Business Law Specialty Consultants: 3

Leo A. Wrobel has earned broad notoriety and acclaim as an author, technologist, speaker, and Mayor (former) for over 30 years. Leo is a principal at Dallas-based b4Ci Inc. and is a nationally known Business Resumption Planning and Disaster Recovery expert. 

Leo and his team have served as advisors to Boards of Directors for businesses of all sizes and types. His seasoned advice can save money now and make money later. His team has included the founder of Qwest, Director of the US Mint, Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission, the President of Fidelity Telecommunications, and more.

Speaking Engagements:
An engaging speaker, Leo has a dynamic presence and a passion for perfection. Rest assured your audience will stay awake as this energetic speaker makes the complicated simple, and conveys even the most abstract technical concepts in a fun and lighthearted manner! Leo has published 12 books and 800 trade articles and has lectured worldwide including Tel Aviv Israel, Santiago Chile, and most recently as a guest of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Wrobel has also extensively supported legal teams in Disaster Recovery and telecommunications cases. 

Praise and Accolades for Leo A. Wrobel: 

As a Seminar Host:

• Very knowledgeable. Ready to explain and eager to hear questions. Excellent.
• "Presentation skills were very effective and no question was a dumb question."
• "Good anecdotes and real-life examples, Excellent."
• "Leo adapted the course to fit our needs."

As a Consultant:

• "You have us pegged. Your methodology is perfect, don't change it." - CIO of $76 billion financial services company

Five Stars on Amazon.com!

• "Disaster Recovery Planning for Communications and Critical Infrastructure is a scholarly examination of how the vulnerabilities in modern-day infrastructure can best be protected from threats such as terrorism and natural disasters. Authors Leo A. Wrobel and Sharon M. Wrobel, both highly skilled professionals in the field, cover the technologies that can help spread the word quickly when things go wrong, how to set up procedures for "4Ci" (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence), the basics of a solid emergency response plan, templates for assessing the weaknesses of everything from hospitals to power grids to large business enterprises, "first alert" procedures, and much more. A scholarly, well-researched text featuring cutting-edge, life-saving preparation measures, Disaster Recovery Planning for Communications and Critical Infrastructure is an absolute must-have for disaster recovery planners and experts, and anyone else responsible for planning for worst-case scenarios. Highly recommended."

See more Wrobel books at link above or order at www.4ci.us.

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Attorney, Lawrence H. Jacobson received his Bachelor's degree in political science in 1964 from U.C.L.A and his Juris Doctorate in 1967 from the U.C.L.A. School of Law. While at the U.C.L.A. School of Law, Mr. Jacobson was a senior editor of the U.C.L.A. Law Review and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. 

Mr. Jacobson is the former Vice-President of Legal Affairs for the California Association of Realtors, legal counsel to several Boards of Realtors, California Counsel to an international real estate brokerage firm, and legal counsel to numerous mortgage brokerage firms and related real estate service providers. He is also a Past President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. He has served as a judge pro tem for the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Municipal Court Systems as well as having been an adjunct professor of law in the area of real estate secured transactions and administrative law, earning a lifetime Community College Instructor Credential in the area of Law.

Legal Practice - In his 50 years of practice, Mr. Jacobson has counseled and represented both private and publically held clients in the following:

• Selection of Business Entities
• Formation and Restructure of Corporations
• Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
• Purchase and Sale of Business
• Succession Planning
• General Advice on Finance, Employment, Intellectual Property, Taxation, Antitrust, and Securities Laws

Lawrence Jacobson has written and lectured extensively on business, real estate and ethics related matters including having taught for the U.S.C. Broker Development Program and Graduate Realtors Institute of the California Association of Realtors, as well as having lectured for the California Continuing Education of the Bar, and is the recipient of the California Continuing Education of the Bar's 2011 "Spirit of CEB" Award.

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Blockchain Expert Consulting (BEC) was founded to offer Cryptocurrrency and Web3 Startups with sustainable business and Strategy and Innovation Consulting. BEC is a thought leader in blockchain architecture, smart contract outcomes, various blockchain networks including Ethereum, Blockchain, and various chains in the Cosmos ecosystem. BEC also provides services in blockchain law and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) structuring as related to Series LLCs.

• For established players in web3 who need an unbiased take on a model., BEC helps ensure clients are growing in the right direction
• For existing business models looking  to incorporate tokenization, expected to be a $30 trillion industry by 2030, but don't know where to start, BEC keeps things as simple as possible since your business already works

J. Mason Bump, Founder, is a Blockchain Architectureand Cryptocurrency Expert.. An early adopter of decentralized technologies, he has extensive business acumen and deep knowledge of blockchain technology, tokenomics, and public policy. Mason holds a JD and MBA,  is a Certified Cryptocurrency Forensic Investigator, and is Certified by the Blockchain Council as both a Blockchain and Law Professional and as a Certified Blockchain Expert. 

Mason achieved success as a general practitioner with exposure to entity structuring and formation, contract drafting, land disputes, litigation, trial, and appellate work. In his appellate.practiced his arguments were heard and accepted by the Iowa Supreme Court.  

More recently, Mason's been employed by a blockchain startup as a Protocol Specialist and Governance Expert (previously Protocol Analyst), where he provides high-level insight into the architecture, the mechanics and economics of tokenomics, and parameters of dozens of blockchain networks the company supports. This company maintains its status as a "Unicorn" staking firm with a valuation in excess of $1 billion. *Blockchain Expert Consulting is a separate entity from this company.

Mason was featured as an in-person speaker at the International Blockchain Developer Conference called Nebular Summit in Paris, France in July 2023 where he spoke about the potential of smart contracts to improve the effectiveness of legal contracts in a presentation titled "Staking: Modern Building Materials for Contracts."

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