Clifford Ennico, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Clifford R. Ennico (www.cliffennico.com) – lawyer, author, syndicated columnist and YouTube® influencer -- is widely considered to be one of America’s leading experts on the legal and tax problems facing small businesses, entrepreneurs and startup enterprises. As a lawyer, Ennico has represented over 15,000 entrepreneurial companies and small businesses in his 45-year career. Formerly associated with the New York City law firms of Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Thacher Proffitt & Wood, Ennico currently practices small business law in his own practice in Fairfield, Connecticut.

A native of Yonkers, New York, Ennico is best known as the former host of MoneyHunt®, a reality TV show for entrepreneurs that aired on PBS nationwide from 1994 to 2003. His weekly newspaper column, Succeeding in Your Business™, known as the “Ann Landers of the business world” (www.succeedinginyourbusiness.com) was syndicated by Creators Syndicate for over 20 years, and his YouTube® videos on entrepreneurship (https://www.youtube.com/@cliffennico5793) have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world.

Ennico holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College, and received his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Fairfield County Bar Association.

Ennico is the author or editor of numerous books and legal treatises for the New York State Bar Association (www.nysba.org) and Thomson-Reuters (legalsolutions.thomson-reuters.com), including:

• Corporation and Business Law Practice (NYSBA);
• Limited Liability Companies in New York (NYSBA);
• Advising Small Businesses, a multi-volume treatise with forms for the attorney representing small businesses in the United States;
• Closely-Held Corporations: Forms and Checklists, a one-volume handbook for lawyers representing closely-held corporations;
• Forms for Small Business Entities, a comprehensive collection of legal forms and checklists for lawyers representing partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs);
• Basic Legal Forms with Commentary, a collection of legal forms and checklists for solo practitioners and lawyers practicing in small firms;
• Basic Legal Transactions, a step by step practice guide to a wide variety of business, estate planning, real property and family law transactions;
• Advising eBusinesses, a one volume handbook on Internet law and practice; and
• The Business Corporation Law (BCL) and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (N-PCL) volumes of West’s McKinneys Forms, the leading legal forms guide for New York State corporate lawyers.

His books and audiobooks for law students and young lawyers include:

• The Legal Job Interview: Winning the Law-Related Job in Today’s Market ;
• Partner Track: How to Go from Associate to Partner at Any Law Firm;
• Making Law Review: How to Write a Winning Case Comment;
• Your Legal Career: Finding Success and Satisfaction as a Lawyer; and
• Business Lawyer’s Handbook: An Introduction to the Corporate Counsel’s Life and Work.

His books for entrepreneurs and small business owners for HarperCollins® include:

• Small Business Survival Guide;
• The eBay Seller’s Tax and Legal Answer Book; and
• MoneyHunt: 27 New Rules for Creating and Building a Breakaway Business; 
• The eBay Seller’s Tax and Legal Answer Book; and
• The Crowdfunding Handbook.

Education

J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law

B.A., magna cum laude, Dartmouth College