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September 18, 2022
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5 Best Practices To Ensure Liability Protection From Your LLC

This article is a service of Allison Cochran, Family Business Lawyer™. We offer a complete spectrum of legal services for businesses and can help you make the wisest choices on how to deal with your business throughout life and in the event of your death. We also offer a LIFT Start-Up Session™ or a LIFT Audit for an ongoing business, which includes a review of all the legal, financial, and tax systems you need for your business. Call us today to schedule.

September 14, 2022
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4 Reasons Why You Should Never Cut Corners With Your Legal Agreements

Running a business is a huge responsibility, so putting a lot of thought and effort into your legal agreements is likely pretty low on your list of priorities. But giving short shrift to your agreements can cost you big time—and in more ways than one. In order to save time and money, you may be […]

Selling Real Estate Or A Business? Avoid Capital Gains Tax With A Charitable Remainder Trust

If you have a sale of real estate or assets coming up that will result in you owing capital gains tax, you may want to give us a call to discuss whether to set up a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT) first. Think of it this way: would you rather pay taxes and send your hard-earned […]

How to Benefit from an Estate Plan When You Own Real Estate

Many parents believe that by adding a child’s name to a property deed, they can pass along the property outside of probate. Unfortunately, those who act on that belief often find they have invited more problems than they have avoided. This is because in many states, when more than one person owns property together and […]

August 31, 2022
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Debunking 4 Popular Myths About Business Entities

Setting up the right legal structure for your business may seem like a boring detail that you don’t need to spend much time on. But, in reality, selecting the right entity for your company is one of the most critical decisions you can make as a business owner. That said, there are all sorts of […]

What Your Last Will & Testament Will (And Will Not) Do—Part 2

August is “National Make-A-Will Month,” and if you have already prepared your will, congratulations—too few Americans have taken this key first step in the estate planning process. In fact, only 33% of Americans have created their will, according to Caring.com’s 2022 Wills and Estate Planning Study. Yet, while having a will is important—and all adults over […]

What Your Last Will & Testament Will (And Will Not) Do—Part 1

August 21, 2022
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5 Best Practices For Safeguarding Your Business From Wrongful Termination Lawsuits

While you may think of your team as family and believe that they would never sue you, lawsuits filed by employees are actually one of the most common causes of litigation for small businesses. In fact, nearly one in every five small businesses will get sued by an employee at some point. Of all types of lawsuits […]

Did You Know a Power of Attorney Makes You an…Attorney?!

The title of this blog post is a common misconception about Power of Attorney documents (moving forward referred to as POA). If a POA document made you an Attorney, I know tons of people (including myself) who would have skipped the whole law school and bar exam thing and just had one of these babies […]

January 4, 2014
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It Is A New Year…Time To Start That Business?!

Have you been playing around with the idea of a business..but have not taken the next steps? Are you in a job that you hate, maybe your are underpaid or over worked? Maybe you should seriously consider that crazy business idea. Seriously think about all the ideas that have become viable and profitable businesses (I […]