Small Business Packages
Start-Up Package[1]
- Counseling on selecting the best legal structure for your business
- Limited Liability Company
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Corporation
- Non-Profit
- Benefit Corporation
- Incorporate & register your business
- Draft and file articles of incorporation
- File name reservation and trade name forms as needed
- Apply for business license
- Register with state taxing agency
- Serve As your Registered Agent
- Provide checklist of steps and 1 hour counseling session on yearly reporting requirements for your business
- Partnership agreement
- One customized contract, for instance an independent contractor agreement or forms to use with customers
Enhanced Start-Up Package
- Each of the services listed above plus
- Disclaimers for your website and marketing materials that protect the rights of your business and limit your liability
- One (1) additional customized contract
- Review one (1) contract
- Checklist and 1 hour counseling on interview best practices.
- Up to 3 customized job descriptions, 3 custom applications, and 3 offer letters
- Employee Handbook with policies and prohibitions relevant to your business
- Manager Handbook explaining employment laws relevant to your business
- One 1 hour employee training
- One year of timely updates on the newest state and Federal employment laws and regulations relevant to your business
- Legal Audit/Check-Up
- Reviewing your major documents and providing a roadmap for legally protecting the business.
- Compliance: Ensure you have complied with state report requirements and any requirements particular to your business.
- Contracts: Reviewing your business contracts to ensure you have all the contracts necessary to protect your business and the right language in those contract.
- Advertising: Ensuring you have the proper disclaimers on your website or other advertising materials and social media, and that is your advertising is not misleading
- Employees: Reviewing your employee handbook and employee policies and determining if you have the right polices in place for your business.
- Overall, provide an assessment of where you may have some exposure legally.
- Outline steps on how to move forward to ensure your business is protected
- Monthly General Counseling at services offered at a discounted rate after audit complete.
- Discuss legal aspects of any disputes, planned joint ventures, purchases, taking on a new investor, or any other business plans or concerns
- In-person, over the phone or Skype (Google hangout)
- Includes 8 hours of legal services per month
- Additional hours billed at a discounted rate
[1] Most filing fees included
[2] Actual fee will depend on the size of the business