Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Roland A. Torres, MD, FAANS Nationally Recognized Neurotrauma and Neurocritical Care Expert, Former Director of Neurotrauma and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical School.

Roland Torres, MD, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who has been in practice for more than three decades. He is a nationally recognized expert specializing in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, neurosurgical spine surgery, and neurotrauma, and he is experienced in neurosurgical oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, skull base surgery, interventional neuroradiology/endovascular neurosurgery and cerebrovascular disease. His primary research interests include pathomechanisms of traumatic brain injury, neuroprotection trials, and neuromonitoring.

After earning his medical degree at the Universidad Central del Este in the Dominican Republic, Dr. Torres undertook his neurosurgery residency at the University of California Davis, serving as Chief Resident in his final year, and was selected for elite fellowships in brain tumors and complex spine instrumentation at the University of California San Francisco and University of California Los Angeles, respectively. A former professor and director of neurotrauma at Stanford University, he is fluent in English and Spanish and previously served 14 years in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, where he was a Major in the Medical Service Corps.

Jim Bannon Owner of The Bannon Law Group, LLC

Jim Bannon graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2006 and immediately began as a full-time prosecutor.
Initially licensed in Arizona in 2006, Jim continued to serve the public as an Assistant Solicitor in the 14th Judicial Circuit which covers Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper Counties. In that time, Jim has tried over twenty jury trials to verdict.
While working as a prosecutor, Jim was embedded with the Drug Team Task Force for the Mohave County Attorney’s Office and helped to found the Career Criminal Team for the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
After years of public service as a lawyer in the prosecutor’s office, Jim shifted his focus to the private practice of law in the Bluffton, Beaufort, Ridgeland, Hardeeville, and Hilton Head Island areas as a criminal defense lawyer and trial attorney in 2013. Jim also practices as a criminal defense lawyer in the Federal District Court of South Carolina.
Since entering private practice, Jim has handled high-profile state and federal criminal matters including DUIs, drug trafficking, criminal sexual conduct with a minor, malicious injury to personal property, and murder.

Meredith Bannon Partner at The Bannon Law Group, LLC

Meredith Bannon entered private practice in 2013 after spending 7 years working as a prosecutor in Arizona and at the 14th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s office in Bluffton, SC. She obtained a Bachelor of Science cum laude in Business Management and Sociology from Tulane University. After graduation, she attended the University of Miami School of Law where she met her husband, Jim, who is also her law partner. Meredith is admitted to practice in Washington DC, Georgia, South Carolina, and U.S. District Court-South Carolina.
She is an active member of the Hilton Head Bar Association, The Beaufort Bar Association, and the MS Society. Meredith serves as a new lawyer mentor with the South Carolina Bar Association and has presented continuing legal education seminars to the Hilton Head Bar Association. Meredith was a 7 year Board Member for Hopeful Horizons of the Lowcountry, LLC.