Miami Business Lawyer

A Miami business lawyer forms the company, writes its contracts and ownership agreements, advises its owners on governance and handles the disputes that follow. Miami business attorney Aaron Resnick of Law Offices of Aaron Resnick does that work for large corporations, Miami businesses and their owners, professional athletes and entertainers.

What Does a Business Lawyer Do for a Miami Company?

A business lawyer puts the owners' deal in writing before money moves: who owns what, who decides, who gets paid and how an owner leaves. Aaron Resnick forms companies, drafts and reviews their contracts and ownership agreements, advises boards and owners on governance, and represents the company or its owners when a contract or a partnership breaks down.

What Business Matters Has Aaron Resnick Handled?

Aaron Resnick was the attorney for Alex Omes, a co-founder of Ultra Music Festival, in the Ultra Music Festival founder dispute. He has represented more than 80 professional athletes from the NFL, NBA and MLB as of 2014, and his clients have included a bank and company founders.

He also serves as Florida local counsel for law firms based outside the state. The firm's representative matters page describes each matter.

Which Business Entity Should a Miami Company Use?

In Florida, owners form a limited liability company under chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes, a corporation under chapter 607 and a partnership under chapter 620. The choice turns on who owns the company, who manages it, how profits are divided and how an owner gets out. Aaron Resnick matches the entity to those answers.

An LLC is formed when its articles of organization become effective and at least one person is a member. A corporation generally begins to exist when its articles of incorporation are filed, unless its articles specify a permitted different effective date. A general partnership can form without a filing when two or more people carry on as co-owners a business for profit, whether or not they intend to form a partnership.

The firm has a page on each: business formation, limited liability companies, corporations and limited liability partnerships.

What Should an Operating or Shareholder Agreement Settle?

An operating or shareholder agreement should settle who manages the company, how votes are counted, how profits are distributed, when an owner may transfer an interest, how a deadlock is broken and how a departing owner is bought out. When an LLC's agreement is silent, chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes supplies the rule.

Those default rules may not be what the owners intended. Under chapter 605 an LLC is managed by its members unless the operating agreement or articles say otherwise. Before dissolution, distributions are shared on the basis of the agreed value of each member's contributions the company received, as stated in its records. A person who receives a transferred interest does not gain a say in management.

Aaron Resnick reads the agreement against those defaults before the owners sign. When owners already disagree, see the firm's partnership and shareholder disputes page.

What Should I Check Before Buying or Selling a Business?

Check what is being sold (the company's shares or membership interests, or its assets), which debts and contracts go with it, whether its leases and licenses can be assigned, and what the seller promises about the books. Aaron Resnick reads the purchase agreement against the company's own records before closing.

The firm's page on buying or selling a small business covers the steps.

When Does a Business Deal Become a Lawsuit?

A business deal can become a lawsuit when a party stops performing and the dispute is not resolved after any notice or cure process the contract requires. For many Florida contract claims, the limit is five years when the contract is founded on a written instrument and four years when it is not, under chapter 95 of the Florida Statutes.

An action for specific performance has a one year limit. In Miami, a business lawsuit is usually filed in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit (the circuit court for Miami-Dade County) or, when federal jurisdiction applies, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Aaron Resnick reads the documents to fix the date the claim arose. Miami business litigation is the core of his practice.

What Should I Bring to a First Meeting With a Business Lawyer?

Bring the articles of organization or incorporation, the operating or shareholder agreement, the contract in question and every amendment, the key emails and notices, the financial statements that bear on the issue and the next deadline. A short timeline of who agreed to what, and when, helps Aaron Resnick organize the documents and deadlines.

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Practice Areas

• Small Business Law: formation, contracts and disputes for owners of small companies.
• Corporate Law: from formation through corporate transactions.
• Real Estate Law: questions on real estate transactions and disputes.
• Entertainment, Sports and Art Law: representation for athletes, entertainers and artists.
• Real Estate Litigation: title, contract and partner disputes over property.
• Construction Law: construction contracts and disputes.
• Business Litigation: contract, ownership and commercial disputes.
• Civil Litigation: civil disputes in Florida courts.

Business Law Services

• Family owned business counsel, where ownership and family overlap.
• Counsel for Florida entrepreneurs forming and scaling a company.
• Small business legal services.
• Business lawyer in Florida for companies outside Miami.
• Tax matters affecting Florida businesses.
• Overpaid Florida rent tax and how to recover it.
• Litigation to recover overpaid rent tax.

Banking and Finance

Financing decisions create obligations that outlast the deal.

• Banking and finance matters for Florida businesses and lenders.

Questions We Answer About Contracts and Business Claims

• Whether a verbal agreement is legally binding in Florida.
• How to get out of a contract in Florida, and the grounds that actually work.
• What damages you can recover for breach of contract.
• Whether they can come after you personally on a business debt.
• When you can sue someone for interfering with your business.

Send the parties, the problem and the next date; the firm reviews every inquiry and tells you whether it can help.

We Don't Make Promises. We Have Results to Prove It.

Aaron Resnick has handled business disputes in Miami since 1998 and is a fourth generation Miami resident. He works hands-on on every case; the client gets Aaron on every major litigation issue, not a junior partner. The Law Offices of Aaron Resnick represents large corporations, Miami businesses and their owners, professional athletes and entertainers in Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties and across Florida in business litigation and business counsel. Call 305-672-7495 or request a consultation.

This page provides general information and is not legal advice. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome.