by Kevin Kennedy | Jan 17, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business planning
Our law firm takes the position that an entity (such as an LLC or corporation, etc.), if properly maintained and used, can serve an important function in terms of liability protection, in addition to other forms of risk management such as insurance. This may be a...
by Jarom Bergeson | Dec 20, 2016 | Business planning, Law, Small Business, Tax Planning
According to a 2011 survey, Americans spend in excess of $6 billion per year on Christmas decorations – and there’s no truth to the rumor that more than half of that number was spent by Clark Griswold for his annual Christmas light extravaganza. What is true is that...
by Lee Chen | Nov 15, 2016 | Asset Protection, Business planning, Law, Small Business
Lets face it, we all have to deal with contracts, many of us on a daily basis, and it is the law of contracts which forms the very foundation for our civil and commercial society. The main purpose of a contract is to memorialize and confirm the intentions and future...
by Lee Chen | Oct 25, 2016 | Business planning, Law, Small Business, Tax Planning
Many view the IRS as an agency shrouded in mystery and the IRS is generally perceived as the omnipotent “big brother” that we should all fear. It is true that the IRS does have the ability to unilaterally garnish wages or levy on assets, whereas almost every other...
by Jarom Bergeson | Oct 1, 2016 | Estate Planning, Real Estate, Retirement Planning
In my experience, estate planning is one of the most important, and simultaneously least understood, areas of the law. Perhaps this is because none of us ever see how our own estate plan (or lack thereof) plays out after we are gone. Maybe it’s because there’s just a...