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Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

July 15, 2014 by emilyrowell

Jennifer Ivey

Attorney Jennifer Ivey grew up in Georgia, went to Lassiter High School, UGA for undergrad, and Georgia State for law school.

Enjoys representing people who have been hurt either physically or by their lawyers- practices personal injury and legal malpractice.

Involved in GSU Law alumni association. Coaches high school mock trial for the Weber School. Volunteers in community at Buckhead Church in the preschool department.

Involved in several committees for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, currently the chair of the New Lawyers Division. Selected for the inaugural LEAD class of GTLA, which is a leadership academy of GTLA that began last year.

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Mia Frieder

Mia Frieder represents individuals injured through the negligence of others. She practices with her husband, Ron Hilley, and focus on auto/truck collisions, slip and fall injuries, medical malpractice and workers’ compensation. She is a member of the multi-million dollar and million dollar advocates forum, AV rated 5.0/5.0 (highest rating available from Martindale Hubbell) and has published/spoken nationally on failure to diagnose breast cancer and other negligence related topics. She is the current chair of the Women’s Trial Lawyer Caucus of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Editorial Board for Verdict (GTLA publication). She has two children, Blake and Ilana, aged 14 and 10, and two dogs, Spike and Snoopy.

Mia has been active with the State Bar of Georgia, serving on the Executive Council of the Younger Lawyers Division for 1992-93, 1993-94, and founded the Lawyers in Practice committee for which she received an Award of Merit in 1992-93. Mia also served on the Communications Committee and was appointed by Senator Max Cleveland to serve on the Judicial Nominations Committee for the Northern District of Georgia.

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Mike Prieto

Michael A. Prieto founded the firm’s nursing home wrongful death practice and has developed it into one of the largest Long-Term Care plaintiffs’ practices in Georgia, recovering millions of dollars for clients in the process.

His litigation work focuses on representing patients and families against assisted living, skilled nursing, acute, sub acute and long-term care facilities. He advocates for fair compensation when wrongful acts and omissions are discovered, and through aggressive efforts tries to assure that the same thing will never happen to another innocent victim.

He has appeared on numerous television programs, including Larry King, Oprah, Paula Zahn, Today, Good Morning America, Donahue and others. He has been quoted by the Los Angeles Times and other print media.

Mr. Prieto cares deeply about his community and has organized many pro bono clinics for the elderly poor throughout the state of Georgia, preparing wills, powers of attorney, and providing general legal advice in senior centers and churches. He has, without compensation, given advice to nursing homes and assisted living facilities with the hope of improving resident care.

Mr. Prieto serves as County Administrator in Bartow County, as well as Probate Judge pro tempore. He has also served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps and is a combat veteran of wars in the Middle East. He is an active member of the American Association for Justice and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group and Chair of the GTLA Nursing Home Litigation Group.

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John Bey

John Bey is the Managing Partner of Bey & Associates. Mr. Bey specializes in, serious personal injury, complex civil litigation and criminal defense. He has been involved in the recovery of millions of dollars for deserving individuals and families. His aggressive and zealous advocacy has resulted in successful pre-trial resolution of a number of disputes. During this time Mr. Bey has dedicated himself to advocacy for those who have been victimized by serious injuries. Prior to commencing his career in private practice Mr. Bey graduated from the University of Cincinnati and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama School of Law. Mr. Bey also held positions in the Legal Department of Procter and Gamble, General Electric Legal Operations and served as a legal intern in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals under the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones. He has also worked in the litigation of several prestigious law firms in Atlanta and Birmingham. As dedicated as Mr. Bey is to the defending and protecting the rights of the victims of injustice he is also committed to serving the community. While at the University of Cincinnati he received the prestigious induction into Sigma Sigma Men’s Honorary Society and inducted in the Men of Metro for his community service at the University of Cincinnati and the greater Cincinnati Community. At the University of Alabama he received the Dean’s Award for Community Service. Mr. Bey has also been active in Habitat for Humanity, The Ronald McDonald House, an Elementary School Mentor and Soup Kitchen Volunteer. In addition, Mr. Bey is a member of several professional and civic organizations including, The American Bar Association, The National Bar Association, The American Association for Justice, The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, The Farah Law Society and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.

Board of Trustees National College of Advocacy AAJ

Chair Elect American Association for Justice Minority Caucus

Secretary Civil Justice PAC

Member Voter Public Education AAJ

Member Voter Protection Committee AAJ

Georgia Bar Association YLD Litigation Committee

Georgia Trial Lawyers AAJ Representative

American Association for Justice Public Relations Committee

2014 Mock Trial Judge

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Jennifer Auer Jordan

Jennifer Auer Jordan specializes in complex civil cases like business disputes, investment fraud, whistleblower actions and consumer class actions, her work in the courtroom has resulted in a number of impressive verdicts and settlements, including a multi-million dollar award to Georgia consumers victimized by unfair lending practices. She has represented thousands of Georgia consumers in multiple class action lawsuits against payday lenders.

Jennifer graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law where she was a member of the Georgia Law Review and the school’s award winning National Moot Court Team. She currently serves as the president of the UGA Law School Association Council.

After graduating from law school, Jennifer served as a federal law clerk to United States District Court Judge Anthony A. Alaimo.

Jennifer has been named to Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite for her trial work, and based on her legal representation of Georgia consumers, Jennifer was named to Georgia Trend Magazine’s “40 Under 40″ list which recognizes Georgians “under 40″ who “will lead our state’s commercial, cultural, academic and governmental institutions into the future.” She has also been recognized as a “rising star” in Georgia’s legal community.

In 2013, she was named as one of the University of Georgia’s “40 Under 40″ Alumni. This list recognizes: “…prominent graduates [that] have made an impact in business, leadership, community, educational and/or philanthropic endeavors. They’ve demonstrated dedication to the University of Georgia and its mission of teaching, research and service.”

In 2013, she developed an iPad app called JuryStrike to help other trial lawyers with jury selection. She currently assists other trial attorneys during the jury selection process. She is a frequent speaker on social media issues that arise in the context of litigation.

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Chris Kelleher

Chris Kelleher joined the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association as the Communications Director in December of 2012. Previously, he served as the Director of Communications at the Georgia Republican Party, where he oversaw the Party’s highly-successful media relations and grassroots outreach initiatives during the 2011-2012 Election Cycle. Under his guidance, the organization’s social footprint grew by nearly 200 percent and earned media placement reached an all-time high. Chris was also the Georgia Media Liaison to the Republican National Committee and Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Chris has served as a campaign spokesman for candidates at the local, statewide and federal levels. In addition, he is an Alumnus of the Republican National Committee’s Eisenhower Internship Program in Washington, D.C. and also served as a Legislative Intern to Senator Johnny Isakson. He was born and raised in Roswell, GA and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgia Southern University.

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School

July 8, 2014 by emilyrowell

Tiffany Simmons, Jeffrey Van Detta, Lisa Kaplan, Anna Sokol, Emily Rowell

Lisa Kaplan/Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School

Lisa Kaplan received her JD from Duke University in 1987. From there she practiced employment law and litigation for two large Atlanta firms before moving to education. Prior to joining Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, Lisa wrote and edited legal materials. In 2010 she joined John Marshall as the schools first LL.M Program Director. As Director Lisa has overseen the LLM program through ABA approval and launch. The thee programs they offer are Online Employment Law, Residential LLM in American Legal Studies, and Online LLM in American Legal Studies.

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Jeffrey A. Van Detta/Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School

Jeffrey A. Van Detta holds the John E. Ryan Chair in International Business and Workplace Law and serves as Associate Dean for Scholarship at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Professor Van Detta joined the Law School faculty in 1999, after practicing in the Labor and Employment Law Group in the Atlanta Office of Kilpatrick Stockton, now known as Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where he was a partner and represented Fortune 500 clients such as PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, Delta Air Lines, Lockheed Martin, and Asahi National Broadcasting Network of Japan.

Professor Van Detta teaches courses in contracts and other international and domestic business law areas, including labor and employment law. He teaches in both the Juris Doctor and the LL.M. degree programs at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Professor Van Detta is a prolific author of legal scholarship. Recently, for example, he published two articles on the role of LL.M. degrees, both ground-based and online, for foreign-educated lawyers seeking to learn about American law.

In May 2014, Professor Van Detta gave four presentations to groups of Turkish lawyers, law students, and law professors at an International Legal Education conference in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey, co-sponsored by Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School with Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.

Professor Van Detta graduated with honors on a full-tuition merit scholarship from Albany Law School, the nation’s fourth oldest private law school, where he was Editor-In-Chief of Volume 51 of the Albany Law Review. After law school, he clerked for U.S. federal appeals court judge Roger Jeffrey Miner in Albany and Manhattan.

He is a member of both the New York and Georgia Bars, and serves as the Law School’s representative to the State Bar of Georgia’s Formal Advisory Opinion Board.

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Anna Sokol/Joseph H. Rosen Immigration Law Group

Ms. Sokol is a Polish Citizen and Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) in the U.S. Ms. Sokol has a law degree from the University of Lodz, Poland and a Master of Law, LLM from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. She is anticipating taking the Georgia State Bar in January 2015.

Ms. Sokol has assisted the Polish Embassy to the U.S. in registering Polish citizens in the U.S so that they could vote in the Polish national elections. She has been employed as a Law Clerk in the Joseph Rosen Immigration Law Group since 2006. Ms. Sokol specializes in working with foreign athletes, entertainers, artists, foreign professionals, and U.S. businesses seeking to employee foreign professionals. Ms. Sokol is fluent in Polish, English, and Italian.

TIFFANY M. SIMMONS, ESQ.

Award-winning, enthusiastic and resolute on rejecting defeat, Attorney Tiffany M. Simmons is the legal counsel of choice for those who seek the absolute very best representation. Attorney Simmons represents clients ranging from celebrities, businesses, to everyday citizens. Ms. Simmons was honored to receive the 2013 and 2014 Client Distinction Award for being in the top 1% of her profession by Martindale-Hubble. Ms. Simmons has been featured on many media outlets including, CNN’s HLN After Dark, talk and radio shows In addition to her media presence, Attorney Simmons is a published author writing for the American Bar Association and other publications. Ms. Simmons was also featured in the American Bar Association magazine and the GA Bar Young Lawyers Newsletter.

A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Attorney Simmons graduated from the US World Reports “Top High School in the Nation” City High School. At the age of 16, she was a Page for the United States House of Representatives. After leaving Michigan, Attorney Simmons graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the award winning, Florida A & M University. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Ms. Simmons sits on the board of many organizations including the Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School Alumni Board serving as Secretary. Tiffany serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of GA. As a distinguished leader in the community, Ms. Simmons has participated in numerous community activities that showcase her abilities as a model, volunteer, fundraising/campaign leader, sports enthusiast and exemplary attorney. In 2014, Tiffany was selected for the Georgia Bar YLD Leadership Academy. In addition to her legal skills, she is an actress, writer and producer who tactfully shares her expertise in the film and television industry. Ms. Simmons proves herself to be one who works well behind the scenes of TV/film as well as in front of the camera. Ms. Simmons is a member of: Georgia State Bar, American Bar Association, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Young Lawyers Division of State Bar, and Gate City Bar Association. Attorney Simmons’ philosophy of life encourages her to work hard, play hard, love hard and trust God.

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Bill Grodnik with DaVinci Virtual Offices & DavinciMeetingRooms.com

July 1, 2014 by emilyrowell

Bill Grodnik with DaVinci Virtual Office Solutions and DaVinciMeetingRooms.com is special guest on Atlanta Legal Experts today. As CEO of Davinci Virtual Offices and Davinci Meeting Rooms he is responsible for overseeing the growth and marketing strategy of both companies. Mr. Grodnik was previously President of Davinci International, a business center operator in four western states. Prior to creating the Davinci brand, Mr. Grodnik was President of HQ Business Centers of Arizona, where he held the franchise rights to the HQ Business Centers. Mr. Grodnik has an extensive background in finance and Management and was previously the Chairman of Board and CFO of American Traffic Systems. ATS was the first provider in the US of automated enforcement devices including Red Light and Speed Cameras. Mr. Grodnik earned a B.S (cum laude) in Business from Arizona State University.

Bill explains on the show that he originally worked for a privately held Executive Suite firm. Due to the high demand of clients/prospects asking for locations outside the company’s area, Bill started to see the vision of the Virtual offices going global. Years ago, it was necessary for professionals in the legal world to have a full-time office. Now, with the ever changing society, most professionals/entrepreneurs are mobile, including Solo-practice firms and Law School Graduates starting their practice. The high demand now is to meet the needs of the mobile worker. So, Bill developed www.DaVinciVirtual.com. He became partners with small Executive Suites firms like his all over the country and eventually the world to make this happen. It’s an easy site to find an address a place to meet your clients anywhere in the world.

A few years in, Bill began to see the need for more meeting space arise, hence the development of www.DaVinciMeetingRooms.com. The mobile entrepreneur needs places to meet clients more than anything else. The need for an address is big, but not as big as a place to work/meet your clients. This website Bill developed addressed these particular needs for the modern professional.

To summarize, I believe the show focused on his ingenuity, vision, and success in helping meet the demand of the current market for attorneys and the simplicity of making it happen for them.

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Laura Reis, Darl Champion, Alan Hamilton, & Doug Dumont

June 24, 2014 by emilyrowell

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Laura Reis/Reis Law

Laura Reis, a workers compensation lawyer with Reis Law in Atlanta, has successfully resolved over one thousand workers compensation claims and procured millions of dollars for the injured workers she represents. Along with her dedication to the representation of injured workers, Laura has handled hundreds of third party injury claims through selected associations with leading attorneys across the country. Since she understands these claims, she also understands the need to hire a specialist who will work well with your workers compensation attorney. Reis Law is fully equipped to handle these claims and understands that bringing in legal experts can increase the value of third party claims, all at no additional cost to the client. Sometimes a single injury can result in multiple claims against multiple parties- meaning a higher recovery and multiple settlements. Most of the time these associated cases are complex and Reis Law has a network of top attorneys in every legal specialty across the country that understand the delicate balance among the associated claims. You can rest assured that when you hire Reis Law, you are hiring a team of legal specialists with strong contacts across the country for all of your injury-related issues, from products liability to medical malpractice to employment-related claims.

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Darl Champion/The Champion Firm, P.C.

Darl Champion is a trial lawyer with significant experience representing plaintiffs in a variety of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving serious car and trucking accidents, premises liability claims, defective products, medical negligence, and railroad accidents and injuries. He has represented plaintiffs in every federal district court in Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court, and numerous state and superior courts throughout the state. He has helped recover millions of dollars on behalf of his clients, and in each of the last three years Georgia Super Lawyers has recognized him as a Rising Star in the area of plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation. In June 2014, he founded his own law firm, The Champion Firm, P.C., where he specializes in personal injury and wrongful death cases, insurance disputes, and constitutional rights cases.

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Doug Dumont/Warshauer Law Group

Doug joined the Warshauer Law Group over seven years ago after working at an insurance defense firm. This experience gave him an important understanding and familiarity with insurance companies and corporations and how they approach lawsuits involving serious personal injuries. Although Doug enjoyed the attorneys he worked with at his prior firm, he realized that his calling was join a team of Georgia personal injury lawyers representing individuals and their families. Fortunately he was given the opportunity to work with lawyers like Michael and Lyle Warshauer who have dedicated their professional careers and much of their personal lives defending those wrongfully injured and their families. As a member of our team of Atlanta personal injury attorneys, Doug works every day to plan, strategize, and prepare cases to secure the best compensation for individuals and families who are injured as the result of the carelessness of others. He now feels his successes truly make a difference and improve people’s lives, which is very rewarding.

Like the other attorneys at the Warshauer Law Group, Doug strives to be the best both inside and outside the courtroom. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1998 with a degree in Political Science and then received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law. He has successfully argued motions for clients in state, federal, and appellate courts throughout the state of Georgia. In fact, Doug’s appellate record is unbeaten.

Doug has been lead counsel in several jury trials, including a disputed liability snow skiing incident he won in Forsyth County last year. Doug and Michael also won a $20,000,000 verdict in Federal Court in 2012.

When Doug is away from the office, he enjoys spending most of his time with his wife and three children going to soccer, swim team, vacations, or just hanging around the house.

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Alan Hamilton/Shiver Hamilton, LLC

Alan Hamilton focuses his law practice on significant personal injury cases, wrongful death, and business torts. Alan has helped numerous clients obtain seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements during his career. He has represented individuals and appeared before courts in ten different states. Prior to co-founding Shiver Hamilton, LLC, Alan practiced with a nationally recognized trial firm and served as a federal judicial law clerk. Since founding the firm in 2011, Alan and Jeff have obtained a series of jury verdicts far exceeding the insurance company’s best offer.

Alan has been recognized as “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine, and as a “Super Lawyer” by Atlanta Magazine. Alan holds an “AV-Preeminent” peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell Lexis-Nexis, which is the highest rating available. Alan has also been named to “Top 40 under 40″by the National Trial Lawyers Association and by the American Society of Legal Advocates.

Alan decided early on to dedicate his career to representing injured victims of negligence and corporate wrongdoing, turning down multiple job offers from corporate defense law firms to pursue a law practice representing plaintiffs.

Alan’s practice and experience covers a wide range of catastrophic injury cases, including automobile wrecks, business torts, product liability, tractor-trailer and log truck cases, dram shop (alcohol) liability, commercial vehicle cases, road defect cases, workplace injuries, premises liability/negligent security, wrongful death and professional malpractice. He has tried numerous cases to verdict and successfully represented clients in appellate courts in Georgia and other states.

Alan is involved in numerous bar and pro bono legal organizations. He served for several years as a campaign coordinator raising funds for non-profit legal aid organizations through the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. Alan is also a member of Buckhead Church, where he serves as a community group leader. Alan and his wife, Morgan Henritze Hamilton, live in Atlanta with their three sons.

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Alcohol Administrative & Regulatory Law

June 17, 2014 by emilyrowell

Emily Rowell (Host), Eleanor Benson, Tommy Williams, Nancy Palmer, Taylor Harper

Taylor Harper/Taylor, Feil, Harper, Lumsden & Hess, P.C.

Taylor Harper with Taylor, Feil, Harper, Lumsden & Hess, P.C. Mr. Harper’s practice involves all aspects of commercial litigation, including contract disputes, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, business torts, insurance coverage, landlord/tenant issues, premises liability claims, secured transactions and real estate litigation. His firm has a heavy focus on the hospitality and beverage alcohol industries. Specifically, Mr. Harper assists breweries, wineries, distilleries, importers, brokers, wholesalers, hotels, restaurants, package stores, and others in beverage alcohol administrative and regulatory matters at the federal, state, and local levels.

Mr. Harper graduated from Georgia State University College of Law where he was a member of the Moot Court Board as well as the Student Trial Lawyers Association. During law school, Mr. Harper received several accolades including the Honors Award for Excellence in Litigation, the Nai Award for Achievement in Advanced Evidence, the C.A.L.I. Award for Excellence in Advanced Evidence, the Weltner Inn of Court Star Pupil Award and Scholarship, and the Patrick Wiseman Award for Most Dedicated Moot Court Member. Additionally, during his second year of law school, Mr. Harper was chosen as one of seventy-five students nationwide to participate in the United States Army JAG Corps Internship Program. Mr. Harper earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Affairs from Georgia State University where he was graduated with honors.

When not lawyering, he serves as president and chairman of Maji Mazuri USA, Inc., a non-profit organization which raises funds to support projects based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Buckhead, and he serves on the City of Dunwoody Board of Ethics. Mostly, though, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son and their two labs.

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Nancy Palmer/GA Craft Brewers Guild

Nancy is the Vice President of the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild and the founder and president of Cork & Key beverage consulting company. Founded in 2010, the Guild is organized to promote, protect and further, in every lawful manner, the common interests of the members and the licensed brewing industry in Georgia. Nancy Palmer is a perennial student of the beverage industry, having spent a decade exploring all facets of the business. Though she’s concentrated on wine for most of her career, she’s found tremendous pleasure in learning about both beer and spirits. Her favorite aspect of the business is certainly education – she enjoys making the complicated and often intimidating world of high-end beverage accessible and interesting for anyone with any background.

Nancy’s career began while working for Five Points Bottle Shop in Athens, Georgia. After graduating from the University of Georgia she worked at several establishments not only waitressing and bartending, but also conducting many wine classes at area restaurants. She then went on to become the wine buyer for Athens’ largest volume package store, Five Points Bottle Shop West. After a very successful stint there, she moved on to try her hand at the distribution side of the beverage business. She worked for Avant Partir representing the best international wine portfolio in the state and became familiar with the best restaurants and shops throughout Georgia and South Carolina.

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Tommy Williams/Independent Distilling Company, LLC

Tommy Williams is the Chief Operating Officer of Independent Distilling Company, LLC located in Decatur, GA. IDC is the first legal distillery in the Metro Atlanta Area since Prohibition. Along with his business partner Michael Anderson they are focusing on whiskey and rum at the moment and have begun shipping to their distributor for introduction into the market. The first product they are selling is Hellbender a copper pot distilled corn whiskey, the Rum will be available later this summer.

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Eleanor R Benson/Moondog Growlers

A lawyer by training, Eleanor became interested in craft beer back in law school when craft beer meant only Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada & Sam Adams. Twenty years later – she had the opportunity to enter the craft beer business as the co-owner of Moondog Growlers. With three locations and over 100 taps – she is keenly aware of the changes in the craft beer industry as well as the challenges facing brewers and retailers of craft brews. Her love of special beer began way back in the late 80’s while attending GSU law school. Her study group was made up of her beer tasting buddies (fortunately), and together—between bar review sessions—they blind-tasted an array of types and styles of beer (little did she know back then that she was preparing for a career that’s a far cry from practicing law). Eleanor has enjoyed successful careers in law, marketing, and interior design, so she jumped at the chance to combine her background and creativity with one of her favorite hobbies – craft beer.

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Rosen Immigration Law Group

June 10, 2014 by emilyrowell

Anna Sokol, Joe Rosen, Emily Rowell (Host), Jacky Clements

Joseph H. Rosen, Esq.

Joseph Rosen is the managing attorney for Joseph G. Rosen, Immigration Law Group. Mr. Rosen began practicing Immigration Law in June 2001 after retiring from the U.S. Government, where he spent twenty years as a Special Agent with both the FBI and U.S. Customs. His law enforcement career included ten years working on or near the Mexican border and three years working Sex Crimes against Children.

Mr. Rosen represents foreign athletes, entertainers, artists, business men, professional and family members of U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents.

Mr. Rosen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a BA in Political Science from American University and a M.Ed. from Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. After graduating Widener’s Delaware Law School Cum Laude in 1983 as a night student, Professor Rosen has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School since 2006. He teaches an Immigrations Law class and is a Clinical Director at the JMLS Immigration Clinic located at Catholic Charities Atlanta. Mr. Rosen is a Past President of the North Fulton Bar Association and has spoken at numerous CLE Training seminars, appeared on CNN, and been interviewed by radio, newspaper, and TV news providers in regard to immigrations issues. Mr. Rosen is admitted to practice in Georgia, California, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Jacky Clements

Mrs. Clements was born and raised as a citizen of Venezuela. She initially came to the U.S. as a foreign student on a tennis scholarship. She played tennis at Clayton State College, from where she also received a B.A. in Business Administration. While there she met her U.S. citizen husband, married, received Legal Permanent Resident status, and then U.S. citizenship. Mrs. Clements was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2014. She received her Juris Doctorate in 2013 from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. Jacky joined the Rosen Immigration Law Group in 2010 and progressed from a legal assistant, to a paralegal, to a law clerk, to an attorney. She is responsible for representing clients in Removal proceedings, accompanying clients to Green Card and citizenship interviews, directly assisting clients, preparing forms and submitting them to U.S. CIS and the Department of Labor, and responding to case inquires. Mrs. Clements is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Anna Sokol

Ms. Sokol has assisted the Polish Embassy to the U.S. in registering Polish citizens in the U.S so that they could vote in the Polish national elections. She has been employed as a Law Clerk in the Joseph Rosen Immigration Law Group since 2006. Ms. Sokol specializes in working with foreign athletes, entertainers, artists, foreign professionals, and U.S. businesses seeking to employee foreign professionals. Ms. Sokol is fluent in Polish, English, and Italian.

Wendy Ellin and Jeff Sheehan

June 3, 2014 by emilyrowell

Emily Rowell (Host), Wendy Ellin, Starr Jarrard, Jeff Sheehan

Wendy Ellin, Momentum

Wendy Ellin is a living example of what it takes to be organized and successful in business, and in life. As founder and president of Momentum, she has developed simple, street-smart tools and techniques to help even the most disorganized people “get more life out of life” through a variety of organizational systems, tools and techniques. Wendy Ellin spent 20+ years in corporate America, only to learn that most people were working hard while she was working smart. It was when she left to start her own business that she realized she had a gift for sharing her secrets for managing your life in a way that can serve you well, not defeat you.

Wendy has helped attorney’s all over the country set up easy systems for getting control of their work and their life so that they not only love what they do, they finally love the way they do it!

Her book is Enough is Enough, Get Control of Your Stuff! One Woman’s Insight into an Organized Life.

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Jeff Sheehan, Sheehan Marketing Strategies

Founder and principal in Sheehan Marketing Strategies. With over 30 years of high-tech global sales, marketing, and advertising experience marketing to many Fortune 500 companies including Intel, and Apple Computer, as well as many others, Jeff is now a marketing consultant and job search mentor. He is also the co-author of the just released book: ‘HIRED! Paths to Employment in the Social Media Era (http://hiredthebook.com) and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top people in the world to follow on Twitter for social media, marketing, and sales.

In his interview he stressed the importance of LinkedIn and good SEO for attorneys.

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ALE After Hours Special Live Broadcast

May 29, 2014 by emilyrowell

During our Atlanta Legal Experts (ALE) Kickoff Event we invited guests down for “Mini-Interview” which was broadcast LIVE on Business Radio X. This segment, first ever ALE After Hours, focused on attorneys and introduced the ALE show to all Radio X listeners. In addition to Crowne Office Suites Customers, we had attorneys from all over Atlanta, as well as a rep from US Legal Support and Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. ALE After Hours partiers networked, ate, drank “ALE” and spoke about their practices “on air” and off. Host Emily Rowell spoke about how the show got started at Crowne Office Suites almost 20 years ago answering phones. After a 2 year career with New York Life, she was brought back to the family business by her father, the owner of Crowne. He saw her amazing value as a great connector and networking extraordinaire that helped build businesses. He was ready for her to start building Crowne!

Listen to our After-Hours Guests:

Benjamin Fink from Berman Fink Van Horn Firm.

Laura Reis owns her own firm, Reis Law.

Dora Raines– Raine Growth Partners

Regina Matthews owns her own firm, Regina Matthews, LLC.

David Mayer from the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts.

Benin Brown from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Do you want to be a Guest on Atlanta Legal Experts? Contact Emily and get “on air”! You can also let us know if you want to be at the next ALE after hours party this fall!

Emily Rowell

Emily@crowneofficesuites.com

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Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Interview

May 27, 2014 by emilyrowell

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF) joined us today to tell us more about what they do and who they serve. Executive Director Marty Ellin joined us today to talk about the mission and history of the AVLF. The recruit private lawyers to do pro bono civil work (never criminal). For the past 30 years the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation has helped those who can’t afford a lawyer get the legal help they deserve. The Atlanta Legal Aid has been doing this work since the 1920’s, but the founder of the AVLF, Brian Stone, realized that though they do amazing work, it would never be enough. The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation trains the attorneys (paralegals and interns!) for the cases they will be assisting with, and even provides them assistance throughout the case. I liked their blog as it highlights so many of the things they can do (older blog posts here)! For a full post about them and the show click here.

The AVLF has seen a huge uptick in the need for their services from individuals who were formerly middle class, and found that the recent recession affected families. Many of their cases are assisting with foreclosure and other housing issues. They have programs to help all Fulton County Residents with Civil Issues- give them a call at 404-521-0790.

Their 3 Main Goals:

1) Help Low Income Individuals get Great Legal Help.

2) Helps Legal Community find meaningful pro-bono opportunities.

3) Support the Court System who need their support.

Marty Ellin, AVLF

Marty Ellin has been the director of the AVLF since 2001 when he left his position as the director of Legal Services for the Justice Center of Atlanta. He received his Law Degree from the University of Maryland. He is passionate about helping everyone in Atlanta receive legal help and helping attorneys find pro-bono cases while assisting and training them on how to handle the cases.

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Liz Whipple, AVLF

Liz Whipple, Director of Safe Families And Guardian Ad Litem programs for AVLF. Liz is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Alabama School of Law. Prior to joining AVLF, she was a staff attorney at the Georgia Law Center for the Homeless. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Fulton County Law Library, the leadership team for the University of Alabama School of Law’s Atlanta Alumni Committee and on the executive committee of the Fulton County Family Violence Task Force.

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Julia Black, AVLF

Julia Black, Program Coordinator of Safe Families Office. Julia received her J.D. from the University of Georgia and her undergraduate degree from Emory University. Before attending law school, Julia worked as a case assistant with the litigation group at Goodwin Procter in Washington, D.C. While a law student at Georgia, she interned with AVLF in the Safe Families Office.

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