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MiniMBA in a Day: Essentials for Attorneys

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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 7.2 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 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
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Alexander Paterra
Richard Weintraub
Mark Cherry
Patrick Sullivan
Kevin Knight
Mary Trachian-Bradley
Kenneth Votre
William McComas
With Alexander D. Paterra from The Paterra Law Firm, LLC + 7 others

Tue, Aug 18, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102189

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Overview

Rapid-Fire Guide to Business Skills and Principles

This comprehensive course gives you a practical overview of accounting, financing, labor and employment, marketing, and management basics every attorney needs to know. Tackle key issues in these core areas and get the tools you'll need to succeed. Whether you use this knowledge to improve the way you run your legal practice or to better understand and represent your clients - this content is too good to miss! Register today!

  • Understand basic accounting concepts and analyze financial statements.
  • Get the nuts and bolts of financing fundamentals down.
  • Walk through the key ratios and methods of business valuations and market analysis.
  • Learn labor and employment law essentials.
  • Review management basics, rights, duties, and responsibilities.
  • Get a simple update on securities regulation and investment tactics.
  • Build foundational knowledge of key issues business taxation.
  • Review successful marketing variables and carry out strategies to target markets.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Accounting Basics and Financial Statements 101 for Attorneys
  2. Business Planning, Valuations, Market Analysis
  3. Business Financing
  4. Overview of Labor and Employment Law Issues
  5. Investment, Securities: Regulation and Basic Tactics
  6. Business Tax Fundamentals
  7. Management and Governance Best Practices
  8. Marketing Mechanics
  9. Intellectual Property Fundamentals

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Product ID 102189

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 7.2 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 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
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Agenda

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  1. Accounting Basics and Financial Statements 101 for Attorneys

    1. Understanding Basic Accounting Concepts
    2. Analyzing Financial Statements
    3. Interpreting Financial and Operating Ratios
    4. Identifying Fraud
  2. Business Planning, Valuations, Market Analysis

  3. Business Financing

    1. Understanding the Small Business Loan Process
    2. What Financing Options are Available?
    3. How Can a Lease be Used as a Financing Vehicle?
    4. What Does the Lender Need to be Aware of?
    5. Securitized Loans
    6. Debt Financing
    7. Documenting Effectively and Avoiding Common Problems
    8. How to Provide for the Capital Needs of the Business
    9. Venture Capital Financing
  4. Overview of Labor and Employment Law Issues

    1. Hiring and Firing Fundamentals
    2. Wage and Hour Laws, FLSA
    3. Discrimination, ADA, Sexual Harassment
    4. FMLA, Common Leave Issues
    5. Common Small Business Mistakes and Self-Employment Traps
  5. Investment, Securities: Regulation and Basic Tactics

  6. Business Tax Fundamentals

  7. Management and Governance Best Practices

    1. Key Business Management Principles
    2. Ownership vs. Management
    3. Management Structure: Rights, Powers, and Duties
    4. Decision-Making Problems, Process, and Procedure
    5. Calculating and Managing Risk
    6. Fiduciary Duty Scope and Waivers
  8. Marketing Mechanics

    1. Successful Marketing Variables
    2. Carrying Out Strategies to Target Markets
    3. Applying Analytic Perspectives
    4. Decision Tools and Concepts of Marketing
    5. Communications Programs
    6. Distribution Channels and Pricing
  9. Intellectual Property Fundamentals

Who Should Attend

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

Speakers

Alexander D Paterra
Alexander D.
Paterra
The Paterra Law Firm, LLC
Richard A Weintraub
Richard A.
Weintraub
Weintraub Law Group PC
Mark S Cherry
Mark S.
Cherry
Mark S. Cherry Attorney at Law, PC
Patrick Sullivan
Patrick
Sullivan
Law Office of Patrick Sullivan, P.C.
Kevin T Knight
Kevin T.
Knight
DSK Law
Mary Trachian-Bradley
Mary
Trachian-Bradley
Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC
Kenneth A Votre
Kenneth A.
Votre
Votre & Associates, P.C.
William A McComas
William A.
McComas
Jensen & McComas, LLC
Speaker bio
Alexander D Paterra

Alexander D. Paterra

The Paterra Law Firm, LLC
Alexander Paterra

is the principal at The Paterra Law Firm, LLC, where he represents businesses of all sizes, non-profits and tax-exempt organizations, as well as individuals throughout South Carolina and the United States. Mr. Paterra advises and represents his clients on all aspects of labor and employment law. He is licensed to practice in both state and federal courts in South Carolina and North Carolina. Mr. Paterra is a member of the American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, South Carolina Bar (Young Lawyers Division), Mecklenburg County Bar Association, and the Greenville County Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree from Butler University and J.D. degree from the University of Dayton School of Law.

Speaker bio
Richard A Weintraub

Richard A. Weintraub

Weintraub Law Group PC
Richard Weintraub

is the owner of Weintraub Law Group PC, where he focuses his practice in the formation of business entities; venture capital transactions; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; public and private offerings; and debt financing. Mr. Weintraub has also been an instructor of tax and securities law courses at UCLA, University of California San Diego, and the University of San Diego. He has instructed a course entitled "Securities Law Implications for the Emerging Growth Business" at UCSD. Mr. Weintraub is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of California Los Angeles and J.D. degree from Loyola Marymount University.

Speaker bio
Mark S Cherry

Mark S. Cherry

Mark S. Cherry Attorney at Law, PC
Mark Cherry

is a self-employed attorney and certified public accountant in a general practice law firm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His firm has extensive experience in foreclosure prevention, real estate, tax law, and bankruptcy law. Mr. Cherry is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, federal district courts, bankruptcy court, Federal Court of Appeals, and U.S. Tax Court. He is also qualified as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) in business valuation and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF). Mr. Cherry is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants (AAA-CPA). He earned his J.D. degree from the Delaware Law School of Widener University and his B.B.A. degree from Temple University (Moot Court Honor Society).

Speaker bio
Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan

Law Office of Patrick Sullivan, P.C.
Patrick Sullivan

is president and founder of the Law Office of Patrick Sullivan, P.C. His family has been practicing law in Indiana for over 100 years. As a fourth-generation attorney, Mr. Sullivan has had direct exposure to the evolution of the practice of law and to the legal institutions in Indiana. His practice areas include business planning, charitable giving, estate planning, litigation, probate, tax planning and family law. Mr. Sullivan graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor's of Science degree in finance and international business. He then obtained his juris doctorate from Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Sullivan is a Certified Financial Planning (CfP®) practitioner, Chartered Benefits Consultant (CBC), Professional Plan Consultant (PPC), and licensed insurance agent for life, health and long-term care. He has also served in various leadership capacities, including serving as president of Foundational Insurance Advisors, LLC. Mr. Sullivan also serves on the Echelon Board of the Salvation Army. He writes on legal and business matters, and has been both featured and quoted in the Indiana Lawyer. Mr. Sullivan is licensed to practice law in Indiana.

Speaker bio
Kevin T Knight

Kevin T. Knight

DSK Law
Kevin Knight

is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.

Speaker bio
Mary Trachian-Bradley

Mary Trachian-Bradley

Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC
Mary Trachian-Bradley

is a senior litigation associate at Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC with extensive trial experience. She specializes in litigation relating to all corporate law matters, including but not limited to FLSA claims, contract disputes, shareholder derivative actions, franchise law, landlord/tenant law, homeowner association law and all matters relating to partnerships and corporations. Ms. Trachian-Bradley earned her J.D. degree from the Florida International University - College of Law, where she acted as vice president of Moot Court and a law review editor. She is a member of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, Armenian Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association. Ms. Trachian-Bradley is admitted to practice in Georgia and Florida.

Speaker bio
Kenneth A Votre

Kenneth A. Votre

Votre & Associates, P.C.
Kenneth Votre

is an attorney at Votre & Associates, P.C. He practices commercial litigation, taxation, tax litigation, international business litigation, legal malpractice, and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Votre earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Bridgeport, as well as his J.D. degree, magna cum laude. He earned his LL.M. degree in taxation from the University of Bridgeport and his LL.M. degree in international and comparative law from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Votre is admitted to practice law in Connecticut; New York; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal and Second circuits; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Supreme Court; and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.

Speaker bio
William A McComas

William A. McComas

Jensen & McComas, LLC
William McComas

is a partner at the Maryland law firm of Jensen & McComas, LLC. He concentrates on assisting entrepreneurs, investors and companies of all sizes in acquiring, financing, commercializing and protection emerging technology. Mr. McComas represents companies on complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisition, strategic alliances, financings, venture-capital investments, management and disposition of emerging technology, and general corporate matters. He earned his B.A. degree from Brown University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Mr. McComas is a speaker and panelist at many forums for business, technology and industry professionals and has written and testified extensively on policies and business involving the convergence of technology, business and law. He is a frequent business and technology law columnist for publications such as the Legal Times, National Law Journal, Baltimore Business Journal, The Daily Record and Washington Business Journal, among others.

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