Thank you, Chris Lake, for your introduction to your Regional Vice President at Business Group Resources. Chris is a very warm and talented Research and Development Tax Credit adviser and a very quick study. She saw the potential in collaborating with my wealth management team to provide strategies for some of her company's tax credit clients to deploy those credited funds where they can provide the best possible good for those clients. Chris's RVP, Richard Toral, is also Life and Health Licensed, and I will be able to ensure that he is credited as writing adviser for any solution we write. In addition to being a student of her craft, Chris is a very collaborative professional and believes, as I do that great gains can happen when professionals are willing to pool their talents.

I would like to thank Ethan Samuels of Wealth Management for an excellent referral today to Christine Ross of Addition Building & Design in Sherman Oaks. Ethan is always looking to see how he can help others and is a great member of All Cities. He also gave both Howard Blum and I some great insight into how a Universal Life Insurance policy can help us retain our wealth going into the future. And he did it on very little sleep, as his little one has him up during the night. Ethan is extremely knowledgeable and a great asset to All Cities.

I would like to thank Nelinia Varenas of Breakthrough Marketing for her outstanding work as a Linked-In consultant. I had had a profile for 10 years on Linked-In without really understanding how to make the best use of it. Nelinia has modernized my Linked-In presence and shown me how to get much more out of it. In ten years it had never led to any business. But since working with Nelinia recently, I have been retained twice in significant assignments through Linked-In. Thank you, Nelinia!

I want to thank Denise Boroff of Necie Business Solutions for referring me two of her clients. We are working together to provide wealth management solutions for these two great young men. One of these men owns and operates a series of preschools throughout Los Angeles. The other owns a 501(c)(3) that provides environmentally-friendly irrigation and landscaping solutions to urban areas in Los Angeles. Both of these men could not have been more complimentary of Denise as a devoted professional, an advocate, and the consummate "momma bear" for her clients. She is one of the most tenacious, industrious people I have ever met, devoted to providing competitively-priced benefits to her clients, and saving tens of thousands of dollars in tax credits for many of these same clients. If you own a business with greater than one employee, you owe it to yourself to spend 30 minutes with Denise.

I would like to thank Ethan Samuels of US Vet Wealth. Ethan specializes in out of the box financial , insurance and retirement solutions for veterans and others. Ethan referred a matter to me that involves allegations that former employees of one of Ethan's clients took customer lists and other confidential data of the customer for use in starting a competitive venture. I would also like to thank Howard Blum (Best Lawyer Uncovering Money) for suggesting to Ethan that he should reach out to me for this assignment.

I would like to thank Alexis James of WorkWise Law. Alexis concentrates on employer defense and employer compliance matters for her management clients. Alexis brought me into a matter to assist one of her clients where the client alleged that its former employee had misappropriated trade secret and confidential information and data.

I have worked with hundreds of attorneys throughout my life and career as a CPA. When my wife and son were involved in a car accident, I called Jason Gorowitz and he immediately went to work for us. From day one, Jason took care of everything so that my wife and son could concentrate on their medical treatment and getting better while he battled against the insurance companies. In the end, I was extremely pleased with the results that Jason achieved. He did not stop until every potential dollar for our case had been recovered. Moreover, he handled our case with class and continually kept us updated. I highly recommend Jason Gorowitz. He is an excellent attorney that excels in the legal specialty of personal injury law.

It's "true", Howard Blum is "the best lawyer at uncovering money". I referred a friend of mine who has a business cleaning Bio Hazard events and "hoarder's who sometimes don't want to pay the expense of cleaning up their homes, even though they are threatened by their local municipalities to "clean up" or "else". My friend never received payment from a pair of hoarders and has been waiting a year for her money and Howard has managed to get some of it, but he's "dogged' in not giving up and my friend will receive they money she is owed for her services. Thanks Howard.

Many thanks to Bill Campbell, Esq. of WJC Legal, for the privilege of helping him with his currency exchange needs. It is the ultimate compliment when an All Cities member uses your services him/herself, and it's a great feeling to know that he will be saving money as a result.

A "thank you" to Alan Insul for making an introduction to a Hotel Developer he knows.