Global Patent Solutions LLC

Hired back as a 1099 independent contractor to support the firm's PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patent prosecution efforts. Specialized in general business methods, particularly, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, healthcare IT, mobile computing, etc. Examined approximately 250 patent applications in three years.

Patent Analyst/Examiner (PCT)

Epiq

Claims analysts review returned mail sent to class action lawsuit plaintiffs, research the plaintiff's current address, and then forward the mail to the new location. In this role, I processed an average of over 90 pieces of mail per day at a data entry accuracy rate exceeding 97 percent.

Claims Analyst

TheGuarantors

● Helped 75+ tenants qualify for a rental property within 12 weeks.
● Progressed from underwriter to QC team within first 3 weeks of assignment. 
● Processed 130+ tenant applications in under 3 months, with a 58% successful placement rate.
● Performed daily QC checks on work done by approximately 10 underwriting staff members.

Underwriter/QC Analyst

● Executed database research operations, Boolean query construction, patent classification, data analysis and manipulation, legal opinion writing, and presenting information based on analysis of patent and non-patent information acquired from multiple disparate data sources under short deadlines.
● Prosecuted 1000+ international (PCT) business method patent applications within 9 years, covering healthcare, finance, insurance, secure transactions, blockchain, social networks, investments, and transaction fraud, filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. 
● Conducted 100+ patentability, invalidity, infringement clearance, and accelerated examination searches for commercial clients within 2 years. 
● Started a Patent Bar Exam preparation class for 10 colleagues. Streamlined and standardized entire set of commercial search report templates, improving efficiency and analyst training process.

Senior Research Analyst

Quarles & Brady, LLP

● Managed paper and electronic internal filing systems for 25+ legal secretaries and their attorneys in commercial litigation, commercial real estate, and bankruptcy practice groups, improving efficiency and ease of retrieving critical documents on short notice. 
● Utilized MS Excel to manage litigation support through organizing and tracking 1,000+ discovery documents produced from opposing parties in civil lawsuits. 
● Assumed responsibility for electronic court filing (ECF) of documents in state and federal courts, freeing-up paralegal resources and increasing practice group case management efficiency.

Legal Project Assistant

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona

● Provided administrative, technical, and legal support to case workers and case managers.
● Conducted criminal background and driving records checks on 75 volunteers per month.
● Audited case files on monthly basis to ensure compliance with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's standards for regular contact with volunteers, parents, and children.
● Upgraded existing MS Word and Excel documents into MS Access database for ease of information storage, retrieval, and reporting.

Program Administrative Assistant

Honeywell Aerospace

Reviewed technical drawings of gas turbine engine starters and entered information into Microsoft Access and Excel databases.

Contractor

M-DOT Aerospace

ISO 9001 quality assurance auditing and quality program administration; assisted mechanical engineers with test equipment setup; wrote SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program monthly progress reports; assisted with writing SBIR proposals for new business.

Engineering Aide

Business English Instructor & Technical Communication Specialist

Where 30 years of real-world business expertise meets professional language education.

I don't just teach English—I teach the language of business success. As a TEFL-certified Business English instructor with three decades of authentic professional experience, I help executives and professionals master the communication skills that drive career advancement.

What Sets Me Apart
Patent-Holding Innovation Leader 📍 Two U.S. Patents (US 9,950,089 & US 10,201,630)
With 15 years analyzing 1,200+ business method patents across A.I., machine learning, blockchain, and emerging technologies, I bring cutting-edge technical expertise to every lesson.


Multi-Industry Professional Experience:

Legal Services — 5 years at national law firm Quarles & Brady LLP, creating training materials and managing complex litigation
Intellectual Property — 14 years as Senior Patent Research Analyst, training teams and streamlining processes
Aerospace Engineering — Fortune 500 experience at Honeywell Aerospace with ISO-9001 compliance
Financial Services — Licensed P&C Insurance Producer with risk assessment expertise


Proven Training & Development Leader:

My supervisor's endorsement: “Exceptional ability to convey complex concepts in a simple manner” — a skill I now apply to help professionals master business communication.


My Teaching Philosophy

I combine rigorous language instruction with authentic industry knowledge. Students learn:
✓ Industry-specific terminology from someone who's used it professionally
✓ Technical writing skills from a patent-holding inventor
✓ Professional communication standards backed by multi-sector experience
✓ Real-world applications that translate directly to career success


Services I Offer

1-on-1 Executive English Coaching
Corporate English Workshops
Specialized Legal & Technical English Programs
Professional Presentation Skills Training
Custom Corporate Training Development

Educational Foundation: B.Sc. Materials Science & Engineering (Dean's List) | ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate (4.0 GPA) | TEFL Certified with Business English Specialization


Ready to elevate your professional communication? Let's connect and discuss how authentic business expertise can accelerate your English language goals.

📧 JasonTEFLinstructor@gmail.com
📱 WhatsApp: +1 (602) 751-3957

Jason Antonino🔎

The busy attorney's financial advisor | Putting your money where it matters most, so you can reduce your taxes today and tomorrow. Stop tipping Uncle Sam!

Hundreds of law firm owners have worked with me to cut their taxes, protect what they’ve built, and create financial freedom on their terms.

They call me The Wealth Guardian — because my superpower is helping attorneys keep more of what they earn and build a financial foundation that lasts.

Here’s what I see every day:

You’ve built a successful firm.
Clients are happy. Revenue’s strong.

But your tax bill? That’s another story.

Most attorneys don’t overpay because they’re careless.
They overpay because they’re too busy serving others to plan ahead for themselves.

That’s where I come in.

I help law firm owners simplify the complex — so they can stop tipping Uncle Sam and start building lasting wealth.

Our MPG System is built around three goals:
✅ Minimize taxes with proactive, law-firm-specific strategy
✅ Protect income and assets from hidden risks
✅ Grow wealth with clarity and confidence

We start with a simple belief: serve the person, not sell the product.
No cookie-cutter plans. No pressure. Just smart strategy that fits your life and your firm.

A little about me:
I’m a Chicago guy at heart, a lifelong baseball fan (had a little trouble with the curve), and now a Florida resident who still bleeds Blackhawks red. I’m also a proud dad to a physician assistant daughter and an active member of AHEPA, raising scholarship funds for local high school seniors.

Next step:
If you’re ready to see how smart tax and financial planning can create real freedom — let’s talk.
📩 Book a 20-minute Ask-Frank-Anything session — no pressure, just real insight.
📞 954-253-5508
📧 frank@palmwealthpartners.com

P.S. You’re gonna love the way you feel when you stop tipping Uncle Sam.

Frank Rekas, CPFA

Nobody warned me this would be the hardest part of this profession.

The clients I remember most aren't the ones with the biggest portfolios.
They're the ones who reached out to me when they needed answers.

The law firm owner who lost his partner.
The widow who had no idea what her husband had.
The client retiring and wondering if they'll have enough income.

After 30 years, I've learned money is just the tool.

What I actually do is show up when they need me.

That's the job nobody puts on a business card.

Being the person someone calls when their life changes.
That's the privilege of this work.

I keep scheduling 60-minute coffee meetings. 

They never end in 60 minutes. 

I'm not going to apologizing for it. 😉 

Wednesday morning I sat down for coffee with Monica Ishak, 
a criminal defense attorney in the West Palm Beach area who
I'd only been connected with here on LinkedIn for a few months.

What I didn't expect was that it would feel like 
catching up with someone I'd known for years.

We laughed, we swapped "horror" stories from our younger days, 
and somewhere in between all of that I asked her why she became 
an attorney and why she landed in criminal defense specifically. 

And just like so many of the attorneys I've had the privilege of 
sitting across from, it came from something real that happened in her life. 

Funny how that works, isn't it?

Here's something cool I can share too.  

Monica is actually the one who planted the seed for the "Frank's My Guy Hat." So there's that. 😎

Monica is full of energy, full of great ideas, and she is absolutely in growth mode right now. I also picked up two things I didn't know going in, she's expanding into personal injury cases, and she has experience as a wedding planner.

That last one may come in very handy for a certain father of the bride in the not-so-distant future. 😉

Our conversation never had that awkward "we just met" feeling that can creep into a first meeting. It just flowed from the very beginning, and that's the power of building the relationship on LinkedIn before you ever sit down together. 

By the time you shake hands (or hug in my case), you're already warmed up.

I got so caught up in the conversation that I forgot to take a picture. 

I have done this before!  So I grabbed one off her LinkedIn timeline.

If you're not already connected with Monica, go fix that right now. 

And if you don't have a coffee meeting on your calendar next week, 
what heck are you waiting for?

Most law firm owners I talk to ask me the same thing.

"How much time do you spend on LinkedIn?"

It's a fair question.

It's not a billboard on I-95 that costs $3,000 a month.

It's not a radio ad nobody remembers.

It's not a cold call to someone who doesn't know you.

My last 5 new clients came directly from LinkedIn.

Zero ad spend.

Just showing up consistently with something worth reading.

Law firm owners are on this platform every day.

They're reading, scrolling and watching to see who shows up.

The question isn't whether LinkedIn moves the needle.

The question is whether you're on it when your next client is looking?
Are you on LinkedIn consistently or just when you remember to be?

You're sitting on introductions right now that could change someone's life.

Our Boca Elite Mastermind Group met Friday. 

I gave us all an interesting challenge.

Tell me how to introduce you.

It's a simple concept. 
With a powerful result. 

When you know exactly who someone's looking for 
and how they want to be connected, referrals actually happen.

Here's the real challenge when you're well connected... 
you actually know a lot of good people.

After 5 or 6 years together, the opportunities are everywhere. 

The question isn't whether you have someone to refer. 

It's having the confidence to say to someone:
"I'm connected to a number of excellent professionals, 
and for your particular situation, I feel strongly that I 
should introduce you to one of them that'll be helpful."

That's the moment. 

Yet most people hesitate right there, 
and it's not because they don't care, 
but because they aren't sure how to frame it.

Friday's exercise helped with exactly that. 

And once you have that green light, the email handshake, 
a technique I learned from Bill Cates, The Original Referral Coach,
makes the actual connection clean, professional, and pressure-free.

Truthfully, just handing someone a name and number doesn't count. 

If everyone who'd ever received my contact info had actually called... 
let's just say I'd be on a Greek island right now sipping Ouzo.

The real value isn't in the contact. 
It's in the thoughtful, well-timed connection that makes someone say
 "I'm so glad you introduced us."

Are you sitting on an introduction right now that you haven't made yet?

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If you're already feeling that familiar knot 
in your stomach... you're not alone.

Tax season is staring us in the face. 

Most law firm owners don't overpay because they're careless. 

They overpay because they're too busy running their firm to think three moves ahead.

Just this past week I had 3 conversations that stopped me in my tracks. 

Mid 5-figures to 6-figures in taxes that could have been significantly reduced.

With the right plan. 

Put in place before April.
☕ It's Tuesday. I've got my coffee. 

And I'm also here to tell you, 
there's still time to change the story for next year.

But that window? 
It opens and closes faster than most people realize.

The attorneys I work with didn't get ahead by working harder. 

They got ahead by finally having someone in their corner 
who thinks about this for them.

Have you had enough of tipping Uncle Sam more than your server?

Let's talk strategy not spreadsheets. 

📩 DM me or grab 20 minutes on my calendar 
for an Ask Frank Anything session.

You're gonna love the look of your financial life.
You can count on it

After 34 years in financial services, 
I finally figured out the most powerful phrase in my profession.

And I learned it from attorneys. 😎 

"It depends." 🤓 

Here's a few examples.

Client: "Should I buy or lease the new BMW?"
Me: It depends.

Client: "Is a SEP-IRA or Solo 401(k) better for me?"
Me: It depends.

Client: "Frank, are you going to tell me anything definitive today?"
Me: ...it depends. 🤣

Here's the thing, when your financial situation is as complex 
as a law firm owner's, cookie-cutter answers are dangerous.

The right plan "depends" on YOUR numbers. 
YOUR structure. 
YOUR goals.

Not some template built for someone else.

And definitely not the "Plotnick 3000" that everyone pushes.

If your advisor gives you confident answers before 
asking a LOT of questions,  you might want to run.

What's the most "it depends" financial question you've ever asked? 

You're gonna love the look of your financial life.
You can count on it

“Are you motivated by the almighty dollar?”

He asked it like it was a test.

I was managing the Ace Hardware store at the time.

I left work early. Secretly too.

I changed into a suit in my car across the street from the building.

I wanted this opportunity.

He pointed to a skyscraper.

“See that building? 
Are you willing to start at the top floor and work your way down?”

I said yes.
The truth? I had no idea how I’d do it.

Then he leaned forward and asked it:
“The almighty dollar" question.

I said no.
Not really.

I don’t remember exactly what I said after that.

I just remember how I felt.

And I didn’t get the job.
At the time, that really stung.

Looking back on it though? It was defining.

Because I’ve never been in love with money.

I’ve always been in love with what money makes possible.

Security.
Freedom.
Options.

Time with people you care about.
Building something that lasts.

Does money matter? Of course.

But it’s never been the thing I love.

And over the years, I’ve noticed something:
The best clients I work with aren’t in love with money either.

They’re in love with building a firm that matters.

Creating stability for their family.

Designing a life that doesn’t feel like one long billing cycle.

On Valentine’s Day, that feels worth saying.

What are you building — wealth… or a life?

Have you ever not gotten something… and later realized it shaped everything?
Happy Valentine’s Day.

I had to choose between my sanity and my ego.

Should I stay in management and work with my clients??

Or resign from management and only work with my clients?

You think it's a simple choice. Except it wasn't.

I was constantly worried what others would think.

I worried about what others would say.

I continually asked myself if the 5-6 years would be a waste if I walked away.

My business partner was likely sick and tired of me talking about it so much, and she could see it on my face....which if you know me tells you all you
need to know about what I think about something.

I was drained both mentally and emotionally and I lost my way.

It took me passing out on the bathroom floor to realize something had to change.

After some long talks and many sleepless nights, I finally made up my mind.

I walked away from management.

Not because I failed at it, although some may have thought that, and
they're entitled to their own opinions.

But because I finally got honest with myself about what I was built for.

Sometimes we need to realize our work "here" is done.
Sometimes we need to admit that there's things going on that'
we don't want to tolerate any longer.

The hard choice was made, but I didn't lose anything. 
In fact, I was able to find my way back.
Back to the person I used to be.  Smiling, happy, good mood.
Positive energy.  And I started feeling better too.

Those years weren't wasted.

They made me a better advisor.

Here's what I know now:
Choosing yourself isn't quitting.
Sometimes it's the only move that makes sense.

I win.
My clients win.

If you're standing at a similar fork in the road, exhausted, 
second-guessing, afraid of what people will say.........
this is your sign that you have decision to make.

The path that scares you might be the right one.

Risk management and wealth management go hand in hand.

You can't have one without the other.

Most attorneys learn this the hard way.

One lawsuit. One disability. One bad tax year.

Years of progress....poooof.....gone.

That's why the attorneys I work with don't just have a growth plan.

They have a protection plan.

Because building wealth you're not protecting?
That's not a strategy.
That's a gamble.

If you're a law firm owner who wants both
DM me "PROTECT" and let's talk.

Your firm's biggest risk isn't market volatility. 

It's the absence of your partner.

Two founding partners of a law firm.
Together for 18 years. 

They've been splitting everything 50/50.

Then one of them has a stroke at 54.

Now the healthy partner is running the entire firm solo.

At the same time trying to figure out how to buy out his partner's half.

They never did an agreement.
They never planned for this.
There isn't enough money.

The firm's worth $3 million. 
He doesn't have $1.5 million sitting around. 

The bank won't loan it without cash flow to support it. 

And his partner's family needs income now.

So the firm gets sold at a discount.

Both partners end up losing.

This happens more than you think.

Death. Disability. Divorce. Departure. 

One of them will happen. 

If you don't have a funded buy-sell agreement, 
you're gambling with everything you've built.

Stock market crashes recover. 

Partnership disasters like this don't.

Do you have a buy-sell agreement that's actually funded?

Or are you hoping nothing bad happens?

Hope isn't a succession plan.

I'm Frank Rekas, The Wealth Guardian for law firm owners. 

This is exactly the kind of risk that hides in plain sight until it's too late. 
Let's find it before it finds you.

You're gonna love the look of your financial life.
You can count on it

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