Sam Higgs

Practice Summary

BUSINESS LAW: Legal support to businesses ranging from startups to established corporations. A few services offered within this area include: • Entity Formation and Structuring: Advising on the best legal structure to suit your business needs and goals, whether it's a corporation, partnership, or LLC. • Contract Drafting and Negotiation: Ensuring that your business agreements are clear, legally sound, and protect your interests. • Mergers and Acquisitions: Guiding clients through the complexities of business mergers, acquisitions, and due diligence processes. • Compliance and Regulatory Advice: Helping businesses navigate the ever-changing landscape of regulations to maintain compliance at all levels of operation. • Intellectual Property Protection: Assisting in securing and defending your intellectual property rights including trademarks, copyrights, and patents. TAX LAW: Tax law services, designed to optimize your financial outcomes while ensuring compliance with state and federal laws. A few services offered within this area include: • Tax Planning: Strategies to minimize tax liabilities and maximize financial efficiency through careful planning and foresight. • Tax Credits: R&D, ERTC, and other credits, including studies to determine eligibility as well as audit defense. • IRS and State Tax Controversies: Representing clients in disputes with tax authorities, including audits, appeals, and litigation. • Corporate Taxation: Advising on the tax implications of business operations and transactions, including international taxation issues. • Estate and Gift Tax Planning: Assisting with the strategies to reduce exposure to estate and gift taxes while maximizing the value transferred to the next generation. ESTATE PLANNING: Estate planning services, tailored to provide security for the future and loved ones. A few services offered within this area include: • Wills and Trusts: Crafting documents that reflect your wishes for your assets, including the establishment of various types of trusts to benefit your heirs while minimizing tax implications. • Healthcare Directives and Powers of Attorney: Ensuring that decisions regarding your health and financial affairs are in trusted hands if you are unable to make them yourself. • Estate Administration: Guiding executors and beneficiaries through the complex process of probating a will and managing estate settlement issues. • Special Needs Planning: Creating plans that provide for the care and support of loved ones with special needs without jeopardizing eligibility for governmental assistance.