Business
Empowering startups and growing businesses with a solid legal foundation
A Solid Legal Foundation That Protects and Advances Your Business
Kessia shares about her passion for empowering startups and growing businesses by providing them with a solid legal foundation and good advice.
Starting and Growing a Business
Starting and growing a business is an exciting journey
and a solid legal foundation is essential to protect your company.
Protecting business owners while charging fixed fees and monthly plans only
Kessia has over 10 years of experience advising clients who are starting and growing a business and helping them navigate common and complex issues. At CLS we charge fixed fees only and customize monthly plans that fit client’s needs.
Services include:
- Business name lookup to avoid trademark disputes
- Registration with the Secretary of State
- Drafting business documents for your LLC, corporation or partnership, such as Operating or Partnership Agreements, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and Buy-Sell Agreements
- Filing for your company’s EIN
- Filing trademark and copyright applications
- Solving trademark and copyright disputes without litigation
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts
- Drafting labor and employment documents such as offer letter, employee handbook, confidentiality and restrictive covenants agreements
- Sound legal advice to help solve complex legal problems in a confidential way
Contracts and Agreements
Customized Agreements for Your Unique Business Needs
The Internet has made templates freely available for business owners. However, words can still be hard to understand and can expose business owners to a lot of risk.
Instead of just sending you a cookie-cutter template, Kessia takes the time to listen to your needs, customizes agreements that fits your business needs, and explains everything to you in plain and simple language.
Her fees and solutions are tailored to meet the specific needs of startups and growing business with 2-10 employees.
At CLS, Kessia balances your best interest with fixed-fees and monthly subscriptions that are all inclusive and value-based.
Hiring employees and contractors, buying from vendor, and selling to clients – these are some of the most exciting parts of owning a business.
A written agreement that will formalize your deal will protect your business, reduce potential legal risks, and could save you thousands of dollars with litigation.
Kessia frequently drafts and negotiates numerous agreements for a variety of industries, including but not limited to:
- Operating Agreements
- Asset Purchase Agreements
- Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements, Offer Letter and Employee Handbook
- Confidentiality/Non-disclosure Agreements
- Lease Agreements
- Reseller and Distribution Agreements
- Trust Agreements and Wills for Investors and Entrepreneurs
Trademark
Companies spend thousands of dollars developing logos,
catch phrases, and names for their products.
Through copyright and trademark registration, U.S. law protects owners of creative works from unauthorized use of their works
and from liability. It also guarantees rights that are not otherwise available without registration.
Kessia has the knowledge and experience that is required to assess whether your mark would infringe upon another company’s rights, and to submit your copyright or trademark application before the USPTO or USCO.
Other advantages to trademark and copyright registration include:
- Protection against the registration of similar and confusing marks by competitors
- Recovery of attorney’s fees in certain infringement cases
- Increasing of value to the company since intellectual property is considered intangible asset and contributes to goodwill and brand recognition.
Kessia is also very passionate about arts. If you are an author, musician or artist, she would be happy to help you with the steps that are needed to protect your creative work.
Reach out to Kessia with your questions.
We would be happy to help answer your business legal questions.
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