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Show Thursday, March 6, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITI2EN WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S HAPPENING wfirai Barbara Christiansen (DIMS off ire in AllOIDH The Salt Lake City law firm BTJD has expanded to include a satellite office in Alpine. Seven Sev-en of the 33 attorneys in the firm live in Utah County and will work from the northern Utah County office. They moved into the newly constructed office in January-. "It is nice to be in here," said Phil Barker, one of the attorneys. attor-neys. Barker, the former mayor of Alpine, outlined the firm's capabilities. "We do almost all types of law. including corporate, real estate, tax. estate planning, litigation, construction and development and probate." he said. Monte M. Deere Jr.. another member of the firm, agreed. "We are a full-service firm, both in litigation and transactional transac-tional work." he said. Barker explained the reason for the expansion. "The main thing that prompted prompt-ed the move is that there really isn't a large firm in the area," he said. "The idea of putting a satellite office of a larger firm is a unique characteristic. People are getting the sen-ice of a full-size firm." "We offer the same quality of service as any large firm, but have the feel of a smaller firm." David Kono said. "We have more accessibility and the feeling of collegiality." The firm has always had a lot of clients in Utah County, Deere said: "This is more convenient con-venient for them." In addition to the location, the resources make it convenient conve-nient for the clients, Barker said. "We are part of a medium-to medium-to large-size firm that can provide the services in a closer I w . 1 1 ticker Bank of A.F. gets money for housing Bank of American Fork and Rural Mousing Development Corp. were recently awarded $140,000 in Affordable Housing Hous-ing Program funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. The award will support sup-port the development of quality qual-ity affordable housing in two Utah County neighborhoods. Rural Housing Development Develop-ment Corp. will use the award to create 20 single-family homes for income-eligible resi - If you go BTJD Address: 175 W. Canyon Can-yon Crest, Alpine Phone: 692-4211 Home office: 3165 E. Millrock Drive, Suite 500, Salt Lake City Home office phone: 801438-2000 Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Evenings and Saturdays by appointment Web site: wvv-w.btjd.com BTJD attorneys Alpine office I Philip D. Barker Monte M. Deere Jr. I David M. Kono I Eric Goodrich I Jeremy C. Reutzel I Paul Johnson Barry N. Johnson location for those people in northern Utah County," he said. "Those who work down here in this firm also have tied to northern Utah County and have served in various things." Some of those organizations are Little League football and Jr. Jazz basketball. "We also do a lot of volunteer volun-teer work for a northern Utah County rugby team." Deere said. "We have ties and are active dents, including the Jessica's Ranch Estates in Payson, Utah, and Pine Meadows project proj-ect in Spanish Fork. Both are planned to break ground in spring and fall of 2008. Writer's Studio of Utah launches publishing imprint The Writer's Studio of Utah has announced the launch of a book -publishing company that will publish and market literary works exclusively by its members. The new imprint, The Writer's Studio, is a new business alliance entered into with Xlibris Printing Services Inc., a strategic partner of Random House Ventures Inc. of New York. u - u , - f I I ... i J y ' ,1 .ill ' ''-' ' I i 1 8 v '"' Jo A ' ' , n fi. r ;. 1 -;v. ) U -. ) v ( k 1 i v ' . . ".; .; Mtt' - ' ' ' ' " '- - - - unr .i..- ii nr-ii inn ii n it iiihtit miifmrriMi nn 'ii ir'nilTriwn n Attorneys at the Alpine office of BTJD. a full-ser'iee law firm with a home office in Salt lake City. Johnson. Monte Deere. Paul Johnson. Back row: J'nl Barker. Jeremy Reutzel. David Kono, l .rie in the community," Barker said. BTJD was founded in 1W4 by Steve Bennett. "We have grown steadily since then." Deere said. Kono agreed. "We are probably one of the fast est -grown firms." he said. "In the last two years we have doubled in size. That's without The new venture will publish pub-lish a wide variety of genres including short -fiction collections, collec-tions, novels, how-to books, and non-fiction with its initial book project being "Marie Osmond: An Unauthorized Biography," by Writer's Studio founder and celebrity journalist journal-ist Randy Jernigan. Other projects already slated for publication pub-lication through The Writer's Studio are a short-fiction anthology by members of the Writer's Studio, a cookbook series and a how-to rxx)k for grandmothers by Writer's Studio Stu-dio co-founder, Geri Taylor. For more information on The Writer's Studio imprint, class times and schedules go to www.thewritersstudio.org or call 7MWi755. gfe asps Sfcto V merging with any other firm." Several members of t he firm told whv thov chose to practice law. "The law is a service industry," indus-try," Deere said. "We hold a special set of knowledge and license to practice law. We enjoy helping people with those things they can't do themselves. It is a service busi PGBA meeting The Pleasant Grove Business Busi-ness Alliance monthly meeting will be March 14 at noon in the basement of the Pleasant Grove Library. Ken Fakler, of UVSC's Small Business Development Center and owner of Fakler Tires, will be speaking on "Growing Your Small Business How the Orem Small Business Development Develop-ment Center Can Help You!" Business Ethics Award Jeanette Lynton, founder and CEO of Close To My I Ieart, has been chosen by UVSC's Center for the Study of Ethics to receive the Kirk Englehardt Business Ethics ness. F.t ic Goodrich said he liked to help people solve problems. "I enjoy the idea of someone coming to me with a problem and being the most effective advocate that 1 can," he said. "I like doing the best job I can to get good results. 1 enjoy the battle of ideas. We don't decide what the facts are, but with Award, l ynton was to receive the award on March 5. Lynton started Close To My Heart, a direct -sales scrap-booking scrap-booking company based in Pleasant Grove in 1984. The business grew from just a few creative stamps to an exclusive line of scrapbooking products and books that are sold throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has won numerous awards for her innovative products and successful business busi-ness practices, most recently the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Entrepre-neur of the Year in the Retail and Distribution area for Utah. Every year, the Excellence in Business Ethics award is given to an individual who exemplifies good business ethics, eth-ics, as well ethics in his or her personal life. BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North Oountv Front row (left to right: Barry (JoocnVi. good strong advocacy you can got g(X)d results and 1 enjoy that." Jeremy Kent el said he also enjoyed the variety. "Every challenge is different, dif-ferent, things are never the same." he said. " There is always al-ways a challenge every day when you go to work." Reliv distributors reach presidential director level Orem residents Karen and Ron Turner recently advanced ad-vanced to become Presidential Directors for Reliv International, Interna-tional, a nutritional products and direct -selling company. The advancement recognizes the Turners' success as entrepreneurs entre-preneurs in building an active sales organization dedicated to selling Reliv products. The Turners have been Reliv distributors dis-tributors for four years. QIlE0& |
