Licenses & permits
The licenses and agency paperwork a company needs to open and stay open — coordinated with the entity that will hold the work.
Utah business attorney
Utah business attorney. Counsel for the life of the company.
From the first filing to the last signature. Formation, contracts, acquisitions, and the ordinary questions in between — one lawyer who already knows the file.
How this work actually goes
Not a formation shop.
Most of the companies here need a lawyer they can call — for the deal that just showed up, the permit that isn’t moving, the partner who wants out, or the customer contract that doesn’t say what anyone thought it said.
That’s the practice: transactional counsel and legal consulting across the life of a business. You get judgment, drafts, and a firm price for the work — not an hourly meter running while we “look into it.”
01
Start
Choose the entity, file it, and write the rules before the first real dollar is at stake.
02
Operate
Contracts, licenses, and the everyday questions a company shouldn’t have to guess at.
03
Buy & build
Acquisitions, add-on deals, and the diligence that keeps a good deal from becoming a bad one.
04
Sell & succeed
The sale of the company, a partner’s exit, or a plan that lets the next generation take over cleanly.
The work
Almost every transaction from start to sale.
Outside counsel
Ongoing legal consulting for owners who need a lawyer in the room — not a 400-person firm and not a template mill. Calls, drafts, and judgment as the company moves.
Formation & structure
LLCs, corporations, and partnerships. Articles, operating agreements, EINs, registered agents, member certificates. Utah, Arizona, and Texas. Single-member LLC: from $1,200, state filing fee included. Multi-member LLC with a custom operating agreement: from $2,500, state filing fee included.
Governance
The actual rulebook: ownership, money, decisions, death, disability, divorce, and departure. Written so it still works when someone is angry.
Contracts
Vendor, customer, partnership, employment, and licensing agreements. Both sides should know what they promised — and what happens if they didn’t.
Acquisitions & sales
Buying a company, selling one, or taking on a partner. Letters of intent, diligence, purchase agreements, and the closing documents that actually transfer the thing.
Financing & investors
Simple raises, member loans, and the documents that keep a friendly check from becoming an unclear claim on the company.
Succession & exit
Buy-sell agreements, owner transitions, and sales of the whole company — funded, priced, and written to agree with each owner’s estate plan.
Why one attorney
The company file and the estate plan should not argue.
Owners die. Partners leave. A buyer wants clean title to the membership interest. If the operating agreement, the purchase documents, and the trust at home were written by people who never spoke, the family inherits a fight — or the deal dies.
This is prevention. Separate accounts, clean records, and documents that would survive a hard look — including a piercing-the-veil conversation, or a buyer’s diligence list.
Talk about the company
Fees
Formation has published prices. Deals get a scoped one.
Single-member LLC: from $1,200, state filing fee included. Multi-member LLC with a custom operating agreement: from $2,500, state filing fee included. If your situation’s more involved, I’ll quote it after we talk. Acquisitions, contracts, and ongoing counsel are quoted as a flat fee after we understand the work — still no hourly meter.
- Utah, Arizona, Texas. Formations, foreign qualifications, and deals that cross those lines — one attorney who can actually sign in all three.
- Not litigation. If the matter is a fight in court, we’ll tell you that on the first call and point you to someone who tries cases.
- You can call. Owners who work with us as outside counsel get a lawyer who already knows the company — not a new associate every time.
From the journal
A few pieces worth reading first.
Starting an LLC in Utah or Arizona
Formation, the operating agreement, and what the filing fee doesn’t cover.
ReadNavigating business structures
LLC, corporation, or partnership — how to pick without a lecture.
ReadUtah LLC mistakes after the filing
The company exists. The loose ends start the next morning.
ReadFor the company
Tell me what the business is trying to do.
Thirty minutes. We’ll figure out whether this is a formation, a deal, or something we should leave alone.