Decatur, Illinois: Business Law Attorneys
Business or farm owners who need legal advice or help resolving a business dispute want high-quality legal counsel from attorneys who can be trusted to understand the business's goals and priorities and know how to best protect the business's interests.
The business law lawyers at Winters, Featherstun, Gaumer, Postlewait, Stocks & Flynn take professional pride in providing sharply focused legal advice and strong advocacy for our business and agricultural clients throughout central Illinois. To consult with one of our experienced business law attorneys, contact our offices today for an appointment.
"We don't tell clients what they want to hear. We tell them what they need to hear. We are candid with our clients, and they respect us for that."
A Full-Service Law Firm for Our Business Clients
We provide A to Z legal services for our business clients, from start-up through succession planning. We provide an economic and efficient alternative to hiring in-house counsel for small and medium-sized companies. The matters we handle include:
- Business formation advice: When you are starting a business, it is critically important to choose the best business form. Our attorneys can provide advice on the type of business entity best suited to your goals - partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation (LLC), or non-profit - and draw up incorporation documents and help with business plans and financing decisions.
- Labor relations and employment law: Our business law attorneys stand ready to help if conflicts arise between the business owner or management and the workforce, whether the workforce is unionized or not. We defend our business clients against lawsuits by their employees, and we also write policy manuals and employee handbooks to help prevent such conflicts from arising in the first place.
- Commercial transactions: Our business clients often consult with us before undertaking complex commercial transactions. We write and review contracts and serve as negotiators on behalf of our business clients.
- Contract disputes: Every business owner wants contractual relationships to run smoothly and without conflict. But it is almost inevitable for contract disputes to arise - with suppliers, purchasers, vendors or other business relationships. When such conflicts arise, our business clients rely on the high-quality litigation skills of our attorneys to reach a speedy and fair resolution.
- Farm businesses: Many of our business clients are farm owners, and several of our attorneys are well-versed in all aspects of agricultural law, including farm leases, farm partitions, drainage law, 1031 exchanges, property rights, and defense against claims of agricultural patent violation.
- Commercial real estate: When our business clients need to buy, lease or sell commercial real estate, we provide feasibility studies, lease analysis, and contract negotiation services.
- Business and farm succession planning: Any small- or medium-sized business and farm must undertake succession planning, to ensure that the business continues to operate smoothly after the owner passes away. We provide this service to our business and farm clients as part of our broader estate planning practice.
Contact Winters Featherstun For More Information
If you would like to consult with one of our knowledgeable business law attorneys, please contact our offices by e-mail or by telephone at 217-429-4453.
Our law firm is proud to be AV®-rated under Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system*
WINTERS, FEATHERSTUN, GAUMER, POSTLEWAIT, STOCKS & FLYNN
| Address:
225 N. Water St., Suite 200
Decatur, IL 62523 | Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1760
Decatur, IL 62525-1760 |
Telephone: 217-429-4453
Fax: 217-425-8892
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Winters, Featherstun, Gaumer, Postlewait, Stocks & Flynn proudly serves business and individual clients throughout central Illinois, including Decatur, Champaign, Bloomington, Springfield, Monticello, Charleston, Peoria, Tuscola, Clinton, Sullivan, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Lincoln, Danville, Effingham, Vandalia, Paris, Marshall, Toledo, Salem, Newton, Paxton, Galesburg, and Macon, Champaign, Moultrie, Sangamon, McLean, Peoria, Logan, DeWitt, Piatt, Christian, Shelby, Douglas, Coles, Vermillion, Fayette, Effingham, Tazewell, Edgar, Cumberland, Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Marion, Knox and Livingston Counties.
* CV, BV,and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
