The week’s essential Small Business Services resources that you may have missed. (November 15-November 19)

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This week, we focused on small business services, and how to prepare yourself for all sorts of small business situations. The first step? Contact Smith Coonrod. http://smithcoonrod.com

Attorneys at the Law Office of Smith/Coonrod, LLC offer a wide range of services to both small and large businesses in such areas as business litigation, contracts, dispute resolution, real estate and franchise matters with an emphasis on achieving early resolution when possible. We can assist in reviewing and drafting operating agreements, buy sell agreements and non-compete agreements.  We can explore alternative dispute resolution when that is in the best interest of the client but are willing to aggressively try lawsuits as well.  We offer free initial consultations on most matters.

Please call us for assistance in any of the following areas:

  • Contract drafting and review
  • Business purchase/sale drafting and review
  • Lease drafting and review
  • Partnership Agreement drafting and review
  • Buy/sell Agreement drafting and review
  • Employment agreement drafting and review including severance issues
  • Entity formation
  • Dissolution disputes
  • Defense against lawsuits by vendors or employees
  • Franchisee issues
  • Homeowner or Condo Association issues
  • Mediation of business disputes
  • Contractor disputes
  • Real estate issues
  • Retainer program availables

Here are some important resources you may have missed:

“No matter the scale of the enterprise, it’s quite potential that legal issues do arise. In many of the giant corporate a separate authorized counsel physique exists to combat these issues. But in case of small enterprise, this may not happen. Here comes the position played by legislation firms in helping small business.”

“More than half of small business owners (51 percent) say the main reason they would avoid seeking legal counsel is because it is too expensive; however, one in four say legal issues pose the biggest risk to their company, according to a new survey commissioned by Rocket Lawyer ™, the fastest growing online legal service. The study polled 1,000 small business owners to gauge key SMB trends and predictions for 2011.”

  • Rocket Lawyer(TM) Survey Reveals Small Business Owners’ Anxiety Over Legal Costs, other great facts http://goo.gl/qqpS9

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