Power Hour: How to Spot Legal Issues in Your Business

As small business owners, we are expected to know everything about our business. Even the law expects this level of knowledge! This one-hour seminar will assist many small to mid-size business owners (0-100 employees) understand some of the common legal issues surrounding establishing and growing your business and when you can ask yourself – “Do I need an attorney?”.

Key Takeaways:

• Why you need to understand certain laws for your business to succeed
• The importance of having a business attorney for certain issues
• When you can do it yourself and when you need to call for help
• Resources to help you along the way

Meet Maureen Pomeroy:

Maureen Louise Pomeroy her firm in 2013 and she represents businesses and non-profits with business startup and entity formation, “in-house” counsel services, business and franchise acquisition and sales, contract drafting, corporate governance, and many other matters that impact businesses or non-profit organizations. Her employment law services include assisting companies and nonprofits with hiring and termination issues, legal compliance, and internal audits of their wage and hour practices. She also provides training to companies on their policies. One of the unique aspects of Maureen’s background that is that she spent the first 10 years of her career litigating cases in Massachusetts and New Hampshire courts and agencies. She is able to counsel her clients on best practices to remain out of litigation, and advise them on the pros and cons of litigating matters. Maureen also litigates certain employment law matters on behalf of her clients.

Maureen is also a human resources consultant and achieved her certification as a Senior Professional of Human Resources by the Human Resources Certification Institute, which is a private organization that is not regulated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the State of New Hampshire.

Maureen graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School, and received her B.A. with presidential honors in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire. She is pursuing her M.B.A. and has maintained honor level recognition in her MBA classes.

Her volunteer work includes volunteering for the Merrimack Valley River Feline Rescue on its human resources committee. She is a board member for several organizations, including Port City Women Networking Organization, Greater Newburyport Bar Association, and the Firehouse Center for the Arts. In her free time, Maureen travels as much as possible, enjoys cooking, working out, and reading. She also loves spending time with her husband and fur babies.

Please note that ticket sales will end 24 hours before the event in order to create the best materials, experience, and communication possible for you before, during, and after the event. Thank you!