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Attorney D'Lorah Anderson (formerly D'Lorah Butts-Lucas) is the Founder of The Business & Nonprofit Legal Center.  She loves assisting people in pursuit of their passion for business ownership and community impact by providing customized legal solutions to businesses and nonprofits. Attorney Anderson has provided legal counsel and consultation for individuals and organizations throughout the country.  In her capacity as The Startup Legal Coach™,  she guides startups from idea to implementation to ensure that they are set up for success!  

Beyond the practice of law, Attorney Anderson's professional experience includes nonprofit leadership, business ownership, human resources administration, and leadership roles in a private company, public school district, and private higher education institution.  She owns a business in the telecom and energy industry and is the President & Founder of a U.S. based nonprofit Suddenly Joyful Global Missions, Inc.  Her heart to serve is clearly seen through Suddenly Joyful, her former candidacy for public office, domestic ministry for two decades and  global missions and ministry efforts on four continents. 

Equipped for her calling in law and service, Attorney Anderson received her Juris Doctor degree from Florida State University College of Law (2003), Master’s degree in Practical Theology from Regent University (2014), and Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University in Human & Organizational Development (1999).   Attorney Anderson has served is an office or member of the Halifax Health Hospice Advisory Board, The Joseph Hatchett Bar Association, African-American Entrepreneurs Association, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  She is also the author of a devotional entitled "G.R.A.C.E. God's Refuge Against Crushing Experiences" and a dynamic speaker who desires to inspire everyone she encounters to live beyond their dreams!

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. Nancy 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.  Nancy 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, Nancy 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. Nancy’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.