WHAT I OFFER

Legal Services

My practice focuses primarily on work for individuals, small businesses, and nonprofits with a special interest serving those in the creative arts and food systems communities. 

Services for Nonprofit Organizations

  • Forming a new nonprofit

  • Filing for IRS tax exempt determination, such as 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4), etc.

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating contracts, such as with independent contractors, vendors, nondisclosures, commercial leases

  • Fiscal sponsor agreements

  • Mergers/acquisitions

  • Protecting your intellectual property (copyright, trademarks) & advising on use of others’ IP (fair use vs obtaining a licensing agreement)

  • Social media legal issues

  • Nonprofit governance and compliance documents

  • Nonprofit consulting, including board development, board trainings, and strategic planning

  • Affordable mediation

Services for Small Businesses

  • Advising on choice of business entity (partnerships, LLCs, corporations, L3Cs, etc.)

  • File documents to form business entity

  • Draft or review corporate governance documents/operating agreements

  • Buying/selling a business

  • Dissolving a business

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating contracts such as with independent contractor, vendors, nondisclosures, commercial leases

  • Licensing and permits

  • Regulatory compliance (FDA/USDA/state and local agencies)

  • Protecting intellectual property (trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, nondisclosure agreements) and advising on use of others’ intellectual property (fair use, licensing agreements)

  • Affordable mediation

Services for Writers and Other Creative Professionals

  • Providing advice on defamation, invasion of privacy, rights of publicity, fair use

  • Protecting your intellectual property (IP): copyright, trademark, nondisclosure agreements, cease-and-desist letters

  • Vetting manuscripts for legal issues prior to publication

  • Affordable mediation (with publishers, co-authors, etc.)

  • Drafting/reviewing contracts:

    • Publishing

    • Author-Agent

    • Author-Illustrator

    • Joint Authors

    • Ghostwriters

    • Licensing agreements

    • Nondisclosures

    • Photographers

    • Graphic Designers