Successful business owners know retaining a good business lawyer early on is critical to the success of the business. Don't wait until your business is in trouble or being sued to retain a good business lawyer. As the old adage goes "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The hiring of a good business lawyer to advise you from the time you decide to start-up or purchase a business through the life of your business will ultimately save you many headaches (and money too). A good business lawyer can help you determine which form the entity should take and the advantages and disadvantages of each. For example, whether to form a corporation or a limited liability company (LLC), and if the business will be a corporation whether to be taxed as a "C" or "S" corporation? A good business lawyer can educated you on the choices so you can make the best choice for your business. A good business lawyer can provide you with the essential information to get your business started on the right foot and the essential information to keep your business legally healthy, and can provide you with advice on everything from acquiring or starting your business to the formal requirements for the business entity chosen, zoning, copyrights, trademarks, and much more. Equally important (or even more important), a good business lawyer can assist you with reducing your business's liability and risk to lawsuits. Lawsuits are extremely expensive, and can financially devastate a business. The fee a lawyer will charge to keep your business out of trouble is only a small fraction of the fee a lawyer will charge to get your business out of trouble. What services should a business lawyer provide? »A business lawyer should be able to help you with preparingthe standard form contracts you will need for your customers, clients and suppliers, and should be able to review and advise you on contracts that other people or businesses will want you to sign. »A business lawyer should be able to advise you on whether the new business should be a corporation or an LLC, and be able to prepare the necessary paperwork. »A business lawyer should be able to review, draft, and negotiate your business's commercial lease. »Your accountant or CPA willprepare and file your business tax returns, but your business lawyer should have the know-how to register your business for federal and state tax identification numbers, and be able to understand and advise you on the tax consequences of the more basic business transactions in which your business will engage. »Somebusiness lawyer help with registering products and services for federal trademark and copyright protection, generally, however, these tasks are performed by specialists who do nothing but "intellectual property" legal work. If your business lawyer does not provide this service, then he or she should have a close working relationship with one or more intellectual property specialist. At Rhodes Law, P.A., our business is preventing and solving legal problems. Rhodes Law, P.A. provides professional corporate and business legal services at an affordable rate. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and representing businesses fairly and honestly. It is important to have an experienced attorney you can trust. We have your business' best interest at heart, and would like to represent you today. Our Business Law Services Include: •Formation of Legal Entity - Corporation, LLC •Articles of Incorporation or Organization •Shareholder or Operating Agreement •Employment Law Compliance •Employee Handbook •Non-Competes and Employment Agreements •Contract&Lease; - Draft and Review •And more If your business is facing or considering litigation and you are seeking an experienced and results-driven litigator, look no further than Rhodes Law, P.A. Hiring an effective litigator is invaluable to your case. Ms. Rhodes is an experienced litigation attorney and represents clients in cases such as breach of contract, breach of warranty, breach of non-compete agreements, foreclosure defense, construction disputes, fraud, consumer disputes and many other types of civil matters. Our Civil Litigation Services Include: •Breach of Contract •Breach of Warranty •Violation of Non-Compete •Civil Theft •Fraud •Construction Disputes •Debt and Consumer Disputes •Foreclosure Defense •And more For more information or to schedule a consultation call Rhodes Law, P.A. at (321) 610-4542 or visit our website atwww.rhodeslawpa.com. The matters discussed here are general in nature and are not to be relied upon as legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is intended or created as a result of matters discussed here, and you should consult counsel of your choice if you have any dealings in these areas of the law. Rhodes Law, P.A. and its attorneys and other employees make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the matters addressed here.
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