Virtual Workshop - Contracts – Why do I need them for my small business? What do they even mean? 

This beginning level seminar offers participants an opportunity to learn about small business contracts, why they are needed, and how to read them. Small business attorney, Kristy Cook of Mod Law Firm, brings her near decade experience in contract law and management to this session with the goal of teaching attendees to:

Understand the basics of contract law and the legal basics of a contract;
Understand the different types of contracts common to small businesses, including the difference between an independent contractor and an employee;
Identify important elements of contracts and understand what they mean;
Identify the roles, responsibilities, and opportunities contracting provides to build relationships, set expectations, and balance conflicting priorities;
Identify when a contract is in breach and what to do about it; and
Apply negotiation strategies to vendor agreements.

Speaker Biography

Kristy Cook, JD, MPA; Founder/ Managing Attorney, Mod Law Firm

Whether big or small, Kristy serves her for-profit business clients and her non-profit clients with passion and dedication, as an experienced legal advisor and advocate through Mod Law Firm. Kristy developed her tireless work ethic at Drake Law School and Portland State University's Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, and has cultivated her deep commitment to assisting small businesses and nonprofits for the last decade of her career. Having worked in large and small organizations in the non-profit, for-profit, and government sectors, Kristy is well versed in the legal challenges such organizations face. She is passionate about providing legal solutions for small businesses and nonprofits so they are better positioned to focus their valuable time and energies on what's really important - their work.