New Year, New You

February 2, 2025 by Amanda Pearch

Family Law Matters

New Year, New You

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At The Manely Firm, P.C., they know not just Georgia family law, but the way family law is practiced in specific courts in individual counties all around the state, like the courts in Forsyth, Gwinnett, Fulton or Cobb County. Even within the same court, one family law judge is likely to handle a matter differently than another and they have the experience to know that.

Established in the community with a strong rapport with members of the legal system, they are familiar with the family law judges and their staff and can help their clients predict results based on in-depth knowledge and experience. It can be critical for your lawyer to anticipate your judge’s preferences so that you have every opportunity to achieve positive results.

Check out one of their convenient locations throughout the Atlanta metro area and in Savannah. Rather than having one central location in downtown Atlanta, their law offices are located right next to the local courthouses in Marietta, Lawrenceville, Cumming, Savannah, and now London!

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU!

**On this episode, you will hear from:**
Partner Managing Attorney, Bill King
Kourtney Bernard-Rance, The Manely Firm Managing Attorney
Jeff Wilson, The Manely Firm’s Chief Financial Officer
Cherish De la Cruz, Managing Estate Planning and Probate Attorney
Emily McClarty, Associate Attorney

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Interview with Megan Porth and Luke Amargo E11

July 1, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Interview with Megan Porth and Luke Amargo E11

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Interview with Megan Porth and Luke Amargo E11

This month’s show was unique because it brought together two individuals from very different businesses to talk about a topic they both could relate to. One over 100 years old and the other a PHX-based startup that is in its 5th year of business.

Megan Porth was practically born a conscious capitalist. Her parents and families have always owned businesses and believed in business as a force for good. You can clearly hear in her stories that she gets is and empowers those around her to jump on board. Her business, Your Contract Shop, is making purchasing a contract as easy as a purchase on Amazon.

Luke Amargo is a jack of all trades. He spent the early years of his career starting businesses and winning pitch competitions. He now serves as the Entrepreneur Manager at the Better Business Bureau Pacific Southwest and is on the Navy Reserve. His wide variety of skills and experience has given him the tools he needs to bring innovation to a 100-year-old organization. He’s a believer in conscious capitalism and educates main street entrepreneurs to build their businesses with the 4 tenants in mind.

Tune-in to hear stories from both young and established organizations with learnings you can apply to your work today.

Your Contract Shop is an innovative approach to legal services. With a desire to break down the barriers between attorneys and their clients, Your Contract Shop utilizes the most modern resources to drive the cost of legal services down, while still maintaining the highest level of service. Your Contract Shop’s one goal is to ensure that its clients are protected.

All of Your Contract Shop’s attorneys and paralegals work virtually. That means the client does not have to pay for a pricey law office that the client will never use. By cutting down on one of a law firm’s most expensive pieces of overhead, Your Contract Shop can afford to cut its rates to better fit its clients’ budgeting needs.

Your Contract Shop strives to make seeing an attorney fun! The vision is to create a world where individuals and business owners get the legal advice they need quickly, easily, and affordably. Your Contract Shop utilizes processes, technology, and modern business practices to make legal advice as accessible as buying a book online.

Megan Porth is the founder and managing attorney at Your Contract Shop. Megan was born and raised around entrepreneurs and business people.

From a very young age, she was attending networking events, strategic planning meetings, and marketing seminars. Her passion for helping businesses grow inspired her to go to law school, where she graduated with honors and created and supported a number of school organizations.

Prior to law school, Megan worked as the Business Manager for a software development company, the Deputy Director for a statewide initiative, and a lobbyist for the Arizona Department of Veterans Services.

Additionally, Megan was the Chief Operations Officer of a web-based real estate training company, where she managed hundreds of clients and a full staff of employees. When she’s not working, Megan loves kayaking, camping, and granting wishes through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Megan Porth, the principal at YCS, is only licensed in Arizona.

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Better Business Bureau (BBB) encourages businesses to operate with integrity, and helps consumers choose companies and charities they can trust. Businesses earn BBB Accreditation by adhering to operating with high standards of ethical business practices.

Incorporated locally in 1938, BBB Serving the Pacific Southwest serves Greater Arizona and Southern California with campuses in Phoenix, San Diego, Newport Beach, Prescott, Yuma, and Lake Havasu City. Supported by over 20,000 BBB Accredited Businesses, BBB Serving the Pacific Southwest is one of the largest BBBs.

It’s innovative approach to business growth provides tools to ignite success including mentorship, online products and access to capital. Objective expertise educates the community on ethical behavior in the marketplace and how businesses can build trust. In 2020, people turned to BBB more than 447 million times by checking more than 270 million Business Profiles views – all available to the public for free at bbb.org.

Luke Amargo (Uh-Mar-Go) comes from a military family, and grew up in San Diego, CA, and moved her due to college and stayed because of his startup and his work at Grand Canyon University (where he met Dom Pachuilo).

Luke has won some assorted startup awards, 1st Arizona Institute for Digital Progress, 1st PHXMobileFestival, 1st SmartCityHackBarcelona, Top-64-SXSW, ACVC, Phoenix Business Journal 2020 Entrepreneurial Contest Finalist, 2nd Moonshot, & 1st Grand Canyon University’s pitch competition.

He works as a manager at Better Business Bureau serving the Pacific Southwest, the largest Trade Association in Arizona. Specifically, he is one of the key leaders and manages the local Empower by GoDaddy program, where they have a Main St. accelerator, and Massively Online Open Course/Incubator, and other events and programming dedicated to the Main St. Business owner.

He also is in the Navy Reserves and volunteers his time to mentor young businesses and business owners.

Connect with Luke on LinkedIn and follow BBB on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Our People and Profit Co-Hosts

Sarah McCraren is an Arizona native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community.

She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah currently leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose, creating workplaces where we all watch out for each other, and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Boards for Conscious Capitalism Arizona and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, and is also active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association , Arizona Transportation Builders and Women in Mining Az.

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Creating Workplaces Where We All Watch Out for Each Other

No arm twisting is required to get Jeremy Neis, a CC Arizona leadership team member, to engage in conversation with impassioned business minds on the topic of leveraging enterprise to create long lasting advancements for humanity.

His two plus decades of entrepreneurial experience, leading strategic initiatives and tailoring solutions for organizations, families and individuals has led to a strong appreciation of the profound impact business wields over the people it serves and relies upon.

It is his delight to explore with inspiration, show guests their experiences, observations and approaches to doing business in a people centered manner.

About Our Sponsor – Conscious Capitalism Arizona

Business has the potential to be a powerful force for good.

Free enterprise capitalism has served to lift more people out of poverty than any other socio-economic system ever conceived – empowering social cooperation, human progress, and elevating humanity.

Good business is the answer to many of the global issues that humankind is facing. This is what we will dive into on the show.

We are working to change the capitalism narrative by shining a bright light on good business – telling the stories of conscious Arizona companies and encouraging others to follow in their footsteps.

Jonathan Wilson, Taylor English Duma

August 24, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jonathan Wilson, Taylor English Duma

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Jonathan Wilson, Taylor English Duma (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 275)

Jonathan Wilson of Taylor English Duma joins host John Ray to discuss his wide-ranging work as a business attorney, including how he helps with financings, business sales and transitions, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Jonathan Wilson, Partner, Taylor English Duma

Jonathan B. Wilson is an experienced business lawyer who enjoys solving complex business and transactional problems for clients. He applies his more than 25 years of experience as an in-house lawyer, business adviser and strategist to help business executives and owners achieve negotiated solutions to technology and financial transactions.

Mr. Wilson is a member of the firm’s Corporate and Business Department and his practice includes corporate securities, corporate finance and governance, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. He represents Fortune 100, middle-market and start-up companies.

Mr. Wilson was the general counsel or chief legal officer of Interland Inc., Web.com Group Inc. and EasyLink Services International Corp., where he advised senior management and the boards of directors on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting, NASDAQ compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley matters, corporate governance, governmental affairs, contracts, litigation, intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Wilson led Web.com’s legal department through its growth and merger with Website Pros Inc. in September 2007, at various times acting as the corporate secretary and the executive in charge of corporate development.

Mr. Wilson spent the first 10 years of his career in private practice with large Atlanta law firms, including a leading international firm and one of the nation’s most prestigious corporate firms.

Mr. Wilson has represented both large and small companies in outsourcing, patent licensing, software licensing, distribution and strategic alliance agreements.

In 2009, Mr. Wilson founded the Renewable Energy Committee of the American Bar Association’s Public Utility Section, and he chaired that committee, writing and speaking frequently on renewable energy and clean technology development through 2015.

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

Start-ups – What makes them successful and pitfalls to avoid.
Financing your company – What types of financing exist and which are better suited for different business
Crowdfunding – What is it and does it really matter?
Selling your company – How does the process work (and how your attorney can help).
Lawsuits – How to avoid them and why they are almost always a bad idea for both sides!
Lawyers – How a good one can help your business grow (and how to figure out which are the good ones)

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Jessica Arevalo and Sara Arevalo with Taillefer Commercial Group & Sara Sells Atlanta and Derek Hays with the Law Office of Derek M. Hays

October 3, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Jessica Arevalo and Sara Arevalo with Taillefer Commercial Group & Sara Sells Atlanta and Derek Hays with the Law Office of Derek M. Hays

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Jessica Arevalo, Sara Arevalo, Derek M. Hays

Jessica & Sara Arevalo/Taillefer Commercial Group & Sara Sells Atlanta

The Taillefer Commercial Group brings industry knowledge, integrity, and high level of communication to every client and project. Researching every customer’s need to ensure Taillefer Commercial Group is bringing only the best options for their investors, business owners, and clients. No matter what your timeline or daily schedules consists of, Taillefer’s group of agents can assist in making any site visits, meetings and closings work for their clients.

Sara Arevalo, owner of Sara Sells Atlanta is an Atlanta native with a background in Communications and Education, specializes in marketing residential homes for sale and helping buyers find their dream home. Sara knows that your home is an investment, not just a home, and advises her clients so they can make the best choices possible.

Derek Hays/Law Office of Derek M. Hays

The Law Office of Derek M. Hays specializes in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, tractor trailer wrecks, medical malpractice, and elder abuse/nursing home negligence. In his 23 years of practicing personal injury law in Georgia, Mr. Hays has obtained over $125,000,000 for his clients. He has also been honored to receive many awards and recognitions from his colleagues over the years for his exemplary service to his clients.

ATDC Radio: Nathan Huynh with NextJuris

July 17, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Nathan Huynh with NextJuris

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Nathan Huynh is the CEO of NextJuris, a knowledge sharing and expertise matching platform for the legal industry. Nathan is a lawyer who also has a BS in electrical engineering.

Nathan began his career as a Silicon Valley technology lawyer with over 15 years of professional legal practice with world-class law firms and cutting-edge technology companies. He has advised major technology companies on business transactions driven by the use, management and acquisition of technology and intellectual property assets, including extensive experience in tech sector M&A transactions, cross-border transactions and tech sector venture capital investments to structure the transfer and protection of technology and intellectual property assets.

Follow NextJuris on LinkedIn and Facebook.

How Will The New Tax Law Impact Giving To Non-Profits?

October 25, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

How Will The New Tax Law Impact Giving To Non-Profits?

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Craig Frankel, Evan Pearson, Christy Eckoff, Adam Gaslowitz

Christy Butler Eckoff/Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Christy Butler Eckoff is responsible for the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s comprehensive planned and major giving programs, Nonprofit Advantage Fund private placement institutional investment vehicle, asset-based giving, legal issues pertaining to charitable tax planning, funds, and agreements, and business development. Previously, Christy served as senior director of gift planning at Georgia State University. She is past-president of the Georgia Planned Giving Council, past-president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Greater Atlanta chapter and a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, North Carolina bar and the Junior League of Atlanta. Christy is a board member of AdNet (the Advancement Network for Community Foundations) and the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners. Christy graduated from Duke University, earned her J.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and LL.M. in Taxation at the University of Washington. Christy is a CFRE Certified Fundraising Executive and a CAP® Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy.

Evan M. Pearson/Hillside

Evan M. Pearson has been working with donors and raising money in Atlanta for over 20 years. He is currently the Director of Development at Hillside. His department is responsible for individual donor, foundation, and corporate engagement and solicitation, special events, volunteers, and community engagement. Evan earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida, a master’s degree from Georgia State University, and a MBA from Kennesaw State University. Evan is a member of the Advisors in Philanthropy as well as a CFRE Certified Fundraising Executive and a CAP® Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy.

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About Gaslowitz Frankel:

Gaslowitz Frankel is an experienced trial practice firm specializing in all aspects of complex fiduciary litigation throughout Georgia and the Southeast. With a focus on representing individuals, companies, banks, and fiduciaries in dispute involving wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and securities law, their experienced and highly qualified litigation attorneys have tremendous credentials and a proven history of success.

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Remember to tune in HERE on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 8:30 AM to listen live to their show!

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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Attorney Torin Togut and Civil Rights Law

October 5, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Attorney Torin Togut and Civil Rights Law

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Torin D. Togut/Atorney-at-Law

Attorney Torin D. Togut has practiced law for more than 41 years. In June 1977, he began practicing law in Decatur, GA as a sole practitioner. In September 1984, he began working for Georgia Legal Services Program, which provides legal assistance for low-income Georgians, in the area of education and disability rights law. In August 2006, he was awarded the First Cousins Public Interest Fellowship at the University of Georgia Law School to establish a clinical program for low-income families to receive legal assistance for their children with disabilities. From September 2008 until June 2012, Mr. Togut served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Georgia, School of Law.

He is currently engaged in the private practice of law including, but not limited to, civil rights, education, appeals, civil litigation, family and juvenile law, and administrative hearings. He has presented at many national, regional, state, and local conferences and seminars on the rights of children and adults with disabilities. He has also written two law review articles on issues relating to special education. He has practiced law in the federal and state courts of Georgia and Vermont. He is a member of the federal district courts in Georgia and Vermont, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Anthony Rodriguez with the Aurora Theatre and John Miles with the Law Offices of John M. Miles

May 12, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Anthony Rodriguez with the Aurora Theatre and John Miles with the Law Offices of John M. Miles

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Mike Sammond, Anthony Rodriguez, John Miles, Steven Julian

Anthony Rodriguez/Aurora Theatre

Under the artistic leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Anthony Rodriguez and Ann-Carol Pence, now in its 20th Season, Aurora Theatre produces professional live entertainment to suit everyone’s taste. Aurora Theatre is home to over 600 events each year. Two series of theatrical productions, the Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series and the GGC Harvel Lab Series, are comprised of the biggest Broadway plays and musicals alongside exciting contemporary theatre. Additionally, Aurora produces concerts, stand-up comedy, children’s programs, metro Atlanta’s top haunted attraction Lawrenceville Ghost Tours, as well as Atlanta’s only professional Spanish language theatre, Teatro Aurora. Aurora Theatre is a world-class theatrical facility with two performance venues.

John Miles/Law Offices of John M. Miles

John Martin Miles is an attorney on private practice in Suwanee. He is a solo practitioner which means that when you retain him, he is who you get, not an associate whom you have never met. John has been practicing in Gwinnett County for 39 years and over that time his practice has morphed to reflect the economy and the demands of his clients. At the current time his practice is focused on what he calls “preventive law”.

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Hollie Mann and Jeff Skorput with Gainesville Physical Therapy, Tiffany Hill with Just the Right Place, Daphne Walker with Partnership Against Domestic Violence and John Miles with Law Offices of John M. Miles

March 19, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Hollie Mann and Jeff Skorput with Gainesville Physical Therapy, Tiffany Hill with Just the Right Place, Daphne Walker with Partnership Against Domestic Violence and John Miles with Law Offices of John M. Miles

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Mike Sammond, Hollie Mann, Jeff Skorput, Tiffany Hill, Daphne Walker, John Miles, Steven Julian

Hollie Mann & Jeff Skorput/Gainesville Physical Therapy

Gainesville Physical Therapy is not your typical physical therapy clinic. Here, every patient receives personalized attention during each visit with a hands-on treatment program that has been carefully tailored to their specific needs and physical condition. Recovery from injury or surgery can be a difficult and trying process. They believe that the supportive relationship they establish with their patients, combined with their expertise in the treatment of physical ailments and pain relief, is responsible for the extraordinary outcomes that they routinely see. Their facility is fully equipped to provide a comprehensive spectrum of treatment modalities for all orthopedic conditions to improve mobility, strength, balance and pain relief.

Tiffany Hill/Just the Right Place

Just the Right Place offers organizing and productivity solutions for busy lives. They work with clients in business and residential settings. Tiffany Hill, Professional Organizer and Owner, improves lives by bringing a desire for helping others and a passion for organizing into her work. As a member of NAPO, she follows the Code of Ethics and values the relationships with her clients. She currently serves on the Executive Board as Treasurer for the Georgia Chapter. Offering customized solutions for every space, Just the Right Place helps people save time, save money and reduce stress!

Daphne Walker/Partnership Against Domestic Violence

For 40 years, Partnership Against Domestic Violence, the largest nonprofit domestic violence organization in Georgia, has provided professional, compassionate and empowering support to battered women and their children in Metro Atlanta.

PADV began as an all-volunteer agency in 1975 and incorporated in 1977. Today the agency has 40 full and part time staff with an administrative office and two 24-hour emergency shelters in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. PADV also provides education to the community about domestic violence awareness and prevention, and teen dating violence. (Georgia is number one in teen dating violence in the country.)

PADV’s mission is to end the crime of intimate partner violence and empower it’s survivors. PADV’s roster of services includes a 24-hour crisis line; two 24-hour emergency shelters with 96 beds; legal advocacy; supportive housing; a teen dating violence prevention program; outreach and prevention programs for battered women and children, a domestic violence in the workplace annual conference that equips companies to respond when domestic violence enters the workplace; and community education and training efforts. Annually they serve 19,000 women and children throughout Metro Atlanta. They are the largest domestic violence agency in the state of Georgia.

John Miles/Law Offices of John M. Miles

The Law Offices of John M. Miles is a full-service law firm located in Suwanee, GA, John Miles has been in solo practice since 1976. Over the years, his practice has evolved as Gwinnett grew and his clients’ needs changed. John says that he practices preventive law, providing his clients with protection from legal entanglements. Since John is one person and there are quite an assortment of legal practice areas, he cannot be all things to all clients, but he can help point you in the right direction.