Events

Dan McGuire will be presenting at National Business Institute’s “Trusts in Ohio From A to Z: The Ultimate Pros and Cons Guide to Top Wealth Planning Techniques” course on Monday, August 14, 2023. Dan will be discussing main trust principles and other trust structures and issues.

About the Course

Planning your clients’ financial future and legacy is diverse and complex, with a unique tool for every unique client situation. In this fast-paced comprehensive program, our faculty will guide you through the plethora of trust options and give you a straightforward, incisive analysis of when and how each can be used for maximum effect. Explore the goals, functions, administration hurdles, and tax implications of the top trusts in the practice. Register today!

Mansour Gavin LPA is an established law firm founded in 1954 with offices in Cleveland and Independence, Ohio. Comprised of 19 lawyers, the firm provides a wide range of legal services to individuals and many successful privately held and publicly traded corporations.

Dan McGuire will be presenting at National Business Institute’s “Ohio Probate and Trust Administration: Creditor Claims, Distributions, Tax Issues” course on June 5 where he will be discussing “Trust Taxation Issues.”

Working through issues that arise through probate and trust administration can be daunting. Are you well-equipped with the tools you need to succeed? This insightful course will take you through steps in probate administration, including information on creditor and debt issues, tax and more. You will also get valuable insight on trust administration, including the handling of accounting, distributions and taxes. Don’t miss this opportunity to hone your probate and trust administration skills – register today!

Tony Coyne and Diane Calta will be presenting at the Ohio Eminent Domain Conference titled Land Use & the Constitution: An Advanced Course in Condemnation Law on May 11-12. Experts in the appraisal, legal, engineering, and right-of-way fields will be presenting. Tony is also serving as the program’s co-chair.

Registration and additional conference information can be found here. 

 

Tatyana Pishnyak is taking part in a free legal clinic and resource fair for Ukrainians affected by war on March 30^th from 12pm – 3pm.

Pokrova Parish Banquet Hall
6812 Broadview Road
Cleveland, OH 44134

Consultations and legal advice will be provided for free for a range of legal issues. First come, first served.

Tatyana and her husband are from Ukraine, where their family and friends still reside.

Diane Calta will be presenting at this week’s Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association New Lawyer Bootcamp, which focuses on satisfying client fund management, law practice management, and professional conduct. Diane will be discussing “Managing Your Practice.”

Additional details can be found here.

Tatyana Pishnyak is taking part in a free legal clinic and resource fair for Ukrainians affected by war on June 24^th from 9am-2pm at the Church of Evangelic Faith in Parma, OH. Consultations and legal advice will be provided for free for a range of legal issues such as immigration, real estate, employment, discrimination, etc.

*Complimentary childcare will be provided.

Tatyana and her husband are from Ukraine, where their family and friends still reside.

Malek Khawam will serve as a moderator for the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s upcoming program titled “Whitewashing the Arab American Experience: No Need to Apply as a Minority!”

About the program:
This program will explore the history of the legal designation of Arab as “white” in the United States. Arab Americans are in a catch-22 – “white” enough not to be a minority and yet not “white” enough to be included in the mainstream. They will also discuss the legal and societal remedies to improve the Arab American experience in Ohio and the United States.

The seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 19th from 12-1pm and is eligible for 1 hour of CLE via Zoom only.

For additional information or to register, click here.

 

Diane A. Calta will participate in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s upcoming REAL (Racial Equity and the Law) Talk webinar titled “Diversifying Outside Counsel Spend and Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Talent.” The webinar will feature multiple in-house and outside counsel panelists discussing practical, action-oriented best practices for in-house counsel to review, track, and engage with their outside counsel to increase the diversity of external legal spend and for all legal organizations to recruit, retain, and engage diverse talent.

The webinar will take place Fri, February 11, 2022 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET and offers 1 hour of CLE credit.

For additional information and to register, click here.

Ed Patton will be providing an overview of International Contracts at the the City of Mentor’s International Trade Initiative 2020 Seminar Series International Contracts and the New Incoterms on Thursday, February 27.

This seminar will show how to use the new Incoterms and negotiate international contracts more effectively according to the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

For additional information or to register, visit www.mentormeansbusiness.com.

Mansour Gavin’s John Monroe served as a panelist at the Legal Netlink Alliance’s Fall Meeting in Atlanta, GA where firm leaders discussed associate retention, succession planning and business development efforts. Read more.