Legal

“I want to protect myself from liability, want to minimize tax exposure and want to ensure my business activities and dealings are legal. Where do I go?”

It is well worth the investment to enlist an attorney to help you discuss legal issues surrounding business formation and operation.  They will help you determine the right structure, how to mitigate risk and what to do in the event you need to commence or defend legal action.  So, go ahead, use these resources to get yourself that relentless advocate; that bull-dog who will help you make legally prudent decisions.

Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Lawyer Referral

The Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Lawyer Referral Information Service (LRIS) helps you find a lawyer that has experience with your particular type of legal problem. Referrals are made to experienced private lawyers by area of law, location  and by foreign language. The LRIS screens all attorneys for experience and checks to see that they are licensed and in good standing with the State Bar of Michigan. LRIS attorneys are also required to maintain professional liability insurance. Click Here for more information.

Wayne State University Law School’s Small Business Enterprises and Nonprofit Corporations Clinic

The Clinic represents both for-profit and nonprofit clients who cannot afford to pay for legal services offered by attorneys in the private bar. The Clinic will assist businesses within the city of Detroit and in the Detroit metropolitan area. Among the services the clinic offers are: entity formation, contract review and preparation, Review and drafting of commercial real estate documents, preparation of trademark and copyright applications and preparation of tax exempt applications. Click Here for more information, scroll to bottom of page.