Our
Small Business practice
is directed by Stephen D. Martin. The practice includes advising small businesses on business
and commercial matters.
Our clients include all forms of business
entities involved in a wide variety of business activities, as well as non-profit corporations.
The services that we provide our clients
in this area of our practice include:
- Business Formation - sole proprietorships; partnerships (limited and general); corporations (for profit and non-profit); limited liability companies; joint ventures.
- Real Estate - purchase, sale and tax deferred exchange; commercial and residential leases; loan and financing documentation; condominiums; development; annexation; zoning and land use planning, landlord-tenant; foreclosure; eminent domain; easements.
- Commercial Transactions - purchase; sale; reorganization; merger; dissolution and liquidation of corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships and limited liability companies
- Construction - contracts; liens; resolution of claims (contractual, fidelity and surety)
- Employment - terminations; reductions in force; discrimination allegations; EEOC; workers' compensation; unemployment compensation; handbooks; wage and hour.
- Litigation - business; contractual; employment; real estate; commercial.
- Commercial Law - collections; UCC matters; judgments
- Regulatory - administrative and regulatory matters
- Succession - business continuity and succession planning
The
Small Business Practice Group
- Stephen D. Martin
- James M. Dietz
- Dennis L. Pergram
- Thayne D. Gray
- William J. Michael
- Lowell A. Hedlund
- Teresa J. Huffman (legal assistant)
- Lori L. Miller (legal assistant)
- Joan E. Swarts (legal assistant)
