Question:  I received an email message that asked “Can your law firm provide the services that our business needs or should we should use a non-lawyer service?”

Answer:  We are a small business law firm with two men who are licensed attorneys.  We provide all of the legal services typically needed by small businesses.  If you need legal advice you should hire an attorney.  Do not hire non-lawyers to provide legal services.  Here is a quote from a disclaimer on a non-lawyer’s website:

“Non-lawyer is not a law firm and is not a substitute for an attorney or law firm. Communications between you and non-lawyer are not protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. Non-lawyer cannot provide legal advice“

LLCs Must Comply with Applicable State LLC Laws

Members and managers of an LLC may be protected from liability by the LLC law of a state, but only if the LLC operates in compliance with applicable LLC laws.  If you do not know what your state’s LLC laws are then it is unlikely your LLC will comply with those laws and your LLCs and members and managers may become personally liable when a court pierces the company veil and holds the members and/or managers liable for the debts of the LLC.  For an example of this LLC nightmare read my article called “Colorado Court Pierces LLC Veil & Holds Single Member Liable for LLC’s Debt.”  The reason I wrote my book called the “Arizona LLC Operations Manual” is educate my LLC clients on Arizona’s LLC laws and what the LLC must do to comply with the laws to prevent a court from piercing the company veil and holding the members liable for the debts of the LLC.

KEYTLaw’s Legal Services

In addition to forming LLCs, KEYTLaw attorneys provide the following legal services:

1.  Contract law –  preparing and reviewing contracts of all types.

2.  Entity administration – preparing Buy-Sell Agreements and documents to add or remove members of LLCs, shareholders of corporations and partners of partnerships.

3.  Real estate law – preparing or reviewing contracts to buy, sell or lease Arizona real estate of all types, including commercial leases for businesses.

4.  Employment law – preparing employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, employee policies and procedures and employee manuals.

5.  Nonprofit law – forming Arizona nonprofit corporations, including preparing IRS Form 1023 and applying for an obtaining income tax exemptions from the IRS for charitable organizations.

6.  Commercial litigation representing plaintiffs and defendants in all types of typical business lawsuits.

If you have any questions about legal needs for your business, please call me, Richard Keyt, at 480-664-7478.