NEW

Business Valuation Conference
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN

The Business Valuation Conference, sponsored by the MNCPA Professional Education, is a full-day conference covering the right tools for your valuations. You will learn from national experts, explore real-world, hands-on studies, and connect with valuation industry colleagues and peers.

Randy Gullickson is a featured speaker on the topic of Corporate Divorce: The Role of Business Valuation in Resolving Shareholder Disputes.

Description of Mr. Gullickson's presentation: Disputes among shareholders in closely held corporations and limited liability companies can be difficult, even traumatic, events in the life of a business. Whether they are resolved in or out of litigation, they often result in a corporate “divorce” through the buy-out of one or more shareholders. And business valuation professionals play a central role in determining the terms of the buy-out. This session examines the legal framework for resolving shareholder disputes in Minnesota. Gain insight into how Minnesota courts evaluate disputed business valuation issues, including whether discounts apply. Plus, learn how business valuation professionals can provide maximum value to clients and lawyers involved in resolving shareholder disputes.

For more information and to register, go here. For a copy of the brochure, click here.

Past Seminars

Documents Made Easy: Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreement
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Randy Gullickson and Cory Olson gave an in-depth discussion of the issues that arise in drafting shareholder buy-sell agreements.

Mastering the Deposition Process from Beginning to End
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Vincent Louwagie will be a featured speaker at the CLE.  The topics included teaching your client to be a good deposition witness, and the rules they must follow; what your client should and should not review; preventing false testimony, and more.

Arbitration vs Litigation
Monday, June 28, 2010, Hennepin County Bar Association (Third Floor of City Center in DT Mpls.)

Richard Ostlund provided valuable information for both transactional lawyers and litigators. He distilled almost 3 decades of experience in such cases in a way to help guide the transactional lawyer on whether and what to provide in an arbitration clause and to the litigators who are, in turn, called upon to enforce the arbitration agreement while ensuring that their client's interests are well protected procedurally and tactically.

Handling Challenging Depositions
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, Hennepin County Bar Association

Vincent Louwagie presented at this webcast CLE.

How to Litigate a Case in Minnesota State Court
Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education

This CLE covered from start to finish litigating a case in Minnesota State Court. Vincent Louwagie, one of the featured speakers, spoke on "When the Opposing Lawyer Crosses the Line: Effective Responses to 5 Common Discovery Abuses (strategies for responding to discovery tactics such as : Baseless assertions of privilege; stalling; inflicting excessive costs on the opposing party; providing too little or too much information; withholding evidence)."

"Twombly & Iqbal: The Death of Notice Pleading?"
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 12pm, Minnesota State Bar Association Civil Litigation Section

A experienced panel, including Vincent Louwagie of Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie, discussed the questions raised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Twombly and Iqbal (i.e., ” Do you know what this new standard is? To what types of civil cases does this new standard apply? What’s the status of pending legislation to overrule these two decisions? Has the Supreme Court amended the Rules of Civil Procedure without complying with Rules Enabling Act? What is the ABA saying about this potential sea change in civil practice? What does this signal for Minnesota State Court practice?)

Master Trial Lawyer Practice Series Lecture2: Jury Selection
Monday, November 9, 2009, Hennepin County Bar Association

Joseph Anthony was one of the featured speakers at this lunch time practice series - The Challenge of Jury Selection, including special tips on voir dire.

Candid Conversations between the Bench & Bar
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 12pm, Hennepin County Government Center, C-1292
Topic: Scheduling
Vincent Louwagie was one of the facilitators to a special CLE series, bringing together district court judges and the attorneys who appear before them. It was an open dialogue about courtroom best practices and presentations, etc.

Additional program dates: Thursday, January 7, 2010 (SETTLEMENT PRACTICES); Thursday, March 2, 2010 (COURT TRIALS); Thursday, May 2, 2010 (BEST PRACTICES & COMMON MISTAKES).

For more information, go to: https://www.hcba.org/intus/Event3/event.asp

Handling Challenging Depositions
Monday, October 12, 2009, 12pm, HCBA offices
Vincent D. Louwagie of Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie P.A. was a featured speaker at the HCBA luncheon meeting, along with William Skolnick of Skolnick & Shiff P.A.

The 2nd Annual Family and Closely Held Business Conference
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - Minnesota CLE Conference Center
An outstanding faculty was assembled to address the issues unique to the closely held business. Randy Gullickson presented on Corporate Governance - best practices such as sources of corporate governance rules, how the rules are implemented in private corporations and limited liability companies, and pitfalls that can arise from failure to follow corporate governance rules. Click here for seminar materials.

Strategic Discovery: How to Fight Discovery Abuses and Win Discovery Disputes
Wednesday, May 20,2009 - Minnesota CLE Conference Center, Minneapolis (Live Presentation)
This seminar focused on how to walk the line between zealous advocacy and engaging in abusive tactics in discovery and how to prevent your opponent from crossing it. Vincent Louwagie, along with Eric J. Rucker, gave a presentation on strategies for responding to common written discovery and deposition tactics (common abuses such as stalling, coaching the witness, providing too little or too much information, misquoting prior answers, and more.

The Inaugural Family and Closely Held Business Conference
Wednesday, August 27, 2008- Minnesota CLE Conference Center, Minneapolis (Live Presentation)
Randy Gullickson gave a presentation on Litigating Shareholder Disputes. His discussion included steps that can be taken to avoid, or at least lessen the likelihood of shareholder disputes that result in litigation, and more.

Click here for a copy of the seminar materials on The Family and Closely Held Business.

Resolving Minority Shareholder Disputes - How to anticipate, avoid, work out and - if you must - litigate
Friday, January 4, 2008 - Minnesota CLE Conference Center (Live Presentation)
Randy Gullickson gave a presentation on Remedies: What are We Fighting For? His session outlined the range of remedies, what proof is required for each, and when a court is likely to grant some of the most "potent" remedies. He also addressed the tax and practical business implications of settling shareholder disputes before the court imposes its remedy.

Click here for a copy of the Remedies and Special Issues Involving Executives in Privately Held Companies

Business Law 103: A primer for the new attorney; a review for the experienced attorney.
Business Opportunities as a Company Asset
Vincent Louwagie and Cheryl Stanton gave advice on how to detect and avoid claims for usurpation.

Click here for CLE Powerpoint and Seminar Written Materials.


Business Law 102: A primer for the new attorney; a review for the experienced attorney.
Divorce Business Style: Litigation among Corporate Shareholders and LLC Members under Sections 302A.751 and 322B.833
Thursday, August 16, 2007 - Minnesota CLE Conference Center
Vincent Louwagie discussed the dynamics in this growing field and how proper planning can minimize the likelihood that such litigation will harm the business.


Advanced Executive (and Key Employee) Law
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
February 8, 2007
This course is designed to to guide attorneys through the legal and practical considerations unique to the hire, employment and discharge of key employees. Randy Gullickson will join a panel to discuss special issues involving executives in privately held companies, with his presentation to focus on the impact of minority shareholder disputes. Employment attorneys, business lawyers, in-house counsel, and human resource professionals will all find this seminar to be informative and useful to their analysis and recommendations regarding executive employment issues.

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