BUSINESS & CONTRACT LAW
Innovative Business Advice | Your business is not only your source of income but your passion. Let Arney Law and Mediation be Your Business Partner to maximize your profit, stability and reputation in the community.
“In House Counsel” Program
We see it all too often where businesses are proceeding without legal counsel to save the expense and end up with serious and expensive legal problems. Large businesses and organizations have the benefit of attorneys as full time employees to assist with all the aspects of the operation. Our program gives you access to sophisticated legal services at an affordable cost. In fact, you can’t afford to move forward without our legal counsel in your corner! Take advantage of:
- Periodic “no charge” meetings at your business location | we want to fully understand your business operation
- Business “check ups” | we take pride in helping transform your business from good to great
- General consultation as needed
- Set price, highly discounted inquiries | you, as the client, should not be hesitant to get a legal opinion due to cost. In fact, the failure to inquire could be very, very costly. Many times over the years we’ve been involved in lawsuits that could have been avoided if the business owner had sought timely advice.
- Review of contracts, legal issues & risks | Often businesses and individuals sign contracts without a full understanding of the legal implications. A similar mistake exists when parties fail to sign written contracts to ensure each party understands the obligations. In other words, do the parties understand the “deal”? Arney Law and Mediation is skilled at preparing and negotiating contracts to avoid expensive, stressful problems in the future. This includes a risk/reward analysis.
- Our Litigation Experience helps | the old saying that “hindsight is 20/20” certainly rings true when it comes to the lessons learned through lawsuits. Often, if the client would have just had a better contract, or made one different decision, or clarified his position in writing, an expensive lawsuit could’ve been avoided. Almost always, that client failed to seek legal assistance until it was too late. One attorney described litigation as “a swift current where the water is ice cold and once you are in it, you may wish you never entered the water.” While we excel at litigation, these icy waters should be avoided whenever possible.
- We make attempts to eliminate the time lawyers spend bullying and bluffing their way through disputes and negotiations. IT ALL STARTS WITH RECOGNIZING THE RISKS AND MAKING SMART, PROACTIVE BUSINESS DECISIONS.
- Custom client/customer contracts & business forms | specially tailored to your business
- Efforts are made at no charge to fully understand your business to guard against your risks and maximize your chance of full payment
- Meeting of the minds | both your business and your clients/customers will have a mutual understanding
- Maximizes your chances of repeat, satisfied customers/clients
- Policies and Procedures
- Account collections and proactive, professional receivables management -- fixed price, highly discounted, collection letters and account communications.
- “Curve of Gratitude” | the more time that passes the higher likelihood the debtor will make excuses not to pay
- "Time is of the essence" is a legal term meaning that the passage of time is very important and material to the outcome. Studies have shown that older accounts are much harder to collect both in terms of excuses and defenses raised and the availability of funds.
- Failure to properly manage your receivables also has a long term effect of a loss of customers/clients who will not return for future business.
- Receivables Manager | we are sensitive to your customer/client relationships and work to collect the balance due while preserving future business opportunities. We also have the experience to identify and avoid potential liabilities we discover.
- General Internal Operations
- Internet policies
- Employment manuals and procedures
- Account collections and proactive, professional receivables management -- fixed price, highly discounted, collection letters and account communications.
- Discounted legal fees to employees for personal legal issues | your employees are critical to your success. Let us assist them with their personal issues at a discounted rate which amounts to an employee benefit the owner provides at no cost to the business.
Starting & Selling Businesses / Entrepreneurship Advice
Whether you are just getting started in business or are quitting business, seek advice from Arney Law and Mediation.
- Starting a new Business | Business Incorporation / Limited Liability Companies
- Annual reporting
- Registered Agent
- Internal procedures and risk avoidance
- Non compete agreements
- Buying, Selling & Dissolving Businesses
- Contracts | It all starts with the deal! Do you have an agreement? Are you protected?
- Preparation | We draft contracts considering the risks of not only litigation but disagreements in general. Disagreements affect good will, customer/client relationships and overall productivity.
- Risk/Reward analysis
- Negotiations | buying or selling
- Our trusted team of experts
- Business Valuation Experts – We assist our clients in determining the price at which the property would change hands between a willing and able buyer and a willing seller when the former is not under any compulsion to buy and the latter is not under any compulsion to sell, both parties having knowledge of the relevant facts. (Internal Revenue Ruling 59-60).
- Property Valuations (real and personal property)
- Tax issues
- Accounting issues
- Patents, Trademarks and Intellectual Property
- Anything business related!
- Our trusted team of experts
- Negotiations | buying or selling
