Mike Mills, a partner of the firm, will speak at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Estate Law Institute in Philadelphia on November 17th & 18th.  Mike will discuss tax planning strategies for high net worth individuals including a review of various trust mechanisms and their function in reducing Federal Estate Tax exposure.  Mike Mills’ practice focuses on helping businesses build and preserve value, and helping individuals preserve and protect their family wealth.  He is highly experienced in the area of taxation, which impacts so much of business and personal financial planning.  In representing businesses, this includes counseling clients on the tax aspects of business formation, financing, reorganization, and acquisition transactions, as well as business succession planning.  With individual clients, this includes assistance with income tax planning, and planning for estate, inheritance, and other death taxes.

Partners Tom Donnelly and Mike Mills will present the business law section seminar entitled “My Partner and I no longer agree, what do we do now?” at the Bucks County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference in Cambridge Maryland on Friday October 2, 2015.  The seminar will focus on strategies relating to the representation of clients in matters of business divorce in a number of different factual scenarios and the tax ramification of such strategies.  Attendees will include members of the Bucks County Bar Association and the judges of the Bucks County Bench.  

Patricia Collins, a Partner of the firm, will participate as a panelist on Wednesday, July 29th at 1:00 pm in a Strafford Webinar entitled, "Leveraging Prior Unemployment, Workers' Comp and EEOC Administrative Determinations in Employment Litigation".  This CLE webinar will guide employment counsel in using determinations from administrative proceedings to their clients’ advantage in subsequent litigation. The panel will discuss best strategies for leveraging findings and rulings from unemployment, workers’ compensation, EEOC and other administrative proceedings, and navigating varying approaches to the doctrine of collateral estoppel among jurisdictions.

Ms. Collins counsels small to medium-sized business clients and nonprofit entities on employment compliance and risk management issues. She represents employers and employees in litigation under federal and state discrimination and wrongful termination laws relating to restrictive covenants, unfair competition and unlawful use of trade secrets, and compliance with state and federal regulations.  She also assists employers and employees in preparing employment agreements, policies and handbooks.

Jessica Pritchard will participate as a panelist in Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Continuing Legal Education program entitled “Family Law 101” on July 23rd in Philadelphia. The program is designed for lawyers who are new to the practice or stepping into the family law field, and provides an overview of the challenges faced, tools needed and other valuable insights and resources for new practitioners.

Ms. Pritchard chairs the firm's Family Law practice group, where she handles all phases of the negotiation and litigation of domestic relations cases, including divorce, child custody and support, alimony/spousal support, equitable distribution, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.  She has extensive experience working with high net worth individuals experiencing dissolution of their marriage or partnership.

 Equitable Distribution Legal Services:

Evaluation of  issues related to benefits and assets such as:

• Deferred income benefits;

• Savings, profit sharing and overseas accounts;

• Defined benefit and defined contribution pensions;

• CEO compensation packages, including, ESOPs, cash balance accounts and others;

• 401Ks

Legal Services Related to Child Custody:

• Calculation of Child Support
• Income Evaluations
• Child Support Negotiation
• Modification in Child Support
• Enforcement of Child Support Orders

Student and emerging filmmakers can now enter their submissions for consideration in the 15th Annual Bucks Fever Filmfest.  The FilmFest is an annual, juried festival that identifies worthy short films and scripts. Winning short films submitted by high school, college and emerging filmmakers are screened at the County Theater in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.  Antheil Maslow & MacMinn is proud to sponsor this wonderful creative event in our community.

Sue Maslow, a partner of the firm, and Chairman/President of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County, along with Ursula Raczac, CEO of BBBS Bucks County, accepted that organization's seventh consecutive Quality Agency Award at the National Conference of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Philadelphia on June 3rd.  The Award was presented by Pam Iorio, President and CEO of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Jessica Pritchard, a Partner with Antheil Maslow & MacMinn in Doylestown, was a presenter at the Bucks County Bar Association's June 1st Training for Pro Bono Opportunities. Ms. Pritchard taught the hour entitled “family law for the non-family lawyer.”  The CLE was intended to give pro bono volunteer attorneys a rudimentary understanding of custody and support issues that may arise during their representation of clients.

Jessica Pritchard, a Partner with Antheil Maslow & MacMinn in Doylestown, was a presenter at the Bucks County Bar Association's June 1st Training for Pro Bono Opportunities. Ms. Pritchard taught the hour entitled “family law for the non-family lawyer.”  The CLE was intended to give pro bono volunteer attorneys a rudimentary understanding of custody and support issues that may arise during their representation of clients.