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**10500 Little Patuxent Parkway Parkside Building, Suite 420 Columbia, Maryland 21044-3563 Phone: 410-997-7600 410-995-1100 301-621-5090 Fax: 410-997-7896** *** Business Corporate Commercial Business, corporate and commercial law involves business tort litigation, commercial disputes, employment litigation, partner and shareholder disputes, and asset litigation. Experienced Coover & Barr, LLC attorneys handle a variety of business transactions ranging from general contract law, entity formations and acquisitions to complex issues involving protection of ownership interests, succession planning, financing agreements, securities regulation and intellectual property. Included in business and corporate law is the structuring of business entities - establishing corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and other business arrangements. In addition, corporate law focuses on advising corporate governance, issuance of stock, and preparing shareholder and limited partnership agreements. There are many different ways to own a company, including: * Sole Proprietorship - a business owned by one person * Partnership – a legal relationship between two or more persons who carry on business together in order to make a profit * Corporation - exists as its' own legal being. The owners of a corporation are its' shareholders.

**************************************************Contact Information Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & La Placa, P.A. 14440 Old Mill Road Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 Phone: 301-952-0100 Fax: 301-952-0221******************************************************* Business Law Full Service Business Representation ***********The business law practice group at Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & La Placa, P.A., provides practical and innovative advice to our business clients throughout southern Maryland and the Washington, DC metro area. We strive to provide responsive and forward-thinking legal guidance and representation. Our business law practice group helps clients plan and implement their business goals and provides ongoing advice to business clients, often acting as experienced outside general counsel. We represent start-up and emerging companies and businesses, as well as well established and stable businesses. ************Business Formation********************************************************************************************* The business law practice group helps our business clients select the type of organizational entity under which to operate. Our representation includes preparation of all formation documents, agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, obtaining financing and funding for business operations, employee relations, and dissolution. Business Litigation The business law practice group is experienced in representing our clients in litigation, including disputes relating to corporate ownership and governance shareholder agreements, franchisee-franchiser agreements, joint ventures, and insurance coverage claims. Contracts The firmÂ’s business practice group drafts contracts in virtually all areas of business. Our attorneys are highly experienced in negotiating and drafting contracts, negotiating contract performance disputes, litigating breach of contracts, and evaluating the appropriate remedies for breached contracts.* *Contact us to schedule a confidential consultation.*****

**8182 Lark Brown Road Suite 300 *Columbia, MD 21075 Phone: 1-866-799-4511 410-799-4511 Fax: 410-799-4522 ** Finding Solutions for the Most Difficult Problems Corporate/Business Law *Creative Solutions The Law Office of Eugenia Ordynsky helps business clients achieve the American dream. She assists businesses of all sizes as they develop, grow and succeed. Every business faces unique challenges, which is why Ms. Ordynsky comes up with creative and distinct solutions with individualized legal advice for each client. In all transactions, the goal is to enable a client's ability to achieve its business objectives in a prompt, efficient, and advantageous manner. Ms. Ordynsky handles: * Business successions * Closely held businesses * Corporate governance * Directors' and officers' liability * Dissolution * Formation and business planning * Limited liability companies * Partnerships * Reorganizations * Shareholders' rights * Small business acquisition legal advice Eugenia Ordynsky represents clients in Columbia and the Washington-Baltimore area as well as countries in the former Soviet Union, including: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In addition, clients come from Bulgaria, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, the Philippines and India. For more information or to make an appointment, please call, send an e-mail ************