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Attorney D'Lorah Anderson is passionate about helping entrepreneurs, businesses, nonprofit organizations, churches, and mission-driven leaders build strong legal foundations that position them for long-term success. As the Founder and Managing Attorney of The Business & Nonprofit Legal Center, she provides strategic legal counsel that helps clients build, protect, and grow what matters most.

Attorney Anderson advises clients through every stage of an organization's life cycle—from formation and governance to growth, compliance, intellectual property protection, and long-term strategic planning. Whether launching a new venture, strengthening an established organization, or navigating complex legal challenges, she is committed to providing practical legal solutions tailored to each client's unique goals.

What distinguishes Attorney Anderson is the perspective she brings to every client relationship. She doesn't simply advise entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders—she is one. In addition to practicing law, she is an entrepreneur, nonprofit founder, board leader, and organizational executive who understands firsthand the opportunities and challenges of building and leading an organization. Her experience extends beyond the practice of law to business ownership, nonprofit leadership, human resources administration, and executive leadership within the private sector, public education, and higher education.

Alongside her husband, Corey, Attorney Anderson owns and operates a  wellness business, providing her with firsthand experience navigating the legal, operational, and strategic realities of entrepreneurship. This real-world perspective enables her to offer legal counsel that is not only legally sound, but also practical, strategic, and informed by the everyday decisions business owners face.

Attorney Anderson's passion for service has taken her on ministry and humanitarian work throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Those experiences inspired her to found Suddenly Joyful Global Missions, Inc., a U.S.-based nonprofit organization.  As the founder and president of an active nonprofit organization, she understands the unique legal, governance, leadership, fundraising, and compliance challenges nonprofit organizations face because she has experienced them herself.

Recognizing that many entrepreneurs and nonprofit founders need more than legal documents—they need a trusted guide—Attorney Anderson developed The Startup Legal Coach™, a signature startup service designed to help business and nonprofit founders move confidently from vision to launch. Through this framework, she helps clients establish strong legal foundations that support sustainable growth and long-term success.

Attorney Anderson earned her Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law, a Master of Arts in Practical Theology from Regent University, and a Bachelor of Science in Human & Organizational Developmentfrom Vanderbilt University.

She has served as an officer or member of numerous professional and community organizations, including the Halifax Health Hospice Advisory Board, The Joseph Hatchett Bar Association, African-American Entrepreneurs Association, The Vince Carter Embassy of Hope Foundation, The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Attorney Anderson is also the author of G.R.A.C.E.: God's Refuge Against Crushing Experiences and a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, governance, organizational development, and faith.

Whether advising a startup entrepreneur, counseling an established business, guiding a nonprofit board, or helping a ministry strengthen its governance, Attorney Anderson is committed to helping leaders build strong organizations, protect what they have worked hard to create, and position themselves for lasting success and meaningful impact.

The  law firm of Nancy Beth Goren, Esq., P.A. serves as Of Counsel to The Business & Nonprofit Legal Center. Nancy Beth Goren, Esq. is a business and real estate attorney. Attorney Goren is a business and real estate attorney with a base in Daytona Beach. Her practice includes local, national and international clients who have business or real estate interests in Florida.  

Attorney Goren has practiced law since 1990, when she graduated from University of Maryland School of Law and was admitted to practice law in Maryland. She has practiced in Florida since 1991. She also has a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a master’s degree in historic preservation.  For many years, Attorney Goren served as in-house counsel to various companies, including real estate developers and investors, mortgage brokers, real estate brokers and construction companies. She functions in a similar role for all her business clients, which means that she understands her clients’ industries and business practices and educates them so that they can make business decisions. 

Attorney Goren’s in-house counsel approach means that, unlike in a traditional law firm, she is an integral part of her clients’ businesses.  Specific representative matters include purchase and sale of business (sales of assets and of ownership interests), business financing, private lender representation, residential and commercial property acquisition and development, real estate investment, business and real estate contracts, resolution of complex real estate matters and commercial leases.  Some current and recent clients include real estate agents, developers and investors, business brokers, moving companies, home health care agencies, storage facilities, medical and healthcare businesses, restaurants and bars, automotive and trucking industries, printing companies, trades, franchises, and churches.