Los Angeles Business Lawyer
Congratulations on Your New Business Venture.
We Celebrate Your Entrepreneurial Spirit…
Whether you are a “start-up” or established business, you have many challenging and rewarding times ahead of you and, like any good parent who wants to see your child grow and prosper, you must be prepared to make difficult and sometimes costly decisions. In business, like so many other things in life, you will come to find that…
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
In today’s business environment there are thousands of laws which, if ignored, can prove costly to a business. Without proper guidance, running a business can be like taking a walk on a sunny day — through a mine-field — you never know when you may unexpectedly put your foot down in the wrong place. That’s why professional help is so essential. Many failing or bankrupt companies make the fatal mistake of underestimating their legal exposure or relying on liability insurance and overlooking the fact that in today’s legal environment, the cost of going to court can be staggering and liability policies are noted for their exclusions.
Preventive Legal Services
We can help spare your company the pain and potential financial devastation of a major lawsuit by evaluating your legal exposure and performing preventive legal services that can anticipate many of the problems your company may face. For example, if you have employees, have you implemented the necessary procedures to protect your company against wrongful termination, sexual harassment or discrimination lawsuits? Have you taken the proper steps to insulate yourself from your business liabilities? Do you know the requirements of the ADA and what you need to do to comply?
See You in Court?
The courtroom is the last place you want to resolve your problems — it is the most expensive, least certain and least productive alternative. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure — and with a preventive legal risk management program, you may qualify for reduced insurance premiums. You may even find it more effective to become “self-insured.”
We Can Make House Calls
With our program, you can have the benefit of a part-time “in-house” legal counsel without the expense and overhead of a full time staff attorney — at a fraction of the cost of hiring an outside law firm. We understand that your time is valuable and better spent at your place of business. That’s why our business lawyer will come to you, if geographically feasible. Seeing your business environment first-hand also helps us better understand the nature of your business and its legal needs. We can arrange to visit your office as may be required. We have portable computers and can work wherever and whenever necessary and you don’t pay for travel time.
No matter what your business, we can provide routine legal services at a significantly lower cost and will be there in a crisis with prior knowledge of your business, to either mediate a dispute, file or defend necessary actions or make recommendations up to and including supervising specialized litigation. Whether you are a “start-up” or “seasoned” business, we can provide assistance with contract negotiations, maintain corporate records, review and draft purchase and sale agreements and add a common sense business dimension to your legal advice — and you pay only for time actually spent on your company’s legal matters. You can be assured that we will work more closely with you, be more responsive to your needs and provide you with the type of service and attention your business demands. Having trouble getting your calls returned? At our office, the client is King.
Extremely Reasonable Fees
Depending on the type of services rendered, our fees are typically 50% to 65% less per hour for the same level of expertise you might expect to pay at a “boutique” law firm. To help control your legal costs, in addition to an “hourly rate,” we offer legal services on either:
- A Fixed-Fee
- An Hourly Rate with a “Cap”
- A Contingent Fee Basis
State of the Art
We employ seasoned business attorneys. Mike Pollock has been an attorney for almost 40 years and is licensed in Washington, Texas and California. His associates have comparable experience.
Our office also employs the latest technical advances, including Westlaw™, CD-Law™,Dialog™, and other computer research methods. We have an extensive library of standard and modified forms and agreements so that you do not pay to “reinvent the wheel.” You are paying only for necessary legal services actually rendered, and not for extravagant surroundings (i.e. Picassos in the reception area) and excessive overhead (i.e. your attorney’s 42nd story office rent). We are a “full-service law firm,” providing quality legal assistance and capable of handling a wide variety of your company’s legal needs.
We invite your inquiries. For more information, contact us today to schedule an appointment — at no charge — to discuss how our business lawyers might be of assistance to your company. Or submit your questions and requests online using our Consultation Request Form.
Thank you for taking the time to consider our services.
