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Business/Corporate Law

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At The Bradley Law Firm in Germantown, Tennessee, we have the knowledge and experience to assist you with all of your business legal needs, from contract review to business dissolution. With a commitment to high-quality work and dedicated service, our firm positions our business clients for long-term success.

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We can guide you through contract negotiations or other important business transactions including, but not limited to:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Starting a business

  • Tax planning

  • Non-Competition Agreements

  • Employment Agreements

  • Confidentiality Agreements

  • Contract drafting, review and negotiation

  • Business consultations

  • Franchise Law

  • General business counsel

  • Dissolution or Termination of the Business

  • Business Succession Planning - utilize tax laws, insurance, estate planning and other legal tools to protect your property from legal problems and taxes during your life and after your death

  • Asset Protection Strategies

With a thorough understanding of your individual and business goals, we will work to provide creative, effective solutions in alignment with those goals and unique to your operation.

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Starting a Business

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Acquiring or starting a business involves many legal issues that have importance today and in the future. The Bradley Law Firm can serve you to start up or acquire your new business in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.

Typical legal issues include:

  • Selection of Business Entity and Formation - including LLCs, partnerships and corporations

  • Asset Protection Strategies - utilizing tax laws, insurance, estate planning and other legal tools to protect your property from legal problems and taxes during your life and after your death

  • General counsel services

  • Business Succession Planning - helps make sure the family business transfers smoothly from one generation to the next

  • Business Dissolution or Termination

  • Franchising

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Buy/Sell Agreements

  • Licensure Issues (e.g., sales tax, alcohol, tobacco, firearms licenses)

  • Secure the Tax Identification Number for the new business

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Landlord Representation (Eviction)

 

The Bradley Law Firm, PLLC represents landlords in eviction litigation, a sometimes complex and confusing process. We can help make the process easier on a landlord as the following steps are taken:

 

1. Obtain a standard form notice of lease violation. Examples of lease violation include non-payment of rent or damage to the premises beyond normal wear and tear. Under Tennessee law the notice gives the tenant 30 days to correct the lease violation (pay the rent, for example) or vacate the premises.

 

2. Deliver the notice to the tenant. Personal delivery is preferred. If you fail to connect with the tenant personally, post the notice on the main entrance to the rental property.

 

3. Obtain a standard form petition for eviction from the clerk of the general sessions court. Tennessee law requires the filing of eviction cases in the general sessions court. The clerk typically maintains an array of different forms, including an eviction petition, for people who do not have legal representation.

 

4. Complete the standard for petition for eviction. Include your name, the name and address of the tenant and the reason for the desired eviction. Include the date the original notice to correct a lease violation was delivered to the tenant. Note that the tenant did not comply and correct the lease violation or vacate the premises.

 

5. File the petition with the clerk of the general sessions court.

 

6. Request the clerk to direct the sheriff to serve the petition on the tenant.

 

7. Attend the eviction trial. The eviction trial cannot be held any earlier than six days after the service of the petition on the tenant, according to Tennessee law. The court can allow one 15-day continuance (postponement) of the case.

 

8. Present your evidence at the trial supporting your contention the tenant violated the lease terms. Evidence includes documents and witnesses. If you prevail at the trial, the court orders the eviction of the tenant.

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