== Hello Joseph, I could use some help.... == 

    

 Hello Joseph. I am obviously struggling with figuring out which portion you consider to be "peacock terms" in this article. I would truly appreciate some guidance.  If I may, I will go through each section and ask if you can point out where I am going wrong This is my first submission, and I plan to submit and edit more, but I would love some help so I know what is being down wrong. Thank you! 

 Kendall Almerico is an American entrepreneur, author and attorney. Almerico is the crowdfunding columnist for Entrepreneur.com.[1] Almerico practices law with the Washington DC area law firm DiMuroGinsberg.[2] 

 This seems pretty straight forward and no peacock terms. 

 Almerico was born in Tampa, Florida and attended Jesuit High School. After graduating from high school, he then attended the University of Florida where he received an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. Almerico attended and graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1988 with a Juris Doctorate degree. 

 This seems encyclopedic to me. 

 Almerico is a keynote speaker who has spoken about crowdfunding at the American annual invention trade show Inpex in 2014, crowdfunding industry conference Kickercon in 2014[3], the 3rd Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp in 2014, and events in Palo Alto, Miami[4], New York City[5], Aruba[6] and Curacao[7] in 2014-2015. 

 Is this the problem? Seems like I'm just listing some credited speeches, but maybe this is the "peacock" term area? 

 Almerico has also acted as a sports agent. Along with his law partner Brian Mooney, Almerico co-founded StarTrust Management[8], an sports and entertainment agency. StarTrust Management acted as an agent for professional athletes including NFL player Darrell Jackson, MLB players Dioner Navarro and Boof Bonser, former Toronto Blue Jays manager Carlos Tosca, United States Olympic Figure Skaters Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett][9] and NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Victor Gonzalez Jr. Along with Mooney, Almerico negotiated a $25 million contract with an $8 million signing bonus[10] for Jackson in 2004. Almerico handled contracts and publicity for Gonzalez, Jr. in 2013, when he became the first Caribbean driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.[11][12] 

 Maybe listing the clients here is the "peacock" problem? Seems like the last two lines have cited references and should be okay to me. 

 In 2010, Almerico co-authored Whoogles, a humor book published by Adams Media. "Whoogles" is a contraction of "Who Googled That," and the book is a collection of strange Google search suggestions and pithy commentary on the search results. Whoogles has spawned desktop calendars from TF Publishing in 2013, 2014 and 2015. 

 Pretty straight forward. I've seen this kind of language in other articles, so I assume this is not the problem. 

 Presently, Almerico acts as the CEO of FundHub.Biz, a website that provides compliance services for equity crowdfunding and Regulation D private equity offerings.[13] 

 This does not seem so flowery to me. Just stating documented and cited fact. 

 Recognition[edit] 
 VentureBeat named Almerico the 17th most influential thought leader in the crowdfunding industry as well as the top ranked practicing attorney on their list..[14] Kevin Harrington, noted entrepreneur and original investor "shark" on television's Shark Tank called Almerico "one of the top crowdfunding and JOBS Act lawyers in the country."[15] 

 This is definitely a section that points out accomplishments and I guess could be considered peacock terms. But I thought pointing out awards won, etc. was a big part of an article (example: from Robert DeNiro "earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He earned nominations for the neo noir psychological thriller Taxi Driver in 1976 and the psychological thriller Cape Fear in 1991).  If this is the problem, I could try to reword this section? 

 Thank you so much for you help. I truly appreciate the guidance. 

 Trent