User:Jbahama/John Baumann

John Baumann (born October 6, 1960 on Long Island, New York) is an attorney from the United States, who has been a legal commentator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlhHQ-EzBJI) on CNN Headline News, Prime News (October 28, 2009), is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Business at the University of Louisville, and is the founder of a speaker & consultant firm focusing upon success enhancement, supervisor skills training and proactive prevention in the workplace (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYhsP1IcSR8). He passed bar examinations in Texas (1986), Louisiana (1990), and New Jersey (1992). John has been on the Board of Directors of a privately-held 135 store gas station chain (2002 - 2008), the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (2004 - 2008), Junior Achievement (1998 - 2006) and Make-A-Wish Foundation (2004 - present).

Baumann graduated from Cornell Law School (1986) where he was research assistant for Professor James Henderson in the creation of a casebook on Product's Liability and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts (1982).

In 2003, at the age of 42, Baumann was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and has become known as The Inspiring Esquire (PDSpeaker.com), a nationally recognized speaker and author on the illness (http://learnsuccesstoday.com/inspiring-esquire.asp). He has dedicated his professional life to bringing enlightenment to society on Parkinsons (Awareness, Action, Acceptance), assisting employers in the elimination and prevention of all types of harassment in the workplace (sexual, racial, religious, national origin, etc.) and enhancing success for organizations and individuals utilizing his nine success principles (LearnSuccessToday.com).