Most business lawyers form the entity and move on. We structure the company so that when something goes wrong — and eventually something does — the damage stops at the business and never reaches your home, your savings or your family.
Formation and asset protection are the same job. An entity filed without thinking about what it is shielding is a receipt from the Secretary of State, not a wall. The protection has to be designed in at the start, because it cannot be retrofitted once a claim exists.
Eight free calculators for the decisions that cost the most to get wrong — entity choice, tax election, and how exposed you personally are right now.
Three stages of a company's life, and the legal work each one actually needs. The thread running through all of them is the same: keep the business's problems inside the business.
Some of this is tax, some of it is statute, and some of it is the strongest homestead protection in the country. Together it is a real advantage — if the structure is built to use it.
Herrin Law structured our LLC perfectly and when we sold after 8 years, their tax strategies saved us over $180K. The buyer's attorney said our operating agreement was the cleanest they'd ever seen.
A major client stiffed us for almost $900K. Other attorneys said it was hopeless, but Herrin Law's aggressive approach recovered 94% of what we were owed, plus interest and attorney fees.
When a job went sideways and we got sued for $1.2M, Herrin Law's LLC structure protected our personal assets completely. The plaintiff got nothing from our family wealth.
Client experiences described here are individual results. Every case turns on its own facts, and past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome.
What the business does, who owns it, what it is exposed to, and what you personally have at risk behind it.
Entity type, tax election, and how ownership and control should be arranged — chosen for your situation rather than the default.
Operating or shareholder agreement, and the contracts the business actually uses, written with Texas provisions.
Secretary of State filings, EIN, tax elections and registered agent — the administrative layer done properly.
New contracts, new hires, new partners, collections when someone does not pay. The relationship is the point, not the filing.
An unpaid invoice is a legal matter that has not been treated as one yet. Most debtors pay once the conversation changes character — and for the ones who do not, the question is whether anyone is willing to go and look at what they actually have.
Review the contract and the account. What the agreement says about interest and attorney's fees usually decides how much leverage there is.
Demand and negotiation. A material share of accounts resolve here, which is the cheapest possible outcome.
Suit filed. The calculation changes for a debtor once there is a live case rather than a letter.
Asset investigation and enforcement. A judgment is only worth what someone does with it.
Entities, guarantees, and protecting what the business earns.
The cheapest time to structure this properly is before anything has gone wrong. Whether you are forming, contracting, collecting or selling, the first conversation is free.
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