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Thoughts are things waiting to materialize. If you know much about physics, you recognize that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It simply changes from a solid form to energy and visa-versa. This brings us to the concept that our thoughts create our reality.

Taken on a purely non scientific but psychological level, you can see how your mind affects your actions. If you believe that someone dislikes you, you find ways of proving it true and also react differently to that person. Your behavior in effect, changes the way they perceive you and suddenly they do dislike you, whether your hypothesis was true or not originally.

This phenomenon was proven in a study by Rosenthal and Jacobson. It is labeled as Rosenthals self-fulfilling prophecy, also known as the Pygmalion Effect. Rosenthal and his partner, Jacobson, gave a test to elementary school children in 1968. They told the teacher that the test measured the childs intelligence and some of the children were particularly gifted. The results that the teacher received were actually the locker numbers of the children. By the end of the school year, a second test was administered to the children and the vast majority lived up to the potential of the locker numbers. This shows that the way the teacher thought about the children reflected in their accomplishment.

Quantum physics is the study of the most minute particles and their behavior. The word, particles, is inadequate because they are more than that. They are either waves or particles. The study shows that all material objects we see are made of the same energy, even humans. This energy creates the illusion of solids that we see everyday, but the underlying mass is not solid but a pulsating mass of particles and energy combined.

The question comes, can you change that energy with thoughts, still more energy. Often when you study the art of visualization, it emphasizes that you shouldnt watch for your goal to happen but let it occur naturally. In quantum physics, there are studies that show that the observer of an experiment actually changes the outcome. Could it be that our minds have the ability to change the mass of the universe, but that is thwarted by our own inability to trust the power and like a simmering stew, we keep checking it. Many people that practice creative visualization believe this is true.

If, the quarks, the smallest known particle, change to waves of energy, then, by the logic of physics, additional energy could change them to a direction that is desired. This would cause a materialization of a new form of solid mass. This may be the secret discovered by ancient practitioners of Yoga and other meditative practices. The slower brainwave brought about by meditation may be the key to the secrets of the ancients, all the way from Early Egyptian Mystery Schools, the ancient practice of Qigong, Yoga, and Wicca a form of meditation and silence occurred, although some after a whirlwind of ritual, that came with discipline and belief. Could these ancients have had the secret all along, only to lose it through the centuries of inadequate science? Now, new science finds that they were correct in their actions, even if they did not know why.

Daniel Gaffney
Chief Executive Officer
Director
Dan uses his considerable experience in managing technological innovation and complex international operations to drive Brightleafs strategy and growth. Before starting Brightleaf, Dan was President and Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Fundamentals, Inc., a leading business process automation and data structuring solutions provider that he led through international mergers to its purchase by Hemscott Plc and Veronis Schuler. Dan has held executive leadership positions where he has overseen market development efforts for biometric technology firms and has managed strategic operations across fifteen countries on four continents for Compaq. He holds a Masters of Science Administration – Technology and Innovation from Boston University, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. Dan is a competitive cyclist and sits on the Board of Directors of several charitable organizations.

Venkat Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Chairman
Dr. Venkat Srinivasan guides Brightleaf with diverse experience from his string of entrepreneurial successes and his rich academic background in credit, finance and knowledge-based technology architectures. He is currently the founding CEO of Rage Frameworks, Inc., which is enabling the creation of process and capital efficient, technology-based businesses and business process automation centers with its patented business process automation technology. Venkat has founded and is currently actively involved in Creditpointe, Inc., and EnglishHelper. Prior to these ventures, Venkat founded Corporate Fundamentals and eCredit, both of which he led as CEO and guided successfully until their sale.
Venkat holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was an Associate Professor at Northeastern Universitys Graduate School of Business in Boston, MA

Jason Mendelson, Esq.
Director
Jason is a co-founder and Managing Director for Foundry Group. He currently serves as a director to Brightleaf, Oblong, and Pie Digital. He also sits on the boards of the National Venture Capital Association and Silicon Flatirons Entrepreneurship Board. Jason has written extensively about the venture capital and business law industries, specifically around what he calls Law Firm 2.0 and the future of the law firm practice. Previously, Jason was Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital, and, before that, practiced corporate and securities law at Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP. As an attorney, Jason consummated over $2 billion of venture capital investments, $5 billion in mergers, and acquired extensive experience in fund formation, employment law and general litigation. He began his professional career as a software engineer and consultant at Accenture.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, with distinction, and a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Michigan. Jasons writings appear at Mendelson’s Musings and www.askthevc.com.

Ramana Venkata
Director
Perhaps more than anyone, Ramana Venkata understands how to help law firms and legal departments use technology to collect the massive amounts of flat, unstructured data that flows through their documents and organizations and then make that data intelligible so they can act upon it for profit, compliance, and risk mitigation.
He founded Stratify in 1999, and built it into the leading provider of technology-enabled EDD services to AmLaw 200 law firms and Fortune 500 corporations. When Iron Mountain acquired Stratify in 2007, Ramana became an Iron Mountain Senior Vice-President and General Manager of its Stratify division. He worked at Intel Corporation on Data Mining methodologies and applications. He completed five years of Ph.D. research in Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics at Stanford University, holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. Ramana writes and lectures extensively and lectures frequently on the topic of electronic discovery.

Muthu Palaniappan
Vice-President, Technology
Muthu has over 20 years of experience in the software industry, with extensive expertise in building internet-based process automation solutions and in managing development and technology teams both in the United States and Asia.
Muthu comes to Brightleaf from Hemscott/Ipreo, where he led the development of highly scalable, web-based data automation projects for well-known clients in the financial service sector. Before that, he was Director of Software Development at eCredit.com, where he designed complex rules-based process automation methods. He has extensive experience directing technology and development teams in both the United States and India.
Muthu holds a Masters in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering from PSG Tech, India.

Luke OBrien, Esq.
Vice-President, Strategy
Senior Corporate Counsel
Luke is a veteran technology entrepreneur and experienced in-house counsel with a consistent record of producing innovative solutions to intractable problems. He believes deeply in the judicious application of technology to resolve process inefficiencies that separate knowledge-based service providers and their clients. Before joining Brightleaf, he founded, built, and sold technology companies in such diverse areas as SaaS-model legal process automation for the health law industry (Secure Record Services), GPS geoinformatic technology (SkyLinks, which he sold to John Deere), and mobile web directory services (Envenue, which he sold to Switchboard-Infospace).
Luke holds a B.A. in Biology from the College of the Holy Cross and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Luke serves as director for LR4J, an organization he helped found that raises millions of dollars to feed the hungry and homeless in Massachusetts poorest cities. Sometimes, he watches his brother host The Tonight Show.

Tom Bolton
Director of Product Design and Management
Tom uses his 13 years of experience with the best practices of product management and design to ensure that Brightleaf’s groundbreaking legal technology products deliver maximum value to its customers. Specializing in disruptive and next-generation technologies, Tom has managed all facets of the product development lifecycle. Before Brightleaf, Tom led design and product management at Sovereign Bank, Fidelity Investments, and OneSource Information Services, as well as two Web 2.0 startups, Blue Egg and Good2Gether.
Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Princeton University.

Anil Nair
Director of Operations
Anil possesses deep experience in technology management, process automation, and the development of large-scale offshore operations. Before Brightleaf, Anil managed strategic operations across three continents for a Hemscott unit that was acquired by Morningstar and ran client relations groups at eCredit.com and at Corporate Fundamentals.
Anil holds a Masters degree in Management from the University of Bombay and a Masters in Information Systems from the University of Texas. Hes a nationally ranked badminton player and a former national champion who has represented India in International Grand Prix events.

Lynne Zagami, Esq.
Director, Client Strategic Processes
Lynne is a strong advocate for the deployment of technology to bring intelligence and efficiency to the practice of law. She brings experience as a corporate associate in two large law firms to her work at Brightleaf. While at Proskauer Rose LLP and Brown Rudnick LLP, Lynne represented both public and private companies. Her work involved venture capital transactions, SEC reporting and compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. Lynne served on the Brown Rudnick Associate Integration and Development Committee, and has been an active speaker on the the recent changes affecting large law. Her insights have been chronicled by The American Lawyer Magazine and Wall Street Journal Radio.
Lynne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Womens Studies from Smith College, and a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School. As a member of the New York Law School Moot Court Association, Lynne won numerous awards for her writing and oral advocacy skills. She is a Class Fund Agent for the Smith College Class of 2000, and serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth.

Walter Wright III, Esq.
Senior Strategic Advisor
As a founding investor, Walter Wright provides Brightleaf with pioneering thought leadership on the law of business and the business of law. As managing member of Trinity Law Group LLC (recognized by the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers among the most distinguished law firms in America), he focuses intensely on the strategic, organizational, operational, capital and transactional requirements of entrepreneurs, start-ups, emerging and mid-sized companies. He also represents well-known venture capital funds and angel groups.
Walt is a magna cum laude graduate of both Boston College Law School (J.D.) and Tufts University (B.A., M.A). He is consistently recognized as a Boston Magazine Super Lawyer In 2008, Walter Wright was named to the Top 100, an exclusive list of attorneys in Massachusetts who received the highest point totals in the Super Lawyers nomination and blue ribbon peer review process. Of the Top 100, he is one of only 3 lawyers selected in the Business/Corporate category. Walt regularly receives Martindale-Hubbells highest Peer Review Rating as an AV attorney for legal ability and ethical standards.

David Curran, Esq.
Senior Strategic Advisor
Dave Curran is chief legal and compliance officer turned business technology leader with a passion for bringing best practices, technology and cost savings to the intersection of law and business. Dave was CEO (and remains an Advisor) of Integrity Interactive Corporation, a technology-powered risk management business in the ethics and compliance space. Before joining Integrity, Dave was President and CEO of DCI, Inc., a SaaS compliance and content and document management subsidiary of Havas.
Dave has held senior business leadership and legal positions with Campbell Soup Company and Readers Digest. He began his career as an attorney with Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, a boutique New York firm concentrating in litigation, media law, commercial transactions and intellectual property.
Dave received a B.A. with highest honors from SUNY Stony Brook, and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. He is a frequent guest speaker at industry and legal forums and has been an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University Law School and the New School. He is an advisor and director to several companies, including FMP Media and Wisdom of the World and is a Mentor at MITs Venture Mentoring Service.

Sometimes you find yourself needing criminal law solicitors because of something you did, and sometimes you need them because of something someone else did. But no matter what the reason for needing a criminal law solicitor, there’s no reason to be hasty about which solicitor you choose. It’s important to take your time and secure the right representation so that your case has the greatest likelihood of turning out in your favour.
6 Tips to Help You in Choosing Criminal Law Solicitors

Recommendations and Reviews
Start by asking for recommendations from people you know and trust. There is no better place to start because you can trust the advice they give you. Anyone who has worked with a criminal law solicitor and had a good experience will be more than happy to tell you about it.

Appointments
Set up appointments with about two or three different solicitors so that you can meet them and explain what you need. They may be able to give you some ideas about what they would do to help you get out of the sticky situation you have landed in.

Solicitor’s Experience
You should also ask about each solicitor’s experience. Someone with years of experience obviously would be better representation than someone who is just out of law school. There is simply no substitute for raw experience, so try to find a solicitor who has courtroom experience as well because trying a case in a courtroom is different than other types of cases.

Quality
Also spend some time thinking about the kind of qualities that are important to you. You must be able to connect with the solicitor. If you can’t, then there is probably someone else who would do a better job. If you can’t make a connection, then the case will just be that much more difficult. This is also the time to decide whether the qualities you are looking for are more important than experience. Just prioritise the qualities you want and try to find a solicitor who meets as many of those qualities as you can find.

Management Positions
Find out about any awards or management positions the solicitors have held in their recent past. You can get an idea about what his or her colleagues think about them from this information. Also it’s a good idea to check and see which law organisations they belong to.

Cases
Try to find out how many cases the solicitor is working on at that time. It is recommended that lawyers handle not more than 100 cases at one time. If the solicitor is covering too many cases, then he or she will have less time to work on your case, so it’s important to try to get a gauge for how many cases they have at the moment.

Hiring criminal law solicitors is an important part of the process of fixing your problems. This isn’t the time to let just anyone handle your case. You should be vigilant when choosing a solicitor to represent you in such a serious situation.

If we want to see the effectiveness of the Lemon Law, we need look no further than the state of Connecticut. In early October 2012, the Connecticut Car Lemon Law celebrated its 30th anniversary. And it did so with some pretty impressive numbers.

For instance, since its inception, the Lemon Law managed to return upwards of $60 million to Connecticut cat buyers in the form of refunds and replacement vehicles. Connecticut was the first state to ever pass the Lemon Law and very soon after that, many other states across the US followed suit.

It was a benchmark law for US consumers because up until that point, car buyers were only able to hold car dealerships accountable for faulty vehicles; meanwhile, car manufacturers were asked to hold no responsibility. Of course, Lemon Laws put a stop to this and freed car buyers of the hassle of spending time and money in courts as they sought recourse. After Lemon Laws began to take effect, it was the car manufacturer that had to answer to and solve the problems of defective parts and equipment.

Connecticut made sure the public knew about the power a Lemon Law could bring to them as consumers. It was quickly understood that refunds and resources to help those that had suffered from faulty cars did not exist, the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG) put their full support being the bill, written into action at the time by Representative Woodcock. A media spectacle was made of the law, including a press conference where lemonade (called “lemon aide” at the conference) to clue the public in to the issue.

The result? Support came from far and wide, including a large portion of bi-partisan majorities in the House and Senate. It was a landmark in consumer protection, one that continues to save people headaches and unnecessarily spent money today.

The sad thing is that many people assume that there is no recourse to be had when they purchase a faulty vehicle. But with Lemon Laws in place all around the country, there is help. if you feel that you have a lemon situation on your hands, look into what you need to do in order to file a lemon law claim in your state.

Connecticut is just one example of how the Lemon Law has worked for the public and it’s important to learn from the past, particularly when it comes to consumer protection.

The universal law of attraction is the greatest of the ancient and unchanging basic laws that rule the universe. The universal law of attraction, in simpler terms, is “like attracting like.” If ruminate on it constantly, it will come.

All of us are composed of energy. We have within us the same atoms and molecules that comprise the universe. Therefore, we are intertwined, and whatever energy we emit–whether positive or negative–will reel in energy similar to it.

The universal law of attraction falls into place when what starts off as an idea is turned into a dream, and then taken to completion by your actions or the steps you take to achieve it.

Perhaps you are familiar with the power of positive thinking. That is precisely what this is. It is all in the mind, as the famous proverb goes.

As potent and effective as owning this kind of mindset is, the same thing is true for the opposite. If you concentrate so much on the negative and constantly worry about even the littlest things, then the negative consequences will be birthed into reality.

Whereas, if you lived life in a sustained state of optimism and affirmation, then you are sending out positive vibes to the rest of humanity. The world will then pick up on those vibrations, and they will react in kind.

In Paulo Coelho’s acclaimed book, The Alchemist, the weathered king tells the shepherd boy, “When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.” This is the true meat of the universal law of attraction. It’s not a function of “if” you will get what you wish for. Rather, it is “when” your most coveted desires will come to you.

As said by the universal law of attraction, you have the capability to make things happen merely by ruminating on it. It just might be clich to you, but anything can become reality if you concentrate on it. If you can keep it in your thoughts, you can be able to get it, do whatever you wish, or become whoever you desire to be.

Leave no room for fear and negativity, or these damaging emotions will rule over your life and tag along like a storm cloud. Do not doubt for a moment that your dreams will come to pass. If you are wholly and utterly convinced that they will come true, then trust that it will really happen.

But don’t merely rest on your laurels absorbing everything that comes your way. Take command and draw to yourself all the success and prosperity the universe has created for you. Though you may not know it yet, you are in total control of your life.

But how do you exactly think your way to success? Keep your eyes on your goal, believe it is within reach, and visualize your achievement of it. Experience it in your mind–the feel of it in your fingers, having it so close you can actually smell it, and the euphoria of knowing it is already yours. Give yourself these positive experiences and you will attract similarly positive outcomes.

In film, the difference between drama and melodrama is that, with the latter, their environment influences the characters. With drama, on the other hand, the characters themselves take hold of their own circumstances. Just like in the universal law of attraction, you create your own reality; just as in a movie, you create your own happy ending.