Practice Areas

Counsel built around your business.

Leslie’s practice spans the full lifecycle of a Tennessee business — from the first formation document through succession and sale.

01

Business Formation & Structure

Starting a business is exciting — and often overwhelming. Leslie helps you build the legal foundation that lets you focus on the work itself.

  • Choosing the right entity (LLC, corporation, partnership) for your goals
  • Filings with the Secretary of State and other regulatory bodies
  • Operating agreements, partnership agreements, and buy-sell agreements

02

Commercial Contracts

Every customer, vendor, and partner relationship deserves a clean agreement. Leslie drafts and reviews the contracts that keep your business safe.

  • Independent contractor agreements
  • Real estate leases
  • Purchasing agreements
  • Bills of sale

03

Equity Compensation & Employee Agreements

Your team is the business. Leslie supports the legal side of hiring, retention, equity, and the occasional difficult goodbye.

  • Compensation and hiring assessments
  • Day-to-day employment issues
  • Employment, equity, and termination agreements

04

Tax-Exempt Organizations

Tax-exempt organizations have unique needs. Leslie has decades of experience with churches, ministries, private schools, adoption agencies, healthcare nonprofits, and private foundations.

  • Formation and IRS federal tax exemption applications
  • State charitable registrations and annual compliance
  • Day-to-day operational and governance counsel

05

Succession Planning

Whether the next chapter is family succession, an internal transition, or a sale, Leslie helps you plan it with intention.

  • Succession plans for family-owned and partner-owned businesses
  • Buy-sell structuring
  • Sale of business and transition support

06

General Business Representation

From healthcare and design to eCommerce, every business needs a steady legal partner for the day-to-day. Leslie is that partner.

  • Negotiation and strategic advising
  • Regulatory issues and issue-spotting
  • Settlement agreements
  • Intellectual property protection and work-for-hire agreements

Not sure where your matter fits?

Reach out and Leslie will help you think it through — even if it turns out you need a different kind of attorney.

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