NAPO St. Louis September Program
Organizing Your Business and Estate Matters
Katherine Opel will provide an overview of legal topics applicable to professional organizers. She will also provide legal advice and answer legal questions to help organizers professionally and personally.
Three Key Takeaways:
1. A limited liability company can provide multiple benefits to you and your business as a professional organizer.
2. Strong contracts and policies for clients can save you money and headaches.
3. Everyone needs an estate plan, regardless of age or assets.
Our Presenter - Katherine Opel
Katherine Opel is a partner at Opel Bash Group. Katherine's passion is truly serving clients. Through estate planning, she gets to meet a great diversity of families with unique needs, and help them find solutions to accomplish their legacy goals. Her business clients bring new challenges and opportunities to the table with each meeting and she is excited to counsel them on their enterprising paths. Katherine has focused her legal practice in the areas of business law and estate planning for her entire career, which started at a large St. Louis law firm. After serveral years at a small Madison County, Illinois firm, Katherine and her partner, Erica Bash, formed the Opel Bash Group in order to tailor the client experience and provide boutique services in a comfortable, welcoming environment. She is a proud graduate of SIUE and St. Louis University Law School, and licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri.
Meeting Format
9:00am Optional: Socializing/Networking
9:15am Welcome/Introductions
9:30am Business Partner Spotlight
9:45am Featured Program
10:45am Member Minute
11:15am Announcements
11:30am Adjourn/Optional: Q&A for New Members & Guests
Guests can register for $20 on our website.
Chapter Members & Business Partners do not need to register for this meeting. Please sign in at the membership table when you first arrive.
Veteran members - don't forget to bring your name tag. If this is your first in-person meeting, we will have a name tag for you.
A reminder that our trade table is available to swap business-related resources, such as books, bags, and home office materials. If no one takes your item(s), please take them back. You can bring them to the next meeting!
