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The Business Law Group provides comprehensive and progressive business counseling to emerging and established businesses. Twenty-first century business needs depend on aggressive legal representation in order to the ensure the growth and longevity of the business. Our value-added approach, based on integrity, legal excellence and individualized attention, assists businesses to develop, maintain viability and minimize exposure to liability from whatever source.

Emerging Businesses: A significant aspect of the Business Law Group involves counseling entrepreneurs and start-up or emerging businesses. One component of this process that is vital to the success and survivability of the business involves determining a cost-effective structure from which to operate the business. One single entity does not always work for each business or industry and, as a result, the entity or structure of the business must be tailored specifically to each individual client's needs. Although the following list is by no means exclusive, the employment of one or a combination of two or more of the following structures is commonly utilized in order to obtain the full benefit of taxation and liability minimization: "C" corporations, "S" corporations, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and 501(c)(3) non-profit corporations. We provide written recommendations to our clients detailing what entity or entities are advisable and why. When organizing the business and determining its structure, the client should consider the following factors:
• Protect yourself from liability created by the business
• Involvement of other investors and partners in the business
• Potential tax liability for the business and its earnings
• Desired management structure
• Sophistication of the business plan

Established Businesses: Another significant aspect of the Business Law Group involves counseling established businesses. Business needs dictate the representation required. Proactive representation helps to minimize future problems. A significant part of the legal needs of an established business revolves around its current structure and the business transactions at hand which may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Buying or Selling into or out of a Business or Practice
• Merging with or Acquiring another Business
• Reorganizing or Restructuring Existing Entities
• Commercial Transactions
• Contracts and Contract Disputes
• Governance of the Business
• Succession Planning & Exit Strategies

Working in conjunction with the client, a successful strategy designed to satisfy the economic and legal requirements may be developed and honed. The ability of the Firm to consistently address the needs of established businesses is a direct result of the personalized attention to each individual business client that the Firm provides.