Business Representation

When you are beginning a new business, or, thinking of changing how you do business, the choice of the type of business form is an important decision. Corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and proprietorships are the most common choices made.

The type of business entity you choose can impact:

• How those businesses are formed,
• How they are operated, and
• How the business is treated for tax purposes.

The business form can also determine the scope of personal liability to which the professionals or business owners are exposed.

Business formation

Our firm can assist entrepreneurs and professionals in creating, purchasing and organizing their business enterprises. We also help our clients develop methods of complying with daunting administrative requirements of the many governmental units that regulate business entities. It is important to recognize the effects of personal liability, tax consequences to the business and its owners, and marketable ownership interests, along with many financial and legal issues affecting the business.  

Business Matters

We provide professional legal work in structuring, negotiating, drafting and closing complex commercial transactions during the lifetime of your business.

Some of these transactions include:

• employment contracts
• review and preparation of bylaws, operating agreements and policies
• asset purchase agreements
• shareholder agreements
• sales contracts
• commercial leases
• joint venture agreements

We help will help you to settle business disputes that develop between partners and fellow shareholders of small business enterprises.

Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation

The goal of effective legal advice and counsel is to help clients form their business enterprises and structure their ownership interests by a methodology of risk avoidance so that claims against the business or the owners are minimized.   However, this firm provides representation for the legal disputes which naturally occur in the course of your business.  

Taxation

The firm can provide representation for your business in practice before the Internal Revenue Service, at the audit, administrative, appeals and litigation levels. Our services also include representation before and against local and state agencies for taxation.

Long Term Care Planning and Asset Protection

It is the goal of any business to benefit its owners. The long term care planning and asset protection services we can provide for our business clients allows us to blend our tax and asset protection services to help them design tax-efficient structures for the conservation and preservation of business and personal assets of business owners.

Initial Consultation and Fees

Within reasonable limits, there is no charge for the initial contacts and the first exploratory consultation.  The firm will discuss fee options for certain business and commercial services available.  In addition we work with our clients on mutually agreed upon payment schedules and we accept most major credit cards upon approval.