Corporate and Business Law

Lester, Loving and Davies’ business clients range from small sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 corporations.

LL&D assists clients in choosing the form of business organization that will best fit their needs. We are skilled in drafting the necessary documents to start or maintain your business, including: articles of incorporation and by-laws, articles of organization and operating agreements for limited liability companies, and partnership agreements. LL&D will make certain all appropriate documents are filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Moreover, LL&D assists businesses in drafting employment agreements, termination agreements, leases, and other business contracts, as well as employee manuals.

Whether our client is a small business or a large corporation, prevention is an employer’s most effective--and least expensive--defense against employee claims. While employers are required to comply with a myriad of complex and ever-changing state and federal employment laws, in our experience many employers do not realize – until it’s too late – that they are even subject to these laws. LL&D advises its business clients to “get a check-up” at least once a year, to ensure compliance and take the preventative measures necessary to protect their businesses.

LL&D has extensive experience in all aspects of assisting employers. Our representation of employers includes:

 

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Forming nonprofit organizations

• Commercial transactions

• Environmental representation

• Bankruptcy

• developing and updating personnel policies to incorporate the most recent federal and state laws, including drafting sexual harassment and other anti-discrimination policies, firearm policies, drug testing policies, and policies on other affirmative action plans or required by state and federal law

• Representing employers who are the target of investigations, including EEOC, OSHA, FTC, FDA, or other governmental investigations

• Drafting and negotiating employment agreements, termination agreements, non-compete and trade secret agreements, franchise agreements, and other contracts;

• Assisting managers, supervisors, and human resources professionals on employment law compliance;

• Advising and assisting management in connection with internal investigations of complaints of discrimination, harassment, fraud, theft or other misconduct;

• Advising employers on handling employment situations such as hiring, terminations, disability accommodations, and family and medical leave; and

• Defending employers in federal and state courts against claims arising from the employment relationship, including discrimination, sexual harassment, family and medical leave, and breach of contract.

• Government statutory or regulatory requirements, such as environmental compliance, OSHA (occupational health and safety) requirements, family and medical leave act requirements, the Fair Labor Standards Act trade secrets

• Meeting the challenges of doing business in an electronic age.

• For companies with no in-house legal resources, acting as general counsel for all the client's legal needs.