Business Law

I prefer to work with clients who are starting a new business or who own and operate an existing small to medium sized business.

Business Law

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

• Deceptive Trade Practices

Bars & Restaurants

• Liquor Licenses

Business Formation & Dissolution

• Business Successions
• Buying & Selling
• Closely Held Businesses
• Corporations
• Directors' & Officers' Liability
• Franchising
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Corporations
• Partnerships
• Professional Corporations
• Shareholders' Rights

Business Tax

• Negotiating Payments & Settlements

Commercial Law

• Breach of Contract
• Contract Disputes
• Contract Drafting & Review
• Employment Contracts
• Franchises
• Non-Compete Contracts
• Secured Transactions
• Uniform Commercial Code

Construction

• Commercial Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Disputes
• Mechanics' Liens

Entertainment Law

• Art

Insurance - Commercial

• Bad Faith
• Errors & Omissions

Collections

• Creditor's Rights
• Judgments
• Locating Funds

TX, Nov 1986
Bar Number: 08369270

Texas
Northern District of Texas - Dallas Division

Texas State Bar
American Bar Association
American Bar Association - Corporate Law Section

Over 75 hours in corporate and business law and related services over the past 5 years.

Case 1: Brazilian client wanting to open a restaurant in the United States; I was able to form the proper business entity and obtain a favorable lease and liquor license for my clients.

Case 2: Established business for over 15 years; provided legal advice and experience for proper operation of company from client contracts to the buy-out of one shareholder by another.

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Texas

I started the firm in 2002. We focus on start-up to medium sized businesses, from entity formation through growth and issues relating to a mature business.

Concurrently from 1991 through 2002:

Nations Broadband, Inc. - Dallas, Texas
Closely held multi-state operator service provider, reseller of long-distance services and inmate service provider.
General Counsel, 1991 to May 2002

Created Joint Venture Partnership in November 1998 - June 2001
Total Telephone Concepts, Inc. and Nations Broadband, Inc.
Administered all legal issues, including litigation and contractual matters.
Secured multi-state operating certificates for expansion.
Coordinated large dollar settlement with large multi-national vendor regarding defective software.

Second operating Company
Communicall, Inc. - Dallas, Texas, merged as MTS/Communicall.
Closely held operator service provider.
Co-Founder and General Counsel, 1991 to March 2002
Created corporate structure.
Secured operating authorities in Texas and other states.
Managed all legal filings
Administered contract negotiation and litigation of breaching customers.

Experience prior to 1991:

Sumner, Schick and Sullivan - Dallas, Texas
Associate, 1987-1990
Associate attorney assisting named partners in various litigation matters. Majority of work was multi-million dollar complex legal matters involving multiple parties, as well as high-profile criminal cases.
Provided litigation support for lead attorney.
Analyzed case and performed legal research.
Generated initial drafts of motions and responses.

I am the co-owner of Craighead-Green Gallery, Inc. a fine art gallery in Dallas, Texas since 1992. This gives me the hands-on and practical experience of operating a business and understanding the issues that all businesses face on a daily basis.

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(214) 210-2902

Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No

I speak Spanish and some German.

Entity formation starts at $1,200 including filing fees, and then increases from there depending on the type of organization and the number of equity holders.

$200 per hour.

Yes.

$750