Lawpreneur Radio is for entrepreneurial lawyers seeking change, driven to do something different, and hankering to hang out their shingle. We inspire vision and courage when you're wondering what's next, and how to get there. Host Miranda McCroskey interviews successful "lawpreneurs," entrepreneurs…
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Richard W. Greenbaum, founder of Richard W. Greenbaum, PC, received his Degree of Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. After becoming a Partner in the litigation department of a large multi-office national firm in Los Angeles, handling business and tort related claims; Richard found his passion in working closely with small and medium-sized businesses to provide preventative legal services. His desire is to assist his clients in achieving their ultimate goals and help the local business community.
JJ Bisnar is the owner of JPB Inc. Legal Marketing, a marketing company that works exclusively with attorneys to get clients via the internet. JJ works with some of the most successful law firms ever to market on the internet, providing services as a one-on-one consultant for firm owners, a guest speaker at attorney mastermind groups, as well as a full marketing provider for small to large law firms throughout the United States.
Curtis Kaiser of Kaiser Law Group is a board-certified specialist in estate planning with a business background and an MBA from UCLA. Curtis’ practice is focused on estate planning for the millionaire next door. Curtis has taught Strategic Communication at UCLA's Anderson School of Business as well as Estate Planning at UC Irvine's paralegal program. In addition to running his thriving practice, Curtis is a co-chair of a local chapter of Tiger 21, North America's premier peer-learning group for high-net worth investors.
Kevin Snyder of Snyder Law, PC is a husband, father, and an attorney dedicated to his family and clients. Always eager to grow and find new ways to provide more value to his community, he left the public defender’s office to empower parents to plan to protect their families for tomorrow so they can live their happy lives today. His mission is to enhance his client's lives by providing them with the peace of mind that their loved ones will be cared in the best way, by who they want, and will avoid conflict and court in the event the unthinkable happens. Kevin still maintains a criminal and juvenile defense practice where he continues to zealously defend his clients with compassion. In everything he does, Kevin works hard so that his clients can rest easy knowing they are being represented by an attorney who cares and is one of the very best.
Nicole Wipp is an estate planning and elder law attorney based in Southeast Michigan, with a successful law practice that was built mostly on utilizing strategic marketing principles, instead of referrals. She is also the creator and host of the Smart Planning 101 podcast, a place for legal, financial and healthcare advice.
Michael Rubinstein is the owner of the Law Office of Michael E. Rubinstein, a solo personal injury practice located in Los Angeles, and serving clients in LA and Orange Counties. Prior to graduating from Loyola Law School in 2011, Michael was ordained as a rabbi by a panel of international rabbis, including the former Chief Rabbi of Israel. He brings this unique background and experience to representing his personal injury clients in the Jewish community and beyond.
Ajay Prasad is the Founder of GMR Transcription which is a successful web based transcription and translation business built from scratch. Ajay is also the Founder and President of Global Marketing Resources, LLC, a California website design, maintenance and marketing agency. He is a successful entrepreneur and business strategist with a broad variety of experience in helping small and medium size businesses maximize their return on investment from the Internet. Ajay has authored several books and eBooks to help small businesses navigate web strategy. He co-authored "Plant Your Online Biz Money Tree" to help entrepreneurs start web based businesses. He has also authored "Local Search Marketing Secrets Unveiled" that is available on his website for free. Prior to starting GMR, Ajay had over 17 years of marketing & business management experience at senior executive positions in marketing at large, medium size, and start-up companies. His work experience includes working for Fortune 10 companies and entrepreneurial startups including a VC startup. Outside of work, Ajay likes to play golf and travel to different countries.
Max Emma of the bookkeeping services company, BooXkeeping Corp., ensures the highest accuracy for clients’ finances, while saving them time, money, and resources with a down to earth approach. He created a unique structure for BooXkeeping: instead of having just one person who does your bookkeeping, clients get two to three accountants working on their behalf, so that the financial statements are double and triple checked. His team works diligently to prepare the Income Statements and Balance Sheets critical for their clients’ success and growth. Prior to launching BooXkeeping Corp, Max was with QUALCOMM. An entrepreneur at heart, though, he opened his own financial management company. BooXkeeping Corp. offers bookkeeping services to a variety of businesses nationwide, which include about 35% startups and 65% established companies. BooXkeeping has been featured in INC. Magazine and ENTREPRENEUR Magazine for their innovative accounting services, which stem from their motto: “To bring new life to one of the world’s oldest professions.” A highlight of Max’s career has been a client sharing, “I love BooXkeeping, because you under promise and over deliver.” Outside of work, Max enjoys a healthy and active lifestyle, which includes being a father of two boys. He also enjoys theater, good food, wine, and scotch.
Nicole Abboud of The Law Office of Nicole Abboud is an attorney practicing Fashion Law in Los Angeles. She works with fashion designers and companies to set up their business entities and protect their brands. Nicole graduated from Southwestern Law School in 2011 and opened her own practice in 2014. Nicole remains heavily involved in her law school’s young alumni organization, the Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California, and the American Bar Association.When she’s not lawyering, you can find Nicole chatting with awesome millennial attorneys on her podcast, The Gen Why Lawyer Podcast. Nicole’s guests range from attorneys who are finding great success in their legal careers to attorneys who have decided to pursue alternative non-legal careers to find happiness. Through her podcast, Nicole hopes to inspire professionals to shake off their fear of being unconventional and embrace their unique voice.
Guy S. DiMartino of Pejic & DiMartino, PC and the Personal Injury Law Podcast is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who practices civil litigation in Northwest Indiana and Central Florida. Guy focuses his practice in the areas where law and medicine intersection which could be personal injury, nursing home abuse, healthcare regulation and insurance issues. Guy was initially trained as a chiropractic physician. A 1986 graduate of the National College of Chiropractic and practiced chiropractic for over 17 years before transitioning into the full time practice of law.
Georg Finder of Creditworth is an credit damage evaluator and an expert on credit reporting violations and credit damage measurement. He has more than 20 years of experience evaluating credit reports and appearing as an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense. Finder has authored numerous books including his upcoming, Credit Reputation Damage Compensation Success.
Maritza Klinefelter of Law Offices of Maritza Flores Klinefelter received her bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and immediately began working for L.A. County courts. She then enlisted in the US Army, returned from training and was hired as a courtroom clerk for the next 5 years. While working full time she attended law school part time at Pacific Coast University School of Law in Long Beach, CA. She subsequently worked for OC Courts as a Courtroom Operations Supervisor. It was not until OC courts had budget cuts that she had the free time to prepare for the bar exam. She has been in solo practice for a little over one year.
Pamela Kelly of Pamela Kelly Communications has helped professionals overcome their fear of public speaking for nearly 30 years. As a corporate trainer and speech coach, her clients have come from many industries - law, finance, defense, healthcare, architecture, design, marketing - to name a few. Pam has also worked with many government agencies - like the So Cal Assoc. of Governments, the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services, Metropolitan Transportation Assoc. and Water District. She is a popular instructor at UCLA Extension and the author of “SPEAK WITH PASSION, SPEAK WITH POWER!” a workbook that grew out of her years of working with students to transform inexperience and the fear of public speaking into energy, know-how and results!
Bill Ellermeyer of Ellermeyer Connect is known as one of the most connected Career Coaches in Southern California. Bill has long preached that your Network is you Net Worth.
Dr. Janet Palmer of Communication Excellence Institute (CEI) is a specialist in communication who consults with attorneys to prepare clients and witnesses for testimony, especially when appearance and demeanor are critical to the case. She also works with expert witnesses to increase their clarity and credibility. Janet and her husband, Dr. Neal Palmer, are frequent speakers for law firms on business development and presentation skills for attorneys. Janet is the Principal of Communication Excellence Institute, a communication consulting firm now in its 30th year of continuous operation. CEI has grown to be one of the Top 50 woman-owned businesses in California's Inland Empire.
Walt Hampton of Summit Success, LLC is an executive coach and consultant who helps lawyers increase their productivity, master their time, get more clients and have more fun. Walt is a leading authority on the application of positive psychology and wellness in the workplace, he is the best-selling author of Journeys on the Edge: Living a Life That Matters, and The Power Principles of Time Mastery: Do Less, Make More, Have Fun. He is also an attorney.
Christopher Small of The Art of Lawyering and Emerald City Law Group started his law firm in 2009 with no contacts, no list, and no network after moving to Seattle from Kansas. He couldn't find any good resources for starting a law firm so he started his own, The Art of Lawyering, where he talks about how to start and run a profitable law firm.
Cheryl Nielsen of Meritage Divorce recently started her third career as a Forensic Real Estate Divorce Strategist™. In her previous careers she worked as a Cost Accountant, and Human Resources Manager. Cheryl is a Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist, Divorce Coach, and Author of the book entitled "Meritage Divorce" which is a divorce guide for the wine lover. Cheryl works with divorcing spouses to build housing transition plans that utilize appropriate legal, tax, and market timing. Empowering clients to make informed decisions with clarity versus emotion are what she considers the keys to success. Cheryl is also a California Licensed Real Estate Broker with Meritage Realty. Cheryl says, “Life is too short to drink bad wine, sometimes you have to know when to spit it out and dump the bottle.”
John Sabourin of Tenant Guardian is a 25 year commercial real estate veteran who advocates strongly for his clients, who are primarily tenants in class A office buildings. Tenant Guardian is a boutique commercial real estate firm focused on tenant representation. They are committed to negotiating the best deals in the marketplace for their clients. Over 25 years of specialized experience in tenant representation ensures that their clients are protected and valued during these increasingly complex transactions. They regularly save their clients money by restructuring their current leases, recovering overbillings by landlords and leveraging the market to maximize concessions when negotiating lease renewals or relocations. Their process is based on three simple things: sound strategy, tenacious negotiation and rigorous execution.
John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EntrepreneurOnFire, an award winning Podcast revealing the journey of today's most inspiring Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. EntrepreneurOnFire generates over $250,000 a month in revenue & offers a free 15-day course on Podcasting at FreePodcastCourse.com. With over 1 million unique listens a month, EntrepreneurOnFire has inspired Fire Nation to take control of their life and take the Entrepreneurial leap. Are YOU prepared to ignite?
Cheryl Dunn Soto of Dunn Soto Law, APC is a San Diego attorney who represents individuals and entities throughout California. Her law firm, Dunn Soto Law APC, exclusively represents insurance policyholders in coverage disputes with their insurers. Cheryl has particular expertise representing businesses that have been denied insurance coverage under directors & officers, errors & omissions and other liability policies. She is passionate about helping policyholders obtain the coverage for which they have paid. Cheryl earned her Juris Doctor, summa sum laude, from the University Of Arizona College Of Law in Tucson, Arizona in 1993. Prior to entering private practice, Cheryl worked for five federal judges, including a Ninth Circuit judge. She is licensed to practice in California, New York, and Arizona, although she currently limits her practice to California.
Kevin Jordan is the owner of Redpoint Marketing Consultants and the host of the Small Business Marketing Minute show, a video and audio podcast that teaches simple, affordable, and practical marketing methods to small business owners. He’s also a member of the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network, and has recently authored a book together with four other consultants in that network entitled Small Business Owner's Guide To Local Lead Generation: Proven Strategies & Tips To Grow Your Business!. Prior to starting his consulting business, Kevin spent six years as an airline pilot for US Airways Express before leaving that career to become an entrepreneur. He’s a native of Indiana and graduate of Purdue University, and currently resides in Farmville, Virginia with his wife Jen.
Barry Goldberg of Barry P. Goldberg, A Professional Law Corporation is in his 30th year of practice and his small firm is growing rapidly thanks to an intelligent content marketing strategy.
Cami McLaren of McLaren Coaching coaches attorneys to create new ways to operate in their practice. As an attorney who practiced law for 16 years, she is passionate about assisting other attorneys to create lives and careers that are productive, balanced and fulfilling. Her fundamental belief is that practicing law does not have to be "hard." Cami has worked in top law firms, and one-on-one with attorneys to help them reach their goals in a balanced and productive way. She works with attorneys to improve communication skills, create more effective and positive relationships and to improve time management skills and productivity. Cami presents workshops on topics such as communication, trust, accountability and time management in law firms, bar associations, and legal conferences. She writes articles for a variety of legal publications and is the co-author of Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving Balance, published by the ABA in 2014.
Ron Alikani of Irvine Law Group, LLP and Secure Runner discusses building a practice and a technology business. is a graduate of Western State University College of Law and has been practicing law since June of 2000. During law school received an AmJur award for legal writing and academic scholarship. Ron is a founding partner of Irvine Law Group, LLP. Ron’s practice is focused on transactions and complex legal matters in both state and federal courts. Ron has been part of the legal team in several other high profile and complex cases involving prevailing wage, insurance fraud and export violations with local and international media coverage. Ron has been the lead trial attorney in over 15 bench trials and arbitration proceedings and he has prevailed in 90% of those cases. Ron is a member of the Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association and Orange County Bar Association. Ron has a great interest in technology, creative thinking and problem solving. Ron strongly believes that “zealous advocacy” has been misunderstood by many. Ron believes that Lawyers should be zealous problem solvers with their client's best interest in mind.
Michael Chasin of Lexicata completed his JD/MBA at Loyola Marymount University but had started his first legal tech company, LawKick, during his 2nd year of law school. LawKick continues to operate today. From there, he learned there was a major gap in the industry and that's where he and his team came up with Lexicata, a CRM and client intake software built exclusively for law firms.
Nicholas Myers of MYERS BERSTEIN focuses his practice on intellectual property and business matters. He first hung his own shingle in 2011 as a sole practitioner and has since taken on a partner in David Berstein and together they have grown the practice to a five attorney firm.
Laura Bromlow of Bromlow Law is an Elder Law and Special Needs Planning attorney in Long Beach, California. She is passionate about helping people who are stressed out because of the issues their aging loved ones or their loved ones with special needs are facing. She is a wife and a mother of two and understands family is a priority.
Jesse Randolph of Randolph Legal Group is a former big-firm lawyer who, after 12 years in practice, recently decided to pursue a career as a solo practitioner. While the focus of Jesse's practice is employment law, as a solo practitioner he inevitably works in a variety of different fields. In addition to practicing law, Jesse teaches law (Civil Procedure and Deposition Skills) as an Adjunct Law Professor at Trinity Law School in Santa Ana, CA. He actively serves in his church (Compass Bible Church, Huntington Beach) as a small group leader and Sunday School teacher, is married, and has four children (ages 8 and under).
Monica E. Lukoschek of US Immigration Law Group, LLP graduated from U.C. Hastings College of Law, cum laude in May 1987, and immediately started her career in immigration law. After more than a decade working in the immigration law departments of two major law firms, Monica helped found a boutique immigration law firm in Irvine and helped to grow the firm from 13 to 40 employees in less than one and a half years. In December 2001, Monica started a solo practice representing small- to mid-sized businesses, as well as individuals, in matters involving U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law. Five years ago she merged her solo practice with that of another immigration attorney and she is now a founding partner of U.S. Immigration Law Group, LLP.
Kyle Rowen of Wesierski & Zurek LLP graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Minors in both Business Administration and History. At USD, Kyle was the recipient of the Alcala Award, a prestigious award honoring the top male in a graduating class for overall excellence. Following his undergraduate education, Mr. Rowen served as a policy advisor for a San Diego County Supervisor, where he advised on matters concerning health and human services and public safety. Kyle obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University Of San Diego School Of Law, where he was selected as a member of the prestigious Order of the Barristers for his oral advocacy skills and was a member of the National Mock Trial team. Mr. Rowen also received the American Board of Trial Advocates Award, and received the Highest Grade in Class/Honors in Advanced Trial Advocacy, and Criminal Clinic I & II. Kyle Rowen has been licensed to practice law since 2004, and handles matters involving employment law, including defending against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under state and federal law, the Americans with Disability Act, governmental tort liability, police liability, and premises liability. Kyle is licensed to practice before all the courts of the state of California as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court, Central District of California. Kyle has extensive experience before a jury, having conducted over 20 jury trials. Following law school, Kyle served as a Deputy District Attorney in the Riverside County District Attorney’s office. While in the District Attorney’s office, Kyle was assigned to the prestigious Sexual Assault and Child Abuse unit and prosecuted several cases from the nationally televised series on DATELINE NBC, To Catch A Predator. Prior to joining Wesierski & Zurek, LLP, Kyle represented various Southern California cities as a Deputy City Attorney, first at a private firm and then at the City Attorney’s Office for the City of Newport Beach. Kyle regularly advised Human Resources staff on employment matters, including conducting workplace investigations and handling disciplinary actions. In addition, he served as the legal advisor to the Newport Beach Police and Fire Departments, and in 2012 and 2013, served as the Southern Section Chair for the California Peace Officers’ Association, Police Legal Advisors Committee.
David Kamanski of Law Offices of David D. Kamanski has been a civil litigation attorney in Orange County, California for over 30 years. He graduated from Foothill High School in Tustin in 1975 and then obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1979. He obtained his law degree from the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law located in Sacramento, California in 1983. David began working at Chase, Rotchford, Drukker & Bogust, a large insurance defense firm in Los Angeles, as a law clerk in 1981 and then as an associate attorney from 1984 to 1987. He then moved firms two more times landing at a firm in Orange County which was renamed to Sheehy, Kamanski & Ellis where he remained a partner until opening his own office, The Law Offices of David D. Kamanski in September 1993.
Antoinette Balta is President and Co-Founder of the Veterans Legal Institute where she oversees and has responsibility for business development, outreach, public relations, marketing, and strategic planning. Antoinette comes to Veterans Legal Institute with a long-held passion to serve homeless and at-risk veterans and service members and has dedicated her career to that end.
Richard Wilner is board certified as a specialist in immigration and nationality law by the state bar of California. Richard has been practicing immigration law for 15 years. He has run his own business since 2003
Vaughn Sigmon of The Alternative Board has over 35 years of executive experience successfully leading, growing, and managing a diverse number of businesses. Vaughn recently retired from an 11 year career as Regional Vice President General Manager for the Los Angeles Region of CarMax; a Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For Award winner. Vaughn specializes in helping small businesses learn that focusing on their employees with the right approaches and gaining their buy-in will drive whatever initiatives the business owner wants to accomplish. Upon retiring Vaughn knew that he wanted to extend his career in the area that he enjoyed the most from his days as a senior executive: Coaching executives to be the best that they can be.
Cherissa Jackson is a 23 year Air Force Veteran and she has over 15 years of nursing experience. Cherissa started Jackson & Associates Legal Nurse Consultants, LLC to provide attorneys a faster and better way to screen their cases. The team at Jackson & Associates Legal Nurse Consultants, LLC has over 30 years of nursing experience in ICU, trauma, ER, recovery, surgery, pediatrics, VA disabilities, and workers' compensation. Jackson & Associates’ value to attorneys lays in having been trained to know what's right and wrong with patient care and hospital standards. Because they are the key caregivers they have the knowledge to assist attorneys with preparation and winning medical malpractice and wrongful death cases saving attorneys both time and money.
Originally from England, Paramjit Mahli of The Rainmakers Roundtable is a former journalist, emmy judge, author and principal of The Rainmakers Roundtable. Paramjit’s focus is creating great results for her clients. She works with professionals when they want to increase sales when they speak, reducing the money that gets left on the table. Paramjit says, “ASK YOURSELF, ARE YOU THE PEACOCK OR JUST ANOTHER PIGEON?”
Gordon Firemark of Power Podcasting for Lawyers is a Los-Angeles based Entertainment lawyer and a mediapreneur. In his law practice he helps creatives and businesses in theatre, film, television and new media to make smart deals that make sense. He's been a podcaster for almost 10 years, with three shows: Entertainment Law Update, Entertainment Industry Insights, and the Law Podcasting Podcast. His latest adventure has him evangelizing to bring lawyer marketing into the 21st century with modern media strategies and tactics.
Bobby Ungar is the Managing Partner of CROSSWIND Business Divorce Lawyers. Bobby is known for his responsiveness and dedication to his clients, high rates of client satisfaction, and successful outcomes. Bobby has 35 years of knowledge and experience handling business divorce cases, and is the author/editor of California Business Divorce, the only legal encyclopedia devoted exclusively to business divorce law, practice and procedure.
Stephen Fairley is the Founder and CEO of The Rainmaker Institute, the largest law firm marketing company specializing in helping small to mid-sized law firms generate more leads and convert more prospects into paying clients. They have helped over 15,000 attorneys apply the proven Rainmaker Marketing System. Stephen is a nationally recognized legal marketing expert and has spoken to 35 of the largest state and local bar associations.
Dan Negroni is the founder of launchbox.tv, a training and professional development company that bridges the gap between managers and their millennial workforce to help organizations achieve bold success. Dan leverages his authentic, no-nonsense approach and a successful 20+ year career as a CEO, attorney, senior sales and marketing executive, to reinvigorate businesses and people. He has transformed hundreds of individuals’ lives and has dramatically increased employee engagement, revenue and profit for dozens of businesses.
Lisa Walker of Action Coach is a business coach who works with emerging and successful business owners and executives who want to get their business to the next level but have been unable to do it on their own. She is a focused, goal-oriented coach who shows her clients how to turn their vision into results using systems, strategies and tactics that get a business growing rapidly and running smoothly. Walker loves seeing the light bulb come on and knowing she’s helping her clients succeed. She offers those clients the same unwavering dedication she devotes to her team sport of formation skydiving, with nearly 5,000 jumps and seven world records to her credit. Walker is also an instrument-rated pilot, marathon runner and scuba diver.
After nearly nine years practicing with large law firms in New York City, Ari Kaplan, the founder of Lawcountability, has become a leading industry analyst in the legal community. He was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, has been the keynote speaker for events in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and throughout the U.S., and has shared ideas with students and professionals worldwide. Named a “Law Star” by LawCrossing, Kaplan provides law-related ghostwriting for a number of companies, firms and individuals in the legal industry. He has served as a member of the Law Technology News Editorial Advisory Board and serves on the Board of Editors for ALM’s Marketing the Law Firm and Legal Tech. Ari is the founder of Lawcountability, a cloud-based software platform and iPhone app that helps lawyers and law students leverage technology to raise their profiles. He is also a former practicing attorney, author, and legal industry analyst.
Toni Y. Long is a partner and founder of The Long Law Group, PC, a boutique law firm specializing in corporate and entertainment transactional work. Toni represents a broad range of clients, from small business owners, to start-ups to small, middle market companies, from a variety of industries, especially entertainment and technology. Her corporate practice focuses on serving as general corporate counsel to growing businesses. Her entertainment practice focuses on film production, talent representation, distribution and licensing, and other entertainment issues.
Marla Merhab Robinson is the founding partner of Merhab Robinson, Jackson and Clarkson which has been in business for 18 years. She's been practicing business and employment law for 27 years.
Beau Hart Brower was born and raised in Orange County. The name Hart Bail Bonds in Orange County derives from the Hart family that was first generation in the city of Orange. Beau has continued his family’s proud legacy of hard work by working diligently for individuals and families that are in need. For almost a decade Beau has proven to be very effective in navigating the criminal justice field for his clients. Beau specializes in Bail Bond services, private addiction treatment programs strategic planning and development services, alternative sentencing, pre-plea reports and addiction treatment placement across the USA. Beau is an active member in the criminal justice community and provides continuing education credits by lecturing for several attorney Bar Organizations. Beau is highly respected by private attorneys, Judges, District Attorneys and Public Defenders. His relationships and experience in the criminal justice community is rooted by his personal commitment to connecting with his clients and providing the highest level of services based on compassion and understanding. Beau earned his B.F.A. from Cornish College, Seattle WA. He is a licensed Bail agent and Realtor.
Karolyn Blume is an expert problem solver and a gifted strategist. After a long career in law and mediation, she uses her keen insight as a speaker, writer and consultant. She has served as an adjunct professor at several colleges, and is a founder of “Mediators Beyond Borders International.” She lives and works in the Washington, DC area, where she uses the tools in her book on a daily basis.
Dyke Huish of The Huish Law Firm is a prominent Southern California Criminal Defense Attorney with over 20 years of experience. He is the rare attorney that has served as both a Deputy District Attorney and Deputy Public Defender. He is a California Certified Criminal Law Specialist. Dyke is a veteran of more than 300 bench and jury trials and has personally handled over 5000 criminal cases. He is a well sought after speaker on trial tactics, courtroom strategies and jury psychology. He has handled more than half a billion dollars in fraud cases and successfully litigated one of the largest fraud cases in the history of the State of California. He has a Master Degree in Psychology and is the father of five children.
Anabella Bonfa is a litigator with Wellman & Warren LLP, handling business and partnership disputes, theft of trade secrets, and unfair competition. She lectures extensively on trade secrets, networking, and using social media to develop business.
Chuck Bankoff is Founder and Director of Web Services for Kreative Webworks, a full service digital marketing agency since 1999. Chuck is a speaker and author and has trained other marketing consultants in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Amsterdam, South America, Canada, and the US in a vast array of Digital Marketing concepts and techniques. He’s spoken at numerous digital marketing conferences across the world, written papers and books on topics such as Landing Page Design, Reputation Management, and Managing the Creative Process. His team has won a variety of awards including “Creative Excellence for Website Design”, and most recently the “People’s Choice” award for best website. Chuck directs a team of creative and technical professionals to develop business ready web solutions for their clients, essentially becoming their digital marketing department, taking care of their website, search engine marketing, social media management and reputation management.
Jon is a pioneer & creator of Customer Resource Management (CRM) solutions. Jon is also a noted speaker about Social Media’s effects on Sales and Marketing. His most recent venture is Nimble.com, a leading Social Relationship Manager. He has been recognized on Forbes as one of the Top 10 Social Chief Executive Officers, Top 10 Social Salespeople in the World, and among the Top 50 Social Business Twitter Accounts You Must Follow.