August 2019

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New Members35 New Members in the Los Angeles Area

John Bamford

Company: Nevers Palazzo Packard Wildermuth & Wynner PC
Title:
Phone: (818) 879-9700
Email: jbamford@npwlaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Calabasas
Bio: I specialize in complex commercial litigation and representation of brokers and broker-dealers in FINRA arbitration and regulatory proceedings.

Andrew Begun

Company: Cohen Begun & Deck, LLP
Title: Partner
Phone: (805) 991-7482
Email: abegun@cbdlawyers.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Westlake IV
Bio: Andy represents commercial real estate developers, owners, tenants, lenders and equity investors in a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and sales, financing, leasing, project development & joint ventures.

Cameron Cohen

Company: Parq Advisors
Title: Representative
Phone: (424) 253-7400
Email: ccohen@parqadvisors.com
Profession: Insurance
Home Group: Woodland Hills II
Bio: Life, Disability, and Long Term Care Insurance Agent/specialist. Works with proprietary products with over 15 A rated carriers customarily designed to out-compete retail products and save people money on premiums.

Leon Bayer

Company: Bayer, Wishman & Leotta
Title: Partner
Phone: (213) 629-8801
Email: leonbayer@bayerwishman.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Encino IV
Bio: I am a California Bar Certified Bankruptcy Specialist, practicing bankruptcy law exclusively since 1979.

Brent Dorian Brehm

Company: Kantor & Kantor, LLP
Title: ERISA life, health, and disability insurance lawyer for claimants
Phone: (818) 886-2525
Email: bbrehm@kantorlaw.net
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Encino III
Bio: ERISA attorney representing claimants for disability, life, AD&D, and health benefits.

Russell DiVirgilio

Company: Heartland Payment Systems
Title: Mid-Market Manager
Phone: (818) 625-2000
Email: russell.divirgilio@e-hps.com
Profession: Consultant Service
Home Group: Woodland Hills II
Bio: My focus is in building long-term relationships with businesses and organizations by providing fair, honest and fully disclosed payments solutions. We are able to assist with Brick & Mortar, Online, Invoicing/Bill Pay and Mobile payment needs.

Member News

Angela Reddock-Wright Quoted in Inc.com Article, Los Angeles, CA

Named a “Top California Employment Lawyer” by the Daily Journal, and one of Los Angeles’ “Most Influential Minority and Women Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal,

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Angela Reddock-Wright is a highly sought-after legal commentator. Angela was recently quoted in the 05/31/19 Inc.com article, “With More Contractors Than Employees, Google Risks Massive Lawsuit Under California Law – Contractor-employee misclassification is no joke.”

Link to article: https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/google-contractors-employees-legal-risks-misclassification-california-law.html

Attorney Debra S. Frank Named Among Lawyer Monthly Magazine’s “Women in Law Awards 2019”. Los Angeles, CA

Debra S. Frank, a Certified Family Law Specialist, and the Founder of Debra S. Frank, APLC (dsfranklawoffice.com), has been named among Lawyer Monthly Magazine’s

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‘Women in Law Awards 2019’ in recognition of her outstanding legal expertise and contribution within the practice area of Family Law within the past 18 months. The Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards celebrates and highlights the achievements of women in the legal profession across the globe.

Daryn Harpaz Interviewed by SuperbCrew for ADA Website Accessibility, Los Angeles, CA

The growing wave of litigation continues as companies are being sued for websites that are not accessible to people with disabilities. Read an interview with Daryn Harpaz,

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Founder and CEO at ZenythGroup about their services and approach to helping companies identify, remedy and maintain ADA compliance for websites and mobile applications.

To read the interview, go to https://www.superbcrew.com/zenythgroup-offers-a-deep-expertise-in-ada-website-accessibility-and-wcag-compliance-for-web-and-mobile-applications/

For more info about the subject or to discuss a solution for your organization, contact Mr. Harpaz directly – 310.400.0194 OR daryn@zenythgroup.com

Kathleen McEntee quoted by Society for the Advancement of Consulting on Being Top Of Mind as a Strategy to Drive Growth, Ontario, CA

For more information… https://consultingsociety.com/resources/press-releases/news_release-6-1-19/

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Founder and CEO at ZenythGroup about their services and approach to helping companies identify, remedy and maintain ADA compliance for websites and mobile applications.

To read the interview, go to https://www.superbcrew.com/zenythgroup-offers-a-deep-expertise-in-ada-website-accessibility-and-wcag-compliance-for-web-and-mobile-applications/

For more info about the subject or to discuss a solution for your organization, contact Mr. Harpaz directly – 310.400.0194 OR daryn@zenythgroup.com

Chicago’s Biggest PR Award Goes to ProVisors Member Justin Breen, Chicago, IL

Justin Breen, the Founder/CEO of BrEpic Communications LLC and a ProVisors member in Chicago, won a Golden Trumpet award from the Publicity Club of Chicago at the 60th

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annual Golden Trumpet Awards competition on June 6. The competition, held at Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton featured entries from the greater Chicagoland area, and is known as the premier public relations industry award program in the Midwest.

BrEpic won a Golden Trumpet award in Media Relations for a media campaign promoting BrEpic client Cofield Advisors, a Chicago-based financial planning business. A story subject for the client — Cofield Advisors Founder Cortlon Cofield — appeared in numerous mainstream media publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Reuters, Nasdaq, CNBC, Financial Advisor Magazine, and U.S. News and World Report.

“It’s a tremendous honor to win such a prestigious award in both of the years BrEpic has been in business,” said Breen, whose company last year won a Silver Trumpet in Media Relations for a media campaign for client The Chicago Academy for the Arts.

BrEpic clients have included Allstate, University of Illinois, White Lodging, The Salvation Army, McCormick Foundation, LISC Chicago, The Chicago Academy for the Arts, Alverno Laboratories, Burwood Group, Bottom Line Chicago, A Better Chicago, Doorage, Project H.O.O.D., Pinta Pride Project, CFO Simplified (led by ProVisors member Larry Chester), Leading With Courage Academy (led by ProVisors member Lee Eisenstaedt), plus law firms, doctors, marketing firms, financial advisors, CPAs and many more.

Lee Eisenstaedt Publishes 4th Book, Chicago, IL

“Leading With Courage: Nine Critical Behaviors of Effective Leaders and Managers” by Lee Eisenstaedt (Chicago VI) was published by First Edition Design on June 6th and is available in both print and e-editions on Amazon.

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“Leading With Courage” is the second edition of Lee’s Amazon best-seller “Being A Leader With Courage” and contains 35% more content than the first edition.

Kicking off the publicity campaign about the book, Lee will be a guest on Judy Hoberman’s national radio show, Selling In A Skirt, on Monday, June 10th at 12:25pm CT (http://w4wn.com/radio-shows/selling-in-a-skirt-with-judy-hoberman/).

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