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Basics of Estate Planning Presentation

Michael Morris to Present The Basics of Estate Planning at November 1 Workshop Pismo Beach – Michael Morris, senior principal with the Andre, Morris & Buttery law firm of San Luis Obispo, will be a speaker at an estate planning workshop on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, sponsored by Joe Brittingham, Certified Financial PlannerTM and owner of  Brittingham Financial Group. Morris will present a program titled “The Basics of Estate Planning.” The no-charge luncheon event will take place from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Dolphin Bay Resort with food provided by Lido Restaurant located at 2727 Shell Beach Road in …

2013 Business Symposium Podcasts

The 2013 Business Symposium Podcasts San Luis Obispo — If you were not able to attend the event, the three presentations are available below as podcasts and as PowerPoint presentations. The order of the speakers were: Simon Anderson, Don Vilfer, and Jeff Thompson. Transform your business today. Simon Anderson, Futur1st.com Podcast: MP3 Presentation: PPTX (This requires Microsoft PowerPoint) Security from the inside out in a digital age. Don Vilfer, Califorensics Podcast: MP3 Presentation: PPTX (This requires Microsoft PowerPoint) Success begins with resiliency. Jeff Thompson, PEAK Learning, Inc. Podcast (part 1): MP3 Podcast (part 2): MP3 Presentation: PPTX (This requires Microsoft …

Mobilehome Park Owners’ Spectrum

The Mobilehome Park Owners’ Spectrum By Lisa L. Toke Published in the WMA Reporter, February 2013 Lisa L. Toke of Andre, Morris & Buttery has been representing mobilehome park owners in all capacities since 2004, when she joined the firm’s mobilehome park practice group. The services Lisa provides include consultation, revision of park documents, and representation in court and administrative proceedings. While Lisa loves to take cases to court, she also loves to save her clients time and money by resolving disputes outside of court. In the years I have been representing mobilehome park owners, I have developed a theory …

AMB Named Top Ranked Law Firm

Andre, Morris & Buttery Named “Top Ranked Law Firm” by Fortune Magazine SAN LUIS OBISPO – Longtime local law firm Andre, Morris & Buttery (AMB) has been named a “Top Ranked Law Firm” by Fortune Magazine. Fortune Magazine is a preeminent business publication renowned for its “Fortune 500” annual ranking and other business specialties. The honor is extended to U.S. law firms whose attorneys have achieved the highest rating available from the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer view RatingsTM. All of AM&B’s rated attorneys have been recognized with the top score of “AV Preeminent,” by Martindale-Hubbell, the industry-recognized attorney ratings service. Attorneys …

Gordon Bosserman Joins AMB

“Super Lawyer” Gordon Bosserman Joins Andre, Morris & Buttery Accomplished litigator brings talents to Central Coast firm SAN LUIS OBISPO – Well-known Southern California trial attorney Gordon Bosserman has joined Andre, Morris & Buttery in an “of counsel” role. The opportunity to work with a leading law firm and live on the Central Coast drew Bosserman, an accomplished litigator, and his wife, Jennifer to relocate to San Luis Obispo County. He began his association with the firm on Dec. 1. Bosserman was most recently a partner at Spolin Cohen Mainzer and Bosserman LLP of Los Angeles, specializing in trial practice …

Peer Review Index: High Marks

Peer Review Index Gives Andre, Morris & Buttery Attorneys High Marks Their clients already know it. Now, so does the rest of the world. Andre, Morris & Buttery attorneys Lisa Toke, Kathy Eppright and Bill Douglass have all earned “AV Preeminent” ratings for excellence from the prestigious Martindale Hubbell legal index service. The peer review ratings, according to Martindale Hubbell, are “objective indicators of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada.”AV Preeminent is the highest level of professional excellence.…

2012 Business Symposium Podcasts

The 2012 Business Symposium Podcasts San Luis Obispo — We hope you enjoy this podcast of the 2012 Central Coast Business Symposium. The order of speakers was Kathy Eppright, Tim Bennett and Clark Hoyt. Note that due to some technical difficulty at the beginning of Ms. Eppright’s presentation, the recording did not pick up the first few minutes of her presentation. HR Challenges: What Businesses Can Learn from Each Other Kathy Eppright, Managing Principal, Andre, Morris & Buttery Lessons I Learned Working in the Oprah Empire Tim Bennett, President, Harpo Productions, 1994-2010 Podcast: MP3 Election 2012: It’s All About the …

GOP Discord a Boost for Obama

Bloomberg Editor: Republican Discord a Boost for Obama San Luis Obispo — President Barack Obama should be the underdog in his campaign for re-election, but disunity among Republicans could hand him a victory in November — and a stronger hand in dealing with Congress. That was the analysis handed down by Bloomberg News Editor Clark Hoyt at the fourth annual Central Coast Economic Symposium on April 4. Speaking to about 300 business and community leaders in Arroyo Grande, Hoyt, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former public editor at The New York Times, said that although no president has been re-elected …

Economic Impacts of Election

Economic Impacts of Presidential Election Discussed at Central Coast Business Symposium San Luis Obispo — The economic impacts of the presidential election were a focus of the fourth-annual Central Coast Business Symposium. More than 300 area business leaders attended the event Wednesday, which was sponsored by San Luis Obispo law firm Andre, Morris & Buttery and held at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. It was designed to give business leaders a way to collaborate and share information about how to improve the region’s economy. Featured speakers included Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clark Hoyt, former public editor for The New …

AMB Hosts Business Symposium

Business Symposium Shines Spotlight on Employees, Election & the Oprah Empire — Andre, Morris & Buttery Hosts April 4 Event San Luis Obispo — A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the business executive who directed the Oprah Winfrey empire and a leading expert in employment law will anchor The Central Coast Business Symposium® on Apr. 4, 2012. The 4th annual event is hosted by Andre, Morris & Buttery and scheduled for 3-7 p.m. at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande. Clark Hoyt, former public editor for the New York Times and current editor-at-large for Bloomberg News, was honored with a Pulitzer Prize …