It is impossible to run a business without a good attorney reviewing your legal documents and looking out for your best interests.  Our firm works with large and small business owners to provide the kind of legal assistance they need to meet their business objectives without breaking their budget on exorbitant legal fees.  Our approach is to provide practical, cost effective legal advice by recognizing situations where a good attorney can help and, perhaps more importantly, recognizing when good business judgment and negotiations may provide a quicker and better solution.

Our attorneys are practical, experienced, goal-oriented people who will help you accomplish your business transactions properly, quickly and economically.  We provide a broad array of services relating to the following:

*  Business Planning:

Organization
Financing
Restructuring
Management
Operation
Personnel
Tax

*  Formation and operation of domestic and foreign:

Corporations
Limited Liability Companies
Limited Partnerships
General Partnerships
Joint Ventures
Associations
Trusts

*  Negotiation, documentation and regulatory compliance for equity and debt capital transactions:

Angel financing
Venture capital financing
Private placement
Public offering
Institutional borrowing
Joint venture
Strategic alliance

*  Mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and purchase and sale of businesses

*  Intellectual property development, protection, licensing and sale (excluding patents)

*  Negotiation and documentation of intrastate and interstate contracts and commercial transactions

*  Franchising

*  Professional corporations, limited liability partnerships and partnerships:

Organization
Operation
Regulatory compliance

*  Qualification of nonprofit organizations under tax laws

*  Representation with respect to matters involving governmental agencies

*  Shareholder agreements, buy/sell agreements, and other internal governance matters

*  Employment matters:

Employment agreements
Confidentiality and noncompetition agreements
Executive compensation, benefits and incentives
Employee stock option plans
Employee benefits and compensation
Employee policies and procedures
Nondiscrimination compliance
Sexual harassment prevention

*  Restructuring of debt and equity of troubled companies

*  Business and commercial litigation

*  Dissolution and liquidation of businesses

CLIENTS:

Our clients range from small start-up businesses to large national and international companies.  We represent clients in a wide variety of processions and industries, including accounting, agriculture, banking, construction, finance, financial services, gaming, government, health care, high technology, hotel, investment banking, management services, manufacturing, professional services, real estate, restaurant, software, retail sales, securities and service businesses.