Starting a Business?

I help my clients with company formation. The first step in this process frequently is a consultation to discuss your ideas and needs. What do you want to accomplish? What other types of professions may be useful?
Once we know where you want your business to go and how we need to get there, the business formation documents can be drafted. If you are starting a business, it is important to have a lawyer familiar with the complexities of business formations at your side during this crutial step. If these documents are not carefully drafted, your business debts could become your personal debts, a debtor or plaintiff in a civil lawsuit may be able to pierce the corporate veil, and more importantly, you may lose control over the business you worked so hard for to create.

I draft and file business formation documents for these and other business organizations: LLCs, corporations (S-Corp or C-Corp), limited partnerships, family limited partnerships, and family LLCs.

Buying/Selling a Business?

Are you considering buying into an existing businesss or buying out a retiring partner? I can assist you with the negotiations and the drafting of the needed documents.

Exiting a Business?

One of the most common mistakes made by new business owners is not planning a way to get out of their business, when the time comes. Succession planning is a crutial part of any successful business plan. While you may not envision leaving your business any time soon, it is important to you, your business partners and your family that you have such a plan. Without developing a sound exit strategy your business and the poeple around it may suffer. I can help your business draft documents such as buy-sell agreements, redemption plans, and cross purchase plans, as well as others, to keep make certain your company survives your exit or is disposed of as you want.

Contract Needs

Having contracts that you understand, that are clear to clients, and that take into account possible conflicts under the law can help prevent litigation, and allow you to spend your time doing what you need to be doing, running your business. I can draft contracts specifically tailored to your needs, including employment contracts and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

Preventing Problems

The primary goal of my business law practice is to help my clients understand how the law affects them so that they can make informed decisions. Knowing the rules is one of the best ways to prevent legal problems. I can help guide you through business decisions as your business grows and your business needs change.