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Building & Protecting Organizational Dreams

Business

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 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