Events / Activities
Lenhart Obenshain attorneys and staff are active in civic, charitable, religious, educational, professional, governmental, and arts-related organizations. We value service to clients and our communities.Upcoming:
- February 2, 2012, Jeff Lenhart will be speaking to the American Subcontractors Association of the Shenandoah Valley regarding how ESOP (Employee Stock Option Purchase) plans work and what role an ESOP plan might play in facilitating succession planning for closely held businesses who desire to transition ownership.
- February 22, 2012, Cathy Welsh will present "Recent Changes in Federal and State Employment Laws" at the Winchester Area Society for Human Resources Chapter Meeting.
- May 8, 2012, Jennifer Shirkey will present the program, "Anti-Venom for Two Benefit Plan Hot Spots: COBRA Developments and Mid-Year Election Change Rules for Section 125/Cafeteria Plans" to the Shenandoah Valley SHRM Chapter.
- October 9, 2012, Cathy Welsh will present "The Tangled Web of ADA, FMLA, GINA and Workers' Compensation" to the Shenandoah Valley Society of Human Resource Management.
Recent:
- January 14, 2012, Kelly LaPar was invited to present a comprehensive overview of "Virginia's Equine Liability Act" at the Buckingham County Agricultural Center Auditorium, in Buckingham, Virginia and hosted by Virginia Farm Family Insurance Companies.
- January 5, 2012 - Lisa Hawkins did present "Conservation Easements for Working Lands" as a featured speaker at a workshop event sponsored by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Petersburg, Virginia. (http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/preservation/workshop.shtml)
- December 13, 2011 - Lisa Hawkins did present "Conservation Easements for Working Lands," as a featured speaker at a workshop event sponsored by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Chatham, Virginia. (http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/preservation/workshop.shtml)
- November 29, 2011 – Lisa Hawkins was a featured speaker at the Annual Virginia Farm Bureau Convention, held in Norfolk, VA. Her presentation was titled "Conservation Easements: The Right Fit for Your Farm?"
- September 28, 2011, Cathy Welsh was a presenter on "Workers' Compensation, ADA and FMLA" at a seminar at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville sponsored by BB&T Insurance Services.
- September 22, 2011, Jennifer Shirkey did present a complimentary seminar "Wills & Estate Planning 101" sponsored by RMH Foundation beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Spotswood Country Club, 1980 Country Club Road, Harrisonburg. Registration is required by contacting RMH Healthsource at (800) 433-4580.
- July 20, 2011, Cathy Welsh spoke to the HR Chamber of Commerce Hospitality Roundtable regarding Avoiding the Trips and Traps of Employment Law.
- June 23-25, 2011, Mark Obenshain and Bill Shmidheiser attended the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. The Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference is a conference of all the federal judges in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina, including all court of appeals and district court judges, all bankruptcy judges and all full-time magistrate judges of the Fourth Circuit, and their guests which is held for the purpose of considering the business of the courts, advising means of improving the administration of justice within the Fourth Circuit, and discussion of ideas with respect to the administration of justice.
- June 7, 2011, Cathy Welsh was a featured speaker on employment law issues at a Medical Practice Managers Round Table Meeting at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
- May 20, 2011, Cathy Welsh, along with speakers from the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, was a featured speaker at the Blue Ridge Safety Association's Spring Safety Seminar.
- April 12, 2011, Cathy Welsh presented a State and Federal Employment Law Legislative Update to the Shenandoah Valley Society for Human Resources Management (SVSHRM).
- March 17, 2011, Cathy Welsh was a guest lecturer at Health Law and Ethics course at Lord Fairfax Community College
- March 10, 2011, Cathy Welsh was invited to be a speaker for the Harrisonburg Rockingham Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Program.
- March 9, 2011, Lisa Hawkins spoke regarding Conservation Easements at a workshop sponsored by the Virginia Office of Farmland Preservation in Lexington, VA.
- February 28, 2011, Patrick Asplin was invited to be a guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Association of University Technology Managers in Las Vegas, NV. Patrick's presentation is entitled, "Trends in University Startups."
- January 8, 2011 Jeff Lenhart was a featured speaker at the 2011 Virginia Association of Fairs Annual Conference presenting, "505(c)(3) Designation Maintenance-Keeping Up With IRS Changes."
- January 8, 2011, Lynn Suter was a featured speaker at the 2011 Virginia Association of Fairs Annual Conference presenting, "Charitable Immunity and Board and Officers Insurance Needs."
- October 27, 2010, Jennifer Shirkey was a featured speaker at a Health Care Reform Seminar sponsored by Blue Ridge Insurance Services for its clients. She and a representative from the PBGH accounting firm will present on the legal and tax aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), and its companion bill the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA), affecting employers and their employee benefit plans over the next eight years.
- October 22, 2010, John Flora was a guest speaker on "Estate Planning Issues in Farm Transition" at the 2010 Rural Land and Agribusiness Update sponsored by Virginia Tech in Wytheville, Viriginia.
- October 1, 2010, John Fora was a guest speaker on "Estate Planning Issues in Farm Transition" at the 2010 Rural Land and Agribusiness Update sponsored by Virginia Tech in Charlottesville, Viriginia.
- June 2010, Richard Armstrong's article, Wait a Minute...I Thought the Fifth Amendment Only Applied in Criminal Court! A primer on the Fifth Amendment in civil litigation, was published in the VTLA Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1.
- May 21, 2010, Cathy Welsh, Chair of the Harrisonburg Rockingham County Bar Assocation Mentor/Mentee Program, organized and hosted a kick off lunch for all newly assigned Mentors & Mentees.
- May 20, 2010, Lenhart Obenshain hosted a Spring Reception in Charlottesville at Open Space a business which provides community-centered collaboration spaces to the new economy's nomadic independents. Their impressive facility on Second Street in Charlottesville provided an excellent location to greet and thank firm friends and clients.
- May 19, 2010, Richard Armstrong presented a continuing legal education course on "Evaluating and Settling Personal Injury Claims" for Virginia CLE.
- May 13, 2010, Lisa Hawkins presented a speech, and participated in a panel on “Agricultural Conservation Easements: Protecting Farmland and Local Food Systems” at the Annual Virginia Land Conservation Conference in Williamsburg, sponsored by Virginia United Land Trusts coalition (VaULT). Other panel members include representatives of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and Valley Conservation Council.
- April 28, 2010, Lynn Suter presented legal strategies for limited liability companies for a Virginia CLE webinar entitled, "Preparing for the Exit -- The LLC End Game."
- April 21, 2010, Lisa Hawkins and Bill Schmidheiser spoke on lender liability issues at a training session for regional lenders.
- April 14, 2010, Cathy Welsh gave a State and Federal Employment Law Legislative Update to the Shenandoah Valley Society for Human Resources Management (SVSHRM).
- April 12, 2010 Richard Armstrong was a panelist at a CLE program entitled, "Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethics Complaints in Your Practice."
- April 7, 2010, Lisa Hawkins and John Flora spoke at the Shenandoah Forum regarding farm preservation and entrepreneurship.
- March 11, 2010, Richard Armstrong spoke to the Thomas Jefferson American Inn of Court regarding the application of the 5th amendment in civil cases.
- February 27, 2010, John Flora was the lead presenter at a seminar at Virginia CLE’s 14th Annual Advanced Real Estate Seminar entitled The Race for Alternate Energy. Mr. Flora discussed his legal efforts on behalf of Virginia’s first wind farm in Highland County, Virginia.
