Business Law:
  

Whether you are starting a new business, expanding or buying an existing business, an experienced business attorney is integral to the success of your business. Our goal is to instill smart business practices by advising clients on how to avoid unnecessary risks and minimize liabilities.

We assist clients in forming and dissolving many different types of business entities including corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. When dealing with a typical startup business, we assist in educating the client of the different business entity choices, recommending an entity, preparing all initial organizational documents. For example, to start up a limited liability company, we would prepare Articles of Organization, Operating Agreement, Member Control Agreement, Ownership Registers and Certificates, Meeting Minutes, and State and Federal Tax Number Applications.

We offer assistance throughout the course of the operation of your business such as drafting leases, independent contractor agreements, shareholder agreements, employment agreements, personnel handbooks, noncompete agreements, annual minutes, and advising on a wide range of issues that arise during the course of running of a business.

We also handle the purchase, acquisition, merger or sale of businesses and help our clients ensure that the contracts or buy-sell agreements they sign are well drafted and protect their interests.

Disagreements are bound to arise in business and we have years of experience representing business clients in the litigation of business disputes including breach of contract claims, employment discrimination and sexual harassment, employee compensation, and disputes among partners and shareholders.

Donohue McKenney has represented contractors and subcontractors in regard to construction disputes, including construction defect claims, dealing with problems between subcontractors and general contractors, change orders, suppliers, bond claims and claims for additional compensation.

Donohue McKenney has substantial experience representing individual and commercial property owners as they negotiate construction contracts with architects, engineers and contractors, and problem resolution, either by negotiation, arbitration, or litigation on problems arising during or following construction. Donohue McKenney also represents homeowner associations with these types of issues and disputes with homeowners.

We have long-term relationships with most of our business clients seeing them through startup and in some instances, through sale of their business to international companies. Please contact us for a free initial consultation to learn how proper structuring impacts your bottom line.


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