Welcome to Shannon Law Group's podcast, "The Opening Statement with Joe Shannon." Shannon Law Group is a Chicago-based Personal Injury/Workers' Compensation firm. For more information, visit shannonlawgroup.com or give us a call at (312) 578-9501.
In this episode of The Opening Statement, Joe sits down with Denice Gierach, a Naperville based estate planning attorney with a very interesting perspective on life. Her clients get a lesson on legacy, and a great attorney to boot! Listen in to hear more about her childhood, life, and practice.
Mark Kumar comes by to talk with Joe about his journey as an entrepreneur. Having dabble in several different industries, he has some interesting stories to share.
In this episode, Joe sits down with entrepreneur Nate Peo to talk about his journey.
In this episode, Joe sits down with entrepreneur Lee Chambers.
Joe sits down with entrepreneur Joseph Bellistion.
This episode was such a privilege! Joe has admired Father Larry Richards for years - it was great to sit down with him and listen to his story.
Chef Mike Fenster, M.D. from Montana.
Elder Law Attorney Mike Ettinger of New York.
Baseball is back! To celebrate, in this episode Joe sits down with Erinn Casey, the White Sox Digital Video Coordinator.
Ron is a serial Biotech entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Wild Earth. Together with Ryan Bethencourt, Ron has funded over 70 startups that have redefined food, manufacturing, and consumer products through biotechnology. Ron did his doctoral training at Princeton University studying protein structure and biophysics. His post-doctoral training at Stanford and Harvard Medical School focused on antibiotic biosynthesis and diabetes. He is also a 15 year veteran of commercial biotechnology, having led a bioinformatics and functional genomics group at Affymetrix.
Jessica Lahey is an educator, writer and speaker. She writes "The Parent-Teacher Conference" advice column for The New York Times, is a contributing writer to The Atlantic is a commentator for Vermont Public Radio and wrote the book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. Jessica currently teaches high school English and writing, and lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two sons.
Prosecutor and Madison County Circuit Court Judge nominee.
This episode features Cross Country Coach Phil English of Yakima, WA.
Father Dennis Paul of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Lisle, IL joins Joe for an interview via Zoom.
Patti Maguire Armstrong is a journalist at National Catholic Register and OSV Newsweekly, and blogs at: CatholicMom, Catholic Lane, Spiritual Direction, PattiMaguireArmstrong.com. Her writing began as a hobby alongside a degree in Social Work and masters in public administration. She worked in those fields for a time before staying home full time to raise her growing family.The writing hobby grew to over 1000 published newspaper and magazine articles. She even wrote for the National Enquirer among other more reputable national publications. As Patti began to embrace her Catholic faith, it began to change and form her life. Once she gave her gift of writing back to God, to serve Him, the inspiration for her first book took hold. Nine books later, she cannot imagine a more exciting and fulfilling life as a Catholic mom, author and speaker.Patti met her husband Mark in the Marshall Islands, Micronesia where they were both Peace Corps volunteers. They live in North Dakota and are the parents of ten children, eight boys and two girls, including two adopted orphans from Kenya.She has authored 9 books, and served as the managing editor and co-author of the Catholic best-selling Amazing Grace book series (Ascension Press). Patti has been a guest on "Fox & Friends" morning show, EWTN Television's "Live" program with Father Mitch Pacwa and twice on Doug Keck's "Bookmark" program and on Catholic Radio programs around the country.
Former Military Policeman Jon Hatami sits down with Joe (via Zoom) to discuss his path to a career at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, along with memorable cases throughout his career such as that of Gabriel Fernandez.
Mr. VanMeveren is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona. A former insurance defense litigator specializing in personal injury and bad faith cases, Mr. VanMeveren uses his experience and expertise to obtain just results for victims of negligence.Mr. VanMeveren is also and avid trail runner, cyclist, skier, triathlete and supporter of local health and fitness events. He ran the Boston Marathon and was a primary sponsor and served for twelve years as legal counsel for the Colorado Marathon, the largest marathon in Northern Colorado. Mr. VanMeveren remains very active in the local health and fitness community, volunteering his time and providing free legal counsel to local race directors and health clubs. VanMeveren Law Group also continues to sponsor numerous local charity runs and triathlons.
CEO and Founder of Floracracy, Sarah-Eva Marchese.
Episode 20 features Mike Lewandowski of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Lisle, IL.
Chuck Shannon is the Director of Operations for SOF at AELIUS Exploitation Technologies, LLC. Chuck is a Senior Level Leader with extensive operational experience at the executive level while serving as a individual or as part of a diverse team; focused on accomplishing the task regardless of complexity, timeline or environment. The nephew of Joe, our host, Chuck is a former Army Ranger, career military man, husband, and father of two.
Tony worked for the IRS from 1971 through 1986 out of various offices, including Newark, New Jersey, Office of International Operations in Washington, D.C., San Juan Puerto Rico, and Chicago, Illinois. He worked in what was then known as the Collection Division and performed the duties of a Revenue Officer and Group Manager, including 2½ years as Chief of several sections of the Special Procedures Branch which handled many of the legal issues for the Collection Division.Since leaving the IRS in 1986, Tony has been in private practice as a tax law attorney and has represented taxpayers before the IRS, IDOR and IDES dealing with various tax issues, including collection, audit and criminal issues.You can reach Tony at (630) 960-0500 or by visiting www.irstax.com.
His law practice started as a general practice but quickly shifted towards mass torts, medical device litigation, & other serious personal injury cases. Johnson never intended to be a personal injury lawyer. However, after starting his practice, he quickly realized that many individuals are injured by large corporations at no fault of their own, and that these people need a champion more than anyone.That is where Johnson found his calling: fighting for the individual and fighting for what is right. Johnson's interests expand beyond the practice of law, especially in the fields of business and technology. Prior to law, he had careers in both the SEO/Web development space, in Internet startups, and in finance.You can contact Anthony at (855) 465-1090 or by visiting www.yourattorney.com
Mr. Koehr is Managing General Partner of two fund management companies: Sorin Angel Capital, LLC and Sorin Real Estate Capital, LLC. Sorin Angel Capital invests in early stage companies. Sorin Real Estate Capital is an active real estate investor in the Virginia market. These investments include commercial and multi-family residential real estate with a focus on Virginia markets including: Richmond, Manassas, and Staunton.Jim has been married to his wife Colleen for 31 years, is the father of 12 children and the grandfather of 5. He has been the Seton School Varsity Swimming Coach since 2001 and has won eight (8) VISAA Division II State Championships. Jim is a student of the American Civil War and World War II. He is an Ironman Triathlon finisher (Lake Placid, NY), 6-time Marathon finisher, 12-time Triathlon finisher. He completed the 24-hour Navy SEAL Adventure Challenge and has swum across the Chesapeake Bay.
David Craig is the managing partner as well as one of the founding partners of the law firm of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC in Indianapolis, IN. Since he began practicing law more than 26 years ago, he has been fighting to obtain justice for ordinary people against insurance companies, trucking companies, large corporations and others. He has witnessed first-hand the destruction and devastation that can be caused by the recklessness of others. David cares deeply about his clients and treats them the way he would want to be treated — with honesty, professionalism and direct personal attention.You can reach David at (888) 673-7275 or by visiting www.cfklaw.com
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