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Lusk Law Client Spotlight: EquiLearn Institute
At Lusk Law, we work hard to meet our clients’ needs, earn their trust, and build lasting relationships with them. As a small business ourselves, we have a deep understanding of the hard work, determination, and passion that’s required to build a successful company from the ground up. Our Client Spotlight series is designed to recognize outstanding businesses serving our community. This month, we’d like to celebrate the EquiLearn Institute LLC, a company dedicated to delivering quality education in equine and canine health care. The EquiLearn Institute is owned and operated by Courtney Molino, RVT, CERP, EEBW, CCRA, ESMT, CCMT, FEI Permitted Equine Therapist. She also owns Hands on Horses LLC, which focuses on equine and canine rehabilitation and bodywork. Courtney lives in Elkridge with her husband and 7-year-old son, along with their golden retriever and bunny. She also has a TB/Clyde mare, which she keeps boarded in Sykesville. How…Lusk Law Client Spotlight: CK Electric
At Lusk Law LLC — Advocates for Life’s Obstacles and Opportunities — we work hard to meet our clients’ needs, earn their trust, and build lasting relationships with them. As a small business ourselves, we have a deep understanding of the hard work, determination, and passion that’s required to build a successful company from the ground up. Our Client Spotlight series is designed to recognize outstanding businesses serving our community. This month, we’d like to celebrate CK Electric, a veteran-owned and operated company based in Sykesville with a mission of providing high-quality electrical work at an affordable price. CK Electric is owned by Carl Kirkpatrick and his wife, Nancy, who moved to the area from Montgomery County, attracted by the more rural lifestyle. Originally from Haynesville, Louisiana, Carl is a disabled veteran of the United States Marine Corps who spent eight years honorably serving his country with tours in Japan,…Lusk Law Client Spotlight: 22 Karrots Health & Wellness Bar
At Lusk Law, LLC, we’re incredibly proud of the relationships we build with clients. We’ve had the pleasure of working with many business owners who are inspiring and forward-thinking individuals. One of our clients, Lauren Cross, recently launched a new business venture called 22 Karrots Health & Wellness Bar. Lauren is a juice junkie, health enthusiast and the perfect ambassador for the health-conscious and delicious offerings she’s serving to patrons in Frederick, Maryland. Lauren was kind enough to share with us her story and her business goals. Tell us about yourself and your business. My name is Lauren, drawing from my roots in the Frederick community and my 10 years of business, project management, and accounting experience. My position at a leading accounting firm in Bethesda, MD, has propelled me to master critical skills, including the management of customers, vendors, and business partners, multitasking, resolving discrepancies and complaints, and much…Client Spotlight: Through the Garden
Lusk Law, LLC, regularly shines the spotlight on one of our clients. For this month’s spotlight, we are recognizing Through the Garden, a client that is one of the premiere landscaping firms in our area. Through the Garden is a boutique landscaping company that creates unique and artistic landscapes for their clients throughout Maryland, northern Virginia, and Washington D.C. They are small enough to develop close relationships with their customers and large enough to handle any size project. Their ideal client is a discerning customer who is looking for a creative design with a personal touch and understands that creativity and quality take more time and a larger budget. Through the Garden’s award-winning projects have been showcased in magazines and featured in home and garden television shows. Examples of their projects include comprehensive master garden plans, rooftop gardens, theme gardens, aquatic gardens, pool scaping, foundation plantings, landscape lighting, stone walls,…Client Spotlight: Media to Memories
Lusk Law, LLC, serves a wide array of business clients. We regularly highlight one of the community’s promising businesses in our Client Spotlight. This month, we’re shining the spotlight on Media to Memories, LLC. Media to Memories is a photo-organizing business based in Severna Park, Maryland, that helps people organize, archive, and display their photos in such a way as to make them more enjoyable to view. Owner and lead memory organizer Kristy Stephens came up with the idea to start her business when she sat down to work with her family photos to create her family’s annual yearbook. “I was amazed by how many photos my family of three took in one year,” said Stephens. “We had taken well over 3,000 photos and videos in just one year.” This was when she realized that she had so many photos and videos that it was unrealistic that her family would be…Client Spotlight: Sassy Suburban
Lusk Law, LLC, serves a vast range of business clients. Each month, we highlight one of the communities promising businesses in our Client Spotlight. This month, we're focusing our attention on rising star design business Sassy Suburban. An up-and-coming interior design business, Sassy Suburban is based in Eldersburg, Maryland. The small business offers a variety of interior design services, all intended to help clients feel comfortable in the spaces they inhabit every day. Sassy Suburban owner and designer Kat Hajduk earned her FIDM Design Degree in Product Development and initially pursued a career in fashion design. After several years in the fashion industry, she shifted her focus to interior design. She strengthened her interior design knowledge through her extensive work in real estate and construction. Her pursuit of an interior design career was also influenced by her reupholstering hobby. Primarily, she was inspired by her newly-discovered passion for working with people…SAS Sport Horses
Lusk Law, LLC, provides legal guidance for a wide range of business clients, among them, people involved in equestrian enterprises. Attorney Rebekah Damen Lusk is attuned to the business concerns of people who raise, train, and board horses, because she owns a horse boarding facility. One of her clients – SAS Sport Horses – is the subject of this month’s Client Spotlight feature. Shera Solomon, owner of SAS Sport Horses, is an accomplished competitor in equestrian events. She won first place in Training Level at the 2015 Col. Bengt Ljungquist Memorial Championships and has won Rider Performance Awards for Second, First, and Training Level from both the Potomac Valley Dressage Association and the United States Dressage Federation. At her facilities in the rural Montgomery County communities of Boyds and Dickerson, she focuses on dressage and eventing training, with an emphasis on establishing a strong bond between horse and rider. Her…E3 Management Consulting
At Lusk Law, LLC, we provide legal guidance for a wide range of business clients, and we are continually impressed by their ingenuity. To showcase their work, and to support their businesses, we decided to write about our clients in monthly Client Spotlight e-blasts. For this installment of our Client Spotlight feature, we have chosen to highlight E3 Management Consulting. E3 is a certified Women-Owned Small Business and Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business providing performance improvement consulting for government entities and industry partners. It has also provided consulting for commercial enterprises. E3's consultants offer a range of services, including performance assessments and evaluations, identifying training needs, and developing training curriculum. It looks for ways to replace outdated processes with efficient and progressive solutions. And the "E3" in its name comes from its vision: "Through Engagement with our clients, we Enhance their capabilities, and Empower lasting transformations." As part of its mission…Michele Wellman & Douglas Anderson
At Lusk Law, LLC, we know that our success depends on our ability to provide the best representation for our clients, both with the day-to-day legal issues and with litigation, when necessary. We value our relationships with our clients, and to show our appreciation we developed our Client Spotlight e-blasts. The Client Spotlight is a monthly feature about our long-standing clients. This month, we are featuring not just one client, but a husband and wife team: Michele Wellman and Douglas Anderson, who also are business owners of By Chance Farm and PROFormance Horse.
Michele Wellman and Doug Anderson met as many horse couples do, through their shared interest and love of horses. Doug is a farrier who owns PROFormance Horse and met Michele through his business shoeing horses at Michele’s horse boarding facility, By Chance Farm. Michele and her mother, Charlene Cherry, purchased By Chance Farm in 2002… read more
At Lusk Law, LLC, we know that our success depends on our ability to provide the best representation for our clients, both with the day-to-day legal issues and with litigation, when necessary. We value our relationships with our clients, and to show our appreciation we developed our Client Spotlight e-blasts. The Client Spotlight is a monthly feature about our long-standing clients. This month, we are featuring not just one client, but a husband and wife team: Michele Wellman and Douglas Anderson, who also are business owners of By Chance Farm and PROFormance Horse. Michele Wellman and Doug Anderson met as many horse couples do, through their shared interest and love of horses. Doug is a farrier who owns PROFormance Horse and met Michele through his business shoeing horses at Michele’s horse boarding facility, By Chance Farm. Michele and her mother, Charlene Cherry, purchased By Chance Farm in 2002. The farm…Peace of Mind Dressage
Lusk Law, LLC, is thankful for business owners who choose us for help with their legal needs. We owe our success to our clients, so we developed our Client Spotlight e-blasts to show our appreciation for the people we represent. This month, our Client Spotlight showcases Peace of Mind Dressage and owner and head trainer Jaclyn Sicoli.
POM-riders-with-horsesPeace of Mind Dressage believes in guiding every horse and rider to realize their full potential, beginners and experienced pairs alike. When training human and equine students, Jaclyn always takes time to get to know her clients as individuals and to understand their specific training needs.
Lusk Law, LLC, is thankful for business owners who choose us for help with their legal needs. We owe our success to our clients, so we developed our Client Spotlight e-blasts to show our appreciation for the people we represent. This month, our Client Spotlight showcases Peace of Mind Dressage and owner and head trainer Jaclyn Sicoli. Peace of Mind Dressage believes in guiding every horse and rider to realize their full potential, beginners and experienced pairs alike. When training human and equine students, Jaclyn always takes time to get to know her clients as individuals and to understand their specific training needs. In 2007, Jaclyn relocated to Maryland after completing a successful apprenticeship with international competitor Heather Mason in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Upon arriving in Maryland, Jaclyn opened Peace of Mind Dressage. Jaclyn’s original business model focused on developing a client base in the central Maryland area by…Our Latest Posts
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