

Back to Basics: What Your Business Attorney Wants You To Know
1. Don’t Be Embarrassed, Part 1 You are good at fixing cars or websites or mangled QuickBooks entries. I am good at fixing contracts and missing paperwork. It is actually smart for you to concentrate on what you do best and outsource the rest. Whatever mistakes or omissions you’ve made, I’ve seen them before. I actually have a form file called “Clean-up Minutes” for clients who are behind on their annual meetings of shareholders and directors. 2. Don’t Be Embarrassed, Part 2


Back to Basics: How to Work with a Business Attorney
Many of my new clients are nervous. They don’t know exactly what I can do for them and are afraid of how much it will cost. Here are some tips on how to work with a business attorney. 1. Gather all the formation documents relating to your business/businesses. For a Corporation, this means articles of incorporation, organizational meeting minutes, bylaws, stock certificates, subscription agreements, and minutes of any other meetings. For an LLC, this means articles of organiza

How to Order a Certificate of Good Standing
Go to the Secretary of State’s website, where you can search for your company name: Type in your company name hit enter, and click on your company. Above the large title ‘Business Corporation’ or ‘Limited Liability Company’ (depending on what kind of entity you have), there are a bunch of tags you can click on. Click on "Order a Document Online" (outlined in red in the picture below). On the line that says “Existence/Good Standing”, put a "1" in Qty and scroll down to the bot