Ruddell, Cochran, Stanton, Smith & Bixler, LLP

Business Law

Visalia, California Business Law Attorneys

Our business law services assist area businesses throughout the entirety of their operations. We handle business formation, ongoing business transactions, business dissolutions and dispute resolution. Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith & Bixler, LLP can meet the varied legal needs you and your business may experience.

Would you like to discuss your business law needs? Call our firm at 559-733-5770 to schedule your consultation. You can also email us and someone will be in touch with you promptly.

Comprehensive business law services in the San Joaquin Valley

As the oldest continuously operating law firm in Tulare County, our firm has advised businesses through many changes in our many years of practice. We have substantial experience identifying the goals of business owners and developing strategies to reach those goals. Our attorneys offer complete business law services in the following areas:

• Business formation: We work closely with business owners during the critical beginning stages of business formation. Depending on the type of business, number of partners, liabilities and other factors, we advise on choice of entity. We handle formation of entities such as corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships (LPs) and limited liability companies (LLCs).
  
• Ongoing business transactions: We meet the ongoing legal needs of businesses in the areas of company mergers and acquisitions, stock sales, asset sales, buy-sell agreements, cross-purchase programs, entity purchase programs, business reorganizations and sales contracts.
  
• Business litigation: Our firm protects the rights of business owners involved in business disputes, breach of contract claims, creditor actions, business dissolutions and more. We participate in mediation, arbitration and litigation, pursuing the method most pertinent to your situation.
  
• Family business reorganizations: Our lawyers frequently represent family farms of significant wealth. Farms often involve multi-generational relationships. We can guide you and your family through farm reorganizations, restructuring and spinoffs. This is often done in partnership with our estate planning services, which focus heavily on wealth transfer.

What is your business law need? Contact our firm to schedule your consultation.

The law firm of Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith & Bixler, LLP is located in Visalia, California. Attorneys from the firm represent clients throughout the Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley, in cities that include Visalia, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield, Exeter, Sanger, Dinuba, Farmersville, Woodlake, Porterville, Lindsay, Kingsburg, Selma, Reedley, Lemoore, Corcoran and throughout Kings County, Tulare County, Inyo County, Kern County, San Luis Obispo County, Fresno County and Madera County.