Legal Aspects of Starting a Business 

Lunch and Learn Seminar Description
Now that you have opened your business – or are considering doing so, you need some legal pointers in order to make the best decisions for positioning your business up front and to keep your business compliant. Come explore the legal requirements for starting and maintaining a business presented by a local practicing attorney.  We will discuss the mandatory first steps along with best practice suggestions for getting your business running and keeping legal issues from being a distraction.  Topics include government regulations, popular forms of business, websites for sample documents, contracts to protect employers, responsibilities related to hiring others and any questions participants might have about their particular situation.  Shop Local Raleigh and SCORE are partnering to bring you this seminar.  Please note:  Early registration is $12.00 payable via Paypal or check.  Pre-registration rate expires at 10/20/2014.  Registration at the door is $15.00.

Speaker Biography
R. Lynn Coleman is a practicing attorney in Cary, NC, currently focusing her professional efforts on business creation and management.  She is attorney on call for several local small business ventures and advises business clients all over North Carolina.  Lynn’s experience spans three decades and includes large corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations and units of government.