Michael A. Lechter, Esq. Author of Protecting Your #1 Asset, Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas, An Intellectual Property Handbook, in the Rich Dad's Advisor's series is Counsel to the international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, and an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University. When asked what he does for a living, he typically replies, "I build forts and fight pirates." He has specialized in intellectual property law since the early 1970s.
He is a patent attorney who has been admitted to practice in a number of states as well as to the Patent Bar. He has represented clients ranging from breweries, and fast food companies, casinos, and professional sports teams and to major software companies, and semiconductor device and medical device manufacturers. Michael is also the author of The Intellectual Property Handbook, TechPress, 1994, coordinating editor of Successful Patents and Patenting for Engineers and Scientists, IEEE Press, 1995, and contributing author to Encyclopedia Of Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Wiley, 1999, and Licensing Best Practices: The LESI Guide To Strategic Issues and Contemporary Realities by John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002. He has lectured extensively throughout the world on intellectual property law. Upon request of the House Judiciary Committee, he has submitted testimony to the Congress of the United States, and has participated in various United Nations and foreign government proceedings on intellectual property law and technology transfer.
When not writing, speaking, or practicing law, Michael spends his time studying the martial arts (he has black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Hop Ki Do), and trying to keep up with his wife Sharon and their three grown children. >>
Sharon LechterA life-long education advocate, I am co-author of the international best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad and the Rich Dad series of books as well as one of the founders of The Rich Dad Company. I am a CPA, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, international speaker, and Mom.
I graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors from Florida State University with a degree in accounting, then joined the ranks of a Big Eight accounting firm. I held various management positions with computer, insurance, and publishing companies while maintaining my professional credentials as a CPA.
I have been a pioneer in developing new technologies to bring education into children’s lives in ways that are innovative, challenging and fun and remain committed to education – most especially, financial literacy.
The Rich Dad Company has grown into an international powerhouse with over 20 books, board games, website, CDs, audio cassettes, seminars, and coaching services. Rich Dad Poor Dad has been on The New York Times Bestseller List for over 5 years and is available in over 44 languages and sold in more than 80 countries.
My speaking topics range from educating children and adults on taking control of their personal finances to the entrepreneurial business strategies I used in building Rich Dad’s international success. I share the spectacular history of this mega-hit and how Rich Dad Poor Dad was originally designed to be only a brochure for their CASHFLOW board game.
As a committed philanthropist, I also give back to the world communities as both a volunteer and a benefactor. I direct the Foundation for Financial Literacy, am an active member of Women’s Presidents Organization, and serve on the national board of Childhelp USA, a national organization founded to eradicate child abuse in the United States. In 2002, Childhelp honored me and my husband, Michael, as recipients of that organization’s “Spirit of the Children” Award. In 2004, Michael and I were recognized as an Arizona “Power Couple”. And in 2005, I was named as a Woman of Distinction by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. >>
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