a sentient worldview beyond her youth,  she saw life through the eyes of Kant, Jung, Hume, among other empiricists and rationalists who later influenced her adult life. Deeply transformed by CC Zane\u2019s Spiritual Alchemy, Ilya considers the \u201cmaterial universe [as] a manifestation of the metaphysical universe,\u201d  perceiving everyday pressures as mere tools of refinement \u201cinto spirit and transcendence.\u201d  She views the personal and professional pressure of the daily grind as the \u201calchemical furnace,\u201d effectively used by the universe to refine her intuition, her consciousness, her humanity. While she acknowledges her law practice as \u201ca little unorthodox,\u201d  we know Ilya is as endearing as they come\u2014regularly earthing (removing shoes for one\u2019s soles to commune with the earth), faithfully meditating, and gently pursuing vivid connections with everyone. With the soul of a seeker, she understands the intrinsic value of showing trustworthiness, perceiving that authenticity makes for meaningful work, relationships, and existence.  Into the deep dive, Ilya leads us through the fascinating world of Trial Structure, a scientifically systematized method of taking, streamlining, and organizing information from plaintive cases, so lawyers know how to efficiently "recognize predictable patterns of \u2026 attack [and] anticipate them." Ilya runs this company alongside her mentor and friend, Alejandro Blanco. With a prolific team of seasoned trial lawyers, they prepare inexperienced colleagues to handle the complexities of a case and more. As the conversation continues, Mirena and Ilya discuss the impact women have in the law industry. With Ilya as the current president of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association\u2014the first woman to hold office in 20 years\u2014she stays at the forefront representing women who influence the \u201cchanging landscape\u201d  of their profession. They touch on organic feminine allegiances, unique client advocacy, versatile plaintiff representations, all driven by the capable female id. WIth minds in perfect sync, the two indomitable women consider a promising future for themselves and their contemporaries. Ilya bewitches us completely. She loves life. She loves others. She loves herself\u2014inviting us all to do the same. Fearless love \u201c \u2026 it\u2019s always there, and there's never any fear that you're going to [fall] short.\u201d  That\u2019s one transcendent edict bringing The Heart of Law\u2019s first season to a sublime close. EPISODE SURVEY[00:18:54] - Taking ownership of your life[00:32:53] - Improving  family life [00:41:15] - Ilya\u2019s unorthodox approach to practicing law [00:44:02] - Introducing trial structures[01:00:05] - Ilya\u2019s future career endeavors [01:12:46] - Importance of women being ambitious in law[01:24:57] - Benefits of self-discovery in the professional world QUOTABLE QUOTES\u201cYou can blame [people] all you want, or you can figure out what it is you need to do to fix yourself to get on a path that's going to give you some meaning so that you don't keep repeating these unhealthy patterns.\u201d\u201cSurrendering your choices to somebody else to dictate your life only means that you then have someone to blame when your life doesn't turn out the way you want it to.\u201d\u201cIf your life doesn't look like [how]  you want it to, own it a hundred percent. It's your responsibility.\u201d\u201cTalk to yourself as you would a friend.\u201d\u201cYou don't have to do it all today.\u201d\u201cJust get up. You just got to beat it one more time.\u201d\u201cMy journey to becoming more self-aware and much more of a conscious being has shown itself more and my parenting than anything else.\u201d\u201cCommunicating is communing. And we forget that \u2026 not only do I commune with people [and] with my children, but I have a communion within myself. And it's deeply gratifying.\u201d\u201c When you are able to love [yourself], you truly love everybody.\u201d\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to rethink the business of law \u201c\u201cIn order to be a great lawyer, you have to be adventurous. You have to try a lot. You have to be open to everything, because the people that you're going to encounter in your practice [and represent], are people that have had\u2026 a very colorful life. And unless you understand who they are, you can't possibly represent them correctly.\u201d ABOUT OUR GUEST Attorney at Law, Trial Coach, and Consultant at Ilya Law  President-Elect of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association Recently obtained a $20 million settlement in the state of California Speaker for the Arizona Advanced Trial Advocacy Fall 2021 Conference  Recipient of several honors and awards, including Arizona Trial Lawyer-Volunteer Lawyer of the Year (2014), Featured Speaker Arizona Association for Justice, Trial Advocacy Conference (2014), Arizona Latina Women in Business panelist (2012), Clean Technologies, "Fresh-Faces" Presenter and Award Recipient (2010) Author of several published works and novels LINKS FROM THE SHOW Swing by Ilya\u2019s practice in Arizona  Here is more on Trial Structure Books Ilya recommends: The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku, Mastery of Love by Miguel Ruiz, and Deeply influenced by C.C. Zain Check out Ilya\u2019s latest, big win Learn more about the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association Visit Mirena\u2019s Chic Website and  LinkedIn Shownotes and podcast production by Caryl Veloso, Founder & COO of Almond Tree Writers' Ink, LLC ","author_name":"The Heart of Law","author_url":"http:\/\/heartoflaw.libsyn.com\/website","html":"