We represent businesses and individuals, with a focus on legal compliance, intellectual property protection, corporate organization, and contracts. I generally help clients avoid disputes but I also help them win them.

We work in concert with our clients to assist in all aspects of a business, public or family owned, including strategic legal planning, purchases, sales, expansion, formation, licensing, employment issues, and dissolution. We strive to help our clients enhance their businesses in a forward-thinking plan to ultimately transition the next generation into the business. We help to plan whether you are a start up or already conducting business.

Business Transactions

General Council

• Contracts drafting
• Terms of service
• Licenses
• legal due diligence
• Corporate governance
• Compliance and risk management
• Negotiating and reviewing contracts

Business Formation

• Choice of entity
• Incorporation
• Entity conversion
• Initial capitalization and founders stock
• Business licenses, EIN and other initial matters

Employee Agreements

• Contract preparation
• Contract review
• Employee policies
• Severance package negotiation

Business Funding

• Self-funding
• Friends and family financing
• Seed investments
• Angel investments
• Bridge financing
• venture capital investments
• Crowd sourced investments
• Bank lines of credit

Intellectual Property

• Trademarks
• Licensing agreements
• Nondisclosure Agreements

Shareholder Agreements

• Stock purchase agreements, stock buy backs, and stock vesting

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Buying a business
• Selling a business
• Stock acquisition
• Asset acquisition

Business Ligitation

• Business partner disputes
• Breach of contract
• Shareholder disputes
• Employment claims
• Derivative actions
• Commercial lease disputes

Bankruptcy

• Chapter 7
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 13
• Loan Modifications
• Protecting Assets
• Business bankruptcy
• Eliminating Debt
• Foreclosure Defense
• Student Loan Debt