8:45am Committee Welcome and Administrative Matters.
8:55am Forming, Operating and Leaving the Business: New Business – Which Entity is Right? Panelists: Alson R. Martin, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Overland Park, KS; Leslie E. Grodd, Blazzard Gross & Hasenauer PC, Westport, CT; Paul L. Basile, Jr., Tyre Kamins Katz Granof & Menes, Los Angeles, CA.
9:45am Forming, Operating and Leaving the Business: Executive Compensation and Fringe Benefits. Panelist: Alson R. Martin, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Overland Park, KS.
10:40am Forming, Operating and Leaving the Business: Selling Fractional Interests in the Professional Practice – What''s New? Co-Ownership, with the Later Sale of Stock and Personal Goodwill. Panelists: Mary Gorman, Assistant Division Counsel, Pre-Filing, SB/SE, IRS, Washington, DC; Morton A. Harris, Hatcher Stubbs Land Hollis & Rothschild LLP, Columbus, GA; Alson R. Martin, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Overland Park, KS; William P. Prescott, Wickens Herzer Panza Cook & Batista Co., Avon, OH.
2:30pm Forming, Operating and Leaving the Business: Retirement Plan Design Options for the Business Owner. Panelist: Thomas C. Farnam, The Farnam Law Firm, St. Louis, MO; Alson R. Martin, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Overland Park, KS.
3:40pm Forming, Operating and Leaving the Business: Coordinating the Estate Plan with the Succession Plan. Panelist: Paul L. Basile Jr., Tyre Kamins Katz Granof & Menes, Los Angeles, CA.
5:30pm Closely Held Businesses Committee Planning Meeting.