Business Law

Business owners who are:

1) Starting a business
2) Buying or selling a business
3) Buying or selling a building for their business
4) Leasing space
5) Buying a franchise
6) Looking for a lawyer to represent their business in deals or lawsuits

• Commercial Banks & Loans
• Commercial Leasing
• Mortgages & Foreclosures

• Reorganizations & Restructuring
• Workouts

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

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

• Creditor's Rights
• Garnishees
• Judgments
• Locating Funds

Bankruptcy

People with debt problems and creditor problems. Also, business owners and real estate investors whose businesses are in serious financial trouble.

• Chapter 7
• Collections & Repossessions
• Debt Relief
• Garnishments
• Chapter 11
• Business Bankruptcy
• Creditor Harassment
• Personal Bankruptcy
• Foreclosures

MN, Oct 1979
Bar Number: 0046085

Minnesota State Courts and Minnesota Federal Courts.

Minnesota State Bar Association and Hennepin County Bar Association.

I have attended hundreds of hours of continuing legal education classes focusing on bankruptcy and small business law.

Bankruptcy and Workout:

1. I have helped many ordinary people get rid of crushing debt and get a fresh start. These people have been able to rebuild their personal finances after I helped them get through a very difficult time in their lives.

2. I have assisted many small business owners in surviving bankruptcy and enabled them to stay in business. Many have gone on to prosper and excel in their businesses. I still represent two business clients that I filed bankruptcies for in 1979. Over the last 10 years, each of them has averaged more than $500,000 per year in personal earnings.

3. I have worked with many business owners in closing their failed businesses without filing bankruptcy.

Business Clients:

I have represented business owners in more than one hundred transactions either buying or selling businesses. Most of these also involved buying buildings and obtaining SBA financing. Many of these involved starting up a corporation or limited liability company.

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My law firm has two main focuses:

1) Small Business Law:
I represent small business owners in general business and real estate matters. I have worked with over 100 business owners to purchase or sell a business, often with real estate and SBA financing. I have set up corporations and LLC's for more than 100 business ventures.

2) Bankruptcy:
I represent clients in bankruptcy and alternatives to bankruptcy. Many are individuals who face overwhelming debt because they have lost jobs, divorced or suffered serious medical problems. I have represented many business owners and real estate investors whose ventures have failed. In these complex situations, a lawyer experienced in workouts and asset protection can make a huge difference in the outcome. Many business owners go on to new ventures and some continue their businesses after bankruptcy.

I opened my law office in 1979. I have always had a solo practice. For the last 25 years, I have shared offices with a couple of groups of lawyers. This gives me the opportunity to brainstorm problems with my office colleagues.

• I am AV-Rated by by Martindale-Hubbell.

• I have been chosen as a "Super-Lawyer" by my colleagues in Minneapolis several times in the areas of bankruptcy, small business law and mergers and acquisitions.

• For many years I have given my time to Volunteer Lawyers Network advising people with debt problems and filing bankruptcies. I have served on the advisory board for Volunteer Lawyers Network setting policy on how to most effectively serve our clientele with debt problems.

• I have served as director for eight years on the board of Loaves & Fishes, a soup kitchen that works with more than 4,000 volunteers to serve some 300,000 meals a year at eight sites in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Currently, I am the vice chair of. Loaves and Fishes.

(612) 330-0959

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Bankruptcy matters:
Consumer bankruptcies range from $1,700 to $3,000 plus filing fees and education course costs.
Bankruptcies for business owners and real estate investors range from $3,000 to $5,000+.

Business matters:
I charge $500 for setting up single owner corporations or LLC's.

$225.

I offer a free 15-minute telephone consultation. I charge for the first meeting, which usually lasts one hour, or combine it into flat fees where appropriate.

The amount of the retainer depends on the complexity of the situation. If the case is a straight-forward consumer bankruptcy case, I take a $225 fee to get started. Bankruptcy law requires attorney's fees to be paid in full before the case is filed with the court. In complex business cases, the initial retainer will reflect the analysis and planning required to deal with the assets and the creditors and may range from $1,500 - $3,500.