{"id":171,"date":"2026-08-26T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:12:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"171\" class=\"elementor elementor-171\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7ab5cd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7ab5cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1213566\" data-id=\"1213566\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e2eae4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e2eae4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-576515e\" data-id=\"576515e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b667760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b667760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About  <br> <span style=\"color:#780B02\">Author<\/span> <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121241f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"121241f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Attorney and author <strong>Michael H. Agranoff<\/strong> draws on decades of legal, corporate, and personal experience to expose how large institutions work, where they can fail, and what ordinary people can do to protect their interests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a21dfe\" data-id=\"5a21dfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfe3eda elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfe3eda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29ad209\" data-id=\"29ad209\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-04ccd08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04ccd08\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1201f2d\" data-id=\"1201f2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aed5ca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aed5ca6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1321315815-1-e1787669596774.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-50\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1321315815-1-e1787669596774.png 673w, https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1321315815-1-e1787669596774-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f840862\" data-id=\"f840862\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b99f0f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b99f0f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bbde8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72bbde8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michael <br>H.agranoff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d48b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d48b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael H. Agranoff has spent much of his professional life working inside the kinds of institutions most people only encounter from the outside.<\/p><p class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">His career began in corporate America, where he worked as a programmer and analyst and gained experience in computer systems, security, organizational management, and corporate culture. Those years gave him a close view of how large organizations function and how bureaucracy can sometimes stand between people and common-sense solutions.<\/p><p class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael later entered the legal profession, earning his <strong>J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law<\/strong>. He began practicing law in 1989 and ultimately developed extensive experience defending parents and families in Child Protective Services matters.<\/p><p class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over <strong>31 years of CPS defense work<\/strong>, he saw how quickly families can become overwhelmed when facing a government agency they do not fully understand. His approach placed strong value on examining records carefully, verifying important information, asking questions, gathering evidence, and taking family defense seriously.<\/p><p class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those experiences became the foundation of his writing. Michael does not ask readers to accept every conclusion he reaches. He asks them to <strong>look carefully, think independently, verify what matters, and make informed decisions.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">That philosophy connects everything he writes.<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df3c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6df3c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-books\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1321315815-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-177\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1321315815-3.png 396w, https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1321315815-3-300x61.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a493505 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a493505\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68cdf64\" data-id=\"68cdf64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-69ab015 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69ab015\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fef5d6a\" data-id=\"fef5d6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fedf27f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fedf27f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1f682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb1f682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get in Touch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eecdd26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eecdd26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Have a Question, Comment, or Perspective to Share?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc5ff19\" data-id=\"dc5ff19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638486e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"638486e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Let\u2019s Connect<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b806044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b806044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael welcomes thoughtful comments from readers interested in the ideas explored throughout his books.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0caab5 elementor-button-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"e0caab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"New Form\" aria-label=\"New Form\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"171\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"e0caab5\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"About Us\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"queried_id\" value=\"171\"\/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-form-fields-wrapper elementor-labels-above\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-name elementor-col-50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"text\" name=\"form_fields[name]\" id=\"form-field-name\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-md  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"First Name*\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_e4fa134 elementor-col-50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"text\" name=\"form_fields[field_e4fa134]\" id=\"form-field-field_e4fa134\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-md  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"Last Name*\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-email elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-email elementor-col-100 elementor-field-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"email\" name=\"form_fields[email]\" id=\"form-field-email\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-md  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"Email\" required=\"required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-textarea elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-message elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<textarea class=\"elementor-field-textual elementor-field  elementor-size-md\" name=\"form_fields[message]\" id=\"form-field-message\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Message\"><\/textarea>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-type-submit elementor-col-100 e-form__buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-md\" type=\"submit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Author Attorney and author Michael H. Agranoff draws on decades of legal, corporate, and personal experience to expose how large institutions work, where they can fail, and what ordinary people can do to protect their interests. About the Author Michael H.agranoff Michael H. Agranoff has spent much of his professional life working inside the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}