Many law firms are great at practicing law, but just as proprietors of every business type go into business for themselves, they’re not necessarily good at the “business” side of things.

Kurt Obermeyer and LegalManagementSolutions hit the Web

Anyone that has read Michael Gerber’s books knows the fatal mistake well-intentioned practitioners make when they go into business for themselves: they go from doing one thing they are really good at to doing twelve things, one of which they are really good at.  Most often this formula spells disaster, which is why so many small businesses fail.

But Kurt Obermeyer and his team at Legal Management Solutions ARE good at the business side of law.  Because legal actions are so touchy, people using law firms are accustomed to paying high prices to cover the administrative errors that the law firm covers through other charges.  When a successful law firm hires Obermeyer and Legal Management Solutions to reduce administrative overhead – sometimes shockingly high – that means a direct realization of profit and a higher moral and ethical standard of business.

WSmad is proud to take Kurts bold and relevant business idea to the Web through www.LegalManagementSolutions.com.  Since the inception of the project, Kurt’s company has tripled in size.

Congratulations, Kurt Obermeyer!  Check out LegalManagementSolutions.com.

Congratulations to Rob Palinka and his fabulous team at The Landmark

Kobe Bryant stays at the Lakers thanks to Rob Palinka

Sports Agency for making sure his client, Kobe Bryant, remains on the Lakers with a fantastic contract through 2013!

Rob Palinka, Kobe’s agent through thick and thin, has just made sure the 2008 MVP and 2009 Champion basketball superstar Kobe Bryant will get everything he wants.  It’s great news for Los Angeles Lakers fans, and for a couple of Mr. Palinka’s other Laker clients, Derek Fisher and Sasha Vujacic.

I’ve got my Zoom Kobe V’s on to celebrate – how about you?

WSmad helps to maintain the Joomla-built Web Site we created from scratch for TheLandmarkSportsAgency.com, so it’s always exciting to hear success stories like this one – and other recent news like NBA draft success James Harden and last year, Eric Gordon.

Congratulations, Rob, Kobe, Erika Williams, Jennifer Puffer and the whole team!  Go Lakers!

The new Isaac Charles Design Group Web Site modestly states: “At the 2011 NBA Allstar weekend, ICDG will launch a new brand of footwear and apparel with a few top NBA ballplayers. We will be colloborating with Bill Peterson creator of Nike Air technology in the development of our footwear. Please check back for updates.”

The new Isaac Charles Design Group, LLC Web Site, www.Isaac-Charles.com

ICDGLLC, founded by brilliant designer Isaac Charles and based in Los Angeles, California, has been creating footwear, apparel, and product designs for major corporations, schools, and celebrities since 2006 – and the hot looks are about to get hotter.

On the company’s new Web Site are examples of footwear for Protoge, apparel for Beverly Hills High School, product art applied to products and packaging for Atomic9, and celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Donnie Klang, and Notorious B.I.G. among many others wearing ICDGLLC’s designs.  Spend some time on the site and have a look.  You’ll probably be buying ICDGLLC designs soon.

Have a look at the Isaac Charles Design Group’s new Web Site, www.Isaac-Charles.com.

The phenomenal sport of historic car racing is exciting and beautiful.  And it’s not bad for the environment.  There is a small contingent of ill-informed radical extremists hell-bent on making sure that the Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park doesn’t happen.  They insist that race cars will kill poppies anywhere in the vicinity of their activities.  Unfortunately, they are fighting a losing battle.

Tomorrow is another planning commission meeting where you can make your voice heard.  As quoted from the Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park Web Site, “We are now preparing our rebuttal for the next hearing, which is to be held at 9:00 a.m. on March 24th at the Hall of Records at 320 West Temple Street, Los Angeles. Again your attendance will be much appreciated. We hope that this will be the last significant meeting.”  Come and let your voice be heard.

Race Cars Dont Kill Wildflowers, Actually

It’s strange that some of these people, many of whom live near Edward’s Air Force Flight Test Center, are concerned about noise from the race track.  It’s also fascinating that many of them are concerned about the emmissions from the exhaust of said race cars.  An entire race weekend filled with evil, rampant race cars will not go through anywhere near the amount of fuel one jet fighter will in one minute.  Nor will the noise approach the sound of flight operations during a given day, nor will they be nearly as hard on the peace as a sonic boom.

However, they insist that race cars kill poppies.  This humble author has been around the world watching race cars all around the planet, and almost always, they are near some sort of wildflower.  The environmental extremists insisted that Thunderhill Raceway Park would kill pheasants, and yet they thrive there now, as evidenced by the article recently published on www.FairmontButteMotorsportsPark.com.  Whacko environmentalist extremists, open your mind and you’ll be shocked by the fantastic people you’ll meet.

“Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” – Paul Simon

Cesar and Patricia of Eddy’s Artistic Wrought  Iron in Wilmington, CA, can make just about anything using iron.  They’ve been doing business here in California for over twenty years, and they make any home remodel or industrial project more both beautiful and safer at the same time.

An example of Eddy's Artistic Wrought Iron's work - a gorgeous guardrail on a beautiful home

Take a look at their gallery of beautiful projects in the slideshow on their home page.  These are all real photographs of their own work – not stock photography, and the examples show amazing attention to detail and immense artistic and creative talent to match the architecture of the project.

Have a look at EddysArtistic.com so next time you’re in need of beautiful handrails or guardrails – or come across somebody that is – you’ll know where to go: straight to Cesar and Patricia of Eddy’s Artistic Wrought Iron.

Fowler & Moore Interior Design’s Fowler & Moore At Home retail store is having its annual “Spring Sale” on Catalina Avenue from March 9th to March 14th, 2010.

Fowler & Moore At Home Spring Sale March 9th-14th

Chris Fowler and Suzy Moore started Fowler & Moore Interiors based on a fantastic eye for design.  They’ve been doing interior design for beautiful homes on and around the Palos Verdes Peninsula with such success through the years that they decided to open Fowler & Moore At Home, a retail store where clients can get a feel for their design ideas and get inspiration.  Last year, Fowler & Moore At Home made the huge step forward of moving to Catalina in Redondo Beach, right in the middle of South Redondo’s famous “Riviera Village”.

They’ve already cleared out fastastic inventory a couple of times since the move, and this may be the biggest sale yet.  Have a look at their Web Site, www.FowlerAndMoore.com, for directions and stop by Fowler & Moore At Home between March 9th and March 14th for extraordinary values on exceptional pieces for your interior.

Chris Locke, proprietor of Checkered Past Racing and bone fide Lotus Nut, is looking to have a fantastic 2010.  Included in the schedule are trips to Monaco for the Historic Grand Prix, Monza to taste the World Championship-winning Lotus 79 ground effects at the Parabolica, and a couple of HMP starts with the new Rahal-run Historic racing group.

Chris Locke in Clive Chapman's ex-Jim Clark Lotus 32B at the Goodwood Revival, 2009.

After successful runs in the Clive Chapman-run Lotus 32B (ex-Jim Clark Tasman 2.5 Liter F1 – pictured) including a  win at Algarve, Chris will be running that car again at other European venues, including Spa-Francorchamps.  He is also planning to run in the controversial SCRAMP-run new Monterey Historic and many of the standard HMSA and CSRG events that have been staples of his schedule for many years.  He will be running his Lotus 77 again in the Streets of Monte Carlo, which will be a highlight along with the Lotus 79 at Monza and Spa.

David McLaughlin once shared, “back when I was a dumb kid, I snuck into Monza – well, back in those days it was a lot easier to do these things, you see… and I found my way to the apex of the Parabolica.  I waved at the corner workers and they didn’t seem to care, so I stayed to revel in Jody Scheckter doing these phenomenal, perfect four-wheel drifts in the Shadow.  It was amazing to watch – and then here comes Andretti in the new Lotus, this aeroplane looking thing, and he goes sweeping around Scheckter on the outside! Wha!  I was amazed, and I turned to look down to the pits and I could see everyone scrambling, running around with their hands in the air, saying ‘Bloody ‘ell, what has Colin done this time?!’”

Indeed.  So Chris will get to experience Monza for the first time from inside that car.  Should be a fun year.

Have a look at Chris Locke’s Checkered Past Racing.  You may prefer to review his schedule.

Learn more about how WSmad handled Chris’ project in our portfolio sample at Quietus.us.

Nick Peters and the Peters Realty Center are offering 2 extremely valuable seminars in early March.  They are already famous for their “Foreclosures and Short Sales” seminar which always packs the house.  Now they have added “Income Property – Buying, Owning and Exchanging” and it’s sure to fill up quick as well.

Peters Realty Center offers two Great Seminars to Real Estate and Property Investors

Nick Peters is a local expert on Foreclosures and Short Sales, having worked with them for over twenty years and lived as a proactive resident in Torrance, CA for much longer.  In the past few years, he’s also been compiling a comprehensive, reliable list of all foreclosures and short sales in the area – completely different than everybody else’s list in that it’s actually up-to-date and reliable – by far the best list in the industry.  You can find out more about this list by talking to the great people at the Peters Realty Center in Redondo Beach, CA.

With over 30 years of being involved with and investing in Income Properties all over the United States, Nick has seen it all.  His new seminar “Income Property – Buying, Owning & Exchanging” will certainly be packed with information and the details Nick is known for – tidbits that other people just don’t know because they haven’t been in the thick of it like he has.

Members of WSmad have been to the “Foreclosures and Short Sales” presentation more than once, and every time it yielded fascinating information about the economy and investing in real estate.  We highly anticipate this new addition to Nick repertoire, and vigorously encourage anyone interested in Real Property investing to make their way to these seminars in Redondo Beach, California.

What are you looking at? Great food, that’s what the heck you’re looking at, buddy! Acclaimed Chef Andrew Lord – The Bitter Chef – has made another phenomenal hit in the heart of Long Beach, CA, offering beautiful food at a fantastic value.

The Bitter Chef brings food and fun to Long Beach, CA

Chef Lord has created more than a few successful restaurants, and his latest creation brings the right kind of American Classic infused with modern Italian to really give Long Beach something fresh to eat.  And it’s GOOD.  He could probably charge twice as much for the dishes he’s perfected here, but he chooses to make the prices friendly to the economy because he has a big heart.  Yeah, right.  He just wants you in there eating his food regularly!

Join his mailing list so you can be notified of deals especially for your birthday or because or for that rare moment when he’s in a good mood.  We know Andrew, so we can jest about his sarcastic sense of humor – and a sense of humor is required for dining at The Bitter Chef, not just because the food is ridiculously good.  The atmosphere is all about good fun, and Yelpers are already proclaiming their affection for this new Long Beach gem of a diner.

Check out The Bitter Chef and his new Web Site, www.TheBitterChef.com today and head on down to LBC tonight for a breakfast, lunch, or dinner you won’t forget soon, but your pocketbook will.

Entrepreneur Judy Jackson does many things, among them is helping Real Estate Agents get termite inspections done quickly and efficiently.

Judy Jackson, a South Bay resident doing business in Redondo Beach, Torrance, and all over Southern

Only Judy Jackson can make your life easier when your in the So Cal real estate market

California, enjoys making the jobs of Real Estate Agents and homeowners alike simpler. She has the contacts to make a few crucial and normally irritating steps in the home purchase, sale, or ownership life cycle much simpler, as she knows everyone to make the job quick, simple, and efficient. After doing this for many years with many agents, she knows exactly what steps to take to avoid problems and get the job done efficiently, without drama.

Check out Judy Jackson’s site today – www.OnlyJudy.com – and make your life easier going forward!