Business Law

Located in Los Angeles, California, and helping clients from Beverly Hills to Japan, we prevent and solve legal problems for businesses and individuals while providing consulting services to help business clients grow to their full potential. We represent businesses of all sizes, whether they are a one-person startup or an Inc. 500 company, from entrepreneurs with a vision to multi-national industry leaders.

CA, Jun 2007
Bar Number: 249002

All California State Courts, Federal U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

California State Bar.

California requires its attorneys to complete a total of 25 hours of approved credit every three years. I meet or exceed this number by learning about topics that I know would benefit my clients.

Article published on True Retainers: "The Truth about True Retainers," by Leigh Chandler and Aaron Shechet, California Lawyer Magazine, April 2010.

Article published on Internet Domain/Cybersquatting: "Protecting Your Good Name," by Aaron Shechet and Leigh Chandler, California Lawyer Magazine, February 2009.

Article published on Internet Domain/Cybersquatting: "Are You Master of Your Domain Name?" by Aaron Shechet and Leigh Chandler, Daily Journal, March 18, 2009.

Article published on Trademarks and Branding: "What's in a Name? For Business Owners, Trademark Worries," by Aaron Shechet and Leigh Chandler, Daily Journal, May 6, 2009.

Article published on Trademarks, Oprah lawsuit, and "Collateral" Infringement Damage: "As Seen On...a Court Docket," by Aaron Shechet and Leigh Chandler, Daily Journal, September 2, 2009.

In addition to those articles, we maintain a regular blog about legal and business issues at SolutionsLLP.Wordpress.com.

Our client needed to recover a website domain from a prolific cybersquatter. By utilizing arbitration, we were able to quickly and cost-effectively recover the domain.

We filed a lawsuit on behalf of an individual who was a passive investor in a business enterprise and sought reimbursement after his partner absconded with the investment and failed to account for the money. Our client received a settlement for approximately three times the amount invested.

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We started our firm to provide comprehensive solutions for businesses and entrepreneurs; applying legal training, experience, and knowledge to real-world problems. We offer comprehensive business services which include both traditional legal work and business consulting. We represent start-up ventures, Inc. 500 companies, and international businesses. No matter the size of the business, all of our clients expect and receive the same great service focused on anticipating and preventing problems through carefully drafted and negotiated contracts, proper business structure, planning, and risk analysis.

Our business clients consider us part of the team, because we offer the availability and involvement of in-house counsel, but the resources and perspective of an outside firm. Aside from "traditional" legal work, our clients call upon us to identify business opportunities, research market data, and streamline their systems.

This is also why we are also entrusted with high-risk, complex lawsuits, from business to real estate to entertainment, from fifty-thousand dollars to over one-million.

Our practice areas include business, litigation, intellectual property, cyberlaw, entertainment, and real estate.

While earning my law degree, I worked for a large publicly traded company in both the Legal and Human Resources Departments. While there, I drafted numerous internal forms and established policies, rules, and processes. Among other accomplishments, I created the company's employee handbook, consumer claims process, revised license agreements, assisted in the creation of their records retention program, and restructured their patent application process -- successfully reducing throughput from four months to thirty days.

• Arbitrator for the Santa Monica Bar Association
• Arbitrator and Mediator for the Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Expert Witness regarding true retainers/non-refundable retainer agreements in Phil Spector v. Robert Shapiro
• Teacher for the Pepperdine University-Geoffrey H. Palmer Center Microfinance Program

(310) 558-1519

Our clients contact us when they need us. If we are unavailable, we are usually able to return their call or email within 24 hours.

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Unfortunately, we cannot accept new clients into our fixed-price programs at this time.

$150.

We offer a free 30-minute phone consultation.

For transactional matters, we typically require an advance-fee retainer for the first 10 hours of work ($1,500). The retainer is billed against, and any amount remaining at the end of the representation is refunded. For litigation, the amount and type of retainer depends on the type and complexity of the case. As with transactional matters, any amount remaining at the end of the representation is refunded.