HOW YOUR SMALL BUSINESS CAN SURVIVE AND SUCCEED IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES[1] I. INTRODUCTION. We business owners are groomed and have a mental mind set to grow, to add, refine and prosper. Down-sizing, quitting something, letting people or things go is not part of our vocabulary. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” That’s our […]
Business owners who are selling their business or persons looking to buy a business sometimes treat the legal services as an “add on,” a simple implementation to “document” the deal which the buyer and seller have already worked out between themselves. In this paradigm ‘the lawyer is but a necessary evil to be sure the […]
Construction Law Transactions, Contracts and Disputes The Hudspeth Law Firm – Serving the Construction Business Community Are you an out-of-state company starting or buying a construction company in Arizona? Do you need help with the Registrar of Contractors licensing process? Do you have “Qualifying Party” questions? Are you starting your own construction business to take […]
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-21/a-phoenix-housing-boom-forms-in-hint-of-u-dot-s-dot-recovery#p1 By Susan Berfield Bloomberg Businessweek Markets & Finance A Phoenix Housing Boom Forms, in Hint of U.S. Recovery By Susan Berfield on February 21, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-21/a-phoenix-housing-boom-forms-in-hint-of-u-dot-s-dot-recovery At the sales office for a new development southeast of Phoenix called Waters at Ocotillo, the PulteGroup (PHM) representative says she’s too busy to talk. It’s a Monday […]
CONTROLLING THE IDIOT IN THE DEAL By Donald W. Hudspeth Esq. When I was a young man starting in business I read the book “Winning Through Intimidation” by Robert J. Ringer. The book, though denounced by some at the time, was not really about intimidating people, but of not being intimidated by people, for […]
LET US NOW PRAISE OPPOSING COUNSEL Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. | By Donald W. Hudspeth, ESQ. Let us now praise opposing counsel. The good they do can live after them.[1] Roughly, seven out of ten cases the firm receives are in the conflict stage. The client is being victimized by […]
And the Answer is … Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. | By Donald W. Hudspeth, ESQ. The firm often receives calls asking about the price of X, where “X” is, say, forming an “LLC.” This question presents a number of issues; for example: 1. How do you know you need “X?” While […]
HOW DOES A SMALL PHOENIX LAW OFFICE MAINTAIN A NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE FROM ARIZONA? We get asked this question quite frequently so felt we should address it. In short, by using technological advances and creative thinking we’ve employed an up-to-date business model that allows us to be more productive and to save money by […]
PARTNER WITH SMALL BUSINESS: HOW THE HUDSPETH FIRM ENABLES START-UPS AND GROWTH COMPANIES by Robert Miller A business law firm in today’s economy needs to respond nimbly and effectively to meet the urgent demands of start up companies and its entrepreneurs. We strive to meet the pressing needs of raising capital, creating strategic partnerships and […]
Attorney-Client Privilege for Transactional Attorneys Attorney-Client privilege is a particularly tricky issue for attorneys who handle business transactions in Phoenix, as they so often have clients for both legal and non-legal services. A client who requires legal services is protected by quite strict attorney-client privilege ethics rules. However, a client who is provided strictly non-legal services […]
CLIENTS USING “DO-IT-YOURSELF” LEGAL WORK an OPEN LETTER from The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth P.C. Dear Client/Potential Client, Somebody once said (probably my mother): “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.” If the project, the contract and the business model they represent are that important, you may want to have us […]
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