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Maria Bates Law PLLC

844-MBLAW-FL or 202-489-0845

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Building & Protecting Organizational Dreams

Business

Nonprofit/NGO

Nonprofit/NGO

Business Startup & Ongoing Development

There are few things in life more rewarding, exciting, and scary as starting your own business. We're here to help you navigate the ups and downs and the uncertain waters. 


You know your business better than anyone. We know business law and business strategic planning. Together, we can make a powerful team to help drive your company's success.


Maria has been a practicing attorney for 13 years and has founded and operated her own businesses and nonprofits. She recently completed her LLM (Master of Laws) degree in Business Law from Florida State University. Her drive and understanding of business law matters will keep your business protected while you focus on your customers.


We have the tools to help you build and protect your dreams. We'd love to share in your vision, encourage it, help build it, and keep it successful.


From startup, maintenance and growth, to winding down or selling your business, and everything in between, we offer a variety of services to meet your specific business needs.


Business Services

  • Business planning
  • Startup & choice of entity
  • Articles of organization or incorporation
  • Owners’ agreements (LLC, Partnership, Corporation)
  • State and federal filings
  • Employee handbooks
  • Policies and procedures
  • Non-compete agreements
  • Non-disclosure agreements
  • Settlement agreements
  • Women, minority, veteran-owned business development
  • Corporate social responsibility & ESG
  • Due diligence
  • Buy-sell agreements
  • Winding down and dissolution


Business Interest Focused Pages

You can stay current on business interest and current business news matters by following our separate focused social media pages linked below. 

https://www.facebook.com/MBLawBusiness

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/MBLawBusiness

https://www.twitter.com/MBLawBusiness


The Next Step

Even if you're not sure where to start, we also offer business planning consultations to help you understand your options.


Ready to get started?

Call Us Today!

Nonprofit/NGO

Nonprofit/NGO

Nonprofit/NGO

Nonprofit Startup & Ongoing Development

When you decide to start a nonprofit, you are embarking upon an exciting adventure. The primary driving force is usually the desire to make a difference, to impact a community, or to advocate for change. 


There are many types of nonprofits including those that are strictly nonprofit corporations organized in your state. However, most seek IRS tax exempt status. If you are seeking IRS tax exempt status, there is an additional layer of start-up requirements and on-going operations. Additionally, there are state and local laws related to the development and operation of your nonprofit corporation, such as sales tax and charitable solicitations.  


There are tremendous resources to help your nonprofit at national, state and local levels. Locally, other nonprofit support organizations can provide helpful assistance. At the federal level, the IRS website is a great source of information. For smaller nonprofits, the IRS website offers an easy online application. We help our clients tap into a library of available resources in efforts to get your nonprofit started out on the solid footing. 


As a practice specializing in nonprofit law, we cannot stress the value and importance of getting started on the right foot through proper legal and tax guidance more emphatically. However, if your organization is already in the midst of operation, we can still assist. 


Additionally, we recommend that all nonprofits go through periodic reviews of their policies, procedures, and legal requirements to ensure they are current and compliant.


We assist all types of nonprofits including but not limited to small community charities, political, private foundations, associations, religious organizations, nonprofit hospital or community health systems.


Nonprofit Services

  • Startup 
  • Tax-exemption application & issues
  • Board development & training
  • Compliance audits 
  • Policies and procedures
  • State or federal licensure through administrative agencies
  • Fundraising and charitable giving issues and procedures
  • Conflict of Interest issues
  • Director, Employee, Contractor compensation issues
  • Grant reviews for compliance
  • Membership issues
  • Policy Analysis and advocacy
  • NGO Consultative Status with the UN & other international issues


Nonprofit Interest Focused Pages

You can stay current on nonprofit interest and current nonprofit news matters by following our separate focused social media pages linked below.  

https://www.facebook.com/MBLawNonprofit

https://linkedin.com/showcase/MBLawNonprofit

https://www.twitter.com/MBLawNonprofit


The Next Step

If you're not sure where to start, we also offer nonprofit planning consultations to help you understand your options.


Ready to get started?

Call Us Today!

Food & Farm

Nonprofit/NGO

Food & Farm

The Farmer Lawyer

The day Maria closed on her 10-acre farm was one of the happiest days of her life. She wanted to keep her horses, get some cows, chickens, ducks, sheep, pigs, and in the process, build her dream farm. Being a “farmer” and a lawyer has really helped her see the practical issues of agriculture, cattle, farming and food production.


Although Maria was born in Alaska to homesteading parents, with much of her childhood spent in West Virginia, she spent her formative years in the city, so her experience as a farm girl is still a work in progress. While she doesn't have the responsibility of being a farmer for income, she does have some of the labor of being one. She built her own (crooked) three-strand barbed wire fence with her kids, wrangled a few cows back into the pasture, and raised a variety of animals.


Maria is in awe of the entire agricultural and food production system and those who keep it going. That said, her first job is as a lawyer, and as a food and farm lawyer, her job is to make sure our clients are protected and compliant with the local, state, and federal laws that impact their food and farm businesses. 


Food and farm is more than just part of our job, it's a large part of our passion. To that end, we offer a variety of services from startup to winding down or selling your farm or business, and everything in between.  


Food & Farm Services

  • Startup & Agribusiness
  • Agritourism
  • Food Safety regulations, compliance, & audits
  • Policies and procedures for compliance and risk management


Service Areas (including but not limited to)

  • Cottage food operations
  • Urban farm operations
  • Restaurants, bakeries, food shops, mobile food carts & vans
  • Meat & food production, packing & processing
  • Cattle & livestock; Equine operations
  • Produce, citrus, herbs, floral, eggs, & beverages
  • Food events, festivals, & markets
  • Beekeeping


Food & Farm Focused Pages

We have a separate website that is focused specifically on food and farm law. You can find us at https://foodandfarmlaw.com. 


You can also stay current on food and farm matters by following our separate focused social media pages linked below.

https://www.facebook.com/thefarmerlawyer

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/thefarmerlawyer

https:www.twitter.com/thefarmerlawyer

https://www.instagram.com/thefarmerlawyermb


The Next Step

If you're not sure where to start, we also offer food and farm planning consultations to help understand your options.


Ready to get started?

Call Us Today!

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