Business Organization and Transactions
We have years of hands-on experience advising and representing business clients both large and small. We strive to identify and avoid potential areas of legal controversy before they arise whenever possible, and to resolve conflicts promptly, simply, and cost-effectively when they do occur. We represent all kinds of businesses—from sole proprietors and small family-owned businesses all the way to large local and regional companies.
Our attorneys have helped clients form, govern, and operate hundreds of businesses. We have assisted in the purchase, sale, transfer, and dissolution of many more.
A large share of our litigation practice involves commercial disputes. By both advising businesses and representing them in court, the Family First Law Group is in a good position to help clients avoid controversies. Once conflicts have arisen, our experience and knowledge of our clients’ business and commercial affairs help us to be more effective in resolving them whether through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, or judicial process.
Our litigation experience helps us to sensitize business clients to many of the most serious legal pitfalls and hazards facing them, and to develop realistic and effective countermeasures. In business organizations and transactions, we emphasize the use of careful planning to guard against the legal liabilities businesses face in courts every day. We draft all types of contracts: shareholder and employment agreements, customer contracts, and vendor agreements. We work with our clients to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local governmental requirements, to protect commercial and intellectual property such as trade secrets, to provide for a stable and loyal work force, and to defuse crises when they arise. We also offer business checkups to our clients in order to keep business leaders informed and to ward off problems before they turn into lawsuits.
Non-profit organizations have their own special needs, whether membership based or organized with a perpetual board. We can prepare articles of incorporation, bylaws and minutes to ensure orderly governance. We can also prepare internal EEO and conflict of interest policies. We will work with your CPA to obtain and maintain tax exempt status.
We help set you up for success…
Business Formation and operations for corporations, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, joint ventures, trusts and other business entities.
Non-profit Formation and Governance.
Reviewing commercial contracts: financing, acquisition, leasing, vendors and sales and other matters
Securities: structure, issuance, redemption
Shareholders and Equity ownership: capital structure; rights, restrictions and obligations; transfers and redemptions; shareholder, buy-sell and governance agreements
Board and Shareholder Meetings
Business Succession Planning
Federal and State Business Regulation Compliance
Election Compliance, Proxy Statements and Election contests
Civil Litigation: Contract Disputes
Landlord Tenant Disputes
“I have known Lonnie Rich for many years and have always been highly impressed with his passion for the law, his work ethic and his good judgment. ”
— Shawn McLaughlin