Preparing Women Business Leaders for 2024 Legal Challenges

LANSING, Mich. – Back for its third year, Foster Swift Collins & Smith’s “Legal Strategies for Women Leaders” webinar series is a program crafted to help women business leaders stay abreast of new laws, regulations and other beneficial resources. Each session will begin at 9 am EST and will last roughly 30 minutes.

With 2024 being an election year, the first session is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5 and will feature Municipal & Election Law attorney Mallory Reader. Mallory will be discussing the topic of “campaign financing” and what businesses are allowed and not allowed to do when contributing to a campaign.

To register for any of 2024’ssessions, please use the following Zoom link: bit.ly/2024WomenLeaders

These sessions will provide ample opportunities for participants to ask questions and discuss the legal opportunities and challenges that women leaders face. These sessions will be moderated by business attorneys, Amanda Dernovshek and Mindi Johnson.

Other topics to be covered in 2024 include:

• Tuesday, June 4 – Business & IP attorney, Lindsey Mead, will be discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it is being used by businesses along with the opportunities/risks of using AI. Lindsey will also include some current trends that she is seeing such as copyright infringement claims and the use of AI by financial institutions to review/approve financing.
• Wednesday, August 7 - Family law and estate planning attorney Gabrielle Lawrence will discuss potential legal issues that working parents may face with children returning to school including:
  • Practical guidance to separated parents on co-parenting/coordinating schedules/etc.
  • Addressing Power of Attorney and other important legal documents for adult children that are going to college for the first time.
  • Discussing the importance of women business leaders having estate planning documents in place (such as trusts) after they begin to acquire assets.
• Wednesday, October 16 - Litigator Kelly Reed Lucas will be discussing the topic of “mediation” i.e. what it is, when to do it, why to do it, and what to expect in the process.

Recordings of previous sessions can be found here: fosterswift.com/communications-videos.html. Contact info@fosterswift.com if you have further questions about this program.

Below is a list of all women attorneys at the Foster Swift law firm:

Name	Practice Area	Office
Leslie A. Abdoo	Municipal & Public Entity	Grand Rapids
Courtney G. Agrusa	Municipal & Public Entity	Southfield
Melanie A. Assad	Insurance Law	Grand Rapids
Andrea Badalucco	Family Law	Southfield
Alicia W. Birach	Business Succession Planning	Southfield
Dora A. Brantley	Commercial Litigation	Southfield
Sara L. Cunningham	Commercial Litigation	Lansing
Amanda J. Dernovshek	Business & Tax	Lansing
Samantha L. Diamond	Workers’ Compensation	Lansing
Jackie A. Dupler	Family Law	Lansing
Julie I. Fershtman	Insurance Defense	Southfield
Laura J. Genovich	Bankruptcy & Municipal Law	Grand Rapids
Anna K. Gibson	Estate Planning	Lansing
Stefania Gismondi	No-Fault Litigation	Southfield
Julie L. Hamlet	Employee Benefits	Grand Rapids
Erica E. L. Huddas	Estate Planning	Lansing
Mindi M. Johnson	Employee Benefits	Grand Rapids
Dina D. Kashat	Workers’ Compensation	Lansing
Rachael Kuilema Klein	Estate Planning	Grand Rapids
Gabrielle C. Lawrence	Family Law & Estate Planning	Lansing
Kelly Reed Lucas	Business Law & Mediation	Lansing
Paula K. Manis	Business Law & Mediation	Lansing
Lindsey M. Mead	Business Law & IP	Lansing
Jennifer L. Montasir	General Litigation & Family Law	Southfield
Alaina M. Nelson	Estate Planning	Lansing
Mallory E. Reader	Municipal & Public Entity	Grand Rapids
McKenna S. Rivers	Environmental & Labor Law	Lansing
Danielle N. Romano	Insurance Law	Southfield
Anne M. Seurynck	Municipal & Public Entity	Grand Rapids
Deanna Swisher	Commercial Litigation	Lansing
Destiny R. Sykes	Bankruptcy & Real Estate Law	Lansing
Jennifer B. Van Regenmorter	Health Care Law	Holland