Briefly in Business

New online site helps users find legal help

In an effort to connect attorneys with clients — and help people find the right attorney for their case — a Glendale-based company has launched the website FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com.

The site serves as an advertising alternative for attorneys nationwide to get linked to potential clients who have submitted a detailed request for an attorney.

People seeking an attorney in any field of law, from real estate and criminal defense to personal injury and immigration, submit a request on the site and wait to be contacted by an attorney.

Run by company president Raffi Sosikian, FindAttorneyOrLawyer.com is not a law firm or a referral agency and users of the site are encouraged to verify the qualification of any attorney they wish to hire.

IHOP executive gets lifetime service award

Julia A. Stewart, chairman and chief executive officer of Glendale-based IHOP Corp., received the Elliot Mentor Award at the 22nd Annual Elliot Leadership Conference in New York on May 3.

The award recognizes individuals who have give a lifetime of contribution, leadership and inspiration to the hospitality industry.

Stewart, who has worked in the foodservice industry for 35 years, is the first woman to receive the award.

The award is issued annually by the Elliot Group, a national executive search and strategic consulting firm for the hospitality, foodservice and manufacturing industries.

As of March 31, the end of the first quarter, there were 1,306 IHOP restaurants in 49 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada and Mexico.