How a lawyer can help ...
| Do you need a business lawyer? Whether you are starting a for profit or nonprofit, home based, large or small business, selling or purchasing a business, or are dealing with the myriad of legal matters that are present in running your current business, a business attorney can help you sort through the ins and outs of your day to day legal matters and refer you to other specialists (such as employment, tax, immigration or intellectual property attorneys) should the need arise. For this reason, the advice of a good business attorney, either as your consultant or your representative, is a good investment.
A business lawyer can help…
- Assess your legal situation. Business attorneys are as essential to a business, large or small, as an accountant or bookkeeper. Have a business lawyer available to help you:
- Form a corporation or other business entity, develop strategies for its management, financing and control, and facilitate your compliance with applicable laws and regulations, such as those dealing with your employees, with governmental agencies and with protection of the environment;
- Draft and negotiate agreements and other documents for your business or franchise;
- Understand the risks and benefits of all your agreements;
- Protect valuable and original ideas, products and designs by pursuing patent, copyright or trademark protection, trade secret agreements, non-disclosure agreements and confidentiality agreements;
- Capitalize on your ideas by formulating strategies designed to turn ideas into money;
- Accomplish your objectives and avoid costly disputes;
- Draft contracts if you are dealing with customers;
- Draft and review HR policies, including confidentiality and non-compete agreements and employee handbooks;
- Stay abreast of new developments, opinions, or guidelines with respect to business or labor law.
- Act as a legal coach. If you prefer to deal with most legal issues on your own, you should still consider using a business lawyer as a consultant, or coach, to help you on an as-needed basis. Establishing a relationship with a good business lawyer now may save you time, money and possible headaches down the road.
- Negotiate. If you find yourself in a dispute or in contract negotiations, and you find negotiating is not your strong suit, let your attorney do the talking for you. Besides creating a level playing field, your attorney’s involvement can help ensure your rights and interests are protected.
- Draft a lawyer’s letter. You can use a lawyer’s letter strategically to save time, money, or just to show you mean business.
- Represent you in court . Finally, if you are faced with litigation over a business matter, send for your lawyer! Business litigation is no place for the uninitiated. If you are a corporation, you must be represented by an attorney. If you are not and there is lots of money at stake or complicated government regulations involved, you are usually better off bringing on a lawyer.
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