Legal Basics for Small Business

Event description

This comprehensive SCORE webinar will give you the basics to help you comply with Federal, state and local laws, and minimize your legal risks in your daily transactions.

This webinar focuses on the following topics that are key in the life of a small business owner:
SCORE Kansas City has recruited a team of legal experts who will educate you as to how to minimize your legal risks!

Key Topics covered:
* Selecting and forming a legal entity for your business
* How to bring in co-owners
* Creating governing documents, LLC Operating Agreement or Corporation Shareholder’s Agreement
* Employer/Employee Law - Keeping on the right side of Employment Law?
* Employee vs. independent contractor issues
* Leasing property – pitfalls to avoid
* Insurance - Do you need it and what types of insurance should you consider?
* Doing business in other states
* Operating your business over the Internet
* Intellectual property: Patents, Trademarks, and Trade Names

Faculty:
Destiny Bounds. Founder of Bounds Law; they provide affordable and holistic services to small businesses in Missouri and Kansas. With Bound for Destiny Consulting, Destiny offers strategic business coaching to emerging female entrepreneurs. She combines business knowledge, profit strategies, and her legal background to provide holistic consulting for business success. Destiny is a former Big Law and in-house counsel, specializing in supporting entrepreneurs to develop their business foundation and empower them to be proactive rather than reactive, so they can build their dream business that results in more peace and profit.

Rob Warzel. Rob is an attorney with Spencer Fane’s Phoenix, Arizona office. He advises clients all over the country on all aspects of human resources counseling, employment litigation and traditional labor law, helping businesses identify risks and equipping them with the tools necessary to minimize the time and resources spent on legal matters. He works with clients ranging from large enterprises to sole proprietorships in complex matters involving breach of contract, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, restrictive covenants, fraud, negligence and more. Rob earned his undergraduate degree in international business at Carleton University in Ottawa and his Juris Doctor from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

Aaron Prenger. Aaron is an attorney with Siegfried Bingham. His legal practice
focuses on business transactions and financial services. He has helped small and medium sized businesses navigate various legal challenges and lawsuits related to issues such as intellectual property infringement, worker’s compensation claims, breach of contract, and others. He has represented banks in commercial loan transactions, provided startup advice for new business entities and assisted with business formation and governance issues including registration with pertinent governmental entities and drafting corporate governance documents. Aaron holds a BSBA and JD from the University of Missouri.

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