by Lea Strickland | Apr 12, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
Jessica Elliott advises Forrest Firm clients on commercial real estate matters, after holding positions representing multiple clients and serving as in-house counsel. She began her career at the Columbus, Ohio law firm of Loveland & Brosius, advising local governments on zoning issues and developers on matters related to homeowners and condominium owners associations and restrictive covenants. Jessica also spent six years working as corporate counsel for a pair of several developers handling a variety of real estate matters, including the review, drafting, and negotiation of leases, purchase agreements, terminations agreements and restrictive covenants as well as resolution of tenant and contractor disputes.
Prior to joining the Forrest Firm, Jessica worked at Weatherspoon and Voltz in handling all aspects of real estate purchase transactions for the firm’s clients. She founded her own firm in 2007 in Cary, NC where she has focused on all matters related to commercial real estate.
Jessica earned her law degree in 2000 from the University of Dayton School of Law in Dayton, Ohio. In 1997, Ms. Elliott graduated Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science. She has been admitted to the North Carolina Bar and the Ohio Bar. Forrest Firm Website
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by Lea Strickland | Apr 5, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
Government Contracting Set Aside Programs (How they work, who is eligible and recent developments)
My guests are attorney David Hayden and Jackson Moore of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P. (www.smithlaw.com)
Dave Hayden joined Smith Anderson in 2011, after serving as the general counsel and board secretary for USfalcon, Inc. Dave has extensive experience in government contracting, corporate investigations (internal and government) and employment law.
He advises companies on corporate governance matters and other general corporate and business matters. He also represents a variety of defense contractors, advising on a broad range of federal contracting issues such as bid protests, teaming agreements, subcontract agreements, joint ventures, the Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development program, International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Corporate Ethics, and organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) compliance issues. He has a high level government security clearance.
Dave previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, investigating and prosecuting federal crimes as well as supervising all military attorneys authorized to practice in federal court in eastern North Carolina. He also conducted federal procurement fraud investigations in government contracting as a member of the Department of Justice Procurement Fraud Task Force for the Southeast.
Dave is a retired US Army Colonel working with Corps of Engineers and the Judge Advocate General Corps. His service includes 12 years in airborne assignments at Fort Bragg, NC; engineer company commander; criminal law professor and department head at the U.S. Army JAG School; senior litigation attorney and branch chief for the U.S. Army Litigation Division; deployment to Afghanistan as the senior legal advisor to the theater commander in 2002-2003; and senior legal advisor to NORAD and the United States Northern Command. He also served on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon, participating in many federal government interagency panels and working groups. He retired in 2005 and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. COL Hayden is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College.
Jackson Moore focuses on government contracting and business dispute resolution, including litigation, mediation, and arbitration.
Jackson has significant experience handling complex civil litigation, including class actions, shareholder and internal corporate disputes, breaches of contract and trade practices, intellectual property matters and investor and employment litigation. He has handled numerous matters on an expedited basis and has represented parties in disputes pending in state and federal trial courts, the North Carolina Business Court, and the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Before joining Smith Anderson in 2001, Jackson practiced at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in Houston, Texas.
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by Lea Strickland | Mar 22, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
Roy G. Taylor is the Chief of Police for Capitol Special Police in Raleigh, NC and Blue Ridge Public Safety in Sapphire, NC. Chief Taylor has 21 years of experience as a Police Chief in Federal, State, Local and Private agencies and over a total of 36 years in law enforcement. He has a Master of Science degree in Safety from East Carolina University and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Mount Olive College. He also has 25 years of experience as a specialized firearms and general instructor in the State of North Carolina. In addition Mr. Taylor is a litigation consultant and testifies in Federal and Superior courts on law enforcement and security matters.
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by Lea Strickland | Mar 22, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
Mark Steiner is CEO of Gigsalad, is an experienced actor and agent. It was his personal experience with the challenge of getting his talented clients booked that lead to GigSalad. People were calling looking for talent and he had talent looking for jobs, but the entire process was frustrating. So Mark reached out to a friend and graphic/web designer, Steve Tetrault, and the two created the first version of GigSalad. GigSalad enables you and me to go online and find the talent we need for our personal and business events. Just last week a colleague shared how he has used GigSalad to book talent for his bank and for personal events. He is definitely a big GigSalad fan.
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by Lea Strickland | Mar 22, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
Eventric CEO Paul Bradley says he comes by tour management software obsession honestly. After starting his own promotion company to bring major jam bands to Des Moines, Bradley went back to his hometown of Chicago to work at Tantrum Records, managing and booking tours. When a member of Irish powerhouse band The Drovers couldn’t hit the road, Bradley leaped in, learning the band’s eclectic drum parts on the fly.
As a tour manager and road warrior, however, Bradley knew on the fly was not the way to roll. With decades of hands-on touring and tour management experience under his belt, Bradley and Ian Kuhn built what later became Master Tour. 80,000 users later, Master Tour is the go-to tool for the likes of Jay-Z, Katy Perry, AC/DC, Heart & more.
Eventric was a product that didn’t exist in the marketplace. Learn how Eventric grew based on a need in the marketplace.
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by Lea Strickland | Mar 3, 2016 | Focus on Business Radio Show
NC4ME: We Trust Them with Our Country. You can Trust them with Your Business is the tagline of the NC for Military Employment. Guests today are Kimberly Williams and Retired Brigadier General James Gorham of NC4ME that’s NC for Military Employment.
Kimberly has more than 20 years experience leading human resource professionals in the private sector, public sector and nonprofit environment. She is currently the Chief Human Resource Officer for the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina and an instructor in the Master’s Program at Webster University at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Her passion for assisting military service members, began with serving as a volunteer with Virginia Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (VaESGR) as Regional Chair and later as State Director for their Employment Initiative Program (EIP). She also initiated the Virginia Values Veterans (V-3) program, a statewide initiative to ensure employment of our service men and women.
James “J.R.” Gorham serves as Director of Special Projects for the N.C. Department of Public Safety. In this leadership role, Gorham provides oversight to the N.C. Center for Safer Schools, and directs Department initiatives involving military affairs and suicide prevention. Previous roles at DPS include The Special Assistant to the Secretary of Public Safety, Frank Perry; Executive Officer for the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice; and Commissioner of Juvenile Justice prior to the Division’s consolidation with Adult Correction in September 2013.
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