For Immediate Release
September 30, 2004

Contact:
Wendy Harlan, Esq.
(207) 774-1200
Beryl Wolfe
(207) 883-6083
E-mail: beryl@wolfenews.com
Web Site: http://www.bssn.com

PORTLAND, Maine – Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson attorney Wendy Harlan will be a featured speaker at an October 6 seminar entitled “Business Succession Planning in Maine,” sponsored by Lorman Education Services.

The one-day seminar, which will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will cover business appraisals, basic tools to maximize cash flow and minimize taxes, ethical challenges faced by professionals, and other related topics. Also participating in the seminar are attorney Bryan Dench, Esq. and business broker and appraiser Glenn Cooper.

For additional information or to register, contact Lorman Education Services at (888) 678-5565 or www.lorman.com.

“This seminar will be helpful to any business owner who is thinking about how to successfully pass on the business, whether to family members or outsiders, and to those who advise business owners. Planning for the future is an integral part of making a business last for the long term.” states Harlan.

Harlan , a shareholder in Bernstein, Shur’s Commercial Department, concentrates her practice in corporate and health care law, advising clients on forming and maintaining corporate and non-corporate entities, contracting issues, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions. She received her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1996, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Women’s Law Journal. A 1990 magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College, Harlan is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Maine State Bar Association. She is a resident of Freeport.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson is one of northern New England's largest law firms, with more than 80 attorneys in offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine, and in Manchester, N.H. The firm provides legal services in all major subject areas, including corporate and commercial law, litigation and trials, municipal and governmental affairs, education law, construction, and tax and estate planning. BSSN also has an active practice in bankruptcy, health law, environmental law, technology and commerce, employment law, legislative law, intellectual property, public utilities and other regulated industries. For more information on the firm, visit BSSN’s web site at www.bssn.com.

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