Have you just opened a fledgling business? Are you thinking about starting a new business?

In either case, one of the decisions you will need to make concerns whether or not to hire an attorney. A number of issues will no doubt influence your decision - your background knowledge of acceptable professional practices, for instance, or your level of familiarity with basic contract guidelines. While it is true that the degree of necessity for legal advice varies from person to person and from business to business, it is also true that sound counsel can help stave off - or resolve without costly litigation - the legal challenges that face every business owner at one time or another. Unfortunately, disputes arising in a business can sometimes lead to financial failure not just for the company, but for the owner personally. From this perspective, finding and retaining competent counsel appears a prudent move for almost every company.

Although legal fees may often seem excessive, costs incurred to obtain wise legal advice may be some of the safest investments you can make for a business. Compliance with the law releases you from the time-consuming, expensive efforts potentially necessary to defend yourself in a courtroom. Thus, you can devote yourself both physically and mentally to the task you originally set for yourself: transforming your business from the level of just surviving to the level of thriving in a competitive world.

Business Formation and Growth

For this reason, Law Offices of Christy Lee, P. C., focuses on listening to your concerns, then working with you to arrive at an astute plan of action regarding your company. With her insight as a tax lawyer and entrepreneur, Christy Lee understands the tax implications and other considerations of starting and running a business. She counsels start-ups on entity selection and ownership agreements and provides ongoing counsel to established companies regarding transactions and all other business matters.

Understanding that businesses function as growing, evolving entities, Law Offices of Christy Lee, P. C., maintains flexibility sufficient to satisfy a wide variety of criteria at any given time. We stress frank discussions concerning all your legal options, and we assist you without bias in choosing what is best for you and your company. When recommending which course of action to adopt - mediation, arbitration, or litigation - we carefully consider the strategy most likely to lead to an advantageous outcome for both you and your company.

Business Maintenance Program

To help ensure your continued success, we offer for an annual flat price the Business Maintenance Program, which provides annual reviews of your corporate status and enables us to act as agent for receipt of legal documents. Under this program, we will notify you of deadlines associated with filing biennial reports and licensing, and we can briefly address your concerns and questions regarding the evolution of and developments in your company. Through this model, we can assist the client in maintaining compliance with state and federal requirements.

The Law Offices of Christy Lee, P. C., looks forward to helping you and your business start on the right track to longevity and profits.

Specialties:

• Business Formation and Dissolution
• Business Maintenance Program
• Business Governance
• Business Litigation
• Contracts
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Business Succession Planning
• Valuation Issues