Letters for small business lawyers / Jean L. Batman.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; About the Author; Chapter 1 Reaching Out to Small Businesses; Marketing Letter Featuring an Attorney and Reception; Marketing Letter Inviting Contract Review; Marketing Letter Featuring Reminder Re: Corporate Tax Returns; Marketing Letter Featuring a Change in the Law or Recent Decision; Marketing Letter Congratulating a Small Business; Seeking Referrals for Other Services for a Client; Seasonal Greetings; Notice Regarding New Office Location; Estimating Legal Expenses for a Start-up; Following Up on an Initial Phone Call.

Engage or Decline After an Initial MeetingChapter 2 Engaging and Disengaging the Small-Business Client; Engagement Letter with Alternative Paragraphs; E-mail Footers for Correspondence with Clients; Authorization to Transfer Files to New Firm; Protecting the Attorney-Client Privilege; Forwarding an Invoice for Legal Services; Responding to Billing Inquiries; Professional Reference for Client for Foreign Banking Purposes; Letter to Client Who Is Tranferring to Other Counsel; Termination Letter to Client for Nonpayment; Letter to Former Client Regarding Disposition of File.

Letter Forwarding File to New CounselChapter 3 Forming or Dissolving an Entity; Choosing Between a Corporation and a LLC; Tax Planning in Connection with Corporate Structuring; Deciding Whether to Form a Subsidiary or a Division; Drafting a Founders'Agreement; Forwarding Articles to the Secretary of State for Filing; Forwarding Organizational Documents to a New Corporation (Short Form); Forwarding Organizational Documents to a New Corporation (Long Form); Following Up on Organizational Documents for New Corporation; Determining the Size of the Board of Directors.

Forwarding Investment Documents to a New CorporationForwarding Stock Certificates; Forwarding Organizational Documents to New LLC (Long Form); Forwarding Draft Form 1023 Application to Nonprofit Client; Forwarding Form 1023 Application to IRS; Forwarding Exemption Request to State on Behalf of Nonprofit Client; Forwarding an Election to Wind Up and Dissolve for Filing; Forwarding a Certificate of Dissolution for Filing; Letter to Attorney General for Dissolving Nonprofit; Chapter 4 Protecting Intellectual Property; Trademarks, Trade Names, and Trade Secrets; Fictitious Business Names.

Forwarding Form NDA to Help Protect Trade SecretsCopyright Protection for Software; Updating Copyright Notices; Obligations of Former Employee Regarding Termination Certificate; Former Employee's Obligations Regarding Trade Secrets; Notice to New Employer of Former Employee with Trade Secrets; Cease and Desist Letter to Former Contractor; Sharing a Patentable Business Concept with Persons Outside the United States; Registering a Trademark or Service Mark; Forwarding a Notice of Publication on a Trademark Application; Forwarding a Certificate of Registration for a Trademark.