Join us for MIND YOUR BUSINESS – Free Sessions for Baltimore’s Creative Leaders
Friday, January 25th: Get the scoop on Women & Minority Businesses, Small Business Resources, Contracts, and Business Entities (LLC vs. Non-Profit vs. Fiscal Sponsorship)
Event runs from 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Union Mill 1500 Union Avenue Hamden, Baltimore
Presented by: PNC Bank, Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc, & Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for The Arts
In partnership with: Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts (BOPA), Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA), and What Weekly
Meet The Speakers
Frank Morgan was an experienced and skilled trial and appellate lawyer when he joined us in April 2007. By the time he got to us, Frank had litigated cases in State and Federal courts from Maryland to Mississippi (not to mention the United States Supreme Court). Frank thought he could control the tone and content of this biography. Sorry, Frank. He’d like to tell you that his experience covers civil litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution in matters involving trademarks, copyrights, contracts, employment, business torts, domain name disputes and the Internet, as well as, entertainment and sports law; and that he represents entertainers (including a Grammy nominee) and world class professional athletes. We’d point out he’s old school. He wears a tie every single day. He might loosen that collar as the day wears on, but the tie stays.
A steady diet of litigation can wear on a guy, so for the last decade or so Frank has concentrated on transactional legal work on a host of intellectual property and entertainment law subjects, including licensing, technology transfer, software and technology development, consulting and employment, website development and hosting, confidentially and non-disclosure, website privacy and terms of use, trademarks, copyrights, and rules for sweepstakes and contests. And he helps his clients by working with them so they can make the right choices in trademark selection, strategy, use and protection, prosecution, and copyright registration, and, when called for, litigating matters in the federal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
He’s a perennial Best Lawyer and Super Lawyer for entertainment, music, movies and television, as well as sports law, copyright and trademark. And most recently, Frank was named by Best Lawyers as Lawyer of the Year for Entertainment Law – Music. Music to our ears.
Colleen Pleasant Kline – Business Entities
Colleen Pleasant Kline is a firm Principal and assistant chair of the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Colleen acts as outside general corporate counsel and trusted advisor to clients ranging from business owners and entrepreneurs as well as their officers, directors and shareholders for entities of all sizes covering a broad range of legal and business issues.
Colleen’s comprehensive corporate experience is anchored in a solid transactional practice including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and private placements and encompasses the more complex issues surrounding angel investment, venture capital financings and leveraged recapitalizations. Her diverse client base includes privately held companies, portfolio companies, private equity firms, American subsidiaries of foreign owned entities and public companies, government contractors, manufacturers, distributors and real estate entities.
Laurie Bezold – Fiscal Sponsorship
Laurie Bezold is currently the Managing Partner of Fusion Partnerships, Inc, a nonprofit organization in Baltimore that provides incubation and fiscal sponsorship services to over fifty grassroots community based projects and programs working for social justice in Baltimore. Laurie brings over 20 years of community organizing, facilitation, administrative and program management experience with social change organizations.
She has worked with community leaders and organizations on fundraising, conference organizing, program implementation, client development, marketing, project management, community outreach, project facilitation, and event planning. She has helped to design and facilitate a variety of educational programs on racial equity, white privilege, and community building.
Coming to the seminars?
Click here to download a PDF of the agenda for the January 25th Mind Your Business Event
We highly encourage you to take public transportation. The Woodberry Light Rail Stop is just 2 blocks away. You can find a train schedule here.
If you are driving, there is limited parking available in the lot at Union Mill. We suggest street parking on Union Avenue or Buena Vista. You can find Union Mill on a Google Map here. Please note that since Google Maps photographed the area, an additional parking lot has been added, with an entrance off Buena Vista.
Once you arrive, please look for the “Union Mill Offices” located in the back of the complex. There will be signs and arrows placed to help you find your way. Look for the balloons marking the entrance. Once you arrive, you will be greeted at a registration table.
We will also have a table setup for people to exchange materials. Please bring business cards, postcards, small brochures, etc., for others to take and learn more about what you do. There will also be networking opportunities throughout the day.
