SCOTT F BARNETT CONSULTING, LLC
TAMPA, FLORIDA

This site is devoted to making it easier for you to complete your Retirement Planning, Estate Planning and Closely Held and Family Business Planning. Are you looking for a good guide, coach, mentor, that focuses on helping and guiding you? That is my goal. Making sure you are not merely educated; but, that you and your family are protected. Closely held Business and Professional Practice owners This is an ongoing, interactive, online workshop to help you along. That means you get to ask questions and get direction. I am committed to helping you plan a secure retirement and protecting your family. A seasoned professional with 40 years of experience in tax, estate, and asset protection planning for individuals, families, and owners of closely held and family owned businesses and professional practices. Member of the Florida Bar since 1972. Expert in estate and asset protection planning for individuals, families and family owned businesses and professional practices. Expert in closely held business planning, including technology transfer, business start-up, corporate governance and succession planning. Recognized expert and trainer. Guest lecturer at USF Center for Entrepreneurship regarding Business Start Up (“Business Start-Up Punchlist”) and governance B.A., Political Science & Speech – University of South Florida – Tampa, FL (1969) Bar Admission Florida Bar (1972) “Reduce Risks: Add an Income Rider,” Life Insurance Selling Magazine (June 1, 2011). “Family Limited Partnership Planning”, Small Business Planning, Chapter 5. Published by the Florida Bar and distributed by Lexis-Nexis (2005). Tax, estate & asset protection planning for individuals & closely held businesses. Principal/ Attorney at Law Services in Representation of Business Enterprises: > General and Tax Matters (i.e., business entity selection; merger and acquisition planning, employment agreements, compensation planning, qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation planning and documentation, qualified and non-qualified stock option planning and documentation; succession planning and buy-sell agreements;); formation and maintenance of corporations, professional associations, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships; joint ventures; > Business Transactions (i.e., purchases and sales of businesses, venture capital financing, private placement offerings; research and development financing transaction documents; technology transfer negotiations and intellectual property licensing); > Technology Transfer (Example: Representation of university based research investigators in spin outs of intellectual property and technology for purposes of commercialization; represented principals of start-up corporation spinning out business operation from subsidiary of Lockheed Martin for purposes of commercialization of assets formerly deployed in development and manufacture of nuclear bomb triggers in the Atomic Complex of the Department of Energy). that comes from knowing your own future is secure and your family is protected. I help you by coaching, not teaching, so you can complete the work you need to do. Your Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, & Closely Held and Family Business Planning should be easier. There are many experts and great practitioners who can help. With me, you can look forward to practical guidance so you know what all the technicalities mean to you; NOT get bogged down in the details of the technicalities. are in order. If you are in my area I can recommend lawyers. And there are ways I can help you find a good one no matter where you live. Retirement Planning, Estate Planning and Closely Held and Family Business Planning that comes from knowing your own future is secure and your family is protected. I help you by coaching, not teaching, so you can complete the work you need to do. How Can I Help you?