Law Office of Steven C. Hales Inc.
3450 W Central Avenue, Suite 244
Toledo, OH 43606
ph: 419.517.0090
fax: 419.841.0812
stevenha
Small businesses are people oriented, primarily family-run operations. An inseparable portion of your Business Life-Cycle Planning™ is the preparation for significant life events, including marriage, birth, divorce, and the eventual succession of your operation. These areas frequently have a greater impact upon the success of an operation than the initial formation; my goal is to ensure that no area is overlooked.
We are in an era where small businesses represent over 90% of all business entities and are also responsible for the creation of nearly all new jobs. However, small businesses continue to fail at an alarming rate. While no single factor determines the survival of a business, failing to plan equates to planning to fail. Engaging a core team is essential to the formation, growth and development of every business when your success is the goal.
The core team members vary according to the type of business, but the chief disciplines of accounting, finance and legal must be present in order to build a solid foundation. From inception of the concept, through formation, operation and succession, your core team legal member will serve and support your business needs through Business Life-Cycle Planning™.
Acting as your dedicated outside general counsel, my primary objective is to work with you and your core team to accomplish your goals while managing your risk exposure, including business and personal, in every aspect. While nothing in business is risk-free, I am a firm believer in advising my commercial clients of the threats, opportunities, weaknesses and strengths of their endeavors from a legal and business viewpoint, to reach the best informed decision.
As an attorney, I have guided over 100 businesses as outside general counsel and continue to be a valued core team member to many more. In my business career, I performed in various managerial positions, including being part of the teams that led two companies to win the Malcom Baldrige National Quality award, presented annually by the U.S. Department of Commerce for achieving excellence in business.
In addition to my legal experience and business management skill-set, including marketing, sales, operations, and accounting, more importantly, I offer the vision, understanding and diligence to be a core team member in achieving your success. Be sure to contact me for your next meeting at my office or your facility.I provide counsel in highly litigated areas for businesses today: harrassment and wrongful termination. As such, my primary goal is preventative - to ensure proper pocesses and procedures are employed in advance to avoid these pitfalls, and to address any issues immediately upon occurrence: to investigate, identify, and minimize both present and future risk exposure to the company.
I provide counsel to employers and employees from inception, hiring (including employment contracts), duration of the relationships, and through separation.
I provide counsel directly, and working through accountants, to address and resolve tax filing and tax liability issues.
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Law Office of Steven C. Hales Inc.
3450 W Central Avenue, Suite 244
Toledo, OH 43606
ph: 419.517.0090
fax: 419.841.0812
stevenha