Business West published an article written by Attorney Ann Weber entitled “Do Well by Doing Good” on December 17, 2012,  where she discusses structuring gifts, through charitable remainder trusts or annuities, as a way to reduce taxes.

The husband-and-wife team of Gary Fentin, partner at Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin and Susan  Fentin, partner at Skoler, Abbott & Presser, raised more than $20,000 for the 33rd annual Pan-Mass Challenge benefiting cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. See the article on MassLive.

James Sheils has received the first John Auchter Award from Goodwill Industries of the Pioneer Valley for his more than three decades of service to the non-profit organization.

Alexandra Hogan was named to the board of the New England network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) demonstrates.

A team of 14 attorneys and staff members from Shatz, Schwartz, and Fentin, P.C. recently spent a day pitching in for the United Way Day of Caring.  They assembled office furniture, cleaned, and organized at the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services Center in Springfield, MA.  Read more about this event here.

Ellen Freyman, an attorney with the law firm Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin P.C., was selected by the Ad Club of Western Massachusetts to receive the prestigious Pynchon Award Medal for 2012 for her outstanding public service.

If you are starting a new business or expanding your current one, your municipal planning commissioner or building inspector may tell you to obtain a special permit or site plan review. Under Massachusetts law, this usually means presenting your application at a public hearing, and obtaining a favorable vote from the applicable planning board or zoning board of appeals. Regardless of whether you, your architect, or your lawyer presents your plan, preparation is the key to success.  more…