Professional & Business Skills

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Business Skills for Lawyers

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 49 minutes
S. Leigh King
James Asmussen
Harley Herman
Susan Bennett Fentress
With S. Leigh King from S. Leigh King, J.D., LL.M. + 3 others
Recorded May 28, 2026.
Product ID 101851

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Overview

Get Fluent in the Language of Business

Practicing nowadays takes more than just legal know-how. Whether you work in-house, in a law firm, or are flying solo, you need to understand how financial and business decisions are made to provide high quality legal representation. Join our distinguished faculty for an incisive look at the intersection of business, finance, and law. Topics covered include accounting and financial analysis basics, corporate finance, modern marketing practices and data use risks, tax basics, and governance essentials. As business and law become increasingly intertwined, there's no better time than now to develop these core competencies - register today!

  • Learn how to read, interpret, and use financial statements to understand the financial health of a business.
  • Understand how financial analysis is performed.
  • Build familiarity with corporate finance strategies, capital structures, capitalization objectives, and more.
  • Explore digital and traditional marketing practices and how they intersect with data privacy regulations.
  • Develop a working knowledge of how businesses are taxed and what's involved in business tax planning.
  • Get a refresher on business structure and governance best practices.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Accounting and Finance Fundamentals
  2. What Every Attorney Should Know About Tax
  3. Marketing, Advertising, and Data Use - What Lawyers Need to Know
  4. Business Structure and Governance
  5. Corporate Financing 101
  6. Ethical Considerations When Advising Business Clients

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Product ID 101851

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Accounting and Finance Fundamentals

    1. Key Concepts and Terminology
    2. Understanding Financial Statements
    3. How Financial Statements Work Together and What They Tell You
    4. Performing Financial Analysis: Calculating and Interpreting Core Ratios
    5. Understanding Audits and Financial Statement Review
    6. Financial Projection Fundamentals

  2. What Every Attorney Should Know About Tax

    1. How Businesses are Taxed
    2. Tax Implications
      1. Entity Selection
      2. Governing Documents
      3. Business Acquisitions
    3. Understanding Employment Taxes
    4. Business Tax Planning Goals
    5. Tax Evasion vs. Avoidance

  3. Marketing, Advertising, and Data Use - What Lawyers Need to Know

    1. Understanding Digital and Traditional Marketing Practices
    2. Identifying and Addressing Legal Risks Presented
    3. Understanding Data Use and Complying With Data Security and Privacy Laws
    4. Dealing with Data Privacy Issues in Corporate/Vendor Agreements

  4. Business Structure and Governance

    1. Entity Selection and Governing Documents
    2. Roles, Rights, and Decision-Making
    3. Governance and Management Best Practices
    4. Drafting in Escape Hatches
    5. Compensation Models
    6. Working with Outside Professionals and Experts

  5. Corporate Financing 101

    1. Debt and Equity Financing Basics
    2. Capital Structures and Capitalization Strategies
    3. Venture Capital Mechanics; Pros and Cons
    4. Preparing Businesses for Investors
    5. Intro to Securities Law Requirements

  6. Ethical Considerations When Advising Business Clients

    1. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
    2. Organization as Client
    3. Reporting Fraud
    4. Attorney Fees

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals will also benefit.

Speakers

S. Leigh King
S. Leigh
King
S. Leigh King, J.D., LL.M.
James R Asmussen
James R.
Asmussen
Polsinelli
Harley S Herman
Harley S.
Herman
Law Office of Herman and Herman
Susan Bennett Fentress
Susan Bennett
Fentress
Veritay Group, IP
Speaker bio
S. Leigh King

S. Leigh King

S. Leigh King, J.D., LL.M.
S. Leigh King

, J.D., LL.M., earned her J.D. degree in May 2002 from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now Texas A&M University School of Law), where she was a senior editor on the Law Review. During that tenure, Ms. King was a judicial intern at both the federal and state appellate courts in Fort Worth, Texas. She earned her LL.M. degree in intellectual property law from Southern Methodist University in May 2009. Currently, Ms. King practices civil trial law including breach of contract cases, consumer rights, deceptive trade practices, consumer law, family law, and estate planning, She is a former auxiallary professor at Lyon College, a former professor at Emory & Henry College, and a former professor at Concordia University of Texas. Ms. King is the author of three law review articles. Her first law review article titled "While You Were Sleeping," 11 SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 291 (2008), has been incorporated in its entirety in the casebook "Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence Materials and Cases" by Prof. Thomas K. Clancy at the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law located at the University of Mississippi School of Law. Ms. King is the author of "Abandonment: How the Texas Legislature and Family Court System Fail to Meet the Needs of Texas Children," 51 S. Tex. L. Rev. 75 (2009); and "Failure to Launch: How the Delinquent Politics and Policies of the Texas Legislature Have Failed to Remedy Texas' Antiquated Judicial System and How Voters Have Accepted the Status Quo for Far Too Long," 16 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 369 (2010). Prior to entering law school, she was the senior paralegal for a boutique law firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Currently, Ms. King practices law in central Texas and is an active mentor for Southern Methodist University law students.

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James R Asmussen

James R. Asmussen

Polsinelli
James Asmussen

is a shareholder with the law firm of Polsinelli in Chicago, where he practices in business, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. He is admitted to practice in Illinois. Mr. Asmussen is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He earned his B.S.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Villanova University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law.

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Harley S Herman

Harley S. Herman

Law Office of Herman and Herman
Harley Herman

practices probate, wills and trust law, and general civil trial law at the Law Office of Herman and Herman in Plant City, Florida. In addition to seminar presentations, he has taught estates and trust law at the FAMU College of Law, and business law and criminal justice at Savannah State University. Mr. Herman is best known for his unprecedented Florida Supreme Court petition that posthumously reinstated the bar membership of Virgil Hawkins, the man whose decade-long litigation desegregated the University of Florida at the cost of his right to attend; a sacrifice that delayed his admission to the bar until he was 70 years old. Mr. Herman's largest civil litigation award was a $3 million settlement obtained after a nine-year federal lawsuit brought by the NAACP against the City of Leesburg and the Leesburg Regional Hospital. Mr. Herman served over a year as the lawsuit's sole counsel, facing over 50 attorneys hired by the defendants. He then co-counseled with the Wall Street law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, and the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which was established by President John F. Kennedy. Early in his career, Mr. Herman directed and managed several legal aid offices including Central Florida Legal Services, North Florida Legal Services and Marion County Legal Aid. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Florida and his LL.M. degree from Stetson University College of Law. M For over three decades, he has served as a member of the Florida Bar's Lawyer Advising Lawyers program, which provides advice to attorneys when they encounter troubling or unfamiliar issues while representing clients. Mr. Herman is the founder and president of the Virgil Hawkins Historical Society, and has published a book about Mr. Hawkins, A Cause Worth Fighting For.

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Susan Bennett Fentress

Susan Bennett Fentress

Veritay Group, IP
Susan Bennett Fentress

is the managing director of Veritay Group, IP, where she concentrates her practice in the area of patent law, both domestic and international. She has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of chemical and biotech patent applications. Ms. Fentress is particularly knowledgeable in the area of medical diagnostics, both immunological and DNA based testing, medical imaging agents, food technologies, agricultural products, and disposable medical and personal devices. She is also knowledgeable regarding FDA and transactional issues relating to medical devices and generic drugs. Ms. Fentress is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and her J.D. degree from Marquette University.

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