Building & Protecting Organizational Dreams

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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 15 years and has founded and operated her own businesses and nonprofits. She has also received a 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

The Next Step

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

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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

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?