Listen in as Professor Torres Rivera details how she endured an abusive marriage and devastating divorce to become a Professor of Statistics with in the College University Of New York system.This story is especially inspiring because she is a Latina woman succeeding in the academic world subject area mostly dominated by men.

In this episode of AttorneyKnowsBest.com, Professor Torres Rivera explains the difficulties she faced when her abusive marriage ended. She goes in depth sharing her marriage experience, resulting divorce and the strength it took to restart her life.With the help of her faith community, friends, and belief in God, Professor Torres Rivera was able to lift herself up and start anew.

Professor Torres Rivera's accomplishments include but are not limited to:

University Academic Appointments

2012-Present Lecturer of Mathematics;  Stella and Charles Guttman Community College at City University of New York

2011-Present Adjunct Lecturer; Hunter College School of Education at City University of New York

Publications

Fuller, K. S., & Torres Rivera, C. (2021). A Culturally Responsive Curricular Revision to Improve Engagement and Learning in an Undergraduate Microbiology Lab Course. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 3501. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.577852

Torres Rivera, C. (2020). Coding. In A.R. Tyner-Mulling, M. Gatta, & R. Coughlin (Eds.), Ethnographies of Work. https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/ethnographies-of-work

Bonner, S. M., Torres Rivera, C., & Chen, P. P. (2018). Standards and assessment: coherence from the teacher’s perspective. Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability, 30(1), 71-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-017-9272-2

Stats with Torres YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvZZOpxkXFg2bIYV6Ugy3A

Important Links

University of the People https://www.uopeople.edu

City University of New York Admissions https://www.cuny.edu/admissions/apply-to-cuny/

American Association of University Women https://www.aauw.org

National Women’s Law Center https://act.nwlc.org

Non-traditional Employment for Women https://www.new-nyc.org/

Bible Study Fellowship International https://www.bsfinternational.org/

Albert Navarra, Esq.  is an accomplished attorney practicing law in Southern California.

Attorney Navarra has successfully represented clients in criminal law and most notably workers compensation law. Attorney Navarra manages and owns a firm with his business partner, Ambika Sapara, Esq., in Irvine, California.  Sapara & Navarra, LLP  www.SNWorkComp.com Ph# 866-384-4891

During this episode of Attorney Knows Best,  Attorney Navarra discusses his path to becoming a successful attorney and top author.

You must listen to this podcast if you are interested in the Constitution of the United States and/or if you are making a decision on going to law school.

Attorney Navarra explains how the OJ Trial motivated him to go to law school because he enjoyed the arguments the lawyers were making on TV.  https://www.britannica.com/event/O-J-Simpson-trial

The United States Constitution and its importance is a passion for Attorney Navarra.  He shares keen insight on understanding the Constitution and what every citizen should know about the Constitution.  Attorney Navarra explains how the Constitution applies to our lives and how it is the basis for our federal government to act and manage our country.

An excellent companion to this interview and podcast is Attorney Navarra’s book on the constitution named “The Elements Of Constitutional Law”  https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00B03LZ82&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_tyjdGbX3PBBHH

In addition to authoring a book on Constitutional law, Attorney Navarra authored the book titled

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B017C4BW2Q&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_eHjdGbYRM0140

Mr. Navarra's Accomplishments Include But Are Not Limited To: 

Author of "Breaking the Habit" ® Certified Specialists in Workers’ Compensation Law-State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Winner of Eighth Annual Diverse Supplier Achievement Award by Accident Fund Insurance Company of America based on case outcomes from our litigation strategy of “Breaking the Habit” ®.

Invited as a speaker at the 2017 IRMI Energy Risk & Insurance Conference in Dallas, Texas, on Workers’ Compensation Litigation Management.

Frequent speaker about workers' compensation issues.

Invited speaker at CSUF Philosophy Department.

https://www.wsulaw.edu/

http://www.fullerton.edu/

www.SNWorkComp.com

www.LibertyMutual.com

https://1851franchise.com/franchise-legal-players-ambika-sapra-partner-at-sapra-navarra-llp-2709548

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-joy-of-argument-albert-navarra/1122813497?ean=9781633370456

Krista Bartholomew, Esq. practices law in the states of Florida and Indiana.  She has practiced for over 20 years and has successfully represented clients in various facets of the law.

In this podcast Attorney Bartholomew shares her experiences as an adoption attorney and more importantly as a mother who has successfully adopted two children. She has assisted clients in numerous victorious adoption stories.

Attorney Bartholomew discusses the adoption process.   She details the role of an attorney and how the attorney can assist a family in triumphantly adopting a child.  The information she shares will aid families in the adoption process or considering the adoption process.

Attorney Bartholomew explains her personal adoption stories.  Her experiences in adopting two children lends itself to her success as a lawyer in the adoption process on behalf of her clients.

During the podcast Attorney Bartholomew lends thoughtful insight on the difference between an attorney managed adoption and an agency managed adoption.  She provides the reasons why a family may choose an attorney or an adoption agency.  She helps sort out the factors in choosing an attorney to assist a client in adopting versus an agency.  Think - having a connection with the birth mother as opposed to having no connection to the birth mother.

Attorney Bartholomew manages the KMB Law Firm, P.A.  The KMG Law Firm is a boutique law firm that prides itself on providing personal service.  Attorney Bartholomew and the KLMB firm embody honesty, integrity, and transparency which are the keys to the success of the firm’s clients.

Along with adoption, Attorney Bartholomew assists clients in practice areas that include:

Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Nursing Home Neglect, Family Law, Paternity, Divorce, and Parental Rights.

Listen in and enjoy as Krista Bartholomew, Esq. shares.  If you didn't know, now you will.  This Attorney Knows Adoption Best.

www.Valpo.Edu

www.Drake.edu

https://www.facebook.com/The-KMB-Law-Firm-PA-166886436712793/

Susan Gainey, Esq. is an attorney practicing in Orlando, Florida and the Great State of Indiana.

In this episode Attorney Gainey shares her journey in becoming an attorney and insight in her practice of law.

Attorney Gainey has successfully litigated and represented clients in many areas of law.  Her biggest jury award was over $1 million dollars.

Having attended the Valparaiso University School of Law, Attorney Gainey describes her studies and experience.  More importantly she shares her incredible opportunity to a student of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gingsberg and how her law professor put Attorney Gainey on the spot! LOL!

Attorney Gainey has also successfully started two non profit foundations that are thriving.  She shares exacting details on why she started the nonprofit organizations and how she helped make them successful.

Attorney Gainey successfully started an animal shelter nonprofit named It Takes A Village No Kill Rescue, Inc.   www.ITVRESCUE.org located in Evansville, Indiana.   ITV Rescue started out small, but now, thanks to Attorney Gainey’s know how and passion, ITV owns its own building, has over twenty employees, and has a large cash reserve to ensure it’s ongoing operations.

In 2010, after volunteering in an orphanage in Kenya, Attorney Gainey also started the nonprofit Friends of Dago, Inc www.FriendsOfDago.org  For 10 years now Friends of Dago has provided funds to children in the village of Dago Kenya allowing the children to continue their education into private high schools.  She explains her motivations for starting the organization and how the organization fulfills her passions to help children in need.

Susan Gainey, Esq’s education and accomplishments include but are not limited to:

Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis Masters of Law (LLM), International and Comparative Law, August 2008 Magna Cum Laude

Valparaiso University School of Law, Indiana Juris Doctor, 1999, Senior, Semester, and Course Honors President, Women’s Law Student Association Treasurer, Equal Justice Alliance, $1.5 million jury trial verdict in May 2015.

Special Prosecutor, Animal Cruelty Task Force July 2013 – July 2016 Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office, Evansville, Indiana Warrick Country Prosecutor’s Office, Newburgh, Indiana Volunteer prosecutor for animal cruelty cases involving animal neglect and abuse, including jury trials.

Adjunct Professor Fall 2010 – Spring 2012 University of Evansville, Indiana

PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS Animal Law Update, Presenter, Evansville Bar Association, December 2017 Animal Law Review for Law Enforcement, Presenter, Jasper, Indiana Law Enforcement, December 2016 Animal Law: How Animals Affect Your Practice, Presenter, Evansville Bar Association, December 2013 The Art and Science of Educating Lawyers 

LISTEN IN AND ENJOY.

www.Valpo.edu

www.Indiana.edu

www.DSKLaw.com

Attorney Shelice Tolbert - Gary, Indiana's Best.  Attorney, Board Member, Community Leader, Business Executive

In this episode of AttorneyKnowsBest.com you will have the opportunity to learn from Shelice Tolbert, Esq.  Attorney Tolbert has successfully practiced law for over 20 years and has transcended her practice of law to become a business executive, community leader, board member, and role model for practicing attorneys.

Attorney Tolbert will share her experience and insight on the practice of law and how she became a successful attorney.  This podcast is a template for aspiring lawyers and attorneys whom strive to excel like Attorney Tolbert.

She discusses her roots and how she strives successfully serving her clients and building the business community of Gary, Indiana.

Attorney Tolbert's successes and roles as an attorney include but are not limited to: 

National Top 100 Black Lawyers, Super Lawyer, Indiana State Board of Law Examiners (Vice President), Lake County Bar Association - President, Porter County Chapter of American Inns of Court - President, James C. Kimbrough Bar Association - President, Indiana State Bar Association - District Representative, Judges & Lawyers Assistance Program, UNCF Northwest Indiana Leadership Council- Chair, Methodist Hospital Board, The Gary Literacy Coalition Board- Treasurer, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - Gary Alumnae Chapter, Women in the Law Recognition from the Women in the Law committee of Indiana State Bar Association

It's a joy to listen to Attorney Tolbert as she freely shares her accomplishments and her learned experiences. 

Listen In And Contact Her To Be Of Successful Service To You And Your Organization.  Phone: (219) 427-0094

www.TolbertLegal.com

https://www.inbar.org/

https://www.wittenberg.edu/

www.Valpo.edu

https://www.deltasigmatheta.org

Tami Napier, Esq. is the Chief Deputy Prosecutor in Marshall County, Indiana.  She has successfully participated in 120 jury trials involving serious crimes that include sexual assaults, murder, robbery, and rape.

Prosecutor Napier discusses her career as a Chief Deputy Prosecutor in Marshall County Indiana.  She shares details of her successful prosecution that resulted in a sentence of 325 years for the now convicted criminal.  Her highly esteemed accomplishments allow her to take on the worst type of criminals and win! 

Prosecutor Napier shares her career path in becoming the a Top County Prosecutor and what it took to get there.  Most interesting however is how Prosecutor Napier earned her way through law school as a wife and mother of 4 children under the age of 11.  

She shares how she achieved her dream in becoming a successful attorney and lives her passion daily while keeping the local community safe.

This episode is perfect for all women and mothers seeking to go to law school and live their dream of being a top flight attorney like Prosecutor Tami Napier.

https://www.co.marshall.in.us/department/index.php?structureid=22

https://www.valpo.edu/

In this podcast we are fortunate to speak with attorney Michael Tolbert from the great state of Indiana.

You will benefit from this podcast and learn first hand life experience from a seasoned attorney. 

Attorney Tolbert practices in the city of Gary, Indiana with his wife Attorney Shelice R. Tolbert.  

www.TolbertLegal.com    

Phone: (219) 427-0094

https://www.facebook.com/TolbertandTolbert

https://twitter.com/TolbertLegal

https://www.linkedin.com/company/tolbert-&-tolbert-llc/?trk=tyah&trkInfo=idx%3A2-1-3%2CtarId%3A1423053420920%2Ctas%3ATolbert+%26+Tolbert

During the podcast we discuss topics that include:

Attorney Michael Tolbert's accomplishments are significant and an asset to all listeners.  His bio is as follows:

Michael E. Tolbert is a graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, in the year 2000 and was also the recipient of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award. In 2010, Michael was the recipient of the 20 Under 40 Award given by the Northwest Indiana Times publication “BusINess.” Michael also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Gary Chamber of Commerce from 2007 until 2010. Michael has concentrated his practice in the areas of complex civil litigation, bad faith insurance litigation, wrongful death actions, catastrophic personal injury cases and commercial litigation. In 2015, Michael and his wife Shelice, opened the litigation boutique firm Tolbert & Tolbert, LLC which offers premium litigation services. Michael was recognized as one of the Top 20 Under 40 Minority Lawyers in the Midwest in 2013. He also received the ISBA (Indiana State Bar Association) Rabb Emison Award in 2014. In 2015, Michael was inducted into the American Law Institute, the leading independent organization in the United States that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the law. Its membership is restricted to only 3000 members nationwide. In 2016, Michael received the NAACP’s Hilbert Bradley Award. Since 2017, Michael has been on the Super Lawyers List, an honor reserved for only the top 5% of litigators in Indiana. In 2017, Michael received the Katie Hall Foundation's Merit of Distinction Award. Currently, Michael serves as President of the Indiana State Bar Association.

Michael is a proud, active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (Gary Alumni Chapter). Michael continues his community efforts with his involvement on the United Negro College Fund Northwest Indiana Advisory Council and as a member of the Urban League of Northwest Indiana, where he also serves as board counsel for the organization. Michael and his wife Shelice also proudly lead the Employment Ministry at their church Embassies of Christ located in Gary, Indiana.

Listen In And Enjoy!

www.AttorneyKnowsBest.com

In the first full month of the shut down of our 2020 Global Pandemic.... I had weird physical symptoms building up.  I thought I had Covid 19 onset coming... but I could not quite believe it because I had been shut in my house for the month, not even going to grocery store.  So how in the heck could an otherwise healthy 49 year old come down with Covid 19?

As my symptoms got worse, I broke down and called a doctor friend.  Lucky for me, he suspected something other than Covid 19 ...

Heart Attack!! Tune in and listen to my heart attack survival story.