As the attorney behind many
of Capital Region’s biggest business deals over the last several decades, Rich
Honen continues to serve as power broker for the next wave of startups. Honen, a partner at Phillips
Lytle LLP and leader of the Albany Office, will give a brief history of the region’s
startup business scene and dive into the tough topic of failure as a
requirement for future success as the speaker at the Albany Roundtable
on Wednesday, March 13th.
Held
at the University Club of Albany, the cost for the March luncheon is $20 and may
be paid at the door or online at www.albanyroundtable.com.
The University Club will serve a hot and cold buffet from 12:00 noon to 1:00
p.m., with the program commencing at 12:30 p.m.
Reservations for the luncheon, sponsored by the Northeastern Association of the Blind
at Albany, Inc. (NABA), are required
by Monday, March 11th and may be made by prepaying online, by
calling 518-992-5360, or by e-mail at albanyroundtable@gmail.com.
This
will be the last luncheon to offer application forms for the Albany Roundtable Scholarship for Civic
Leadership. A $1,000 scholarship is being offered to a high school senior
who is recommended by a member in good standing of the Albany Roundtable. The
application must be submitted by a student in his or her senior year of high
school and will be awarded contingent upon acceptance an attendance at a two-
or four-year college or university. The deadline for application is March 31,
2019, and the scholarship will be awarded at the Roundtable’s Annual Meeting in
May at the University Club of Albany.
About Richard E. Honen
Richard E. Honen is the Venture Capital & Technology Practice Team Leader and Partner
in Charge of Phillip Lytle LLP’s Albany office. He focuses his practice in
corporate, finance and venture capital law, as well as complex commercial
litigation. Honen provides corporate counsel to a broad spectrum of companies
from start-up to Fortune 50 and has lectured extensively, particularly on
topics of corporate law, venture capital and angel investing. He also
represents companies in complex commercial litigation matters. Honen has served
as an adjunct professor at Union Graduate College (now Clarkson University),
where he taught Business Law to MBA candidates, and has guest lectured at
Albany Law School of Union University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the
University at Albany, Ithaca College and Johnson School of Management at
Cornell University. He can be found on Twitter at @RichHonenPL
and on LinkedIn.
About Phillips Lytle LLP
Phillips
Lytle LLP is a premier regional law firm that is recognized nationally for its
legal excellence. With offices in New York State, Washington, D.C., and Canada,
their attorneys serve a multinational client base, including FORTUNE 1000
companies, global and regional financial institutions, not-for-profit
organizations, middle market companies, startups, entrepreneurs and individuals
on important matters affecting their businesses and personal wealth. For more
information, visit www.phillipslytle.com.
About the March Sponsor
The March
luncheon is sponsored by the Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany,
Inc. (NABA),
which provides a wide range of services to individuals with visual
impairments. Some of these services include training and placing legally
blind adults in professional employment and providing rehabilitation services
to seniors with age-related vision loss. NABA, with over a century of
experience, continues to help individuals overcome the challenges of vision
loss, enabling them to lead more productive, independent lives. NABA also
provides free vision screening for children 18 months to 4 years old through their
KidSight Program.