You need the best business attorney you can afford
Many business owners, especially in start up businesses and small enterprises tend to turn up their noses at the idea of employing a business attorney. They feel that the costs are likely to be high and much of the work done or knowledge held by a business attorney can be done on one’s own or with a bit of research.
While this may be true in many instances one should be aware of an age old saying in legal circles. “He who represents himself has a fool for a client”. There are many things one can do for one’s self but if not properly advised one might find you have left holes or have made costly errors as you are not adequately protected under the law.
Start ups are fairly straightforward and you can manage a lot yourself. Things like trade mark and business name registration, Domain name registration signing a straightforward lease on business premises and opening a bank account are all things you can do yourself without any fear of danger (be careful about the lease). Even hiring employees is probably fine to do without involving attorneys who would charge heavy fees if involved doing any of the above.
But there are lots of other areas where being guided by someone, who will look at the clauses of any agreement, and advise you as to any possible negative implications inherent in them. What about things like employment contracts or partnership agreements or a trade agreement with a supplier or a customer. Whenever one is putting one’s signature to a document that either binds you to doing something or receiving something it is advisable that the legal implications of such an agreement be checked out by your Best Business Attorney.
There are times when you are absolutely certain to need the best business attorney on your side, and that is when another party or government agency cites you for something. It may be an environmental problem when the waste rain water from your site is flowing into the rivers and is determined to be muddy or polluted. It maybe that someone using one of the products you manufacture hurt themselves and blame you for faulty manufacture.
Whatever the actual reason the chances of you, as a small business owner, being sued for something or other is very high. The United States is very litigious and many suits are undertaken by attorneys on a no win no fee basis which is known to encourage spurious law suits. This is particularly the case in instances of sexual harassment or unjust dismissal. To head these off before they come into court is always desirable and involving a business attorney early on in the process is well advised.
So it is advisable to regard the best business attorney with more care than one regards a doctor. One doesn’t call on a doctor for every ailment that one knows is going to come right but one certainly needs an attorney when some issue looks like it may have legal implications.
Ensuring you have the services of the Best Business Attorney makes sense to protect you from oversights and spurious lawsuits.
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