(Our workshop date is changing from August 7th to a date in the week of August 20th. We will update you on the date as soon as it is confirmed).
Following the successful workshop for entrepreneurs on June 9th by our Start-Up Law Talk series, please find below information about our forthcoming workshop week of August 20th (specific date pending). You are welcome to send in questions for immigration law and copyright law too by email, though this workshop will cover independent contractor agreements.
Title:
August 7, 2012 Startup Law Talk Workshop – The Independent Contractor Agreement: Using it at the pre-formation or early post-formation stage.
Description:
What’s the Workshop About?
At our next Startup Law Talk workshop we will focus on the independent contractor agreement. Most startups or pre-startup founders hire independent contractors at one time or another. The independent contractor agreement is necessary to protect the company’s ownership of software or other contractor work product. It also governs other important matters such as specification of deliverables, contractor warranties and allocation of risk.
At this workshop we will go over the provisions of a sample agreement in detail. We will also cover the tax rules that govern whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. (You may think a worker is a contractor, the IRS may say employee, resulting in withholding requirements and potential penalties.) Electronic copies of the annotated sample agreement will be available to attendees.
Come join us!
6:00pm – 6:30pm – Networking & Refreshments
6:30pm – 8:00pm – Panelists & QA Session
8:00pm – 8:30pm – Networking
Parking [need to get details from HUB Seattle].
Our Speakers Include:
Carter Mackley – Co-Founder of Mackley & Mackley PLLC: Carter is a start-up company lawyer who has practiced law 23 years. After earning his law degree at Columbia Law School in New York City he went to work for a prominent Wall Street firm. He “retired” after three years to pursue mountain climbing and kayaking. Taking a part-time job as a deputy prosecutor, he eventually served as county prosecutor in Blackfoot, Idaho. While in Idaho, he also formed his own start-up, a wildlife magazine about bears and other top predators. In 2000 Carter returned to business law, working at the Seattle office of an international law firm for 10 years. Two years ago, Carter opted for the low-overhead, virtual-firm style of practice, forming Mackley & Mackley PLLC with his wife Jennifer. They provide experienced, cost-effective counsel to start-up companies of all types, assisting entrepreneurs with entity formation, fundraising, general outside counsel matters, and exit transactions. Mackley & Mackley is an active sponsor of the Northwest Chapter of Keiretsu Forum, a collaborative effort by angel investors to screen, finance and promote the growth of start-up companies.
Deniz Kiral – Owner of Turquoise Financial Advisory: Deniz Kiral is a Certified Public Accountant, with over 15 years of work experience in the financial services industry focusing on taxation and finance. He has extensive work experience with the Big 4 public accounting firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Arthur Andersen, where he specialized in international taxation and taxation for high-net worth individuals. He now has his own tax and wealth practice, Turquoise Financial Advisory, in Bellevue. In addition to being a CPA, Deniz has an undergraduate degree from Ohio State University, a Masters degree in taxation from Miami University and a Masters in Science in Finance from the University of Illinois.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the workshop, please feel free to contact: [email protected] . We look forward to seeing you there!