Practice Areas

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Business Law Solutions

With more than 40 years of experience in Business Law, Thomas E. Raines handles a wide variety of Business Law matters and issues for small to medium sized business. Whether it is choice on entity upon business formation, establishment of guidelines for routine business transactions, sophisticated business law transactions for a more mature business, or growth of the business through acquisitions or mergers, Mr. Raines can provide you guidance. We invite you to explore the information prepared below that explains our general Business Law practice and some of the specific business law topics that you may encounter in your business, including:

• Business Law
• Business Formation / Choice of Entity
• Employment Agreements
• Joint Ventures
• Covenants Not To Compete
• Shareholder/Owner Agreements
• Shareholder and Partner Disputes
• Tax Planning
• Business Succession Planning
• Partnerships
• Corporations
• Sole Proprietorships
• General Partnership
• Limited Partnership
• C-Corporation
• S-Corporation
• Limited Liability Companies
• Business Comparison Chart

Estate Planning Law Solutions

In addition to providing business law advice and counsel, our Mr. Raines provides client centered, creative and practical solutions for clients seeking to transfer the assets of their life’s work and businesses to their families. We offer estate plans that are efficient and effective and that are based upon your goals, as the client. Every person who wants to control the disposition of his or her property should have a Will and basic estate preservation documents such as a Financial Power of Attorney and an Advanced Directive For Health Care. As one acquires more property the level of sophscation of the estate planning documents and strategies increases, requiring an experienced practitioner such as Mr. Raines. We have assembled a series of articles that explain the basics and some more sophisticated estate planning vehicles, strategies and techniques that we invite you to review below, including:

• Estate Planning Law
• Last Will & Testament Georgia
• Power of Attorney
• Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care
• Testamentary and Living Trusts
• Revocable Living Trusts
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
• Qualified Domestic Trust
• Special Needs Trust
• Charitable Giving Planning
• Qualified Personal Residence Trust
• Qualified Terminable Interest Property Trust
• Applicable Exclusion Bypass Trust
• Charitable Remainder Trust
• Family Limited Partnerships
• Guardianships and Conservatorships

Probate And Estate Administration Solution.

Mr. Raines can guide you through the Probate and Administration of Estates process by explaining the available alternatives and then implementing the correct Probate or Estate Administration process. Below we have developed a series articles on the basics of the Probate and Estate Administration process, which we invite to explore.

• Probate and Estate Administration
• The Lawyer’s Role
• Estate, Gift and GST Taxes
• Probate and Estate Administration Law
• Guidelines for Individual Executors and Trustees
• The Probate Process
• How will My Estate be distributed if I die without a Will

Thomas E. Raines, PC offers comprehensive representation in Business Law, Estate Planning Law, and Probate Law and Administration of estates from our offices in Duluth, where we represent clients over the Atlanta metropolitan area. Please contact us by email or phone to schedule your consultation concerning your Business Law, Estate Planning and Probate matters.