7-21-12- Choosing the Best Corporate Structure for Your Business.

  The choice of legal structure for your business is probably one of the most important decisions you can make. Do you want a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company or a corporation. Come to this workshop and find out!

  Presenter:James Prendergast-SCORE Counselor

Mr. Prendergast is a Senior Vice President and the General Counsel of the Uniform Commercial Code Division of The First American Corporation. Prior to joining First American in 2001, Mr. Prendergast was in private practice in the Los Angeles area for over 25 years, concentrating his practice primarily in the areas of commercial and corporate finance. Mr. Prendergast is the Co-Chair of the ABA Joint Task Force on Filing Office Operations and Search Logic; Official Observer to the ALI/ULC Review Committee on Article 9; Member of the UCC Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California; past Chair of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of the Los Angeles Country Bar Association; past President of the Financial Lawyers Conference; past Chair of the Programs Committee of the Commercial Financial Services Section of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association; and a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Mr. Prendergast is also Adjunct Professor of Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy Law at Pepperdine University School of Law and of Secured Transactions Law at Loyola of Los Angeles School of Law.