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Hamid Kohan is a serial entrepreneur, public speaker, and award-winning author, with a track record of scaling law firms of all sizes. Hamid started his career in silicon valley where he served as Director of Business Development of Sun Microsystems, working alongside Eric Schmidt (Google CEO), Carol Bartz (Yahoo CEO). Hamid was then recruited to serve as the president of Web Radio, Growing the business to a valuation of $1 Billion, and eventually taking the company public on the New York Stock Exchange. Currently, Hamid serves as the president and CEO of Legal Soft, leading the company in its efforts to revolutionize the legal industry. Hamid is also the founder of Magic Law Group, a premier nationwide law firm specializing in the areas of personal injury, lemon law, employment law, and workers compensation.

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AJ Montgomery is an inspired creator and storyteller!  AJ and his team are reimagining ownership of companies. Instead of a select few, shareholders profiting from a business or community, AJ and his team want to empower members and promoters with ownership of a company’s profits. AJ is the CEO and Co-Founder of Accrew, the first member-owned bank, where members own the profits and have the same upside as shareholders of other major banks.   AJ has worked in finance for a large Asset Manager, migrated to tech 4 years ago, and now has created a new company. The mission is to build the banking app of the future with simple tools and access to far better rates, features, and owner rewards.

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Kim "KC" Campbell is a retired Air Force Colonel who served in the Air Force for over 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. Her final assignment was as the Director of the Center for Character and Development at the United States Air Force Academy. As a senior military leader, Kim led thousands of airmen both at home and abroad in deployed locations and enabled them to succeed in their missions. She has experience leading complex organizations and driving cultural change. Kim has flown 1,800 hours in the A-10 Warthog, including more than 100 combat missions protecting troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2003, Kim was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism after successfully recovering her battle-damaged airplane after an intense close air support mission. Since retiring from the Air Force, Kim has shared her inspirational story and lessons on leading with courage with business and corporate audiences as an executive coach and keynote speaker. Kim's new book, Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage, is now available. Connect and learn more at www.Kim-KC-Campbell.com

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Ben is a passionate online video strategist, video producer, international speaker and consultant working with high-impact brands worldwide to connect them to their ideal audiences through effective online video marketing. As host of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, and coach to hundreds of Video Strategists globally, Ben’s mission is to help other creatives, marketers, entrepreneurs and video producers better understand how to attract, engage and convert audiences online with video.

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Jim Holbein is an expert about international trade topics based on over 30 years of government and private sector experience. Jim previously served as a Senior Executive at the U.S. at the International Trade Commission (USITC). Additionally, he managed the NAFTA trade dispute settlement process while at the U.S. Department of Commerce and served as a diplomat and trade negotiator for the U.S. Department of State. Over the last six years, Jim has developed expertise in the emerging sector of digital assets, blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO). He has written several articles on these topics, which build on his experiences leading IT development projects. Jim is an accomplished author and editor with 18 articles, 10 webinars and 5 podcast dealing with international trade and digital assets issues since he joined the law firm in 2020. Jim received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Rachele A. Riley, a real estate dynamo, discovered her lifelong passion during her formative years as the revered "Monopoly Queen." Graduating high school ahead of schedule, she swiftly entered the world of real estate at IUB. Early in her career, Rachele managed high-rise and garden-style assets near Chicago, marking the onset of her versatile and proficient 18-year journey in the field.

In a pivotal moment, Rachele found herself managing properties in New Orleans, obtaining her real estate license in 2013. Representing small-time builders sparked her interest in actively participating in the development and design process. This strategic move evolved her focus from listing new constructions to venturing into land development, showcasing her adaptability and depth of knowledge.

At the forefront of major projects, Rachele submits plats, navigates rezoning intricacies, and spearheads new subdivisions in the New Orleans Metro Area. Her influence spans Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia, solidifying her status as an active broker across state lines. Beyond real estate, Rachele, a published artist, seamlessly balances her multifaceted roles as a wife, mother, developer, investor, and CEO, driving innovation and transformation in the industry with each project.

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Michael Arata has spent his life in the New Orleans legal community, entertainment community, and local sports community. As a lawyer, he has represented clients in federal and state courts around the country and in some of the nation’s largest environmental mass tort class action cases, tax refund class actions, large-scale maritime losses and complex commercial and construction litigation. Michael also was instrumental in the creation and passage of Louisiana’s successful film tax credit program and has represented film producers, studios, financiers and other entertainment and sports industry clients for over 25 years. He was elected as Chairman of the State Bar Association Section on Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law and has been a frequent lecturer and guest speaker at countless seminars, law school classes, trade group meetings, church groups and other community and professional gatherings, including the Louisiana Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, the Society of Louisiana CPAs, the Rotary Club, the New Orleans Film Commission, the Louisiana Department of Economic Development Office of Entertainment Development, Tulane Law School, Loyola Law School, University of New Orleans, Delgado University, De La Salle High School, Metairie Park Country Day School, the JAG School, and many others. Michael has also had a lifetime of work in the entertainment and arts community, producing award winning films, theatre productions and television shows. He has produced over 25 films, appeared as an actor in over 60 films (and as stuntman when he can), and produced and acted in dozens of live theatre productions. He has led and served on the boards of numerous non-profit theatre projects and charitable organizations, and continues to do so. Michael is a graduate of Tulane University, where he was a starting member of the Tulane Football Team. He is a graduate of Tulane University School of Law, where he was a founding member of the Tulane Sports Law Society and a member of the Environmental Law Clinic. Known as "Coach Arata", Michael Arata has coached countless New Orleans-area kids in football, baseball, soccer and track over the past 35 years. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tulane T-Club, the former letter-winnner's association at Tulane, and FTW Collective, Tulane's Name, Image and Likeness collective. He is Chairman of the USATF Masters Combined Events Subcommittee, which hosts the annual national indoor and outdoor masters track and field championships. Michael Arata is married to Emily Sneed Arata, former Deputy Mayor of the City of New Orleans, who serves as a senior executive at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. They have two boys, Gabriel and Rocko.

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Meghan is a career transition coach who helps career-focused women that hate their jobs transition to a career they desire. She coaches one on one which allows her to coach specifically to where her clients are at in this process. Meghan has gone from teacher to nurse to now business owner so she is more than just talk. She is also a mom to two daughters, loves to travel, and is a children's book author.

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Michael Laidler is a Dad, Best Selling Author, and Professional Speaker, whose unwavering commitment to excellence, passion, and loyalty has quickly earned him the reputation as an up-and-coming industry leader. Over the course of a decade, he has garnered extensive leadership experience, primarily in the law enforcement sector.

Michael is the founder of Michael Laidler Unlimited, which is focused on providing strategies on leadership and self-awareness. Since its launch, he has provided in-person and virtual presentations to Fortune 200 and 1000 companies, public safety and law enforcement agencies, public and non-profit organizations, federal, state and municipal governments, rotary clubs, chamber of commerce, human resource, project management and law enforcement associations. Michael started his career in law enforcement at the age of 19 years old and has worked in this industry over 18 years. He has worked as a police officer, border patrol agent and for the federal prison system. In those organizations, he has served as a field training officer, a member of the Special Response Team (SRT), K-9 handler, criminal investigator, lieutenant and employee development manager. Michael is the author of the best-selling book, Greatness Beyond The Badge: The Three Key Principles for Self-Awareness.

Michael holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Morehead State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Spanish from Florida State University. He is a certified coach, trainer and speaker with the John Maxwell Team. He has developed e-courses, called the Six-Week Speaker and 3 Cs for Emerging Leaders. Michael has proudly served as Area Director, President, Vice President of Education and Treasurer for the Toastmasters Organization. He has received multiple awards, including Distinguished Toastmaster, First Place in the Toastmasters International Speech and the Evaluation Contests at the Division Level. Michael has utilized his education and experience to deliver keynote presentations, administer leadership assessments, facilitate numerous mastermind groups, provide one-on-one executive coaching and host leadership workshops to thousands of leaders. He is driven on developing self- awareness and leadership skills in high impact leaders. Ultimately, he is on a mission to impart the necessary personal development skills for professionals to operate at full capacity in any situation.

You can follow him on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube @michaellaidler To contact Michael, please email him at [email protected]

Andrew is the Owner and Managing Partner of the Salinas Defense Law Firm, PLLC where he specializes in Criminal Defense and Immigration law. Since recording this episode, he has also started his own firm in Houston, Texas!

He has  secured many dismissals and favorable plea deals for clients charged with serious crimes, many of whom were facing deportation if they plead guilty to certain convictions. 

Prior to starting his own firm, Andrew was an attorney at a prominent Criminal Defense and Immigration law firm in Austin, TX that specialized in "crimmigration". Andrew handled hundreds of cases, including misdemeanors like Driving While Intoxicated and Assault Family Violence and felonies like Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Engaging in Organized Crime. He also has experience as an Assistant District  Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney's Office and as a Managing Attorney in charge of a brand-new Immigration Department at a boutique law firm in Brooklyn.

Andrew graduated from Baylor University from the Baylor Interdisciplinary Honors Program with a B.A. in History and a minor in Rhetoric & Argumentation. He graduated from the Washington and Lee University School of Law where he actively competed and coached in several national  moot court competitions. He had the pleasure of serving as a law clerk for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a civil rights organization, in Washington, D.C., as a legal intern for the most  respected non-profit immigration legal aid organization in the  D.C.-Maryland-Virginia region,  Ayuda, and as a Summer Fellow at the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. While in the Immigrant Rights Clinic in law school, Andrew and a fellow student attorney fought for their client to be granted asylum in an uphill  battle case – and won. He also got a taste for federal appellate work  when his team filed an appeal before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for a Stateless client who had been fighting to remain in the  U.S. for 20 years. In addition to being an editor for the Washington  and Lee Journal for Civil Rights and Social Justice, he also proudly formed the leadership board  of the Latin American Law Students’ Association, serving as Moot Court Director and Vice President.

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