What does it look like to deconstruct the life you built — and decide what to carry forward? In this debut episode of Law and Porter, host Elizabeth Porter turns the tables and becomes the guest, interviewed by her mother, former television personality Mary Porter.

Together, they trace Elizabeth's journey from a childhood marked by the sudden loss of her father — an attorney killed in a plane crash when she was just three years old — to law school, a career prosecuting crimes against women and children, entrepreneurship, adoption, and motherhood. Elizabeth opens up about the grief and identity questions that quietly shaped her career, what it really means to advocate for families in crisis, and why she's choosing to start something new in one of the hardest seasons of her life.

This conversation is honest, warm, and deeply personal — and it sets the tone for everything Law and Porter is meant to be: a space where the vicious and the victorious both get a seat at the table.

In this episode:

• Why Elizabeth went to law school "chasing a ghost"
• How losing a parent young shaped her drive to advocate for children
• The difference between balancing it all and just managing the imbalance
• What it means to deconstruct yourself — and choose what to keep
• Why she believes the world might just be rigged in your favor

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