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Richardson Attorney at Law, Estate Planning Group Head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1cc251bb8f23b70708a8d/1587947945279-4QQ5CKFQXQ2ULKRNQZD6/Mick%2BHeadshot-rev.jpg Our Team - Michael J. “Mick” McGirr Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://phocuslaw.biz/contact-us daily 0.75 2020-11-30 https://phocuslaw.biz/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2020-04-27 https://phocuslaw.biz/michael-j-mick-mcgirr daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1cc251bb8f23b70708a8d/1587949113065-SXPC5NN5ND4RLBRJ51NA/Mick%2BHeadshot.jpg Michael J. “Mick” McGirr - Michael J. “Mick” McGirr Attorney at Law, Founder 602-457-2191 | mick@phocuscompanies.com Michael J. “Mick” McGirr is the founding attorney of Phocus Law. Mick provides his clients, primarily businesses and business owners, with a broad and thorough range of legal representation. Through his extensive legal experience and his own forays into entrepreneurship, Mick is able to provide preeminent, thoughtful advice to his clients in business matters ranging from creditors’ rights to corporate finance and investment and from entity formation and structuring to compliance and simple and complex litigation. Beyond providing advice, Mick also serves his clients by successfully litigating matters, both simple and complex, and by negotiating and drafting contracts that provide his clients’ interests ironclad protection. Additionally, Mick provides his clients with estate-planning advice, working together with the other Phocus Companies partners to provide each client with dynamic and forward-thinking strategies for wealth preservation. Mick completed his undergraduate study in Political Science at Brigham Young University – Hawaii, where he also competed as a NCAA Division 2 golfer. Mick received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Mick is a member of the Arizona Bar, the Maricopa County Bar Association, and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. He frequently teaches and lectures to various trade groups on a variety of business law issues. When not at the office or in court, Mick enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, playing golf or basketball, and being outdoors. Mick is also active in the classic car restoration and drag-racing communities, working on and racing his 1969 Camaro. Return home https://phocuslaw.biz/samuel-c-richardson daily 0.75 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1cc251bb8f23b70708a8d/1587949830778-D0KGGCFSBZK1MUOKNDRZ/Sam%2BHeadshot.jpg Samuel C. Richardson - Samuel C. Richardson Attorney at Law, Estate Planning Group Head 602-457-2191 | sam@phocuscompanies.com Samuel C. Richardson has been practicing law since 2011, largely in general counsel and civil litigation. He is focusing his practice primarily on estate planning, trust formation, and wills, as well as general counsel and representation to businesses. Samuel is licensed in Arizona and California, and is fluent in Spanish. Before becoming a lawyer full time, Samuel worked in federal courts as a judicial law clerk, giving him a behind the scenes look at the judicial process. Samuel graduated cum laude from Valparaiso University Law School in 2010, and magna cum laude from Arizona State University in 2007. In addition to his professional success, Samuel competed on American Ninja Warrior in 2011 and 2012. As part of the Phocus Law team, Samuel is ready to help you protect your wealth and your business. Return home https://phocuslaw.biz/michele-leonelli daily 0.75 2023-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1cc251bb8f23b70708a8d/1587954694849-RFUT3QWL043JLM5ZCC6S/Michele%2BPic.jpg Michele Leonelli - Michele Leonelli Attorney at Law 602-457-2191 | michele@phocuscompanies.com G'day! I'm Michele Leonelli. I'm half-Australian, half-Italian, and I've lived the last 20 years of my life in America. I've lived all over the USA, completing high school in the deep south, graduating cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, and then cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school I worked as an associate in the Environment, Land & Resources department of the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, LLP. A multidisciplinary practice group, I was exposed to a broad range of matters including: corporate transactional, finance, real estate, land use, regulatory, and litigation. After four intense and rewarding years there, I left to become General Counsel and VP of an incredible, industry-changing start-up called Urban Mining Company (UMC). In my current practice I serve as outside general counsel to entrepreneurs, startups, and established small-to-medium-sized businesses across almost all industries. In this role I handle the legal needs of my clients including the following: (i) entity formation and corporate governance (LLCs, corporations, etc.); (ii) fundraising (equity, debt, convertible debt); (iii) M&A (company sales/acquisitions, asset sales/acquisitions, etc.); and (iv) drafting and negotiating a wide range of corporate or commercial contracts such as MSAs, NDAs, Joint-Venture Agreements, Terms & Conditions of Sale, Consulting Agreements, SaaS Agreements, etc. But work isn't everything, and I love my free time. I've been an avid traveler since my parents put me on a plane to Italy at 9-months old. 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When I was about 5 years old, my brother and I pooled our birthday money to buy a beat up, rusted out 1962 Chevy pickup, which we worked on and drove around the property every chance we could get. As I got older, my tastes got faster. I started drag racing as soon as I got my driver’s license. I learned a few early lessons in lawyering as I fought one particular ticket earned in my ’73 Chevy Nova. Adult me thinks racing is best kept to the track… but teenage me felt differently. Somewhere in my mid-teen years I bought my ’55 Chevrolet BelAir from the original owner. It is the project I want to get to but haven’t been able to quite find the time for, yet. For now, it’s a beautiful old blast from the past that is slow and comfortable for cruising with the whole family. At 18, I bought my dream car: a rusty, barely running 1969 Camaro now known as 1SLOW69. 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