The Verdict

Kamryn Villegas and Whitney Kumar are the founders of KW Reporting, a boutique court-reporting firm. After spending most of her career working in the Los Angeles Superior Court as a courtroom reporter, Whitney’s love of her work inspired her sister Kamryn to follow in her footsteps after spending most of her career outside of the courtroom as an exceptional deposition reporter. As a result of the significant changes to the court reporting system in Los Angeles beginning in 2012, the idea for KW reporting was born. Utilizing their vast experience inside and outside of the courtroom, Whitney and Kamryn wanted to offer clients something that is different than their competitors. As a full-service court reporting firm, clients can be assured they are receiving the highest quality service with a personal touch from two women who understand all of the nuances of each legal situation.

That is what you see on the surface. Listen to this episode of The Verdict where we dive deeper!

In this episode:

-Working together as identical twin sisters and finishing each other’s sentences

-Following your passions into business and seeing it pay off

-Guarding the record and seeing your words turn into law

-Being witness to so much of the human experience

-Taking the plunge and going into business for yourself

-Winning an Emmy with Judge Judy

-Finding the right work-life balance

I hope you enjoyed the episode! Kamryn and Whitney were so generous to share their story and give us some insight into doing what you love with who you love.

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Connect with Kamryn Villegas and Whitney Kumar:

Website: www.kwcourtreporting.com

Instagram: @kwcourtreporting

Facebook: @kwcourtreporting

Connect with Tom Feher:

Website:    www.feherlawfirm.com 

Facebook: @feherlaw

Instagram: @feherlawapc

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Arash Homampour is the founder of one of California’s most prestigious law firms. Practicing mostly in the catastrophic injury and wrongful death space, in the last five years alone he has obtained many successful trial results against the likes of Sunbeam Products, the State of California, Costco Stores, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Allstate Insurance, and Louisville Ladder in a wide array of cases. In addition to this, Arash is a professional DJ and record producer, and recently started his own record label, There Is A Light, dedicated to releasing techno and house music. That is all still not enough for Arash and he also has started a non-profit called, There Is A Light Foundation which provides microgrants to individuals who need help getting to the next level in life. 

That is what you see on the surface. Listen to this episode of The Verdict where we dive deeper! In this episode:

• Leading with love in all that you do to find success
• Creating balance in your firm with your team and case management
• A passion for music, pursuing a dream of being a rock star, and fostering the same dream of others
• Comments on the techno music scene
• Why creating the best team is so important for whatever you pursue
• A responsibility to share your talents with the universe

I hope you enjoyed the episode! Arash was so generous to share his story and give us some insight into how to create balance to pursue all that you love.

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Connect with Arash:

Websites: https://www.homampour.com/

         https://www.andthereisalight.com

Instagram: @thearcherdj

Connect with Tom Feher:

Website:   www.feherlawfirm.com 

Facebook:  @feherlaw

Instagram: @feherlawapc

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SheRise Ford is The Six-Foot Publicist and the founder and CEO of The SheRise Enterprise, a boutique public relations firm specializing in maximizing editorial press coverage for entertainers and entrepreneurs, as well as female models. Through her work, she noticed that many unsigned creatives and small business owners just starting couldn’t afford to invest in her $5,000 monthly retainer, and most didn’t know how start earning more exposure for themselves. With the launch of SheriseU, her one-on-one coaching program, The Six Foot Publicist, aims to solve that problem.

Since opening her doors, Ford has worked with a number of celebrities and brand partners on media consulting, event management/production, music video casting, public relations consulting, and social media management. 

When she’s not consulting, Ford, affectionately known as, “The Six-Foot Publicist,” devotes a lot of her time to content development and is known to collaborate with a slew of podcast hosts. She also recently hosted the red carpet for the Pan African Film Festival. 

That is what you see on the surface. Listen to this episode of The Verdict where we dive deeper! In this episode:

·      A passion for music as an opportunity to learn the business side of entertainment

·      Ignoring the haters and finding the right people to work with

·      Constantly creating and cultivating ideas to fulfill a mission

·      The lost art of putting pen to paper

·      Celebrities as people just like everyone else

·      Never shutting up and building a network to build your brand

·      Getting involved in your community to make a positive difference

·      Teaching others your business so they can empower themselves

·      Trends that are making building a future on your own easier

·      Managing your fears and pushing past them to succeed

I hope you enjoyed the episode! SheRise was so generous to share her story and give us some insight into just what can happen when you align with your authentic self.

Please let me know your thoughts!

Connect with SheRise Ford:

Website: https://www.sheriseford.com/

Facebook: @sheriseford

Instagram: @sheriseent

Twitter: @SheRiseEnt

Connect with Tom Feher:

Website:    www.feherlawfirm.com 

Facebook: @feherlaw

Instagram: @feherlawapc

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Vincent Hoonings, is the founder and CEO of Wills.com, the safest and easiest way to create your legal will online. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience building successful companies including Affordable Mallorca and Motion Global SL. Hoonings provides executive leadership and strategic direction at Wills.com and is an expert in Business to Consumer (B2C) sales, Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and product development. A born problem-solver with a creative streak, he is known as an exceptional researcher, leader and mentor, dedicated to advancing the antiquated estate planning industry to a digital format. Hoonings is fluent in five languages and holds a patent for magnetic glass and dinnerware used in the aeronautical and marine industries.

That is what you see on the surface. Listen to this episode of The Verdict where we dive deeper!

In this episode:

·      The importance of estate planning

·      Just what a will is

·      The importance of having provisions for digital assets in your will

·      Technology and the age of entrepreneurship we are living in

·      Failing forward in business to grow

·      Finding the meaning in life by pursuing goals that give life meaning

·      Throwing caution out the window to find success

·      Meditating on your mortality and living life to the fullest

·      The age of information and using it to learn from others

I hope you enjoyed the episode! Vincent was so generous to share his story and give us some insight into what makes a family business successful.

Please let me know your thoughts!

Connect with Vincent:

Website: http://www.wills.com/

Email: vincent@wills.com

Twitter: @VinceTravels

Connect with Tom Feher:

Website:    www.feherlawfirm.com 

Facebook: @feherlaw

Instagram: @feherlawapc

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Jonathan Goldhill is a masterful business coach and personal strategist specializing in guiding next-generation leaders of family businesses to scale up their business as they take control over the leadership and ownership of the family business. Based in the Los Angeles metro area, Goldhill Group has been serving closely held and family business clients in the lower-middle market nationwide since 1987. Jonathan left New York for California at age 20 after his family’s large, privately-held men’s apparel manufacturing company—started by his great-grandfather—sold to a conglomerate in its third generation of family ownership. Within ten years, Jonathan had established himself as the go-to expert for entrepreneurs looking to find their freedom. Today, Jonathan brings thirty years of experience advising, coaching, consulting, training, and guiding entrepreneurial and family businesses to grow their revenues, profits and people’s leadership. 

That is what you see on the surface. Listen to this episode of The Verdict where we dive deeper!

In this episode:

·      Growing up at the intersection of business and community organizing

·      The powerful relationship of husband and wife in business

·      Differentiating your strategies to dominate your market

·      Streamlining your systems to optimize your business

·      Disrupting the status quo to enable a family business to achieve success in today’s world

·      The importance of trusted leadership to set the vision and achieve growth

·      Leadership as the cornerstone that sets the precedent from the top down

·      The ostrich, the bulldozer, and the marshmallow as leader archetypes

·      Building a better team for the ultimate competitive advantage

·      Paying attention to your biochemistry to be the best that you can be

I hope you enjoyed the episode! Jonathan was so generous to share his story and give us some insight into what makes a family business successful.

Please let me know your thoughts!

Connect with Jonathan:

Website: www.thegoldhillgroup.com

Podcast: www/thegoldhillgroup.com/podcast

Connect with Tom Feher:

Website:    www.feherlawfirm.com 

Facebook: @feherlaw

Instagram: @feherlawapc

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Steve Vartazarian is an accomplished entrepreneur pursuing his passions and launching successful businesses in multiple industries. In addition to being one of the top injury trial lawyers in California and the founder of The Vartazarian Law Firm, Steve owns and operates The Brothers Sushi, recognized as one of the best sushi bars in Los Angeles. He is also an incredible chef and devoted husband and father to two daughters.

That is what you see on the surface. Listen to this episode of The Verdict where we dive deeper!

In this episode we discuss:

-A round-about path to a career in law

-Learning to listen to the advice that your loved ones give you

-Getting your foot in the door with education

-Always doing what you think is right with courage and confidence

-Success as health, happiness, family, and the pursuit of dreams; not just money

-Happiness as an “inside job” that comes from within the walls of home

-Finding team members that have more than what it takes to accomplish what is in front of them

-Learning what to spend emotional energy on and what to let go

-The evolving LA food scene in a re-opening world 

I hope you enjoyed the episode! Steve was so generous to share his story and give us some insight into what makes it more than what you see at first glance.

Please let me know your thoughts!

Connect with Steve:

Website:    www.thevlf.com

Email:        info@thevlf.com

Instagram: @thevartazarianlawfirm

Facebook: @thevartazarianlawfirm 

Connect with Tom Feher: 

Website:    www.feherlawfirm.com 

Facebook: @feherlaw

Instagram: @feherlawapc

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Welcome to The Verdict everybody. As a trial lawyer, I know we all fight perceptions that people may attribute to us, and I know there is so much more to anyone than what you see on the surface. I spend my career advocating for my clients by being a voice for them and telling their stories, the ones that aren’t always seen at first glance. It’s these stories that connect us all and offer a perspective we can learn from. Each week we’ll be sitting down with an awesome guest who will share some of their success, challenges, and lessons learned. I’m excited to share their story with you on The Verdict.

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