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.

Corporate/LLC Formation and Governance: Entity selec­tion and forma­tion, share­holder and oper­ating agree­ments, entity gover­nance (share­holder meet­ings, record-keeping, etc.).

Contracts and Additional Business Matters: Employment and inde­pen­dent contractor agree­ments, soft­ware licenses and equip­ment leases, nego­ti­a­tion and drafting of 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.

Commercial Leasing: Complex to simpli­fied commer­cial leasing contracts and land­lord 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.

Residential Leasing and Landlord / Tenant Disputes: Comprehensive leasing docu­ments and personal guar­anty docu­ments (for leasing to under-qualified tenants) and resi­den­tial lease enforce­ment for land­lords and prop­erty managers. Property manager flat rates avail­able for certain services. Residential 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: 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 Registration and Licensing: Full-service trade­mark and copy­right regis­tra­tion services, including pre-filing research, appli­ca­tion prepa­ra­tion and filing, and post-application follow-up. We 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.

Arts and Media: Selective repre­sen­ta­tion of persons and enti­ties in the arts and media fields, including: repre­sen­ta­tion of performing arts enti­ties and promoters in contract review and nego­ti­a­tion; and repre­sen­ta­tion of print and broad­cast media enti­ties for collec­tions, first amend­ment and intel­lec­tual prop­erty matters.

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: For persons sharing real or personal prop­erty owner­ship (resi­den­tial and vaca­tion real estate, yachts, motor vehi­cles, airplanes, recre­ational vehi­cles, etc.), co-ownership agree­ments 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, sharing of costs, and more — all depending upon the needs and specific circum­stances.