Posts Tagged ‘attorney’

Schedule Your Legal Checkup

One of my favorite sites, Women Entrepreneur, gives some specific examples of how your business attorney can save your bacon through annual legal checkups:  http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/2009/12/your-biz-needs-an-annual-legal-physical.html

 

How to Build a Trusted Kitchen Cabinet

As a business attorney, I tell clients they should have a trusted “kitchen cabinet” of professionals to go to for advice:  attorney, accountant, insurance agent and financial planner.  It is nice to know someone and feel comfortable before you have a problem.  Yet, finding a trustworthy professional in these fields can be daunting.  How can [...]

 

Lessons From the Domino’s Video: Part II Corporate Damage Control

This week two thoughtless employees of a North Carolina Domino’s Pizza franchise posted YouTube videos of them goofing around with the food and then appearing to serve it to customers.  Although this was supposed to be a joke, the videos took off online and were seen by up to a million grossed-out people.  What would [...]

 

Contracts for Dummies: What You Should Know About Drafting Your Own Contracts

I ran across a publication the other day called Business Contracts Kits for Dummies.  It is a “fun and easy guide to business agreements that cover your assets!”
But should a business owner really draft important contracts without counsel?  I have to say, that with my writing background, drafting and negotiating contracts is one of my [...]

 

Do You Really Need A Lawyer To Form Your Corporation?

I am a business lawyer. I help people form corporations and LLCs to protect their assets and increase their net worth. Today, we are bombarded by ads on the radio and television telling us how easy it is to “Form your own LLC or Corporation, and save expensive legal fees!” These ads suggest that attorneys [...]