Our attorneys advise entrepreneurs on the right legal structure to form their enterprise. We will advise on the choice of business entity, including formation of S corporations, C corporations, close corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), and limited liability partnership (LLPs) and professional corporations for CPAs/accountants, doctors, dentists, architects, real estate and mortgage brokers, attorneys, and other licensed professionals.

We will also draft formation documents, including custom Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws for corporations or Articles of Organization and Operating Agreements for LLCs.

We have experience forming nonprofits, including the IRS 501(c)(3) tax exemption applications and state tax exemption filings.

Our experience includes drafting stockholder, buy-sell and partnership agreements with exit provisions that protect your rights in the event one partner or shareholder must leave the business entity. We can help with dissolution and wind-up, purchase, sale, merger, and conversion of corporations, LLCs or LLPs.

We will mediate, negotiate and help resolve disputes before they mature into nasty lawsuits. This includes settling claims through employee termination agreements and other written releases.

Whenever you make a deal with a business partner — be it a supplier, distributor, franchisor, or retail vendor — you will need a written agreement to protect your legal rights. Our attorneys will draft and negotiate contracts to sell your goods and services to other distributors.

We will also provide contract review and assistance with any business negotiation.

To help you build your online empire, we will draft disclaimers, privacy policies, user agreements, agreements for outsourcing, and other legal documents for your online business. We will also advise on pre-litigation disputes, intellectual property protection, negligent credentialing issues, and other legal issues governing an online business.

As you secure your employees and strategic partners we will advise you on appropriate agreements and negotiations. Our attorneys will draft, review and execute personnel policies and manuals, employee and independent contractor agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure/non-solicitation agreements, and other kinds of provisions and agreements. We will help you protect confidentiality as you expand your staff and also hire and fire in a legally safe way.

We advise clients about protecting their intellectual property through copyright, trademark, and the law of trade secrets. Our advice includes intellectual property protection both at the inception of the business, and when marketing or distributing strategic IP assets through licensing and other transactions.

We will file your federal and state application for trademark registration, provide copyright registration services and copyright law advice, and give advice on intellectual property issues relating to online products and services, copyright disputes and infringement actions.

Our attorneys have experience in publishing agreements and related negotiations, writer collaboration agreements, and all review of many different kinds of royalty-sharing arrangements and contracts.

When necessary, we protect intellectual property from infringement through cease-and-desist letters and other legal action.

We will assess and help you manage potential liability risk when conducting your business. Our liability risk review will include the areas where your business is vulnerable to a lawsuit, be it from an employee or a strategic business partner.

We excel in trouble-shooting legal problems and helping you find innovative, effective solutions.

If you are a health care practitioner, integrative medicine clinic, medical spa, dietary supplement manufacturer, yoga studio, or health institution, we can help you with: 

We advise and guide clients through every stage of a merger or acquisition, from initial structuring and negotiation, to implementation.

Public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, including initial public offerings. We assist clients in their communications with the SEC and market officials in connection with their listings, and we provide advice and guidance to public companies on their ongoing SEC reporting obligations.