Dunlap Law’s Attorneys Understand the Following Scenarios Because We Have Been There With our Small Business Clients
You and your spouse founded your business together. For years, you’ve worked together to build it. Now, your marriage is crumbling.
How will your impending divorce impact the business?
What rights do you have as a partner in the LLC or corporation? Will business assets impact your divorce settlement terms?
Best friends often start small businesses together. Years later, they fall out of alignment or discover they aren’t as aligned as they thought.
Can you buy-out your business partner?
What should the terms of the business buy-out be? Are there other options for continuing with your business partner but protecting yourself better?
Over time, it’s common for small business officers – the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer – or members of the board of directors, to disagree on key business decisions. Sometimes, these disagreements ripen into open hostility. Whether they know it or not, these small business leaders are in treacherous waters that often cascade into litigation and can include personal liability for business decisions.
How can you work through these arguments without violating Virginia law or the company’s Articles or Bylaws?
Can a disruptive officer or director be removed or fired? How can officers or directors reduce risks to their personal liability?
Family-owned small businesses are common. Shareholders often span several generations. Some shareholders may work for the family business. Others may be disengaged and except for cashing the quarterly dividend check, they may not be paying attention.
Over time, rifts emerge among shareholder factions as those engaged in running the business resent shareholders who merely sit back and collect a share of profits. The disengaged shareholders are grumbling about some recent business decisions that they don’t understand. The seeds of a costly and potentially ruinous lawsuit have been planted.
Can they work through these issues and get back on track before litigation kills the Golden Goose?
What are your fees?
Dunlap Law wants to take the guesswork out of your legal fees. We offer Subscription Plans with prices listed right on our site so you know exactly how much to budget for each month. If the scope of your project is clearly defined, then our flat-fee pricing may be a fit. Finally, for a la carte or complex projects, our hourly work options may fit your needs.
What’s the best way to speak to an attorney?
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Do I need an attorney if I am starting a business?
If you would like to avoid legal issues in the future, we believe it’s best to have a small business attorney involved with starting your business. Dunlap Law can assist with structuring your business, trademarks, pending contracts, negotiation, and employee-related issues.
How can an attorney help get me a trademark for my business?
Trademarks can be essential to making sure your business logos, name, and symbols have legal protection. Our trademark attorney at Dunlap Law can give essential legal advice about your mark’s use, the legal description that creates the scope of protection, the appropriate Class, and what to expect during the registration application process.