JBEL 2016 Spring Symposium: Corporate Structure in an Emerging Market: Rethinking the Lawyer’s Role in Local Business Trends,

About the event

Pepperdine Law’s Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law, in conjunction with the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship & the Law, is hosting an event on Thursday, March 03 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.  The purpose of this event is primarily academic, but will serve as a great way for students, practitioners and other professionals to network with individuals from various fields of business, law and entrepreneurship.  Below is an outline of our event, with lists of topics, subtopics and a breakdown of our attending speakers.

THEME: Managing a company in today’s changing marketplace. Our goal is to bring to light the emerging issues that are faced by novice entrepreneurs and experienced businesses, exploring how traditional business models adapt to emerging issues of how businesses are formed, how they are currently managed, and the role of the lawyer in these decisions.

PANEL DISCUSSIONS BREAKDOWN:

PANEL 1: Corporate structure in the US: the Traditional Business Models versus the Start-Up Model.  The goal of this panel is to capture the issues on the home-front; outlining the changing structure of US Businesses that provide opportunities for new entrepreneurs to enter the market.  This panel includes the following speakers:

·       Kim Folsom, CEO, REEL Qualified; Adjunct Professor, University of Phoenix);

·       Frank Grant, Shareholder, Stradling Attorneys at Law

·       Martin Burton, Of Counsel, Eisner Jaffee

·       Babette Boliek, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

PANEL 2: Protecting IP and company interests when Start-Ups fail: Topic 1 ends with a roadmap to starting one's own business.  Given the considerations in the first panel, regarding new businesses in the U.S., how does the structure and planning change when as enter new markets? Namely, what happens when things go wrong? How do companies resolve matters?  The goal of this panel is to capture the unforeseen issues of doing business; that is, what happens when companies do not evaluate the risks?  This panel includes the following speakers: 

·       Mary Juetten, CEO & Founder, Traklight

·       Jonathan Tobin, Founder & Managing Attorney, Counsel for Creators

·       John Paul Oleksiuk, Associate, Cooley LLP

·       Victoria Schwartz, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

PANEL 3: The lawyer’s duties and role in business: our goal is to evaluate the ethical issues involved when attorneys serve new businesses. What role should the attorney play?  This panel includes the following speakers:

·       William Mills, Founding Partner, Parker Mills LLP; Certified Legal Malpractice           Specialist

·       Thomas Bost, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

TECH TALK: This session is designed to get practical knowledge of the use of technology in various business models, from Real Estate, Entertainment, Legal and IT/Cloud Systems.  This panel includes the following speakers:

·       Tony Safoian, CEO, SADA Systems

·       Sally Robertson, Senior Director, Attorney Services, LegalZoom

·       Justin Hughes, CTO, RealtyMogul, Co.

·       Brian Metcalf, CEO of Red Compass Media

·       Allen Rodriguez, Founder, ONE400

Q&A: The final session will include a Question & Answer panel with Dan Grigsby, General Counsel of the Los Angeles Lakers.  Focusing on Mr. Grigsby’s former background as a Partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell in the fields of Sports, Entertainment and Business Transactions, this session will allow attendees to gain more insight as to the hot legal and business issues surrounding large companies, StartUps and sports teams in the U.S.

·       Dan Grigsby, General Counsel, Los Angeles Lakers

·       Robert Anderson, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

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