Starting a business involves a certain amount of inherent risk. There are no guarantees that the founders of a company will get along, a product or service will sell, or market conditions or competitors will not create unforeseen problems. While entrepreneurs must be willing to take a leap of faith, […]
Luke D. Bottorff
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I had the pleasure this last weekend of presenting at the 2016 TSC & LAM Conference at Vanderbilt University. My topics included Conservatorship, Guardianship, Special Needs Trusts, and the upcoming unveiling of ABLE Act accounts, set to take place hopefully over the next few months. For a PDF copy of […]
Reprinted with permission of the Special Needs Alliance – www.specialneedsalliance.org. The Voice is the e-mail newsletter of The Special Needs Alliance. This installment was written by Martha Brown, a Special Needs Alliance member in St. Louis, Missouri. Martha limits her practice to elder law and special needs law. A Fellow […]
The Voice is the e-mail newsletter of The Special Needs Alliance. This installment was written by Special Needs Alliance member Kelly A. Thompson. Kelly has been a lawyer for 36 years, practicing law in Arlington, Virginia for the last 20 years. Her clients include many military families, and her practice […]
The Department of Labor has proposed a new rule (DOL Proposed Rule) that would change the way overtime is paid to salaried employees. It addresses those employees that are exempt from overtime pay under the “white collar” exemption such as professional and administrative employees. Currently, in order for those employees […]
The Tennessee Secretary of State warns of a familiar scam. I had a client that just received a very similar request to fill out the form for the annual report and to pay $150. If you receive a form that is to be returned to an address other than the […]
This installment of the Voice was written by Robert B. Fleming. Robert is a partner in Fleming & Curti, PLC, a Tucson law firm focusing on special needs planning, trust administration, guardianship/conservatorship and estate planning. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and also […]
Luke D. Bottorff was featured in the Nashville Business Journal’s People On The Move section. Luke D. Bottorff BOTTORFF LAW [email protected] 615.852.8272
Outside of my primary practice area of small business and entrepreneur law, I also handle conservatorships and other estate planning for families with special needs. One of the most important steps in the planning is to consider a conservatorship once the child with special needs turns 18. The conservatorship gives […]