Business Law and Taxation: Our Approach

We offer practical advice to our business and taxation clients. We represent large and small companies and individuals engaged in manufacturing, construction, real estate development, and other business endeavors, as well as physicians, dentists, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organizations.

Entity Formation and Structure:

	Incorporating for-profit and non-profit corporations and preparing annual corporate minutes, special meeting minutes and corporate resolutions.
	Forming limited liability companies and general and limited partnerships, as well as family limited liability companies and family limited partnerships for estate planning purposes.
	Advising clients on the entity structure which will best suit the client's needs and the tax and business considerations associated with the entity's structure.
	Drafting buy-sell agreements, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, and voting trust agreements.
	Preparing compensation plans and the like.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Liquidations:

	Assisting companies with acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations, including drafting stock and asset purchase agreements, consulting agreements, and non-compete agreements.
	Assisting with and advising clients on corporate and partnership dissolutions and liquidations, including preparing plans of liquidation, liquidation trust agreements, notices to creditors, assignments of assets, and required state and federal forms.
	Assisting clients with secured transactions, such as preparing and filing appropriate documents to take a security interest in personal property.

Taxation, Business and Financial Counseling:

	Tax planning and business counseling for individuals as well as corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships.
	Lending and financing advice, including negotiating and drafting loan and security documents for private loans.
	Assisting and advising clients on shareholder, director and officer issues such as director and officer liability, shareholder and director disagreements, executive compensation.
	Representing and advising businesses and individuals in IRS audits and tax appeals.
	Corporate reorganizations.

Business Agreements:

	Reviewing, drafting and advising clients on employment contracts.
	Preparing contracts for use in clients' businesses.

Attorney Fees

We normally bill our business clients on an hourly basis and we charge for out-of-pocket costs we incur. We invoice monthly. Where appropriate, we consider other flexible fee arrangements.

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