The Agricultural Business Council will kick-off 2025 with its Annual Legal Update on Thursday, January 9, 2025. This year’s virtual meeting offers an outlook on legal issues affecting agribusiness, focusing on trade law under the new administration, succession planning tax updates, and significant shifts in environmental litigation, such as the end of Chevron deference. These rapid changes in U.S. policy and case law may have far-reaching implications for the industry. Join us to learn how these issues may affect your business or members.
Featured Speakers:
Elsa Manzanares, Attorney, International, Stinson
Elsa advises on U.S. and international regulations surrounding imports and exports, and argues cases before the U.S. Court of International Trade. Elsa was appointed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to serve as a panelist eligible to review antidumping and countervailing duty disputes under Chapter 19 of NAFTA.
Elsa Manzanares
Jesse McCurry, Adams Brown
Jesse McCurry is the Ag Brand Ambassador for Adams Brown, a top ag-focused accounting and consulting firm headquartered in Kansas. He helps clients and the firm achieve growth and success through research and thought leadership. He was the executive director of Kansas Sorghum. And as an officer, graduate and board member of Kansas Ag. And Rural Leadership (KARL). He served as president of the Ag Alliance in the Kansas statehouse.
Jesse McCurry
Luke Guetterman, CPA, Forvis, LLP
Luke has more than 19 years of experience providing a wide range of tax and accounting services to closely held companies, high-net-worth individuals, and fiduciaries. As a Forvis Mazars tax advisor, he focuses his time in the food & ag and for profit healthcare industries where he works with families and business owners to implement long-term strategies, helping increase tax savings at both the business and individual level.
Luke Guetterman
Roger McEowen, Washburn University
Roger McEowen is the Kansas Farm Bureau Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, KS. Roger focuses on legal and tax issues that agricultural producers, agricultural businesses, and rural landowners face
Roger McEwoen
Brett Legner, Attorney, Mayer Brown
Brett Legner is counsel in Mayer Brown’s Chicago office and a member of the Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation practice. Legner served as counsel for industry plaintiffs challenging the EPA’s Waters of the US (WOTUS) rule in Sacket v. EPA, a case decided favorably by the Supreme Court. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, he spent 18 years as an appellate litigator with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, including more than four years as Illinois Deputy Solicitor General.
Brett Legner
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be submitted by email at least 7 days prior to the scheduled event. No refunds or credits will be provided within 7 days of the event. This policy applies to all circumstances including illness. Registrations are transferable - please email to make arrangements for substitution in advance.