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Using LLCs to Protect Assets

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Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
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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
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Pending 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Pending 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 Pending 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 7 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
Arizona CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
New York CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Washington CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Wisconsin CPE for Accountants Approved 7.2 Total
CPE for Accountants/NASBA Approved 7 Total
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6 hours
Rick Gikas
Peter Gannott
Richard Marsh
Christopher Bonner
With Rick C. Gikas from Gikas Law Office + 3 others

Mon, May 11, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 101853

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Overview

Protect Clients' Assets From an LLC's Creditors and Legal Liabilities

How strong is an LLC's liability protection? What simple mistakes can leave your clients vulnerable to creditors - and how can you prevent them from happening? Review the major elements of LLC structure, spot key pitfalls and prepare your clients' asset protection plans to minimize mistakes and threat of personal exposure. Register today!

  • Get an in-depth look at the elements and factors courts consider in piercing the LLC veil.
  • Learn what safeguards you can put into place to prevent veil piercing.
  • Ensure LLCs are properly capitalized to meet third-party obligations.
  • Avoid top attorney mistakes that leave LLCs and their members and managers vulnerable.
  • Understand the tax and liability implications of various decisions.
  • Explore creative ways to mitigate risk when forming an LLC to purchase real estate.
  • Gain best practices for structuring LLC operating agreement provisions.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. LLC Veil Piercing and the Alter Ego Theory
  2. Ethical Considerations
  3. Taxation, Reporting Traps and Tips
  4. Forming an LLC to Purchase Real Estate
  5. Additional Strategies
  6. Structuring and Funding the LLC: Advanced Asset Protection Strategies

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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
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Pending 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Pending 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 Pending 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 7 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
Arizona CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
New York CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Washington CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Wisconsin CPE for Accountants Approved 7.2 Total
CPE for Accountants/NASBA Approved 7 Total
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  1. LLC Veil Piercing and the Alter Ego Theory

    1. Veil Piercing/Alter Ego Doctrine: How an Entity's Veil Can be Pierced
    2. Similar Equitable Remedies Available to Creditors
    3. Detailed Look at the Necessary Elements and Factors for Piercing
    4. How Misuse of an Entity is Exposed
    5. Collecting the Judgment and Managing Other Post-Judgment Issues
    6. How to Avoid Top Business Practice Mistakes That Lead to Veil Piercing
    7. Litigating the Case - Key Strategies for Both Sides

  2. Ethical Considerations

    1. Fiduciary Issues
    2. Client Communications
    3. Conflicts of Interest
    4. Attorney Fees

  3. Taxation, Reporting Traps and Tips

  4. Forming an LLC to Purchase Real Estate

    1. Primary Asset Protection Rules and Laws for Real Estate Investment
    2. Insurance Considerations, Issues and Pitfalls to Avoid - Beyond the Basics
    3. Transferring the Title to the Real Estate to Your LLC - Do's and Don'ts
    4. Critical Liability Considerations You May Not Know
    5. Creative Ways to Minimize and Eliminate Risk When Forming the LLC to Purchase Real Estate
    6. Forming an LLC to Purchase Real Estate: Entity Selection Strategies
    7. Series LLC? Single Member LLC? LLP? S-Corp? C-Corp?
    8. What are the Critical Tax Considerations Based on Choice of Entity?
    9. Principal Non-Tax Differences

  5. Additional Strategies

    1. LLC Charging Order Provision Pitfalls and Pointers
    2. Properly Capitalizing Your LLC to Meet Third Party Obligations
    3. Thoroughly Documenting the "Business Purpose" of the LLC
    4. Recent Case Law

  6. Structuring and Funding the LLC: Advanced Asset Protection Strategies

    1. Asset Protection with LLCs - Top Attorney Mistakes
    2. Protection of Personal Assets in the LLC
    3. The Use of Single-Member LLCs to Protect Assets

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Accountants and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Rick C Gikas
Rick C.
Gikas
Gikas Law Office
Peter M Gannott
Peter M.
Gannott
Gannott Law Group, PLLC
Richard E Marsh Jr.
Richard E.
Marsh, Jr.
Marsh Law Firm
Christopher J Bonner
Christopher J.
Bonner
Barclay Damon, LLP
Speaker bio
Rick C Gikas

Rick C. Gikas

Gikas Law Office
Rick Gikas

is a sole practitioner in Merrillville, Indiana, and Lake Station, Indiana where he has concentrated in the areas of Social Security, personal injury, workers' compensation, and estate law for more than 40 years. He is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, and serves as hearing officer for the Merrillville, Indiana Unsafe Building Authority. Mr. Gikas earned his B.A. degree from Indiana University and his J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law where he also served as an adjunct professor.

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Peter M Gannott

Peter M. Gannott

Gannott Law Group, PLLC
Peter Gannott

is the principal of the Louisville law firm of Gannott Law Group, PLLC. Since 1985, he has focused his practice in the areas of business and consumer bankruptcy, creditors' rights and commercial collections, complex commercial litigation, and real estate matters. Mr. Gannott works with clients on everything from the creation and dissolution of business entities, to representation of our business clients in business-to-business collections or large asset issues. He is a frequent lecturer on his areas of practice and has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Louisville. Mr. Gannott is board-certified in business bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification. He graduated, with honors, from the University of Illinois and earned his J.D. degree from the Washington College of Law, American University.

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Richard E Marsh Jr.

Richard E. Marsh, Jr.

Marsh Law Firm
Richard Marsh

is a partner at Marsh Law Firm. He is a board-certified specialist in estate planning and probate law in North Carolina. Mr. Marsh practices in tax, business transactions, and estate planning and administration. He is an active writer and lecturer for attorneys, CPAs, CLUs, and other financial professionals and trade groups in the areas of estate planning, tax planning, sales and purchases of businesses, and tax-advantaged transactions involving real estate; and taught decedents estates, estate planning, and will drafting at the law school level for about a decade. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, The Florida Bar, and South Carolina Bar. Mr. Marsh earned his B.A. degree from Bucknell University, his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his LL.M. degree from Georgetown University.

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Christopher J Bonner

Christopher J. Bonner

Barclay Damon, LLP
Christopher Bonner

is special counsel with Barclay Damon, LLP, where he practices in the areas of corporate law, corporate and municipal securities, and banking regulation. His clients include large and small businesses, banks, startup enterprises, buyers and sellers of businesses, and securities investors. Mr. Bonner organizes corporations, LLCs and other alternative entities, and represents them on a continuing basis with various kinds of business contracts. He represents buyers and sellers of businesses, from the initial planning stage through to the final closing. Mr. Bonner is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Business Law and Tax Law sections) and American Bar Association (Business Law and Taxation sections). He earned his B.A. degree from Williams College, his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and his LL.M. degree in taxation from New York University.

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