The Entrepreneur Institute of Mid-Michigan has named attorney Joel C. Farrar of Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C. in Lansing its "Volunteer of the Year." Farrar assists new entrepreneurs with forming and growing start-up businesses and teaches a business class for the organization.
The award was presented at the Entrepreneur Institute's "Rise and Shine Breakfast" at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, an annual celebration of regional innovative businesses and enterprises. The Entrepreneur Institute is a mid-Michigan 501(c)(3) that provides business development services and access to capital to low and moderate small businesses.
Farrar is a business and tax lawyer, with specialties in executive compensation planning, mergers and acquisitions, and securities. He enjoys helping new entrepreneurs and assists start-ups with drafting entity formation documents; raising capital through private placements of securities; attracting talent using stock options, restricted stock and other incentive plans while documenting relationships with vendors, customers, and partners.
Farrar received his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law, summa cum laude, and his B.S. from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
He has been published often, including "Scam Alert for Michigan Businesses" and the Foster Swift Business and Corporate Law Report, August 5, 2013.
Committed to the local community, Farrar is a member of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing Board of Directors.
Published: Thu, Jun 18, 2015
