Attorneys will learn how pass-through equity compensation differs from corporate structures, including the core equity toolbox, tax mechanics, Section 83 and 409A considerations.
Attorneys will gain practical knowledge for drafting and implementing profits interests, capital interests, options, and phantom equity in partnerships and LLCs.
Attorneys will learn how pass-through equity compensation differs from corporate structures, including the core equity toolbox, tax mechanics, Section 83 and 409A considerations.
Attorneys will gain practical knowledge for drafting and implementing profits interests, capital interests, options, and phantom equity in partnerships and LLCs.
Agenda
Session 1
Why Equity Compensation Differs in LLCs and Partnerships
Session 2
The Four Main Equity Incentive Structures Explained
Session 3
Comparing Profits Interests and Capital Interests in Detail
Session 4
Mini-Hypothetical Exercise to Solidify Core Concepts
Session 5
Tax Treatment Mapping Across All Award Types
Session 6
Section 83 and 83(b) Election Requirements Explained
Session 7
Section 409A Deferred Compensation Traps and Compliance
Session 8
Partner Versus Employee Status Classification Issues
Session 9
Essential Drafting and Implementation Best Practices
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session explores the fundamental differences between pass-through and corporate equity compensation structures. Participants will learn how capital accounts, liquidation waterfalls, and allocation provisions—rather than share price—drive value in partnerships and LLCs.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session examines the core equity compensation tools available for pass-through entities: profits interests, capital interests, options, and phantom equity. Participants will understand the key characteristics, tax implications, and strategic applications of each incentive type.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session dives deep into the hurdle mechanism that distinguishes profits from capital interests and explores formal valuation requirements. Participants will learn about vesting considerations, documentation best practices, and how tax distributions and clawback provisions affect incentive design.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Using a realistic scenario involving a $50 million LLC and a new executive grant, this session compares the economic and tax outcomes of each award structure. Participants will analyze how profits interests, capital interests, options, and phantom equity produce different results at exit.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
2:10 pm - 2:22 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session maps the tax lifecycle of each award type from grant through vesting, distributions, and exit. Participants will learn to distinguish between ordinary income and capital gain treatment and understand self-employment tax implications.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
2:22 pm - 2:34 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session covers when Section 83 applies to partnership interests and the critical 30-day deadline for 83(b) elections. Participants will understand substantial risk of forfeiture rules and the consequences of failing to make timely elections.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
2:34 pm - 2:46 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session identifies arrangements subject to Section 409A, permitted payment events, and available safe harbors. Participants will learn the golden rule of no post-vesting discretion and the severe consequences of 409A failures.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
2:46 pm - 2:58 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session addresses the tax reporting, payroll, and benefits implications when recipients transition from employee to partner status. Participants will explore structural solutions including disregarded subsidiaries and blocker companies to manage classification challenges.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
2:58 pm - 3:10 pm EST
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
This session covers governance approvals, 83(b) election logistics, and administrative responsibilities for equity compensation programs. Participants will learn to identify common problem areas and understand why simplicity and proactive planning reduce compliance risk.
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Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
SESSION I
Deposing trucking company personnel…
SESSION II
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION III
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION IV
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
speakers
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
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Angela M. Stockbridge is an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney with experience in law firms, in-house legal departments, and HR consulting roles, focusing on M&A deal diligence, complex 409A and 280G issues, plan compliance and corrections, and fiduciary governance.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Angela M. Stockbridge is an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney with experience in law firms, in-house legal departments, and HR consulting roles, focusing on M&A deal diligence, complex 409A and 280G issues, plan compliance and corrections, and fiduciary governance.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Matthew E. Foreman co-chairs FRB’s Taxation Practice Group and advises businesses on tax effects of corporate transactions, designs tax-efficient structures for international expansion, and has extensive experience in cryptocurrency tax issues and state and local tax matters.
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Why Attend
Being an attorney is hard enough without the bookkeeping/IOLTA nonsense. Ready to keep more of what you earn? Whether you’re launching a new law practice or been in your own practice for forty years, this program is your roadmap to slashing your tax bill and building real wealth. Want to write off that second home, or discover how to deduct your vacation? In this dynamic, eye-opening session, civil and criminal tax controversy attorney Eric Green will walk you through often-overlooked strategies to dramatically cut taxes, increase deductions, and protect your law practice from IRS audit adjustments. You’ll walk away armed with actionable insights you can put to work immediately and easily earn back 8-10X what you invested in this seminar!
The program will cover not just how to deduct these expenses but what documentation you need to maintain to make sure you are audit proof if Uncle Sam comes calling!
In this new expanded webinar, Eric and Leighanne will review other benefits like converting your practice to an S Corporation, retirement planning and discuss apps that can help tie all this together and make your record keeping a breeze!
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This program begins with the foundations of generative AI, introducing large language models and transformer architecture, then moves into practical applications for legal professionals. Participants will learn how to design and deploy custom GPTs in OpenAI and build agent-based automations in Microsoft Copilot, both of which enable legal teams to streamline repetitive work across transactional matters, litigation management, and broader legal operations. The program also highlights how to use OpenAI projects and Microsoft’s integrated tools to scale and organize AI-driven efficiencies across the legal function.
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Date / Time: December 19, 2025
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Session I – Considerations: Revocable vs. Irrevocable – Georgia Bender
In this session, attorney Georgia Bender will present a brief analysis of the structures and considerations involved in revocable and irrevocable trusts and when each type of trust may be appropriate. Next, Ms. Bender will go into a broad discussion of revocable trusts and the advantages they bring in flexibility of administration, probate avoidance, and estate tax planning. She’ll then review who might be an ideal candidate for this type of trust.
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Session II – Irrevocable Trusts and Trust Administration – Joseph Donohue
In this session, Attorney Joseph Donohue will review four common types of irrevocable trusts and the contexts in which they are best used. Next, Mr. Donohue will offer some helpful drafting tips for trusts. Lastly, he will dive into topics surrounding trust administration from tax reporting to key phases, avoiding trust contests, and drafting documents to protect your fiduciary clients.
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Date / Time: December 11, 2025
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The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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