Looking for sound legal advice on matters that arise in your business operations? Our firm can serve as a pillar of legal stability to help you manage compliance requirements, risk management decisions, and provide guidance with all business process laws.
Decisions with legal consequences can be a demise for a business if not properly thought through and executed upon in accordance to the current laws.
Having legal counsel in your corner during key decision-making events can be the difference between a positive or negative effect on your business.
Our general business counsel services help our clients have the security and peace of mind to make the best decisions for their business the first time, saving time, money and frustration.
Are you starting a new business? Navigating which business structure is right for you should be one of your first considerations.
However, understanding the differences between a corporation (Inc.), a partnership, and a limited liability company (LLC) can be overwhelming. Each entity structure can take on a variety of formats each with different requirements both on how they are setup as well as how they are maintained.
Our firm can help you understand the differences between the legal entity structures available as well as the associated liability and tax treatments associated with them.
Let us serve as a guide to help you make the most informed decision on which structure best fits your business and personal needs.
Need help with a strategy that ensures wealth preservation and protection for your family or business? We have counseled on a variety of family and business structures.
Our firm understands that every situation is unique and we pride ourselves on customizing our advice and counsel to be specifically tuned to your needs and goals.
As part of our process we help gather an understanding of total asset value, considerations for income and estate taxes upon any transfer, outline ownership transfer techniques and protocol around transfer of control, as well as which transfer agreements are most applicable to preserve wealth and legal protection.
Our goal for foreign nationals being to avoid US probate proceedings and succession taxation via proper planning and adopting wills substitutes where applicable.
International Taxation
Corporate Taxation
Real Estate Taxation
Pre-immigration Estate Planning
Wills substitutes (trusts, insurance, tenancies, business structures)
Succession Tax avoidance
Probate Proceedings Avoidance
If you are considering exploring your succession planning options or are ready to move forward with an adequate plan that preserves and protects your wealth, let us guide you with your next steps.
Estate Planning is not just for the senior client. Every person should have a plan in place to make sure his or her loved ones will be taken care of. You have worked hard at building a life – we make sure the people and things most important to you are protected in case of your disability or death. We also provide administration services when a loved one dies to ensure the estate is wound up pursuant to the decedent’s estate plan or, if no plan existed, pursuant to the default laws that exist in California.
Typically, personal injury claims result from the negligence of another person. Typical sources of personal injury claims include, but are not limited to, the following:
Automobile Accidents
Truck Accidents
Medical Malpractice
Defective Product Claims
Slip and Fall Claims
Pedestrian Claims
The term “personal injury” encompasses a broad range of injuries. Some are minor, but some injuries can be catastrophic. Most catastrophic injuries involve severe damage to the brain or spine that is often permanent. These types of serious injuries can cause life-changing disabilities with long-term consequences. Many devastating injuries occur in car accidents or trucking accidents, but they can happen anywhere; at work, in a slip and fall accident, on a motorcycle, or in a bicycle accident.
Business, Personal, Employment, Insurance, Real Estate
Binding contracts are an essential tool for conducting your business and personal affairs, and they tend to touch every aspect of life. We help clients by reviewing contracts before clients sign them in order to point out areas of negotiation, potential liabilities and red flags to be aware of; and to discover any clauses that are illegal or erroneous statements of the law. We also draft contracts for clients pertaining to most contractual affairs.
The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil
Protection Act provides extra legal protection for
seniors from physical, emotional and financial abuse.
Sadly, elder abuse has been on the rise in recent
years due to an aging population and increased
opportunity. If you are an adult over the age of 65 and
you believe that you are victim of Elder Abuse you
should first contact the Adult Protective Services
Agent in your area and then contact an attorney for
further advice and assistance with stopping the
abuse.
We offer a wide range of services related to real estate, including preparation of deeds, easements, covenants, land use, purchase and sale agreements, and residential and commercial leases. Allow Hampton Legal Solutions to provide guidance throughout any of your real estate needs.
Probate is the legal process of administering an estate of
a deceased person by resolving all claims on the estate
and distributing the deceased person's property. The
probate process is typically a lengthy and complicated
one, and can take up to a year to be completed, especially for those unfamiliar with the probate process. Let Hampton Legal Solutions assist you in this process and ease your burden in the difficult times that accompany the loss of a loved one.
Family law is a legal practice area that focuses on issues involving family
relationships such as marriage, adoption, divorce, and child custody, among
others. Hampton Legal Solutions can represent clients in family
court proceedings or in related negotiations. They can also draft important
legal documents such as court petitions or property agreements.
Family law is a relatively broad practice area, including issues such as foster
care and reproductive rights. Since family law matters hit so close to home,
having a trusted legal professional by your side can help you ensure your
loved ones are properly represented and protected during any legal process.
Administering a Trust upon the death of the Settlor
(one who created the Trust) is generally not as
complicated or costly as going through probate, which
is why trusts have become so popular. However, there
are still steps that must be taken to administer the
trust: assets of the trust must be appraised and
inventoried, beneficiaries must be notified, issues
can arise with regard to title of assets under the trust,
etc.
Hampton Legal Solutions can provide
reasonably priced legal assistance to the trustee who
needs help with administering the trust or
understanding his/her fiduciary duties.
A Conservatorship is a proceeding initiated and
supervised through the court system whereby a
person appointed by the court assumes responsibility
for the interests of another deemed incapable of
managing his or her own interests. A Conservatorship
for a loved one should never be contemplated unless
all other less restrictive alternatives have been
considered. Unfortunately, it is sometimes the only
means available to protect a loved one from those who
would take advantage of him/her. A Conservatorship
often becomes necessary when an individual becomes
ill but has no plan in place for his/her care.
