Law Office of Joshua Bates

Wills and Trusts

Estate planning is important to minimize taxes, preserve assets, secure the future of your special needs child, and avoid the costly and frustrating probate process. We will guide you through this process and provide viable options and solutions to maximize your objectives.

Business

We have experience working with the largest companies in the world. We specialize in advising businesses on ownership structure, contracts, financing, incorporation, collections, antitrust, taxes, purchase and sale of assets and succession planning. We work closely in an outside counsel role for companies without legal personnel and assist in-house counsel with their responsibilities. We also advise clients on intellectual property, environmental, and employment legal issues. We develop, negotiate and close commercial contracts and agreements using the best and most efficient methodology.

Divorce, Custody, Guardianship

Our firm specializes in low-income and pro bono domestic law issues and handles all the legal issues can impact any member of the family. Our firm handles legal issues like guardianship, child custody, divorce, and other such issues. Other issues that we may handle can be surrogacy related issues, child abuse or child rights, alimony, annulment, spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, legitimacy, parental responsibility, and property settlement issues. Our lawyers and professionals work for the family to ease legal burdens on families.

Non-Profit

We have experience with structuring and negotiating a variety of major business deals on behalf of business and nonprofit clients. Businesses, nonprofit and charitable organizations offer significant benefit to local communities and around the world. We support such efforts with legal and business counsel to ensure businesses and non profits are structured properly from the beginning to take advantage of all available benefits and to avoid governance or financial problems down the road.

Compliance, Risk, Liability

Whether you run a theater, recording studio, or an eCommerce website, all businesses need to minimize their legal liability and risk. We will assess the structure of your operation, such as its physical or digital space, the types of products you sell, who your consumers are, what type of company you have filed under (LLC, Inc, etc.), and so on. From there, we will tailor the right risk plan, complete with permit applications, insurance policies, and more, so you can worry less about liabilities and concentrate on growing your business.

Bankruptcy

Life can change quickly. We can help. Whether your financial circumstances have changed due to divorce, job loss, health problems, or for any other reason, we've seen it all. We have experience guiding our clients through the bankruptcy process and getting their lives back on the other side.