Marc J. Victor Bar number – 016064 AZ is a certified Criminal Law Specialist by The Arizona Board of Legal Specialization and is admitted in Arizona & Hawai‘i. Marc has been zealously representing clients in serious state and federal criminal law matters for well over twenty-five years. He has twice debated Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on the drug war.

Marc has represented clients in more than a thousand major felony cases including first and second-degree murder, sex cases, gun cases, major drug cases, complex white-collar cases, federal appeals, high-profile civil rights, personal injury, and other complex state and federal matters. His jury trial experience includes several murder trials including death eligible matters as well as complex sex and drug cases including both state and federal courts.

During his career, Marc has successfully represented clients in many high-profile and media attention cases, including his representation of  Elizabeth Johnson in the nationally televised “Baby Gabriel” case.  He has also successfully argued before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

As a long-time freedom activist, Marc is regularly invited to speak to audiences across Arizona on a variety of issues including ending the drug war, the rights of gun owners, the free market, criminal justice issues as well as a variety of other criminal law-related issues. Most recently, Marc has spoken on the Live and Let Live Principle, the foundation upon which he has established The World’s Only Real Peace Movement.

Marc has also been quoted locally, nationally, and internationally on radio, television, and in print. Several local and national media outlets turn to Marc for his legal commentary and expertise on high-profile criminal cases.

Marc and firm partner Andrew Marcantel host The Peace Radicals Podcast with a new episode every Friday. The Peace Radicals is available on most streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify and is also available to watch on YouTube.

In March of 2022, Zen joined the Live and Let Live Leadership Team as co-director with the Executive Director title; an accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with nearly 40 years of success across a variety of industries including higher education, management consulting, life & executive coaching, digital & social media marketing, politics, manufacturing and construction industries. His passion is facilitating people, places and things to work together best to change the world for the better.

If you are wondering, he got his moniker during early production of One World television show, starting in 1990 and ending with 120 shows by the end of 1992. The theme was to explore awareness in human dynamics, functionality and the balance of inner and outer experience. After a 30-year hiatus, he now hosts and produces One World in a New World exploring the inner and outer relationship more intensely.

Leveraging extensive experience in communication and developing methods for proactive strategic communication for any company, he is a valuable advisor for an organization in crisis communication or change management, as well as removing manufacturing bottlenecks by improving business processes.

Zen has held leadership positions with Allied Signal, Phoenix Union School District, Christown Lions Club, Association for Talent Development and President’s Resource Organization. He owns and operates three businesses currently; Be The Dream LLC, Planck Social Media Agency LLC and Team Partnering LLC,

He resides in Arizona with his wife, Luba, a Kundalini yoga teacher and graduate of Mussorgsky College with piano pedagogy and music theory focus, from St. Petersburg, Russia. She is principal and teacher for Love for Music Piano Studio in Chandler, Arizona.

His most recent evo-leap is into the Executive Director position for the Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement. It came about through a One World in a New World conversation with Marc, the Founder, and the alignment of inspiration, mission and vision for peace in the world.

Zen is joined by Jennifer Hunt as Events Executive as a dynamic duo for growing the organization and sharing the message with the world.

Digital Vitae Website: ZenBenefiel.com

Social Links: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Quora, Medium, Twitter, YouTube

In March of 2022, Jennifer joined the Live and Let Live Leadership Team as co-director with the Events Executive title, drawing on her passion and guiding principle that good leadership requires stellar communications; she oversees and delivers the full suite of communications functions and channels.

With extensive training, graduate-level education, and experience in leadership, management, performance, and motivation, she has delivered annual revenues of $120M, managed a $10M budget, implemented cultural change, and delivered monthly sales team revenues of $150,000. With Green Belt Lean Sensei training, she’s laser-focused on improving business productivity and efficient processes.

Capable of a full-range of general management responsibilities in large, fast-paced, corporations, she leads the development, implementation, and management of strategic and tactical initiatives.

Recognized for her ability to adapt to and overcome challenging circumstances and provide calm, clear direction, she uses critical thinking, her abilities to triage and to synthesize complex information into key action steps and messages to transform visions into concrete achievements - all while tending to relationships with utmost diplomacy and optimism.

One of Jennifer’s biggest passions is empowering women. She founded not-for-profit networking groups and events such as Women on Track and Fashion for your Future and was on the board of directors for the Association of Women in Finance

As an internationally certified sailing captain and certified to drive a locomotive, Jennifer is ‘certifiably’ an adventure and travel junkie - while being grounded in safety, operations, leadership, and yes, even SOPs.