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**Northville Office 41820 West Six Mile, Suite 103 Northville, MI 48168 Phone: (248) 380-0000 Fax: (248) 380-3434 Livingston County Office** **4902 Chilson Rd. Howell, MI 48843 Phone: (810) 225-4840 Fax: (810) 225-4845**** ****Michigan Business Lawyers Business Formation from the Ground Up We know how freely advice always flows from friends, family and associates. However, well-conceived legal advice at the beginning of an enterprise or business expansion gives you a solid foundation on which you can build and grow successfully. When you take the time to receive the counseling you need, you avoid legal fees for undoing and redoing an ill-conceived business organization or transaction. At Fausone Bohn, LLP, our Michigan business and commercial lawyers have been members of New Enterprise Forum, IT Zone, Young Executives Organization (YEO), Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and various Chambers of Commerce and non profit organizations. Call Ann Arbor area business lawyers Fausone Bohn, LLP to speak with a knowledgeable, skilled business law attorney. How to Start a Small Business From partnerships to corporations, Fausone Bohn, LLP will help you decide the proper business entity for your business. In the process, we will help you: Organize the structure of ownership. We help you choose a business entity that fits with your business plan. Possible business formations include Limited Liability Companies (LLC), C Corporations, S Corporations, and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP) * Determine the appropriate layers of equity and debt * Establish corporate controls to reflect the contributions of the principal owners * Setting up a joint venture * Establish a certified minority business enterprise Corporate Transactions Types of services we provide include: * Drafting and review of business contracts * Assisting businesses with franchise law issues * Buying and selling of assets, including real estate * Buying and selling of businesses * Business succession * Asset protection We also help businesses in raising new financing of both debt and equity. We guide clients through restructuring their capital foundation. We have many years of experience representing lenders and borrowers in debt financing or refinancing transactions. When loans become troubled, our Michigan business lawyers provide workout advice and strategies. Employment Law Issues The workplace demands thoughtful anticipation of potential barriers to development. Our business and employment attorneys counsel you on preventive measures, especially: * Personnel policies and handbooks * Employee disciplinary actions * Disability and family leave issues, including FMLA issues * Employee leasing * Workforce reductions If an employer (or potential employer) wants to prevent future problems, it needs to have a sound employment policy in place, which it enforces consistently. Our expertise directs you to a sensible, well-established position of safety. Contact us to find out more about protecting your Michigan business. Michigan Start a Small Business Lawyer Michigan Setting up a LLC Attorney Michigan LLC startup attorney providing help starting a small business, help setting up a LLC in Michigan, S corporation formation, franchise law, and business formation legal services to clients throughout southeast Michigan. Wayne County ▫ Oakland County ▫ Macomb County ▫ Livingston County ▫ Washtenaw County Fausone Bohn, LLP serve clients throughout southeastern Michigan including the cities of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Northville, Livingston, Howell, Farmington, Brighton, South Lyon, Livonia, Howell, Canton and Novi.****

At GOTTLIEB & GOREN, P.C., we are EXPERIENCED and provide EFFECTIVE representation on a COST EFFICIENT basis. We are TENACIOUS and welcome the opportunity to undertake the CHALLENGING case. Phone: (248) 593-0090

**** 825 Victors Way Suite 300 Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2738 Phone: (734) 761-8475 Fax: (734) 761-9632 **** 2.87 - Present Joseph H. Spiegel, P.C., Southfield & Ann Arbor, Michigan Attorney engaged in general practice with emphasis in business law litigation with specialization in securities related matters. 3.86 - 12.86 Jaffe, Snider, Raitt & Heuer, Detroit, Michigan Attorney practicing in areas of general litigation, federal securities and federal commodities law. 7.78 - 3.86 Spiegel and Fain, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois Trial attorney specializing in areas of securities and commodities litigation in both governmental enforcement and private actions. Expertise in Emergency Motion Practice in Federal and State Courts. Extensive experience in drafting corporate and partnership documentation including shareholder agreements, employment contracts, buy/sell agreements, private placement memorandums, general and limited partnership agreements. Specialization in federal and state securities law in corporate finance and broker/dealer areas, commodities law on the Federal and Exchange levels, and general corporate and partnership law. 3.74 - 7.78 Shefsky, Saitlin & Froelich, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois Associate attorney specializing in areas of securities, commodities, partnership, and corporate law. Full responsibility for trials.

**** 1100 Campau Square Plaza 99 Monroe Avenue, N.W., P.O. Box 360 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0360 Phone: 616-732-5000 Fax: 616-732-5099 or 616-732-5098 **** **** Located in Grand Rapids, MI, the business attorneys of McShane & Bowie provide comprehensive business and corporate law legal advice and representation. Our business law practice includes services for issues related to: * Business Planning and Development- We understand the unique and challenging legal issues facing your business. Our attorneys serve clients through the life of their business – from formation through dissolution. We serve all types of businesses, including corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), limited and general partnerships, sole proprietorships, and more. We take a proactive approach designed to limit the potential for liability and other problems that can impair your businesses success. * Purchase, Sale and Exchanges of Real Estate * Purchase, Sale of Businesses * Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures * Taxpayer Representation and Litigation * Succession Planning * Shareholder "Buy and Sell" and Stock Purchase Agreements * Recapitalization * Business Agreements * Business succession planning, including “buy-sell”, “stock purchase” and similar shareholder agreements and recapitalizations Our experienced business and corporate law attorneys include: Wayne P. Bryan John R. Grant Ben A. Fowler Richard A. Durell William H. Bowie Keith P. Walker Michelle H. Anthes Mark A. Powers James J. Rosloniec At McShane & Bowie, our lawyers have many unique clients and can provide quality legal advice in a wide variety of situations. We serve clients ranging from newly formed emerging businesses to large corporations and real estate developers. When your business needs legal counsel, you need more than academic credentials. You need a business lawyer with real world experience. Our skilled attorneys have extensive experience representing Michigan businesses, and take a hands-on approach designed to get results – efficiently and effectively. Our lawyers serve clients with needs in Western and Northern Lower Michigan, including Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon, Traverse City, Kalamazoo, Big Rapids, and throughout the state of Michigan. ****