Western Home Furnishings Association Makes Landmark Decision- Free Legal Counsel Now Available to Membership

Furniture World Magazine

For the first time, members of the Western Home Furnishings Association (WHFA) in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah are covered with free legal business consultant services. WHFA has contracted with two firms to support its membership of 1,400 retail stores with questions concerning business law and human resources. To handle questions regarding home furnishings businesses, partnerships, corporations, leasing of real property and equipment, vendor and freight disputes, and credit/finance laws and regulations, The San Francisco-based Law Offices of Seymour Seidscher was hired. Labor Relations questions including Human Resources, Government Regulatory Issues, Labor Relations, and Training & Development questions can be directed to the American Consulting Group, Inc. with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. "A number of WHFA members have used both resources for some time and give them extremely high marks for their timeliness and thoroughness," says Larry Miller, Sit 'N Sleep, Montebello, CA and chairman of WHFA's Member Services Committee. "WHFA members now have the confidence of knowing any business law or human resource problem or need can be immediately resolved legally and constructively. WHFA members have unlimited access to both resources." Seymour Seidscher has specialized in problems facing home furnishings businesses since 1978. Born into a family of furniture manufacturing and retailers dating back to the early 1900's in Chicago and Los Angeles, Seymour Seidscher decided to start his own furniture career in northern California. After attending the University of Southern California, he moved to San Francisco in 1951 to work as a sales representative for several eastern case goods manufacturers and in 1957 he added the Los Angeles upholstery line of Hiatt Furniture Manufacturers to his selling organization and the group of lines they represented. In 1978, Seymour completed his law degree schooling and was admitted to the California State Bar. The natural location for this new law office was the San Francisco Mart where he has been a tenant since coming to San Francisco. Seidscher has a general practice with emphasis and special interests in the problems of small home furnishings businesses, partnerships and corporations, leasing of real property and equipment, vendor and freight disputes, and credit/finance laws and regulations. Human Resource and Labor Relations consultation is provided through The American Consulting Group, Inc. specializing in Human Resources, Government Regulatory Issues, Labor Relations, and Training & Development. This new program is designed to assist home furnishings retailers contain costly court litigation through a preventative approach in managing human resources issues and concerns. WHFA members have unlimited telephone access to a knowledgeable staff of 21 labor law attorneys, former union officials, human resource specialists, and a comprehensive resource library. The American Consulting Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 as an organization dedicated to the goals of quality, improvement and fairness in the fields of human resources and labor relations. Originally conceived as a source for small to medium sized home furnishings businesses, The American Consulting Group today has served over 2,200 clients throughout the west. Members of WHFA are welcome to contact The Law Offices of Seymour Seidscher or The American Consulting Group, Inc. for advice and consultation. There is no charge to the member as the services is covered by a WHFA retainer arrangement. Specific tasks performed for the member by will be subject to their private agreement and at a reduced rate. For more information on how to contact WHFA's new Legal Counsel, call WHFA at (916) 784-7677. WHFA, a regional affiliate of the National Home Furnishings Association, provides programs, services and networking opportunities that improve business opportunities and management practices of Western home furnishings retailers. For more information on WHFA e-mail: comm@whfa.org