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Cited Authorities started as a hobby: a microphone and a camera for friends and colleagues who’ve built remarkable careers. The pivots. The setbacks. What carried them through.
The show has grown since then. The ethos is the same.
Behind every successful career is a series of decisions that never made it onto a résumé. Cited Authorities features conversations with accomplished attorneys, and the leaders who shape their field, about career inflection points, professional judgment, reputation, leadership, and the real stories behind professional success.
Excellent careers are not accidents. Hear the stories of how they were built.
Host & Founder, Cited Authorities
Alexander Powell is a tax attorney based in Washington, D.C. A former prosecutor, Alex has tried more than 75 cases to verdict and drafted over 100 appellate opinions. His speaking engagements include the American Bar Association Tax Section’s national conference, where he joined representatives from the IRS, Kirkland & Ellis, Holland & Knight, Vinson & Elkins, and Barnes & Thornburg. He co-hosts the American Bar Association Section of Taxation’s People in Tax Podcast. Alexander brings a trial lawyer’s energy and a tax lawyer’s precision to every interview.
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Co-Founder, MarcusBonsib; Heeney Award, Lifetime Excellence in Criminal Law
Director, Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore School of Law
Director, Graduate Tax Program, Georgetown University Law Center
Founder & Managing Partner, Frost Law; Attorney & CPA
Partner, Cuneo Gilbert Flannery & LaDuca; Former Executive Director, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Director of Public Relations, Frost Law; Author, The Year St. Louis Became a Baseball Town (2026); Former Chief of Communications & Liaison, IRS; 2017 Presidential Rank Award
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine; author of Sunshine (Crown, 2026) and creator of From Diagnosis to Dialogue
Deputy State’s Attorney for Calvert County
Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 5, Prince George’s County
Managing Attorney, Pontius Tax Law; Georgetown Tax LL.M.
Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB; Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame
Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law & Co-Director, Health Law Program, George Washington University Law School
Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Former U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland
Chief Administrative Officer, Schuster Companies
Retired Senior Partner, Cohen & Gresser LLP; Author, William Henry Seward’s Quest to Save the Nation (Twelve Tables Press, 2026); ~300 Published Legal Articles
City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law; USMC Reserve Officer
Partner, Nardiello Turanchik Tompkins; Former DOJ Tax Division Trial Attorney
Partner, Kostelanetz LLP; Regent, American College of Tax Counsel
Partner, Law Office of Thomas E. Pyles, P.A.; Former Prince George’s County Assistant State’s Attorney
Member & White-Collar Defense Practice Lead, Miller & Chevalier
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