Areas of Practice
GENERAL COUNSEL
We are ideally situated to work as “general counsel” for privately held companies that have regular legal needs, but are not big enough to have in-house counsel themselves. Due to our significant experience in many areas of law, we are able to serve as a one-stop resource for a client’s legal needs. For areas outside of our specialties, we have built a strong network of reputable firms with whom we have longstanding relationships that we can leverage and manage to efficiently and effectively manage your legal needs.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Ideas, tangible or not, are the most important things to protect in today’s competitive market. With so many channels and constantly replenishing feeds to watch out for, tracing the ownership and originality of a design, brand name, or invention needs the laser-focused eye of a trained attorney. We’ll handle the search, application, filing and maintenance of trademarks, copyrights, and patents. And if your idea has been infringed upon, or you require the use of third-party IP, our team will negotiate the best possible licensing and settlement agreements.
Corporate & Business Law
We bring a business mentality to the practice of law, taking a pragmatic business-minded approach in executing our clients wishes. Our corporate practice focuses on the areas of the law at the core of the challenges facing todays businesses, from contract negotiation and corporate structuring to compliance, HR, and dispute resolution. We work with a broad range of small to mid-size businesses in strategizing about how to form, grow, protect, sell and pass on their businesses. We are well versed in drafting and negotiating a broad array of agreements including, formative business agreements, human resources documentation and agreements, IP agreements, vendor, supply side and factory agreements, and confidentiality agreements. We are here to facilitate and help your business, never to stand in the way of a deal.
FASHION LAW (copyright)
Fashion law is a little bit like the Wild West. There’s a lot of potential, but the rules can seem convoluted and vague at best. Building and Protecting a brand to create equity in the marketplace, or even developing a single, seemingly simple design involves various elements of the law including intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
LICENSING
We advise our clients in a wide range of licensing matters from simple to complex and are able to work from either the licensee or licensor side. We have experience in negotiating compensation structure (royalty or flat fee), exclusivity and confidentiality concerns, territory and timeframe, indemnification agreements, copyright, trademark and patent policing, sub-licensing and drafting and negotiation.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
The startup and small business marketplace is still a new and fierce frontier that requires legal advice from attorneys who are deeply entrenched in the particularities of the industry. Our firm gives you a holistic approach, so your company can get the best competitive advantage.
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Businesses often require specific documents. We can help you with things like web-site Terms of Use, Privacy Policies and other user-agreements.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
As companies grow, the need for employment law services increase. We have experience in pre-employment matters, including: applications, background investigations and interview processes as well has handling terminations carefully and competently. Need an employee handbook? We can assist you in ensuring your employment policies are fair and legal, and Employee Handbooks are accurate and up to date. In addition, we work with companies when claims of harassment or discrimination are brought up and can thoroughly investigate and resolve, ideally without litigation. Another important aspect of employment law we handle is drafting and putting into place injury and illness prevention programs and wage and hour laws are properly applied at all personnel levels.
ENTITY FORMATION
Looking to form an entity? We can help you to choose an appropriate type of entity, the correct State for formation as well as preparing the necessary formation documents (Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization). We can also file the documents with the appropriate State agency and assist in obtaining a Federal Taxpayer Identification Number (FEIN).