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Distilled to its most basic elements, an estate plan is concerned with three things: caring for your children; managing your health; and providing for how your assets are to be handled. An estate [...]

What’s the deal with contractors licenses when you’re buying or selling a business? Well, there’s a lot to it and the process can be a long one so the issue should be identified [...]

No, trusts aren’t just for rich people. They’re for everyday people too, because they help you direct where your assets are to go after you pass away, plus they help your survivors [...]

You’re in the process of refinancing a commercial real property, and the lender tells you that you have to procure a Nonconsolidation Opinion Letter (or a NonCon in industry parlance) [...]

There are some misconceptions about tax exempt entities (aka “nonprofits”) out there. What is a nonprofit? How is one formed? (How one operates is far beyond the scope of this blog [...]

People frequently come to me with deals containing terms and conditions that they’ve already negotiated (and often have committed to a signed Letter of Intent (“LOI”)). They ask me to prepare an [...]

I have people come to me to seek advice regarding a potential investment in a new-ish company (maybe a bit beyond startup phase) they’re considering making. Usually, it’s an [...]

Many entrepreneurs in California are surprised to learn that if you form an entity here, you’re most likely on the hook for a mandatory minimum $800.00 annual tax called the Franchise Tax. [...]

A lot of people seem to think that estate plans are just for rich people, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. In fact, the main benefit of an estate plan for us non-rich masses is [...]

What do you do if you find yourself owning real property with someone else, but you want out and the other doesn’t? So long as you’re not married to the other person (family law is a [...]