I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

And welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sales Podcast.

Today we have somebody who's probably the smartest guest we've had on the show in a very long period of time,

and I try to set a really high bar for the quality of guests I bring on in their intellect

but I think she's going to take it to a whole other level level. We have none other than Abakana. How are you today?

I'm doing well. No pressure with that intro.

Yeah, no pressure. Please don't come on this show and underwhelm.

So look, we start each one of our shows. we're kind of unique because we ask our

guests the same first question. Many times when people hear you or see you they

think you just landed there overnight so we want to know the arc of your career.

And you spent almost all of your career

practicing law in some form, from clerking

to the work you do now with the Elias firm.

Walk us through the arc of your career

since finishing Yale, what are the Yale Bulldog,

since being a Yale Bulldog?

Sure, yeah.

Well, I was a Yale Bulldog for an undergrad,

then I went and taught high school English for three years and went back to become a Yale Bulldog for an undergrad, then I went and taught high school

for three years and went back to become a Yale Bulldog for a law school.

And after I clerked on the DC circuit, then I clerked here in Seattle,

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