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Knowledge Conquers Fear: October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month

By | 2017-04-28T07:32:30+00:00 October 25th, 2011|Categories: Blog, Samples|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Knowledge Conquers Fear: October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month You may remember my Oct. 11 post about my pal, Laurita Tellado, the amazing blogger who is bringing attention to Spina Bifida, a birth defect in which the backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth. Laurita is currently raising awareness (and funds) for a team she is [...]

A Life Cut Too Short — In Loving Memory of Brent Riley Swygert

By | 2017-04-28T07:32:30+00:00 October 16th, 2011|Categories: Blog, Samples|Tags: , , , , , |

Today’s the last day of my startup camp in Las Vegas, and with all the travel this week, I’m just able to post something today about a horrific event that struck my beloved friend Ty-yana Riley’s family. On Friday, Oct. 14, Ty-yana’s gorgeous nephew Brent tragically passed away while playing a choking game. He had recently [...]

Becker & Poliakoff: Preventing Liability

By | 2017-04-28T07:32:30+00:00 October 15th, 2011|Categories: Blog, Samples|Tags: , , , , , , |

Banks and companies must protect themselves against litigation related to Ponzi schemes. R. Allen Stanford's investment scheme defrauded thousands of Florida investors out of billions of dollars, and Scott Rothstein, a former Broward attorney, orchestrated a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme for which he is serving 50 years in prison. But the perpetrators of these schemes aren't the only [...]

Support My Friend In Raising Money for Spina Bifida Awareness

By | 2017-04-28T07:32:30+00:00 October 11th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

Have you ever met someone and immediately felt like you knew them for years? As if they were put into your life for a special purpose? That’s exactly the way that I felt when I met Laura Tellado a few months ago at Relay for Life. We were both volunteering with the Hispanic Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs [...]