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Upcoming Flora Pettit events and attorney speaking engagements are listed below. Please contact us if you are interested in having one of our attorneys give a presentation to your company or organization.
Cathy was invited to participate on a panel focused on “Navigating the New Regulatory Environment” at this annual Business Summit. The summit facilitates exchange of information between the business community and local House of Delegates representatives and also provides education and resources to assist businesses in complying with ever more voluminous and complicated legal mandates.
Andrew Baugher will give us the “good, the bad, and the ugly” of how this session’s outcome will affect the construction industry. Andrew is currently an Attorney at Law at Flora Pettit. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels, with a particular emphasis on business, intellectual property and employment disputes.
Michael Derdeyn will present at a live, interactive webinar with HalfMoon Education Online Learning on Understanding Groundwater Rights. He'll examine Virginia law on ownership of and access to groundwater. This includes the regulation of, current issues in, and how to obtain groundwater rights, as well as the application and permitting process of well drilling rights.
Cathy Welsh will present a Legislative and Employment Law Update to the Shenandoah Valley Society for Human Resource Management (SVSHRM).
Andrew serves as Board Counsel for the American Subcontractor’s Association of the Valley (ASASV). During this discussion, ASASV members can ask question and share information with the participating general contractors including Harman Construction, Lantz Construction, Nielsen and Kjellstrom & Lee. The pandemic and recent changes in Virginia law are creating significant stress on the construction industry and this forum is an opportunity for generals and subcontractors to communicate and collaborate about those challenges.
Cathy Welsh will talk via Zoom with WASHRM members about the recent changes in Virginia employment law such as the wage theft, misclassification and Virginia Values Act statutory changes that were effective July 1, 2020, along with changes with how marijuana is being handled by employers throughout the Commonwealth. Finally, Cathy will take Q&A regarding COVID-related questions.