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    • 20 Feb 2025
    • 13:00 - 14:30
    • Webinar
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    This MCLE webinar dives into the pitfalls of the "DIY" approach to critical business decisions like entity design and capital raising. From the complexities of choosing the right legal structure, particularly when it comes to cooperatives and employee ownership strategies, to navigating the risks of crowdfunding and compliance, participants will learn why relying on professional legal expertise is essential. the session will address the unauthorized practice of law, conflicts of interest with non-professional advisors, and the hidden costs of cutting corners. Attendees will gain practical insights into protecting their clients' businesses with tailored legal strategies that stand the test of time and save money in the long run.

    Jenny Kassan is an attorney, coach, and ecosystem builder focused on capital access for underrepresented entrepreneurs. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a masters degree in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley. She is the author of Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul. Jenny co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center, the Force for Good Fund, and Opportunity Main Street.

    Jason Wiener is the Principal of the boutique law and business consulting practice Jason Wiener|p.c., and co-founder of "Colorado Cooperative Developers." Jason specializes in cooperative law, shared ownership models, cooperative finance, regenerative capital and financing strategies, sustainable economies law, teal lawyering, virtual outside general counsel, and worker-ownership. Jason leads the firm's Healing Law practice.

    Jason has advised on more than two dozen worker-cooperative conversions, several multi-stakeholder ownership conversions, and more than a dozen platform cooperatives. Jason has also advised numerous clients through socially responsible financings, including through membership capital campaigns, private offerings a qualified intrastate public offerings.

    Jason holds a B.S. from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School, where he received honors with a concentration in international law.

Past events

24 Jan 2025 January Coffee Chat
19 Dec 2024 ICA Group’s Survey of Worker Cooperative Bylaws and Operating Agreements With Mike Sandmel and Khalif Nunnally-Rivera
12 Dec 2024 Cooperative Professionals Guild 2024 Annual Members Meeting
6 Dec 2024 December Coffee Chat
14 Nov 2024 Creating Sustainable Jobs Through Union Co-ops With Rob Witherell
31 Oct 2024 When Nature Goes to Court: Rights of Nature and Their Alignment With Cooperatives With Cheryl Markham
25 Oct 2024 October Coffee Chat
27 Sep 2024 September Coffee Chat
19 Sep 2024 Co-op Legal and Tax Update With Rebecca Thoune and Todd Hoppe
25 Jul 2024 Examples of Cooperative Development Policy Agenda & Achievements from British Columbia, Canada
20 Jun 2024 Movement Lawyering in Multi-Jurisdictions: Revisiting Rule 5.5, the Unauthorized Practice of Law With Pacyinz Lyfoung
30 May 2024 Building Decolonized Legal Frameworks for Communal Living-Working-Governing through Dine (Navajo) Fundamental Law
26 Apr 2024 April Coffee Chat: Being a Rebel Cooperative Professional
25 Apr 2024 Employment Law Fundamentals for Co-ops with Wilder Clements
29 Mar 2024 March Coffee Chat
29 Feb 2024 Cooperatives and Antitrust With Lucy Clippinger
23 Feb 2024 February Coffee Chat: Running our businesses
26 Jan 2024 January Coffee Chat: Chart CPG's course for 2024 (Part 2/2)
11 Jan 2024 (Almost) Everything a Cooperative Attorney Needs to Know About Plant Patents
8 Dec 2023 December Coffee Chat: Chart CPG's course for 2024
7 Dec 2023 Co-op "Beneficial Owner" Reporting Under Corporate Transparency Act With Alix Devendra
2 Nov 2023 Cooperative Professionals Guild 2023 Annual Conference
13 Oct 2023 2023 Board Elections Q&A Coffee Chat
28 Sep 2023 Cooperative Formation in Indian Country with Eva Seidelman, Aaron Sims, and Bijiibah Begaye
21 Sep 2023 Cheryl and Tom's Excellent Adventures in International Co-op Law
24 Aug 2023 Union Co-ops II With Ariana Levinson
27 Jul 2023 Trademark Basics for Rural Cooperative Businesses With Jason Lott
21 Jul 2023 July 21 Members+Subscribers Coffee Chat
30 Jun 2023 June 30 Members' Coffee Chat
15 Jun 2023 Introduction to Housing Cooperatives Featuring Terry Lewis, David Rosebud Sparer, and Jerome Hughes
25 May 2023 What Your Co-op Bylaws Need With CPA David Antoni and Attorney Todd Eskelsen
12 May 2023 Meet Co-op Accountants May 12 at Guild Members' Coffee Chat hosted by the Cooperative Professionals Guild
5 May 2023 Co-op Professionals Guild Members Coffee Chat: The Academic Edit, Fri. May 5, 2023
27 Apr 2023 Allocating Patronage: Accounting and Legal Considerations With Preston Cardinet of CliftonLarsonAllen
31 Mar 2023 Co-op Professionals Guild Members Coffee Chat Fri. Mar 31
23 Mar 2023 Update on Diné Nihi Kéyah Project: Toward a Navajo Vision for Land Use Featuring Josey Foo
24 Feb 2023 How to provide or receive mentoring or of-counsel practice support - Join our Friday Feb. 24 Member Coffee Chat to discuss
23 Feb 2023 Cooperative Entity Choice Deep Dive: IRC Subchapter T, K, or S?
26 Jan 2023 Basic Cooperative Taxation Featuring Teree Castanias and Brett Huston, CPAs
8 Dec 2022 Conversation With Dr. Karama Neal, USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator
18 Nov 2022 Cooperative Professionals Guild Nov. 18 Members Coffee Chat
17 Nov 2022 Bankruptcy: an Opportunity for Cooperative Conversions?
27 Oct 2022 CLE on Union Co-ops and Labor Law with Ariana Levinson
22 Sep 2022 Discussion of Diné Nihi Kéyah Project: Mapping Navajo Nation Land History, Law and Custom
16 Sep 2022 Join our next Members’ Coffee Chat September 16
25 Aug 2022 Federation of Southern Cooperatives’ Dãnia Davy to Give Update on Farmer Debt Relief Provision in American Rescue Plan Act
12 Aug 2022 Join our first Members’ Coffee Chat August 12
21 Jul 2022 Decolonizing the Cooperative Movement: Oral Histories from CPG Members and Friends
16 Jun 2022 Limited Cooperative Association "Deep Dive"
26 May 2022 Conceptualizing Tribal Cooperatives in their Purest Form
21 Apr 2022 Ethics and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession, Current Innovations and Limitations, Cooperatives and Just Transition Perspectives
17 Mar 2022 Community Land Trusts and Housing Cooperatives - CPG Webinar
17 Feb 2022 Platform Cooperatives: Emerging Trends, Concepts, and Best Practices
25 Jan 2022 Circle Members-only evaluation of association software
20 Jan 2022 WEBINAR - Taking Worker Cooperative Transitions to Scale with Project Equity
17 Jan 2022 Membership Circle Weekly Meetings
18 Nov 2021 New Tools to Streamline Cooperative Formation – Artisan Chocolates Case Study

The Cooperative Professionals Guild, 2024


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