Business Law

We represent Main Street business owners and executives, professionals of all types, and local, regional and national real estate investors, developers and operators.

Business Law

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Banking & Finance

• Commercial Banks & Loans
• Commercial Leasing
• Credit Unions
• International Banking
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Savings & Thrifts
• State & Municipal Bonds & Financing
• Venture Capital

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
• Public Offerings
• Shareholders' Rights
• Trade Associations

Business Tax

• Audit Defense
• Corporate Income Taxes
• Excise Taxes
• International Taxes
• IRS Disputes
• Negotiating Payments & Settlements
• Property Taxes (Ad Valorem Taxes)
• Sales Taxes
• Tax Evasion Defense
• Tax Filing & Compliance

Commercial Law

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

Construction

• Commercial Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Disputes
• Dangerous Property
• Government Construction Contracts
• Mechanics' Liens

Internet (Cyberspace)

• Electronic Commerce

International Law

• Business & Trade
• Customs
• Foreign Investment
• Imports & Exports
• International Arbitration
• International Banking
• International Taxation
• International Transactions
• Trade Regulation

GA, Oct 1988
Bar Number: 662210

State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; Atlanta Bar Association; Forsyth County Bar Association.

State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; Atlanta Bar Association; Forsyth County Bar Association.

I always exceed the minimum number of hours of continuing professional education required by the State Bar of Georgia, and establish annual goals for deepening my understanding of some aspect of the practice through a course of professional reading and attending extended seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association.

Over the last several years, I've handled private equity investments in shipping centers in several Southeastern states, raw land assemblages requiring services ranging from quiet title actions to road closures, and a $116 million buy-out to resolve a shareholders' dispute involving a closely-held technology business. Recent transactions include:

The organization of an affiliated pair of start-ups formed to purchase the industrial real estate and operating assets of an inner-city recycling operation, including the negotiation of separate loans to finance the acquisition and a non-qualified deferred compensation package for executive employees;

Formation of an enterprise to purchase a basket of patents, software, copyrights and other intellectual property developed by a bio-tech start-up, including the negotiation of a "common interest arrangement" to mitigate the risk of losing the protection of the attorney-client privilege attaching to confidential information disclosed in the course of investigating the validity of the seller's patent claims;

The successful purchase of the assets and inventory of a retail liquor store pending an emergency receivership of its landlord's retail shopping center;

The merger of a pair of family-owned regional utility construction contractors to facilitate the retirement of one family group, financed, in part, by a leveraged buy-out of their shares by an incoming, unrelated investor.

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Georgia

We meet the needs of the business community for advice, counsel and advocacy in (1) extraordinary transactions such as buying, selling and financing the business enterprise and its assets; (2) commercial real estate development, finance and operations; (3) zoning and land use matters, including licensing, permitting and governmental relations; (4) tax and estate planning and administration; and (5) commercial and general litigation, including trial advocacy and appellate litigation.

With my background in corporate and tax matters and working relationships born of previous experience with major Atlanta law firms, I concentrate on business and commercial real estate transactions and tax and estate planning, including start-ups, acquisitions and sales of closely-held business, tax-free mergers and reorganizations, asset purchases, leveraged buy-outs and joint ventures and partnerships in a wide range of industries.

Lipscomb Johnson was established in 1971 and has developed a regional reputation for effective representation in commercial and business law, with particular skill in commercial real estate transactions, zoning and land use law, and includes a number of distinguished alumni presently serving as judges and public officials.

I've practiced corporate law in Atlanta and the surrounding metropolitan area since 1988, initially with Nall & Miller, LLP, and later with Robert W. Fisher, P.C., a tax boutique instrumental in the creation of Nextel and a number of international ventures in the telecommunications industry. Prior to attending law school, I worked as a professional staff member with other leading Atlanta law firms, including King & Spalding, LLP and Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, gaining invaluable experience working with public corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company and SunTrust Bank and investment banks including Goldman Sachs and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

Over the years I've been a Rotarian and active on a number of church, community and state boards, including the Georgia State Service Council of the American Red Cross, the Younger Law Alumni Committee of the University of Georgia School of Law, the Walton County Commission on Children and Youth, and the Walton County Comprehensive Plan Task Force.

Nida B. Poole

(770) 889-8123

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

Yes

I want clients to feel comfortable and in control of their legal costs. To that end, I offer fixed fee arrangements when the circumstances warrant. I look to clients for guidance in budgeting time, and make every effort to keep costs to a minimum consistent with their objectives.

$300.

I do not charge for social interaction or the early stages of an initial meeting that involves a prospective consultation about a given situation and an assessment of whether we will be a good fit. I generally address fee billing in the course of an initial meeting; if we concur on proceeding, I bill for my services from that point forward.

I generally request a retainer only if a matter is likely to involve a major time commitment over a short period, or if the fee billing arrangement involves a fixed fee or negotiated fee arrangement.