Small Businesses

• Selecting the right business entity (i.e. LLCs, Corporations, Cooperative Corporations, etc.), forming a business entity, and legal support with ongoing governance questions

• Issuing stock shares to owners

• Hiring employees and independent contractors and complying with employment law

• Contracts and lease agreements

• Applying for and maintaining permits and licenses

Nonprofits

• Determining if a nonprofit organization is right for your project, and if so, what type of nonprofit

• Forming nonprofits, including applying for 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status

• Hybrid entity structures

• Compliance with lobbying rules

• Fiscal sponsorship agreements

• Hiring employees and independent contractors and complying with employment law

Cooperatives

• Determining if the cooperative model is right for your business, and if so, which type of cooperative and which type of entity

• Forming worker cooperatives, housing cooperatives, consumer cooperatives, agricultural cooperatives, and multi-stakeholder cooperatives

• Raising money by selling community investor shares or debt securities

• Democratic governance

• Hiring employees and independent contractors in any cooperative setting, including unique considerations for worker cooperatives

Raising Capital / Community Capital

• Securities law compliance

• Private placements, direct public offerings (DPOs), and JOBS Act Crowdfunding

• Loan agreements

Real Estate

• Commercial lease agreements

• Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives and nonprofit affordable housing cooperatives

Food and Agricultural Enterprises

• Food safety and agricultural laws (federal and state)

• Homemade food enterprises

• Common business law issues affecting small farms including land use permits, food safety law questions, and contracts

Public Policy

• Legal research, analysis, and memo drafting for public policy proposals

• Advice and support with legislative and rulemaking advocacy

• Direct lobbying and advocacy services