Continuing Ed Seminar – MO Medical Marijuana Law
Join Kennyhertz Perry Attorneys Jon Dedon and Benjamin Tompkins for their presentation Medical Marijuana Law In Missouri: A Comprehensive Overview of Medical Marijuana Legal Issues.
Partner, John Kennyhertz Highlighted on a Table of Experts, in Kansas City Business Journal
Kennyhertz Perry attorney and managing partner, John Kennyhertz, recently appeared on a Table of Experts in the Kansas City Business Journal, discussing “Mergers and Acquisitions, and Setting the Stage for
Do You Need a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) to Raise Money?
If you are seeking to raise investment money for your company, remember that one of the best things you can do to protect yourself is disclosing as much information about
Small Businesses: Don’t Fall for Yellow Pages Scams
Running a small business involves continuous interaction with vendors and their paperwork. Recently, our firm received a call then follow up mailer verifying our firm’s contact information for a business directory.
Kansas City Emerging Business Attorneys
Kennyhertz Perry’s depth of experience working with multiple emerging companies, as well as its attorneys’ own success as entrepreneurs, gives our firm valuable perspective that allows us to counsel startup companies on a range of issues that are relevant to their immediate and future business needs.
Our firm focuses its experience on proactively helping clients achieve their business goals while being mindful of the pitfalls that can inhibit your ability to execute on long-term growth strategies. Our attorneys have full understanding of the complex legal and business issues that clients face as they pursue these business goals.
As former in-house lawyers, as well as former government regulatory attorneys, our firm has first-hand experience not only with growing successful businesses but also with the challenges clients face as they navigate day-to-day legal issues facing their business.
Does My Startup Need a Lawyer?
We have all heard stories about a startup that received millions of dollars from an angel investor or a VC firm and then sold their company for even more millions and lived happily ever after, right?
As business lawyers who have decades of experience counseling entrepreneurs, we are here to help you. We are here to make sure you are prepared and protected – to help you deal with the real day-to-day challenges startups face. We are also here to help you reach your goals of making millions of dollars doing what you love.
Unfortunately, so many of our startup clients come to us too late. Some of the smartest people we represent have been proactive by taking the first steps towards starting a business, but they have not been proactive in finding a lawyer to help them do it the right way. Below are three areas we focus on during an initial consultation with a startup.
Entrepreneurs: Please Hire an Attorney…Even If It’s Not Us
Entrepreneurs: Please Hire an Attorney…Even If It’s Not Us.
When Entrepreneurs set out to build their business they frequently do so in a vacuum and with the excitement of starting something new. More often than not, they fail to consider potential legal issues they are facing now and down the road, most of which they cannot anticipate during the early stages of forming an entity.
John Kennyhertz Counsels Kansas City’s Startup Community
On February 3rd, John Kennyhertz, Partner with Kennyhertz Perry, LLC, presented at the Kauffman Foundation as part of the FastTrac TechVenture program. The certified FastTrac curriculum and the affiliates that teach it have a proven framework to help aspiring entrepreneurs start businesses across the country. The audience was made up of UMKC professors and entrepreneurs from the greater Kansas City area. Serving as the legal expert for the UMKC Small Business and Technology Development Center, Kennyhertz addressed various legal issues faced by today’s entrepreneurs and their startups. He discussed entity selection and formation, the importance of a tailored operating agreement, Federal, state and local government regulations, employment law, business licensing, and employment law issues. Mr. Kennyhertz continues to serve as a valuable resource to the growing startup community in Kansas City through his continued involvement and work with The Kauffman Foundation, UMKC and the University of Kansas School of Business.
Handling a Business Lawsuit: Perry Talks with Business News Daily
Braden Perry, a litigation, regulatory and government investigations attorney with Kennyhertz Perry, LLC was one of several experts that spoke with Business News Daily on the first steps to take if your company has been sued. Perry said that you should check the caption and service information on the lawsuit to ensure that it contains the proper entity or person associated with the issues. If this information is incorrect in any way, you may move to dismiss the action in its entirety. If it is correct, you should proceed with reviewing the allegations and put a litigation hold, or preservation order, in place. This requires the company to preserve all data that may relate to the legal action.
Internal and Workplace Investigations
Every day, business owners face an increasingly-complex workplace and situations may occur that require swift investigation and reporting. Kennyhertz Perry attorneys work with business owners, boards of directors, and other
John Kennyhertz and Tad Layton Talk Legal Issues Surrounding Family-Owned Businesses with KU Business School Students
Kennyhertz Perry, LLC partner John Kennyhertz continued his commitment to future entrepreneurs about legal issues in owning or running a company. Recently, Kennyhertz and Kennyhertz Perry of counsel attorney Tad Layton spoke to the University of Kansas School of Business students on issues surrounding family-owned business.
Jana Fitchett, with the KU Entrepreneurship Department said:
“John Kennyhertz and Tad Layton of Kennyhertz Perry Law Firm continue to support The University of Kansas School of Business with regular semester presentations to teach future entrepreneurs the legal issues they need to consider when starting a business. Once again, last week John and Tad did an outstanding job presenting Legal Issues for Family-Owned Businesses as well as answering a barrage of great questions from KU students. They covered issues such as business entity selection, capital gains and losses, equity stock shares and family governance and estate planning. Again, a big thanks to Kennyhertz Perry for being such a great resource for The University of Kansas.”
Kennyhertz Invited to Address FastTrac NewVenture Entrepreneurs
John Kennyhertz of Kennyhertz Perry has been invited to address this season’s FastTrac® NewVenture™ entrepreneurs. FastTrac is a program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and brought to Kansas City by the UMKC Small Business & Technology Development Center in partnership with University of Missouri Extension.
In FastTrac NewVenture, aspiring business owners look at all aspects of their proposed companies, explore the feasibility of their business concept, and learn how to develop a viable business plan. Participants address start-up issues such as assessing the competition, legal matters, marketing and financial management aspects of business ownership. John will use his legal expertise to introduce the class to the basics of entity selection, first contract issues, and first employee considerations.