Small businesses are the bedrock of our economy and community. Rebecca Field Emerson, Esquire combines her extensive legal experience with years of experience operating her own small business to provide a full spectrum of business-focused legal services.
Whether it is helping you start your business with advice about formation, licensing and investors, or drafting operating documents, contracts, and leases, scaling up or working through a transition, Emerson Law can assist you throughout the life of your business.
Business Formation
As a highly experienced Business Attorney, Rebecca Emerson, provides start-ups with the business formation and structuring advice they need to build a productive foundation for success.
Intellectual Property
Rebecca Emerson provides experienced counsel on how to establish and maintain intellectual property rights, including assistance filing for and enforcing trademarks and copyrights.
Operating and Shareholder Agreements
Emerson Law works closely with business founders to ensure they understand the terms of these essential legal documents that create the rules of the road for business operation and profit payouts.
Hiring and Managing Employees
Emerson Law offers advice and counsel on the legal considerations and requirements when hiring employees, such as tax withholding, anti-discrimination laws, and other employment issues.
Adding new investors
Expanding the business through new investment is often a crucial step. Emerson Law can help navigate the complex Federal and State laws governing how a business can attract and accept new investors.
Business changes
Emerson Law provides experienced advice on updating business structures to accommodate growth and change, including changing entity type, registering in a new state, or managing a merger or acquisition.
dissolution
Unfortunately, sometimes businesses must close. Emerson Law facilitates the legal dissolution process to ensure that owners are protected and can move onto new projects with peace of mind.
nonprofit formation and 501(c)(3) status
Emerson Law provides experienced advice to assist nonprofits in complying with state and federal requirements, including filing for federal tax-exempt status and charitable solicitation registration.