BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, CORPORATION AND LLC MATTERS

Business Transactions: Negotiation, docu­ment prepa­ra­tion, closing and post-closing services in the purchase and sale of busi­nesses and busi­ness assets of all types, including profes­sional prac­tices.

Corporate/LLC Formation and Governance: Entity selec­tion and forma­tion, share­holder, member and oper­ating agree­ments, Articles and Bylaws, and entity gover­nance for profit and non-profit entities.

Contracts and Additional Business Matters: Employment and inde­pen­dent contractor agree­ments, soft­ware licenses, resale and distri­b­u­tion agree­ments, and equip­ment leases. Negotiation and drafting services offered for virtu­ally all business-related agree­ments. Secured trans­ac­tions and Florida liquor license purchase and sale trans­ac­tions, and liens.

Business Litigation: The firm accepts select busi­ness liti­ga­tion matters.  Such matters range from breach of contract collec­tions actions paid on an hourly basis, to secu­ri­ties fraud and invest­ment rescis­sion actions taken, in some cases, on full contin­gency (with no attor­neys’ fee if no recovery is made). Whether a matter is based on an hourly rate or contin­gency depends upon the facts and applic­able law.  Please contact the firm for further details. 

REAL ESTATE

Condominium and Homeowner Association Governance, Covenant Enforcement and Assessment Collections: Full service assis­tance to Condominium and Homeowners Association Boards of Directors and Property Managers on matters concerning corpo­rate gover­nance, conduct of meet­ings, effec­tive amend­ment of governing docu­ments, provi­sion of proper notices, impo­si­tion of special assess­ments, collec­tion of assess­ments and enforce­ment of governing docu­ments, rules and regu­la­tions.  Condominium asso­ci­a­tion arbi­tra­tion actions and HOA medi­a­tions are matters the firm gladly and comfort­ably handles, always striving to obtain the best possible outcome in as effi­cient fashion as possible. Contact us for more infor­ma­tion about the many services provided to asso­ci­a­tions and prop­erty managers. 

Commercial Leasing: Complex to simpli­fied commer­cial leasing contracts and commer­cial land­lord and tenant matters, including compre­hen­sive leases for matters ranging from shop­ping malls to ship­yards, and timber­lands to office parks; rent payment guar­anty and payment secu­rity docu­ments; and commer­cial eviction. Commercial evic­tion matters are liti­gated by the firm on hourly and capped fee terms depending on facts and applic­able law.

Timberlands: Leasing and sale of timber land from single cut short term leases and licenses, to long term leasing, and sales trans­ac­tions and Georgia timber deeds.

Communications Tower Sites: The firm has consid­er­able expe­ri­ence in nego­ti­a­tion and drafting of contracts for the purchase and sale of, and for leasing and licensing of space upon and beneath, commu­ni­ca­tions towers for broad­cast, cellular phone, broad­band and other uses.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Trademarks, Copyrights, Software, Internet and Media Law)

Trademark and Copyright Licensing: Trademark and copy­right services are limited to licensing and general advise­ment in the busi­ness and busi­ness start-up context. Occasional regis­tra­tion services are offered to estab­lished clients. The firm can also assist you in analysis of infringe­ment issues and pros­e­cu­tion or defense of such issues.

Internet / E-Commerce / WWW Domain Names & Web Development: Licensing agree­ments, end user and shrink-wrap agree­ments for Internet sites, web site devel­op­ment and e-commerce services. Various addi­tional services include advise­ment on fraud, customer rela­tions and liti­ga­tion avoid­ance efforts. Internet domain name disputes resolved through nego­ti­a­tion, WIPO proce­dures and litigation.

Media: Selective repre­sen­ta­tion of persons and enti­ties in the media, including: repre­sen­ta­tion of media talent in contract review and nego­ti­a­tion; and repre­sen­ta­tion of adver­tising agen­cies, and print and broad­cast media enti­ties for collec­tions, first amend­ment and intel­lec­tual prop­erty matters.  The firm does not prac­tice in areas of musical artist repre­sen­ta­tion other than contract nego­ti­a­tion and review, but we can assist client artists in finding appro­priate manage­ment and repre­sen­ta­tion.

PERSONAL BUSINESS MATTERS

Wills, Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Surrogacy and Living Wills: Drafting and prepa­ra­tion of testa­men­tary docu­ments, health­care desig­na­tions, living wills, contin­gent or imme­di­ately effec­tive durable powers of attorney and simple trusts.

Joint Ownership Agreements for Co-Owners and Non-Marital Relationships: An impor­tant concern that often goes over­looked is the need for persons sharing real or personal prop­erty owner­ship (resi­den­tial and vaca­tion real estate, yachts, motor vehi­cles, airplanes, recre­ational vehi­cles, etc.) to have co-ownership agree­ments in order to delin­eate each owner’s interest in the prop­erty, provide for divi­sion or sale of prop­erty upon certain events (disagree­ment, market events, death or disability of an owner, etc.), estab­lish the owners’ duties of main­te­nance of the prop­erty, the sharing of costs, and more — all depending upon the needs and specific circum­stances. This is a vitally impor­tant step for unmar­ried couples who own, or plan to own, prop­erty together.