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- Operating Your Small Business
- Starting a New Maryland Business? When Should You Hire?
- CHANGE TO AN LLC
- Eight Ways Maryland Small Business Owners Can Weather the Recession
- How the Estate Tax Compromise Affects Maryland Small Businesses
- Small Business Tax Relief on the Way
- The Small Business Advantage in a Bad Economy
- Contract Negotiating Tips for Maryland Small Businesses
Practice Areas
- Buying or Selling Your Business
- Buying A Franchise
- Forming Your New Business
- Operating Your Small Business
- Tax and Estate Planning
News
- Kramer Law Firm Adds Ilana Kramer as Counsel
- Kramer Law Firm Presents LLC Fiduciary Duty Speech to Bar Association
Document Library
- Buying or Selling Your Business
- Asset Allocation in Maryland Business Purchases
- Maryland Business Asset Purchases
- Step 1 - Letters of Intent in Maryland Business Purchases
- Asset Sale or Stock Purchase? What's Best for Buyers?
- Buying a Maryland Business 101
- Choosing the right business for purchase in Maryland
- What Contracts do You Need to Buy or Sell a Maryland Business?
- Steps to Completing a Maryland Business Sale
- How to Avoid Disasters in Maryland Business Purchases
- How to Buy a Maryland Franchise
- Forming Your New Business
- Should I Form a Single or Multi-Member Maryland LLC?
- Financing Sources for New Maryland Businesses
- Is S Corp-Taxation Right for your LLC?
- How to Choose a Business Partner
- Why Single Member Maryland LLCs Need Operating Agreements
- Eight Certain Ways for Maryland LLCs to Fail Due to Ownership Disputes
- Why Every Maryland LLC Needs a Written Agreement
- How Maryland and Delaware LLCs Share Profits Among Members
- Maryland LLC Management Structures
- Why All Maryland Small Businesses Need a Buy-Sell Agreement
- Pros and Cons of Maryland General Partnerships
- Pros and Cons of Maryland Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- The Pros and Cons of Maryland C Corporations
- The Pros and Cons of Maryland Sole Proprietorships
- Model Business Plan for Maryland Small Businesses
- Starting a business in Maryland: The internet says I can do it myself, why do I need a lawyer?
- Maryland Limited Liability Companies (LLCs): Frequently Asked Questions
- Operating Your Small Business
- Converting a Maryland Partnership to an LLC
- Seven Steps to Protect Your Maryland LLC
- Negotiating Maryland Small Business Leases to Help the Bottom Line
- Modification of Fiduciary Duties in Maryland and Delaware LPs and LLCs
- Maryland Small Business Workers' Compensation Requirements
- Default Rules for Transfers of Maryland LLC Interests
- Key Issues in Maryland Small Business Succession Planning
- The Kramer Law Firm to Present LLC Fiduciary Duty Seminar to Montgomery County Bar Association
- Why Multi-Member Maryland LLCs Must Include Buy-Sell Provisions in an LLC/Operating Agreement
- How can my Maryland small business minimize risk in contract negotiations?
- What is small business/LLC governance?
- Tax and Estate Planning
- Why Maryland Small Business Owners Need a Will
- Mistakes In Estate Planning Series - Part 1
- Planning for Your Child's Future
- Estate Planning with Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts Q&A
- Nine Key Maryland Estate Planning Considerations
- Is a trust the best way to protect your Maryland or Washington DC estate?
Frequently Asked Questions
- Forming Your New Business
- What types of insurance will a Maryland small business owner need for the business?
- What is an LLC "Default Rule"?
- What Types of Events Should Terminate the Membership of the Members of a Maryland or Delaware LLC?
- What is a Trade Name?
- How are LLCs taxed by the State of Maryland?
- What information is required to be included on a Maryland LLC Articles of Organization?
- Does Maryland require LLCs to have a written operating agreement?
- How are single-member LLCs treated for federal income tax purposes?
- How are multi-member LLCs treated for federal income tax purposes?
- What are the various types of business entities?
- What are the benefits of forming an LLC relative to other business structures?
- In what state should I form my LLC?
- Should my LLC have a written Operating Agreement, and if so, what should it contain?
- What steps do I need to take to form my LLC?
- Why should I hire an attorney to form my LLC?
- What services should startups look for in hiring an attorney?
- Operating Your Small Business
- What is a Non-Disclosure Agreement?
- Should a Maryland small business lease or buy equipment for the business?
- How can Maryland small business owners transfer businesses to their children?
- What requirements must Maryland small businesses comply with before hiring employees?
- Should and LLC have Directors and Officers like a Corporation?
- Can LLCs establish 401(K) plans or other tax-favored retirement plans for members?
- Should My LLC Issue W-2 Forms to its Members?
- How can I transfer an interest in a Maryland LLC?
- What can a single-member LLC owner do to maximize the statutory asset protection available under the Maryland Limited Liability Act after In Re Modanlo ?
- What factors should be considered when signing a business real estate lease?
- What can cause a Limited Liability Company to fall out of good standing?
- Are my current business practices and structure placing my company at risk?
- What kinds of issues and documents should a company have reviewed by a lawyer?
- How can a properly drafted Buy-Sell Agreement ("BSA") protect my business interests?
- What unique factors must be considered when forming a business with family members?
- Do business owners need a formal exit strategy from a company, and if so, when should it be developed?
- Tax and Estate Planning
- Why is a Will useful in estate planning?
- What Happens if I don't have a Will?
- What is required to have a valid Will?
- Why may Trusts be useful in estate planning?
- What are the different types of Trusts?
- Why may a Revocable Trust be more beneficial than just having a Will in some situations?
- Why is a Durable Power of Attorney useful in estate planning?
- How Long is a Durable Power of Attorney effective?
- What powers can be specified in a Durable Power of Attorney?
- Is a Durable Power of Attorney different from a Power of Attorney for Health Care?
- What is an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust?
- Why do I need a Living Will/Advance Medical Directive?
- Why do I need a Durable Power of Attorney?
- What taxes will the beneficiary of my life insurance policy have to pay?
- What are the legal requirements for a valid will in Maryland?
- What taxes are payable when a Maryland resident dies?
- How should my will provide for my minor children?
- Why do I need a Will?
- What is a Revocable Trust?
- What are the Pros and Cons of having a Revocable Trust?