Business Affairs
Businesses need to obtain quality, responsive legal counsel while keeping an eye on the bottom line. My firm is committed to delivering efficient, experienced representation to businesses requiring Oklahoma legal counsel.
Our business affairs practice is focused on three areas: Start up, risk management/corporate law, and litigation. We take pride in our ability to offer flat and alternative fee arragements, in addition to or instead of traditional hourly fee structures, to many of our clients to meet their legal and business needs.
Start-up and organization of your business is vitally important to ensure your company's success and to limit your personal liability. We assist business owners in organizing the proper entity to accomplish their goals. The intial decision to do business as a limited liability company (LLC, or Ltd. Co.), corporation, limited partnership, or other entity is important and has long-lasting consequences. Experienced counsel at the start-up phase of any business is crucial to future success. Equally important, after entity selection, is drafting appropriate partnership, operating or shareholder agreements that accomplish the goals of business owners with regard to asset protection, business operation, structure, and other important issues. A strong foundation in beginning your business can save complications and expenses in the long term. Owners, shareholders, and managers need attorneys that understand their business. My firm takes the time to know you and your business; one size does not fit all. We help you find solutions that are tailored to meet your specific needs.
Managing legal and business risk requires legal counsel that understands the environment in which your business operates. We take special pride in spending time, often on our dime, getting to know you and your business. Many of our clients don't have the ability to hire full-time general counsel. We can assist with experienced counsel to advise and manage the legal issues confronting our clients. Minimizing legal risk, managing compliance functions, and proper early response to potential problems create value for our clients by potentially avoiding expensive and unecessary litigation. Time spent on "problems" takes time away from you adding value to your organization. Let us help you plan to limit exposure to value-draining legal issues. Each client has its own particular issues and opportunities and we look forward to talking with you about yours.
If litigation is necessary, our firm has qualified trial lawyers to defend or prosecute your legal claims. Because a trial is a last resort, all of our trial lawyers have studied alternative dispute resolution philosophy and procedure; most of our trial lawyers are also trained mediators. Vigorously defending or prosecuting clients' claims while still meeting budget expectations is as important to us as it is to you.
If your business needs counsel in the State of Oklahoma, please call our firm to see how we can help. No attorney client relationship is formed until an engagement letter is executed between client and the firm.
Experience. Counsel. Results.