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1. Laying the Groundwork
2. Ethical Considerations and Fraudulent Transfers
3. Business Entities
4. Domestic Asset Protection Trusts and Entities
5. Going Offshore
6. Planning Marital Assets
7. Advanced Real Estate Protection
8. Sophisticated Insurance and Retirement Funds Planning

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LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
9:00 - 9:45, John Kenney and Harold E. Snow Jr.

• Why Does one Need Asset Protection?
• Goals of Asset Protection
• Protection From Lawsuits
• Investment Risk Insulation
• Supplemental Insurance
• Minimizing Tax Burden
• Types of Claims
• Types of Property and its Exposure to Collections
• Is Privacy Enough?
• AP Techniques That Simply Don't Work - Scams

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS
9:45 - 10:45, Harold E. Snow Jr.

• Rules of Professional Conduct
• Exposure to Liability
• Creditor vs. Transferee
• Two Types of Fraud: Actual and Constructive
• Badges of Fraud
• Constructive Fraud
• Surviving an Attack by Showing Proper Motive
• Creditors' Remedies
• What Transactions are Suspect?
• What is Not Covered by UFTA?
• The Three-Step/Four-Test Transfer Analysis

BUSINESS ENTITIES
11:00 - 11:45, John Kenney

• Limited Partnerships, LLCs, C and S Corporations
• Inside and Outside Liability Protection
• Limitations of Commercial Liability Insurance
• Protecting Business Equipment and Intellectual Property
• Separating Safe and Risky Assets
• Solutions to the LLC Sole Member Issue
• Piercing the Corporate Veil
• What Assets are Best Protected by an LLC?
• Using Multiple LLCs and Layers
• “C” Corporate Stock – Transferring Ownership to LLC
• Buy-Sell Agreements

DOMESTIC ASSET PROTECTION TRUSTS AND ENTITIES
11:45 - 12:30, Harold E. Snow Jr.

• Choosing the Most Protective Jurisdiction – What Factors Matter Most?
• Domestic Self-Settled Trusts
• Key Elements of Domestic Asset Protection Trust Planning
• Domestic Alternatives to Offshore Planning
• Planning Cost Considerations

GOING OFFSHORE
1:30 - 2:15, John Kenney

• Choosing the Jurisdiction
• Offshore Trusts and Other Entities
• Key Concepts in Going With an Offshore Trust
• Common Mistakes in Offshore Planning
• Foreign Bank Accounts and Tax Reporting Considerations

PLANNING MARITAL ASSETS
2:15 - 3:00, Harold E. Snow Jr.

• Joint and Separate Property
• Marital Ownership
• Marital Property Division Agreements

ADVANCED REAL ESTATE PROTECTION
3:15 - 4:00, John Kenney and Harold E. Snow Jr.

• Stripping Equity
• Deeds of Trust
• Arm's Length Case Sale
• QPRT (Qualified Personal Residence Trust)
• Defective Irrevocable Trusts
• LLCs and LPs
• Homestead Exemption
• Understanding Lien Priorities
• Bankruptcy Law Considerations

SOPHISTICATED INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT FUNDS PLANNING
4:00 - 4:30, John Kenney

• Captive Liability Insurance
• Life Insurance and Annuities Domestic and Offshore
• Retirement Plans and IRAs

JOHN KENNEY is a partner in the law firm Luce Lineberry & Kenney, PS. Mr. Kenney personally focuses on real estate, tax, estate planning, business and asset protection law. Luce Lineberry & Kenney, PS, has offices in Tacoma and Poulsbo Washington with a strong regional presence in the Kitsap, Pierce, Puget Sound and greater Seattle and Tacoma areas. Mr. Kenney has lectured locally and nationally on the topics of his expertise. He also has published several articles. Mr. Kenney has provided asset protection counsel to individuals and families throughout the nation and has assisted in the setup of hundreds of offshore and domestic asset protection trusts and thousands of domestic asset protection entities. He also specializes in assisting investors with self directed IRA and 401k investing as well as estate and asset protection planning for retirement plans. Mr. Kenney earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University, his J.D. degree from the University of Utah College of Law and his LL.M. degree from the University of Washington College of Law. He is licensed to practice law in Washington, Arizona and Utah. Mr. Kenney serves as a Commander in the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) Reserve Component.

HAROLD E. SNOW JR. is a partner in the Seattle law firm of Lane Powell PC, where his areas of practice emphasize business succession planning, asset protection planning, tax and estate planning. He is a member of the tax and estate planning practice groups at the firm. Mr. Snow frequently lectures and has published articles in his areas of practice. He is a member of the Washington State, the Massachusetts and the Alaska bar associations. Mr. Snow earned his B.A. degree from the University of Maine, his J.D. degree from Vermont Law School and his LL.M. degree from Boston University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program.

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