Geoff Smith with Assurance Financial Group, John Herbert with Herbert Legal Group, and Scott Tanksley with Authentity

June 7, 2016 by Garrett Ervin

North Fulton Business Radio

Geoff Smith with Assurance Financial Group, John Herbert with Herbert Legal Group, and Scott Tanksley with Authentity

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John Ray, Geoff Smith, John Herbert, Scott Tanksley, Mike Sammond

Geoff Smith/Assurance Financial Group

Assurance Financial is a bank focusing only on residential home loans and aims to be the expert in the field of financing for home purchases. The company is consistently named a “Best Place To Work” and strives to provide its customers with competitive interest rates and the best customer service.

John Herbert/Herbert Legal Group

From the smallest start-up to the industry giant, legal solutions are no longer a luxury. Whether it’s one incident that requires intense legal representation, or simply issues that arise naturally in the day-to-day business context, companies need a law firm that is on their side. Herbert Legal Group believes that valuable legal solutions can be delivered for businesses at an affordable, flat fee. They are off the clock and on your side.

Scott Tanksley/Authentity

Authentity provides a software tool that leads people through a face-to-face conversation in 30 minutes or less. Rather than answering a computer, they catalyze people talking to people, which raises the engagement level of the participants and generates understanding and buy-in. That’s a local win, but they’re also able to connect and report these conversations at scale to give leaders insight on a topic and faster, more actionable data from their stakeholders. Their initial users have been teams in large companies, and they’ve been affectionately called “Undercover Boss in a Box”.

Women in Business – Session 6

June 1, 2016 by angishields

Chattanooga Business Radio

Women in Business - Session 6

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Katie King // Katie King Law

“How do you negotiate your value?”

Katie King is our introduction into the Corporate Women in Business series – “uncut”. On the show, Katie is talking about combining her experience of living in Chattanooga and expertise to move from a major utility company to her solo law practice.

“After working ten years as in-house counsel for a large energy and technology company, I decided to start listening to what used to be a whisper and grew into a shout from my heart. I decided to leave what was in many ways a dream job because I felt in my soul I was not doing what I was called to do.

I wish to be the kind of woman my daughter will be proud to know when she is grown. I wish to use my time, talents, energy and voice to help my clients achieve their dreams, to be a positive influence in my community, and to create opportunities for others.”

Emma Flynn of Berke, Berke, and Berke

May 25, 2016 by angishields

Chattanooga Business Radio

Emma Flynn of Berke, Berke, and Berke

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Emma Flynn // Berke, Berke, and Berke

A. Emma Flynn, has a successful history of fighting against unfair practices and obtaining favorable resolutions for her clients. Emma is also a passionate negotiator who knows how to push back against other attorneys resisting claims or making unreasonable demands. Emma has been involved in multi-million dollar cases involving contract violations, misrepresentations, fraud, RICO claims, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Act, and Consumer Protection Act. She also deals with Adversarial Actions, real estate litigation, personal injury, construction litigation, and workplace  discrimination suits.Emma has also represented startups, angel investors, and venture capital firms in various funding transactions up to a hundred million dollars ($100,000,000.00). She drafts contracts and consults clients on complex corporate matters including data breaches, unfair employment practices, whistle  blowing, securities compliance, fiduciary duty, security and data breaches, BitTorrent piracy, intellectual property etc.

Amanda Jelks of Jelks Law

May 18, 2016 by angishields

Chattanooga Business Radio

Amanda Jelks of Jelks Law

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Amanda Jelks// Jelks Law

Amanda Jelks is a Chattanooga native who attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for undergrad and the University of Memphis for law school, both on academic scholarships. She has experience working with the corporate legal department of Pinnacle Airlines (now known as Endeavor Air) during her last year of law school and then spent five years at one of the largest regional firms in the area (Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC) where she handled complex business matters.

Amanda launched Jelks Law in the summer of 2015. Her law practice focuses primarily on providing a peace of mind to entrepreneurs through her business legal services and estate/succession planning. As an entrepreneur herself, Amanda “understands not only the legal concerns entrepreneurs have but also has a real world view of what it takes to operate a successful business.”

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

May 12, 2016 by Garrett Ervin

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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Phil Stevens with Bed Head Media, JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, and Rick Onorato with NorthPoint Executive Suites

May 5, 2016 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Phil Stevens with Bed Head Media, JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, and Rick Onorato with NorthPoint Executive Suites

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Mike Sammond, Phil Stevens, JoAnn Holmes, Rick Oranato, Steven Julian — Mike Sammond, Phil Stevens, JoAnn Holmes, Rick Onorato, Steven Julian

Phil Stevens/Bed Head Media

Bed Head Media is an award-winning creative studio specializing in commercial cinematography, films, print ads and motion graphics. They are a talented team of writers, film professionals, musicians and artists that design and produce high quality media content that meets the needs of their customers. They thrive on the initial process of “ideation”, creating the perfect pitch material and crafting content that tells your story, highlights your product or brand, builds true awareness about your service offering, and speaks to the heart of your target audience.

JoAnn Holmes/HOLMES@LAW

JoAnn “Jo” Holmes is the founder of HOLMES@LAW where her practice focus is business law and contracts, trademark and copyright, and software and tech. She works with a broad array of clients including professional service providers, consultants, software and creative content developers, and manufacturers. Having practiced law for nearly 17 years, her goal is to live the firm’s slogan: “Your Business Ally”.

A graduate of Stanford University and Emory School of Law, her career began in the Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) practice group of Troutman Sanders, a prominent Atlanta-based law firm. There, she successfully represented a gamut of diverse clients from startups to multi-billion dollar companies such as Chick-fil-A, Microsoft and WalMart.

Rick Onorato/NorthPoint Executive Suites

At NorthPoint Executive Suites, they believe every professional deserves top quality in every aspect of their business. Therefore they have committed themselves to equipping businesses with the tools needed for their success. They are proud to offer the best quality in technology, amenities, meeting rooms, environment and service. The staff is committed to serve their clients. The support you receive at NorthPoint Executive Suites is second to none. Their on-demand support team will save you time and money as they deal with the everyday typical “housecleaning” tasks of running an office for you. They pride themselves on running a seamless business center with exceptional reliability in the IT department. They take the headache out of the logistics to ensure smooth operation and handle any issues that may arise with urgency allowing you to focus on your business.

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What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets

April 27, 2016 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets

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Millie Baumbusch, Putnam Smith, Elizabeth Faist, Jim Dougherty, Craig Frankel

On this week’s episode of “Wealth Matters”, hosts Millie Baumbusch and Craig Frankel discuss “What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets”. Guests include Jim Dougherty, Technology Services Director at Bennett Thrasher LLP; Elizabeth Faist, Associate at Sutherland LLP; and Putnam Smith, Attorney at Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith LLP.

Jim Doughtery/Bennett Thrasher

Jim Dougherty is a Director in the Technology Services Department at Bennett Thrasher. He has ten years of industry experience and a commitment to customer service. Jim has streamlined internal operations, designed and built networks for small to medium sized businesses and provides outsourced CIO Services.

Prior to joining Bennett Thrasher, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer for Graves Technology Group, LLC. Jim joined Graves Technology in 2010 and focused on streamlining process and procedures for day-to-day activities. He got his start at an L.A. based IT Service Company providing technical support and project management.

Jim graduated from Loyola-Marymount University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in Information Technology. He views IT as a tool for businesses to leverage and design network plans around not only their day-to-day operations, but also their goal for growth in the future.

Elizabeth Faist/Sutherland LLP

Elizabeth Faist of Sutherland LLP practices tax law, primarily serving clients in the areas of trusts, estates, and the taxation of tax-exempt organizations. She manages a variety of matters, including gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, preparation of estate-planning documents, administration of estates, IRS tax disputes, and tax advice regarding private foundations and public charities. Elizabeth also counsels clients on tax and succession planning for their businesses. Additionally, she provides guidance on how to most efficiently safeguard assets during multi-generational wealth transfers, incorporating insurance planning and charitable giving programs as appropriate.

Prior to joining Sutherland, Elizabeth practiced at a law firm in Sarasota, Florida where she drafted estate plans, prepared federal and state filings for tax-exempt organizations and administered estates and trusts. Elizabeth provided research assistance to Professor Patricia E. Dilley during the LL.M. program, and, while in law school, she served as a judicial extern for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida.

Putnam Smith/Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith, LLP

Attorney Putnam C. Smith represents Main Street business owners and executives, professionals of all types and local, regional and national real estate investors, developers and operators, concentrating on business and commercial real estate transactions and tax and estate planning. Common transactions include start-ups, acquisitions and sales of closely held business, tax-free mergers and reorganizations, asset purchases, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures and partnerships in a wide range of industries.

He has practiced corporate law in Atlanta and the surrounding metropolitan area since 1988, initially with Nall & Miller, LLP and later with Robert W. Fisher, P.C., a tax boutique that was instrumental in the creation of Nextel and a number of international ventures in the telecommunications industry before disbanding in 1994. Before attending law school, he incorporated Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign and worked as a legal assistant with other leading Atlanta law firms, including King & Spalding, LLP and Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, gaining invaluable experience with public corporations and investment banks.

During his tenure with Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith, LLP, Mr. Smith has handled private equity investments in shopping centers and industrial and commercial property in several southeastern states, land assemblages requiring services ranging from quiet title actions to road closures and a $116 million buyout to resolve a shareholder’s dispute involving a closely held technology business.

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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Pensacola Business Radio 04.20.16-Guests: Dr. Richard Hough/UWF, Laurie Murphy/Emerald Coast Keeper, Donna Kirby/Pensacola Blue Wahoos

April 20, 2016 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio 04.20.16-Guests: Dr. Richard Hough/UWF, Laurie Murphy/Emerald Coast Keeper, Donna Kirby/Pensacola Blue Wahoos

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Dr. Richard M. Hough, Sr.

Criminology and Criminal Justice

co-author of American Homicide published by SAGE, 2016

University of West Florida

11000 University Parkway 85/160 Pensacola, FL 32514

Phone Pensacola campus 850.857.6413 Fax 850.474.2334 e-mail rhough@uwf.edu

American Homicide examines all types of homicide, and gives additional attention to the more prevalent types of murder and suspicious deaths in the United States. Authors Richard M. Hough and Kimberly D. McCorkle employ more than 30 years of academic and practitioner experience to help explain why and how people kill and how society reacts. This compressive text takes a balanced approach combining scholarly research and theory with compelling details about recent cases and coverage of current trends.

Laurie Murphy/Emerald Coast Keeper

Executive Director

Founded in 1999, Emerald Coastkeeper is one of 240 (and counting) member organizations of the Waterkeeper Alliance. We are a grassroots organization that monitors four main watersheds in the Florida Panhandle. Our mission is to investigate, educate and protect our right to swimmable. fishable and drinkable water. We believe that healthy waterways are directly connected to healthy communities and healthy people.

In our four watersheds, you will find many springs, creeks, rivers, bayou’s, bays and of course, the Gulf of Mexico.

Pollution can happen anywhere, not just from large industires. Some of the greatest concerns in our region stem from residential pollution.

Some of the more common culprits are septic system failure, erosion and sedimentation, nutrient loading from fertilizers, red tide, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, (PCBs) lead, mercury, animal wastes, industrial paint source discharge, oil spills, commercial vessel pollution, residential development, and household garbage.

Protecting our waterways and drinking water from contaminants is everyone’s responsibility. We can’t do it alone…we need your help!

Feel free to contact us if you want to volunteer or to report a problem. We look forward to creating a healthy community with you!

WE ARE LOCATED AT

P.O. Box 13283

Pensacola, Fl 32591

Tel.

850-292-5960

info@emeraldcoastkeeper.org

Donna Kirby / Vice President Operational Development

Pensacola Blue Wahoos

In December 2010, Quint and Rishy Studer announced their purchase of the Carolina Mudcats, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The Double-A team will move from Zebulon, North Carolina to Pensacola beginning in 2012. The Pensacola franchise will remain in Minor League Baseball’s Southern League.

“I am extremely proud and excited for the actions that are being announced today,” said Quint Studer. “Bringing affiliated baseball to Pensacola will continue to add to the rich sports history that already exists in the area. Seeing the future stars of Major League baseball in a fun, family friendly atmosphere will bring a new level of enthusiasm for the citizens of Pensacola and Northwest Florida.”

The new home of the Reds Double-A affiliate will be located at Blue Wahoos Park, the premier waterfront mixed use development on the Gulf Coast. The team will play the 2011 season in North Carolina before relocating to the new state-of-the-art facility starting in April of 2012. The Class A-Advanced club moving to North Carolina in 2012 will retain the Carolina Mudcats name.

“The Southern League is one of the most respected leagues within baseball. With this move we are joining several upstanding franchises, including the Mobile BayBears who graciously allowed us to share their territory to make this all possible for the City of Pensacola. It is an honor to be associated with a league that boasts talented alumni like Chipper Jones, Joey Votto, Alex Rodriguez, Tim Hudson and Miguel Cabrera,” added Studer.

Mission

The vision of Northwest Florida Professional Baseball, LLC (aka the Pensacola Blue Wahoos) is to operate the most successful professional sports franchise in the United States. Local ownership and management are committed to achieving this by emphasizing the following five basic pillars:

Service

Financial

People

Growth

Quality

Values

We believe that our core values accurately communicate the things that drive us as an organization. As members of the Northwest Florida Professional Baseball, LLC organization, we are expected to live the values and embrace the spirit of our behavior standards.

Living the values is essential to create an environment that reinforces our dedication to our values/mission.

The importance of core values:

Core values are part of the ideology so deeply held that they will never be compromised
The core values of the company will withstand any change in leadership
Future employees are hired with similar values
These values guide all behaviors, guidelines, and standards
We continually ask ourselves if decisions or activities are in alignment with our core values

Our core values:

Teamwork: Respectfully caring for each other and those we serve

Respect: Humility in our successes and grace in our challenges

Integrity: Honesty and integrity in all our interactions

Generosity: Being thankful for and sharing our opportunities and blessings

Learning: Passionately pursuing making a difference in professional baseball by being a lifelong learner and teacher

About the Southern League

The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs is one of the oldest and most respected leagues within professional sports with roots dating back to 1885. The League is currently home to ten teams located in the South.

The ten teams and their affiliates include: Blue Wahoos (Cincinnati Reds); Biloxi Shuckers (Milwaukee Brewers); Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox); Chattanooga Lookouts (LA Dodgers); Jackson Generals (Seattle Mariners); Jacksonville Suns (Florida Marlins); Mississippi Braves (Atlanta Braves); Mobile BayBears (Arizona Diamondbacks); Montgomery Biscuits (Tampa Bay Rays); and Tennessee Smokies (Chicago Cubs). The 2012 season is set to open on April 5th.

Do The Children Want Our Antiques? Personal Property and Your Estate Plan

March 23, 2016 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Do The Children Want Our Antiques? Personal Property and Your Estate Plan

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Millie Baumbusch, Spalding Nix, Roger Kirschenbaum, Robert Port

On this week’s episode of “Wealth Matters”, hosts Millie Baumbusch and Robert Port discuss “Do The Children Want Our Antiques? Personal Property and Your Estate Plan”. Guests include Roger Kirschenbaum, owner of Roger A. Kirschenbaum PC and Spalding Nix, owner of Spalding Nix Fine Art.

Roger Kirschenbaum/Wagner, Johnston and Rosenthal P.C.

Roger Kirschenbaum of Wagner, Johnston and Rosenthal P.C. obtained his undergraduate degree (B.A., 1978) from Brown University He began his practice of law in 1981 after his graduation from the Emory University School of Law. In 1985 he received a Master of Laws in Taxation degree from Emory. He is a member of both the Georgia Bar and New York Bar. Roger is a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, served as Chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Atlanta Bar Association (2014-15), and serves on the Emory University Gift Planning Advisory Council. Roger has been a public arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

Roger was counsel to a client for a significant donation of an art collection to the High Museum of Art. Roger has expertise in probate matters relating to wrongful death negligence cases and has presented “The Role of the Personal Injury and Probate Attorney in Negligent Death Cases” with Laurie Speed for the Atlanta Bar Association in November 2011 and December 2013.

His primary areas of practice include estate planning, probate and estate administration, general corporate and business law, and related tax planning matters. Roger’s clients are mainly high net worth individuals and closely-held business owners for whom he plans the methods to achieve both fundamental and complex estate, business succession, and charitable goals.

Spalding Nix/Spalding Nix Fine Art

Atlanta native Spalding Nix has a long history in the Atlanta art world – interning at the Heath Gallery, working at Jackson Fine Art, and opening his eponymous gallery in 2003. Spalding Nix majored in both Art History and Studio Art at the University of Virginia. After working at Jackson Fine Art after college, Spalding attended the University of Georgia’s School of Law specializing in Intellectual Property and International Law.

During his undergraduate and law school summers, Spalding worked at The National Gallery of Art on their Design and Development team and in the General Counsel’s Office of The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. After passing the Georgia Bar, Spalding worked for Sotheby’s in their Client Development group working closely with Sotheby’s Appraisal and Valuations Department.

In the fall of 2003, Spalding opened Spalding Nix Fine Art. After working at Sotheby’s in New York, Spalding saw an opportunity to purchase 18th and 19th century paintings at auction in Europe and offer them to the Southeastern market. Additionally, Spalding followed his love for contemporary art with regular “Boutique Shows” at his gallery with artists like the ceramicist Garth Johnson and the painter Comer Jennings while serving on the board of MOCA GA.

Today, Spalding’s gallery highlights the best of contemporary art from abstract artists like Katherine Sandoz and Sally King Benedict to more traditional realists like Marc Chatov and Sarah Lamb. The gallery is unique, because it has moved beyond the white box of most contemporary galleries. It offers the work in a sumptuous setting with period antiques emphasizing the allure of the mix. “The Mix is IN,” says Spalding. “Mixing the old with the new allows both pieces to sing and truly reflects the collector’s taste. The “Golden Rule’ for any collector must be “Buy what you love!” Spalding’s gallery takes advantage of multiple platforms from 1stdibs to Facebook to promote his artists.

In addition to dealing art, Spalding is an appraiser valuing art and antiques who recently rediscovered a long lost Norman Rockwell. As an Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers, Mr. Nix provides valuation services for donation, estate, insurance, and litigation-related purposes.

As an art advisor, Spalding assists individual and corporate clients like the Fortune 500 company Printpack in navigating the art world by offering confidential and objective advice in the acquisition or sale of fine and decorative art.

About Gaslowitz Frankel:

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