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And now, without further ado, let's jump into the interview.

Brandon, thanks for joining us today.

Thanks for having me.

It is my pleasure, man.

So how would you get it started by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do?

So Brandon Mitchell, obviously my name, work as a transactional lawyer, mostly M&A and reinsurance in the financial services industry.

My company is called a Spita who just rebrandranded to the name of Spita and were acquired last year.

Prior to that, worked in nationwide insurance and the Merging Acquisitions Legal Group.

Went to law school with Uquamie, went to Ohio State for law school and undergrad.

In between those two played, well, I guess,

while at Ohio State played football for Ohio State and then played with the Cleveland Browns

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