Mr. Helo earned a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Northridge. After College, Moussa attended Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Three years Later, upon returning to Los Angeles, he sat for the State Bar, passed, and was admitted. Moussa became a certified law clerk with the Los Angeles City Attorney Office, Anti-Gang Division, where he prosecuted criminals. In addition, Moussa became certified as a mediator and volunteered at local courts to help resolve small claims suits.

Ephraim W. Helton is a partner with Helton, Walter & Associates. Eph has been practicing law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the past 37 years, with extensive, far-reaching and varied experience in personal injury, criminal, civil and domestic litigation. During that time, he has achieved settlements in excess of over 21 million dollars in personal injury cases. Eph has provided legal representation throughout Central and Southern Kentucky, along with successfully presenting arguments before the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Supreme Court. Additionally, Eph has served as legal counsel for the Anguilla Tennis Academy, where he has negotiated leases on behalf of the Academy involving "Crown Land" owned by the Queen of England. In the past several years, Eph has litigated significant personal injury cases against Western Kentucky Gas Company involving an explosion of a residence, along with representing the estate of one of the passengers on Comair Flight 5191, which crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, on August 27, 2006. Throughout his legal career Eph has successfully represented a variety of his fellow citizens in over 100 civil and criminal jury trials. Eph has procured not guilty verdicts in trials involving Manslaughter, First Degree and Second Degree; Reckless Homicide; Sodomy, First Degree; Rape, First Degree; Sexual Abuse, First Degree; Assault, First Degree; Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, First Degree; Trafficking in Marijuana; Arson; Burglary, First Degree; Theft by Unlawful Taking; and DUI. Respectful and ever mindful of his clients' desire for cost effective representation and appropriate risk management, without sacrificing success, Eph has extensive experience and knowledge in preventative lawyering, mediation and conflict resolution. Eph was selected to be included in the Top Attorneys of North America 2016 edition of The Who's Who Top Professionals.

Mr. Hendel has been practicing wealth preservation planning for over twenty years. He is a graduate of the University of Rochester, has a Masters in Business Administration (concentrating in finance and accounting) from Cornell University, and received his law degree from the University of Connecticut, with honors. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant. This background enables him to appreciate and understand the legal as well as the financial objectives of his clients, and to design and recommend planning that is not only consistent with a client’s economic goals but also is cost effective. Mr. Hendel represents successful professionals, families, and businessmen who own closely held businesses. He participates in a “virtual law firm” with several attorneys with differing areas of expertise. This allows Mr. Hendel’s clients to benefit from the legal advice of experts in many areas, and to insure that their wealth preservation plans incorporate the knowledge of several disciplines. He also has numerous legal and financial contacts throughout the world that enable him to provide clients who have international needs with planning that takes into account both US law as well as the laws of any other applicable country, and to enable clients to obtain expert advice overseas. Mr. Hendel is admitted to practice law in the States of Connecticut and New York.

Barbara is a shareholder at Smith Alling. Her work focuses on all aspects of family law. Prior to attending law school, Barbara spent several years in the contract administration section of a large regional bank handling secured transactions. Barbara was an Associate Editor of the University of Puget Sound (“UPS”) Law Review, and was employed as a legal intern by Smith Alling Lane, P.S. during her second year of law school.She graduated magna cum laude from UPS Law School (now Seattle University Law School). After graduation, Barbara became an Associate at Smith Alling Lane, where she was initially involved in major antitrust litigation involving power plant construction. Barbara served for 10 years as a commissioner pro-tem in the Pierce County Superior Court, and was a Nisqually Tribal Court judge for a year. Barbara serves as a mediator at the Pierce County Center for Dialogue and Resolution and as a pro tem settlement conference judge for the Pierce County Superior Court.

Barbara is a shareholder at Smith Alling. Her work focuses on all aspects of family law. Prior to attending law school, Barbara spent several years in the contract administration section of a large regional bank handling secured transactions. Barbara was an Associate Editor of the University of Puget Sound (“UPS”) Law Review, and was employed as a legal intern by Smith Alling Lane, P.S. during her second year of law school.She graduated magna cum laude from UPS Law School (now Seattle University Law School). After graduation, Barbara became an Associate at Smith Alling Lane, where she was initially involved in major antitrust litigation involving power plant construction. Barbara served for 10 years as a commissioner pro-tem in the Pierce County Superior Court, and was a Nisqually Tribal Court judge for a year. Barbara serves as a mediator at the Pierce County Center for Dialogue and Resolution and as a pro tem settlement conference judge for the Pierce County Superior Court.