Beyond the Bar Podcast

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Your Host of Beyond the Bar Podcast! This channel elevates trailblazers, entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to rise above their ego to improve humanness. 🎥 Expert Talks: Catch Denisa's podcast Beyond the Bar, a former TV financial expert (NBC, ABC, Fox), as she goes beyond the bar with legal trailblazers having real talk about the incredible stories and experiences that shape the lives of attorneys and judges. 🗽 Personal Journey: Join Denisa, a Prague native now in the US, as she shares insights from her cross-continental experience.

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June 10, 2026Episode 1151 min

S5 E11: Lou Diamond Phillips on 40 Years in Hollywood, Getting Humbled & Why He's Hungrier Than Ever

Lou Diamond Phillips has been one of Hollywood's most resilient and versatile actors for over 40 years and in this episode, he holds nothing back.From crashing Robert De Niro's hotel room in a stolen bellboy uniform at the Deauville Film Festival, to becoming a co-owner of the Tribeca Grill, to navigating what it means to stay relevant in an industry obsessed with the flavor of the month — Lou gives us the real story behind the resume.We go deep on what it felt like to be "offer only" and suddenly invisible, why he walked back into audition rooms and fought for his career, and what he's learned about fame, gratitude, and staying grounded when Hollywood tries to put you in a box.Plus: his new film Gangland (100% on Rotten Tomatoes), his upcoming mini-series Count My Lies with Shailene Woodley, Lindsay Lohan, and Kit Harington, the animated Stranger Things universe, and a legal thriller he's attached to direct.This is the Lou Diamond Phillips most people don't know, and it's the best version of him!------------------🎙️ Beyond the Bar is the podcast for unhurried conversations with people who build something — past the headlines, past the resumes, and into the real story.🔗 Connect with Lou: https://x.com/LouDPhillips?lang=en Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/btb-podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatovaPodcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

June 3, 2026Episode 1049 min

S5 E10: Ice-T & Coco Return: Body Count, Marriage, Money & Real Life Unfiltered

Ice-T and Coco Austin return to Beyond the Bar Podcast with host Denise Tova for an unfiltered conversation on marriage, money, parenting, and life behind the headlines.Ice-T (Law & Order: SVU, Body Count) and Coco are back — and this conversation goes places the first one didn't. From road rage and their three English Bulldogs to the origin of Body Count and the Cop Killer controversy, from Ice-T's "$20,000 care level" philosophy on lending money to friends, to raising their daughter Chanel Nicole in the spotlight without raising a brat - nothing is off limits.This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 drops Friday as a special bonus episode!🎙️ Subscribe for more Beyond the Bar conversations💬 Drop your favorite moment in the comments below📺 Watch Part 2 Friday, only on Beyond the Bar PodcastABOUT BEYOND THE BAR PODCAST:Hosted by Denise Tova, Beyond the Bar is a podcast about real conversations — the kind that happen after the cameras stop rolling. Subscribe for interviews with artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and the people shaping culture today.📲 Connect with Ice-T: https://icet.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icet/📲 Connect with Coco Austin: https://www.instagram.com/cocoWatch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatovaPodcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

May 27, 2026Episode 938 min

S5 E9: They're Divorce Lawyers Who Run a Partnership Like a Marriage

Three divorce attorneys. One firm. Twenty-five-plus years together. And not a single slammed door.Joseph Demarco, Jennifer Rosenkranz and Lisa Schoenfeld are the founding partners of Calcados Rosenkranz DeMarco and Schoenfeld, one of Long Island's most respected matrimonial and family law firms. They didn't just build careers. They built something together. And in a field where most people go it alone, that kind of partnership is rare.In this episode all three open up about how they each found their way to family law, why Lisa knew from the age of five that this would be her calling after living through her own parents' brutal divorce, what it actually takes to run a law firm with two other people without losing your mind, how parenting changed the way each of them approaches their cases, why Jennifer says she could never do any of this without Joe and Lisa, Joe's confession that he shuts down the group chat after a certain point and just gives up, what matters to each of them now that didn't matter fifteen years ago, and the advice they would give to every young attorney just starting out.This one is warm, funny, and full of hard-earned wisdom from three people who have genuinely figured out how to make it work in the courtroom and with each other.🔔 Subscribe to Beyond the Bar Podcast for weekly conversations that go beyond the title and into the real story.📲 Connect with the firm: www.krdslaw.comJennifer Rosenkranz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-rosenkrantz-8358b95/Lisa Schoenfeld: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-schoenfeld-2638a18/Joseph Demarco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-demarco-4a630243/Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: tovaretirement.com/btb-podcastLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatova Facebook: www.facebook.com/denisatova Instagram: www.instagram.com/denisatovaPodcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

May 20, 2026Episode 81 hr 1 min

S5 E8: Chris Noth: Beyond Mr. Big, Fatherhood & The Version of Him Nobody Talks About

Most people think they know Chris Noth. Detective Mike Logan. Mr. Big. Peter Florrick. Three of the most iconic characters in television history — all played by one man who has spent decades deliberately staying out of the machine that made him famous.In this episode Denisa sits down with Chris for one of the most honest and unexpected conversations Beyond the Bar has ever had. Chris opens up about raising a six year old at his age and why he wouldn't trade it for anything, his oldest teenage son heading off to college and learning not to take the distance personally, the annual 100 mile hiking trips through Scotland and Spain with the same group of lifelong friends, why he finally made peace with being called Mr. Big after years of it driving him crazy, his love of theater and the role in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus that he calls genuinely transformative, the cigar he is creating in the Dominican Republic and why he wants to call it Meditations, what meditation actually revealed about his own anger and impatience, how the last few years kept him close to home and gave him something he didn't know he needed, and why after everything he is still hungry to find that one piece of material that will satisfy his soul.This is the version of Chris Noth most people have never seen. Thoughtful, unguarded, and completely himself.If you grew up watching Law and Order, Sex and the City, or The Good Wife — this one is for you.🎙️ Beyond the Bar is a podcast hosted by Denisa Tova that goes beyond the title and into the real story — the human being underneath the fame, the career, and the headlines.📲 Connect with Chris Noth: https://www.instagram.com/chrisnothofficial/📲 Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

May 13, 2026Episode 758 min

S5 E7: Flashdance Star Michael Nouri on Fame, Fatherhood & Peace at 80

Michael Nouri has spent 54 years in Hollywood. You know him from Flashdance, Yellowstone, and right now from The Pit. At 80 years old he is more honest about his life, his wounds, and his work than most people half his age.Michael opens up about growing up as the peacemaker in a combative household, being bullied as a kid and the day he finally fought back, spending decades seeking his father's approval and the moment on a Broadway stage with Julie Andrews that cracked him open, the men's group he has been part of for 12 years alongside Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne and Alfred Molina, the upcoming book A Seat at the Table, how he turned down Sam Peckinpah to take a chance on a script called Flashdance, and why at 80 his only goal is to finally give himself the pat on the back his father never did.This one stays with you.🔔 Subscribe to Beyond the Bar Podcast for weekly conversations that go beyond the title and into the real story.📲 Connect with Michael Nouri: www.michaelnouri.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelnouriofficial/?hl=enWatch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

May 6, 2026Episode 630 min

S5 E6: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family | Jacqueline Caputo

Most people walk into a divorce expecting a battle. Family law attorney and divorce mediator Jacqueline Caputo has spent over two decades proving it doesn't have to be one.Jackie is a Partner at Joseph Law Group where she leads the mediation and collaborative divorce practice on Long Island, New York. She never planned on family law — never even took it as a course in law school. But the moment a pro bono family case landed on her desk early in her career, everything changed. She has never looked back.In this episode Jackie opens up about almost choosing journalism over law, being voted kindest and best personality in a graduating class of over 1100 kids, why she reframes divorce not as an ending but as a reorganization of a family, the moment a husband broke down crying in mediation and everything finally moved forward, what it really takes to keep people solution focused when emotions are running the show, Sunday mornings frying meatballs while her husband coaches high school football, their home in Maine that keeps the whole family grounded, and why she just joined the board of directors at the Nassau County Bar Association.If you are going through a divorce, considering mediation over litigation, or looking for a more collaborative approach to family law — this conversation will change how you think about the entire process.📲 Connect with Jacqueline Caputo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-caputo-21493218/🌐 Joseph Law Group: https://josephlawpc.com/Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

April 29, 2026Episode 552 min

S5 E5: Married 28 Years, Never a Fight: How a Top Attorney & Business Mogul Built the Ultimate Power Couple

What happens when you meet the person you're going to marry — and it still takes 45 years to get it right? In this episode, Denisa sits down with power couple Lisa and Lloyd Zeiderman for a candid, unfiltered conversation about love, ambition, and what it really takes to build a life (and a business) with someone.Lisa Zeiderman is a managing partner of Miller Zeiderman LLP, a top matrimonial attorney, and a certified divorce financial analyst. Lloyd Zeiderman is a savvy businessman who managed Hollywood's biggest names and took a company public on Nasdaq. Together, they've been married 28 years — and say they've never had a fight.In this episode you'll hear how Lloyd passed his business card to the wrong woman and still ended up with Lisa, why they've never spent a night apart in 28 years, the truth about work-life balance when work is who you are, what Lisa looks for when building a powerhouse legal team, Lloyd's unfiltered philosophy on success and money, and why dressing for success still matters — including the cowboy boots story that ended a million-dollar deal.Whether you're building a business, a relationship, or both - this one is for you!🔔 Subscribe to Beyond the Bar Podcast🔗 Connect with Lisa & Lloyd: Bio: https://lisazeiderman.com/about/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisazeiderman/Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

April 22, 2026Episode 41 hr 6 min

S5 E4: Ice-T & Coco Austin: Being Real Was Always the Strategy

Most people spend their whole lives performing a version of themselves they think the world wants to see. Ice-T and Coco Austin never did that. And it changed everything.He told the truth about what he knew and built a career that has outlasted almost everyone from his era. She stepped out of the lane when the industry told her not to and paid a real price for it — until the world finally caught up.Together they built something rare. A life, a relationship, and an empire that is completely and unapologetically their own.This is a conversation about identity, authenticity, and why the most powerful thing you will ever do is decide to be exactly yourself.🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Beyond the Bar Podcast!📲 Connect with Ice-T: https://icet.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icet/📲 Connect with Coco Austin: https://www.instagram.com/cocoWatch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

April 15, 2026Episode 338 min

S5 E3: Child Abuse Attorney Liza Camellerie on Fighting for NYC's Most Vulnerable Kids & Secondary Trauma

What happens when the little girl who felt voiceless in the middle of her parents' divorce grows up to spend 20 years fighting for children who have no one else in their corner? For Liza Camellerie, that's not a hypothetical. That's her life.Liza is a family law attorney and one of New York's leading practitioners in child abuse and neglect matters. She started her career at 24 years old in the South Bronx, became an abuse specialist handling fatalities and the most harrowing cases in the New York court system, and eventually landed in private practice — thanks to a chance run-in on a treadmill at Barry's Bootcamp. You truly cannot make this stuff up.In this episode Liza opens up about growing up in an acrimonious divorce in the late 80s when almost no one had divorced parents, how that experience quietly shaped her entire career path, what it's really like to carry secondary trauma from 20 years of child abuse cases, why she thinks the family court system has deep racial and economic issues that don't get talked about enough, her unfiltered advice to young attorneys about choosing to be a problem solver versus a fighter, life as a single mom by choice raising a five year old while running a full time practice, and why she's simultaneously binge watching Call the Midwife and Walking Dead spinoffs and has zero apologies about it.This one goes deep. It's honest, raw, and one of the most human conversations we've had on the show.📲 Connect with Liza Camellerie: Bio: https://www.amsllp.com/attorney/liza-camellerieLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liza-camellerie-457497178/🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Beyond the Bar Podcast.Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.

April 8, 2026Episode 230 min

S5 E2: The Family Law Attorney Who Makes Birdhouses from Cigar Boxes

Nearly 40 years ago, Mitchell Y. Cohen walked into a matrimonial law firm fresh out of Emory Law School and met his work partner, Marty Johnson. They haven't had a fight since. That partnership — built on trust, respect, and zero yelling — says everything about how Mitch approaches the law, and life.Mitch is a Partner at Johnson & Cohen, LLP, a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a past Chair of the New York State Bar's Family Law Section. But before any of that, he was a golf-obsessed kid from Florida whose college plan was to go somewhere warm enough to play year round. In this episode Mitch opens up about growing up playing competitive golf and almost going pro, why he chose New York over Atlanta after law school, what 40 years in the courtroom has taught him about staying calm when everyone else is losing it, his advice to younger attorneys about civility and recklessness, traveling to Royal Dornoch in Scotland with his wife Marti — who has seven hole-in-ones to his zero — and what he does on weekends involving a smoker, a cigar, and a box of beef jerky.This one is warm, funny, and full of hard-earned wisdom. Don't miss it.📲 Connect with Mitchell Cohen: Bio: https://www.johnsoncohenlaw.com/attorney/cohen-mitchell-y/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-cohen-jcl/🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Beyond the Bar PodcastWatch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.