• SALK Day 23 – Nancy Smith

    Today’s sponsor is Nancy Smith, a licensed Loan Originator with Alliance Financial Resources in Glendale, Arizona.   Alliance Financial Resources is a conventional home loan lender with in-house processing, underwriting, and funding.  This guarantees that buyers can obtain loans quickly at great rates and close their escrows.  Smith is an FHA and VA approved home loan lender.

    Smith works with both sides of real estate transactions: people who are looking to buy a home and real estate agents.  Smith helps real estate agents have successful open houses and helps them with their Facebook pages.  Her track record speaks for itself; at her last open house, 115 groups of people visited the property, which generated 30 leads.

    Smith is dedicated to her clients.  She has been working with numbers her entire life and recently became licensed lender so she could work “Where Your Family Comes First.”  Her coworkers include Michael J. Thomas and Jeanie Wavrin. They are wonderful professional people with over 30 years of combined experience in the real estate field.   In 2009, Alliance Financial Resources was awarded the Best of Business Award by the Small Business Commerce Association in the financial consultant category.  The winners of these awards are selected based on consumer reports and surveys.

    On February 10th Smith is teaching a DIY Facebook class for members of the real estate industry.  Attendees will revise and customize their business Facebook pages, including creating a side graphic.  Smith has a beautiful side graphic on her Facebook page.  The class will be at the Devry school at West Gate, at 6751 N. Sunset Blvd., 3rd Floor, in Glendale.  This is a great opportunity of real estate agents to use social media to share information with potential buyers and enhance their reputation for being professional and progressive.  Please visit and “Like” her Facebook page.

    Sponsor A Law Kid is my endeavor to pay for my last semester of law school. Today’s sponsor is Nancy Smith of Alliance Financial Resources.   For more information about Sponsor A Law Kid or to see what days are still available for sponsorship, visit my Sponsor A Law Kid page.

  • SALK Day 22 – The Foster Group

    Today’s sponsor is The Foster Group, a new and unique law firm with offices in Arizona and Indiana.  Founded by Troy and Kristen Foster, The Foster Group is staffed with exceptional lawyers with big firm experience who want to provide the individualized service and care of a boutique law firm.  These lawyers are former partners at large national law firms, have worked for federal and state judges, and have represented large international companies.

    Troy Foster’s career has focused on education and employment law.  He has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America for many years.  Troy has also received the highest ratings for ethical standards and substantive ability by his peers.  Kristen Foster specializes in labor and employment law, trust and estates, education and special education law, family law, and media relations.  One of her previous positions was an Assistant Attorney General for Arizona, where she represented Child Protective Services. Along with being on the Boards of Directors for numerous organizations, the Fosters recently founded Henry’s Hope, an organization that is dedicated to the needs of children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

    The core principles of The Foster Group are commitment, hard work, trust, and dedication.  Their goal is to understand their clients’ needs and to provide them efficient and practical solutions to their problems.  The Foster Group is focused on providing high-quality, cost-effective services and being attentive and responsive to their clients.

    The Foster Group specializes in labor law, education law, family law, trusts and estates, civil rights, and transactional corporate and real estate law.  It has a Human Resources Solutions Group that provides trainings, internal investigations, policy revisions, or high-level consultation work to companies.  Recently, The Foster Group has offered trainings in Arizona regarding the recent legalization of medicinal marijuana and its effect on the workplace.  It is also dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of individual who want to have their story heard in the news media, in print, or published in a book.

    Troy Foster also offers his services as a mediator. He has experience mediating employment, civil, tort, legal and medical malpractice disputes.  His thoughtful nature and compassionate heart make me an ideal person to help parties resolve their problems.

    The Foster Group is a unique and desirable place to work.  Unlike other firms that work their lawyers to death, The Foster Group only requires lawyers to bill 1600 hours per year.  Other firms require their lawyers to bill 1850-2200 per year, which is one of the reasons why lawyers are rumored to be addicted to stimulants and have heart attacks when they are 40.  The Foster Group also has a fun, event-driven bonus system, such as trips to Hawaii.  Additionally, the firm plans to launch a Community Involvement Program where it will hire an attorney to work full-time on pro bono cases.

    The Foster Group can also be found on Twitter and Facebook.

    Sponsor A Law Kid is my endeavor to pay for my last semester of law school. Today’s sponsor is The Foster Group.   For more information about Sponsor A Law Kid or to see what days are still available for sponsorship, visit my Sponsor A Law Kid page.

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  • SALK Day 21 – Save the Manatee Club

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    When Day 21 didn’t get a sponsor, my classmate, Michael Vincent, offered to sponsor it at a reduced price to promote the Save the Manatee Club.  I’m humoring him because I appreciate his wit and originality.

    Sponsor A Law Kid is my endeavor to pay for my last semester of law school. Today’s sponsor is Michael Vincent.   For more information about Sponsor A Law Kid or to see what days are still available for sponsorship, visit my Sponsor A Law Kid page.

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