LLC Asset Protection: Drafting and Litigation Safeguards

Agenda / Content Covered

1. Veil Piercing, Remedies, Charging Orders, and Litigation - Key Strategies for Both Sides
   10:00 — 11:00, Eric Boughman
2. Reverse Piercing After Manichaean
   11:00 — 12:00, Roger McClure
3. State Jurisdiction Issues, Registering a Foreign LLC, and Recent Case Law
   12:15 — 1:00, Roger McClure
4. Single Member LLCs: Uncertain Protections and Potential Workarounds
   1:30 — 2:15, Eric Boughman
5. Common OA, Tax, and Operating Mistakes That Jeopardize Asset Protections
   2:15 — 3:00, Roger McClure
6. Using LLCs to Purchase Real Estate
   3:15 — 4:00, Roger McClure
7. Ethical Considerations
   4:00 — 5:00, Peter Ostermiller
   1. Fiduciary Issues
   2. Client Communications
   3. Conflicts of Interest
   4. Attorney Fees and Scope of Representation

Accreditation Details:

Eric C Boughman is a co-founder of ForsterBoughman, where his practice encompasses a wide range of legal issues affecting businesses and entrepreneurs, including corporate governance matters, business disputes, internet, software and technology issues, and asset protection. Mr. Boughman manages the firm's expansive multi-state and international asset recovery and defense practice. He has broad analytical experience regarding the protection and pursuit of tangible and digital assets. Mr. Boughman has represented clients ranging from multinational corporations to local business owners in all phases of the legal dispute process, including mediation, arbitration, administrative tax and licensing proceedings, trials, and appeals. His has served as general counsel to an off-shore technology company and regularly counsels tech companies, both foreign and domestic. Mr. Boughman also handles issues dealing with internet advertising, technology licensing and copyright concerns, software and cloud-based systems, internet defamation, data and privacy, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and smart contracts, and other technical issues that affect clients doing business in cyberspace. Mr. Boughman has been admitted to practice law in Florida and Nevada, as well as in the U.S. Tax Court, and pro hac vice for matters in various other states. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section, Cyberspace Law Committee, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, and the Cyberspace Current Law Task Force; as well as the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Asset Protection Planning Committee. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Roger J McClure is a practicing attorney with Washington Wealth Counsellors® PC, and has more than 35 years of experience. He maintains a business, estate, and charitable planning law practice based in Virginia. He has conducted civil and criminal trials in local courts, represented creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, and litigated antitrust and trade regulation cases involving the largest corporations in America in federal regulatory proceedings. Mr. McClure served 10 years in the Virginia Legislature (House of Delegates) and is past president of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council and the Northern Virginia Apartment Association. He has published books and articles in ABA publications. Through Wealth Counsel and his professional associations, he works with professionals in every state to assist their clients in solving problems and enhancing planning. Mr. McClure holds an undergraduate degree in international studies; a Masters degree in political science from Northwestern University; and his J.D. degree, with honors, from The Ohio State University Law School.