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Practice Areas
A Comprehensive Transactional Business Law Firm
Investors
Startups
Privately Held Companies
Public Charities
Private Foundations
Law Practice
Prominent Legal Services
BUSINESS & CORPORATE LAW
Business Entity Formation
Business License
Contract Law
Tax-Exempt Organizations & Non-Profit Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Negotiating & Drafting Business/Corporate Agreements
Equity Agreements (Operating Agreements, Partnership Agreements, Shareholder Agreements)
Corporate Governance
Employment Agreements
The nature of a business takes on various shapes and sizes. For example, most U.S. businesses are created for-profit and carry with it a spirit of capitalism (entrepreneurship). There are businesses created for non-profit purposes and known for their philanthropy. Then there are investors looking to contribute their resources to existing businesses or real estate, also looking for profit, but with a more passive role. Whatever your flavor of enterprise, having a transactional lawyer is imperative to your company’s start and growth. They can help you navigate the subtle distinctions between a private foundation and a public charity or the difference between starting a business and investing in one. But perhaps the greatest value a transactional attorney provides is the peace of mind a company’s vision remains uninterrupted by regulation and litigation.
TAXATION
Tax is the first language – native tongue – of business. Whether a business is newly formed, taking on investors, considering an equipment purchase, buying or leasing a building, considering intellectual property (creating, licensing, buying, or selling it), advertising & marketing, applying for a line of credit, conducting research & development, etc., tax is the only area that applies to all of the above. More specifically, the Government is your mandatory partner in all economic and business endeavors. The good news is, the role of a tax attorney is to cut the Government as small a slice of the economic pie as possible. The true benefit and beauty of tax is revealed in the planning aspect, being as proactive as possible. However, whether you are in the tax planning stage, tax compliance & preparation stage, or tax controversy stage, having a tax attorney can oftentimes mean the difference between a business failing or not.
Federal Taxes (Internal Revenue Service)
State and Local Taxes (Georgia)
Transactional Tax Planning
Tax Controversy
Payroll & Employment Taxes
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Trademarks
Copyrights
Trade Secrets
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The most well-known types are copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the creation of a wide variety of intellectual goods. To achieve this, the law gives people and businesses property rights to the information and intellectual goods they create, usually for a limited period of time. This gives economic incentive for their creation, because it allows people to profit from the information and intellectual goods they create. These economic incentives are expected to stimulate innovation and contribute to the technological progress of countries, which depends on the extent of protection granted to innovators.
ESTATE & SUCCESSION PLANNING
Estate Planning
Estate planning is the process of anticipating and arranging, during a person’s life, for the management and disposal of that person’s estate during the person’s life and at and after death, while minimizing gift, estate, generation skipping transfer, and income tax. Estate planning includes planning for incapacity as well as a process of reducing or eliminating uncertainties over the administration of a probate and maximizing the value of the estate by reducing taxes and other expenses. The ultimate goal of estate planning can be determined by the specific goals of the client, and may be as simple or complex as the client’s needs dictate.
Succession Planning
Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing new leaders who can replace old leaders when they leave, retire or die. Succession planning increases the availability of experienced and capable employees that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available.
Will
Advance Directive for Healthcare
Transactional Tax Planning
Power of Attorney
Revocable Living Trust
ASSET PROTECTION
Asset protection is a set of legal techniques and a body of statutory and common law dealing with protecting assets of individuals and business entities from civil money judgments. The goal of asset protection planning is to insulate assets from claims of creditors without perjury or tax evasion.
Industries
Industries We Specialize In
Retail & Professional Services
Logistics & Transportation
Real Estate
Health Care
Non-Profits & Tax Exempt Organizations
Health & Fitness
Sports & Entertainment
Restaurants & Hospitality
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