Victor Elgort to Present on Top LLC Mistakes for National Business Institute

Victor S. Elgort, a Member of law firm Norris McLaughlin, P.A., will speak at the National Business Institute’s seminar, “Top 8 LLC Mistakes to Avoid in Everyday Business Practices: Avoid, Manage and Leverage Formation, Tax and Operating Agreement Oversights.” The seminar, approved for 8 NJ and NY CLE credits, 6.5 PA CLE credits, 8 CPE credits, and 0.7 IACET credits, will be held Thursday, December 20, 8:20 a.m. – 4:40 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Philadelphia-Cherry Hill in Cherry Hill.

Elgort will lecture principally on “Taxation of LLCs - Top Attorney Mistakes”, with a focus on operating agreement drafting errors.  For more information or to register, visit the NBI website.

Elgort often speaks at seminars on structuring complex LLC and partnership transactions. Most recently, on November 27, he spoke on a similar topic for the Nassau County Bar Association in New York, at a meeting jointly sponsored by three sections of the Bar Association, including the Corporation, Taxation, Banking & Securities Law Committees.  The theme was “All-Too-Common Mistakes in LLC Operating Agreements.”

Elgort is Chair Emeritus of the firm’s Tax Group, practicing out of all three Norris McLaughlin locations, as he is admitted in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. His practice concentrates on business law and tax planning, including the structuring of partnerships and joint ventures, tax-saving real estate and business exit strategies, executive compensation, and domestic and international estate planning matters.

Elgort organized and created the first limited liability company in New Jersey.  He authored the standard form operating agreements and other documents for limited liability companies published by Julius Blumberg, Inc., including both the forms for use in New Jersey and the generic forms offered nationwide for limited liability companies.

In addition, Elgort is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  He frequently lectures at tax planning courses, including continuing education seminars. He has authored extensive material published by the NBI, Lorman Education Services, Professional Education Seminars, and other national seminar companies, including topics such as “LLCS: Beyond the Basics”, “LLC Business Law Bootcamp”, “LLCs: Advising Small Business Start-Ups and Larger Companies in New Jersey”, “Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation,” “Asset Protection Planning in New Jersey,” “Limited Liability Companies in New Jersey,” “Transferring Business Wealth,” “Administration of the Estate in New Jersey,” “Planning Opportunities with Living Trusts in New Jersey,” “New Jersey Probate: Beyond the Basics,” “A Practical Guide to Estate Administration in New Jersey,” and “Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in New Jersey.”

Elgort received his undergraduate degree with high honors from Rutgers University, his J.D. with honors from Cornell University, and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. He is included in the Trusts and Estates section of The Best Lawyers in America and has been named by his peers as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the Tax section.