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Contract Review
Understand obligations, leverage, risk allocation and exit terms before signing.
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Practical Michigan legal counsel for businesses, owners and licensed professionals, from contracts to civil disputes.
Business counsel & risk management
Business & civil legal services
Practical counsel for Michigan businesses and professionals, from contracts and commercial disputes to operations, ownership transitions and risk management.
Professionals
Employment Agreements
Focused review for physicians and other professionals.
Ownership
Franchise & Business Agreements
Review business terms with attention to long-term consequences.
Succession
Business Succession
Coordinate ownership transition with personal estate planning.
Starting out
Business Formation & LLCs
Choosing an entity, forming a Michigan LLC or corporation, and preparing operating agreements and other founding documents.
Disputes
Contract & Business Disputes
Breach of contract, partnership and member disputes, and other commercial conflicts between businesses or owners.
Before a lawsuit
Demand Letters & Negotiation
Demand and cease-and-desist letters, settlement negotiations and other efforts to resolve a dispute before it reaches court.
In court
Civil & Commercial Litigation
Representation in selected civil and commercial cases, including requests for injunctive or declaratory relief when the situation calls for it.
Read the risk
Understand the agreement before it controls the outcome
Contracts are operating instructions for future problems. Review should focus not only on what the agreement says today, but on compensation, restrictions, leverage, termination, liability and what happens if the relationship changes.
- Physician and professional employment agreements
- Business and commercial contracts
- Franchise agreement review
- Ownership and succession planning
- Selected civil disputes
Business succession belongs in the estate-planning conversation.
For owners, personal planning and business continuity often need to be designed together rather than handled as separate projects.
Business succession planningTransparent contract review pricing
Physician employment contract review
Defined-scope review options for physicians evaluating an employment opportunity. Other business, contract, and selected civil matters are generally billed at the firm's standard attorney rate of $350 per hour; a flat fee may be available when the scope can be reasonably defined in advance.
Basic Review
$750flat fee
Review of the employment agreement with a written analysis identifying potential red flags, unusual language, compensation concerns, termination provisions, post-employment restrictions, malpractice insurance responsibilities, call coverage requirements, and other terms that may affect your career, compensation, or future opportunities.
Enhanced Review
$995flat fee
Everything in the Basic Review, plus more detailed analysis, negotiation recommendations, suggested revisions to significant provisions, and a follow-up consultation to discuss the agreement.
Comprehensive Review
$1,250flat fee
Everything in the Enhanced Review, plus due diligence regarding the prospective employer using reasonably available public information, which may include corporate records, litigation history, licensing and regulatory information, ownership information, workplace reputation, news reports, and other publicly available information relevant to evaluating the proposed employment relationship.
Standard review pricing. These flat fees apply to typical physician employment agreements. Agreements involving unusual length or complexity, multiple related agreements, partnership or ownership arrangements, equity interests, or other substantial additional review may require an adjusted fee. If an adjustment is necessary, the scope and fee will be discussed and agreed upon before additional work is undertaken.
Public-information limitation. Employer due diligence is limited to information reasonably available through public records and other accessible sources. Public-source review cannot guarantee discovery of all material information, undisclosed liabilities, ongoing investigations, future developments, or non-public matters.
Business counsel & digital risk
Data privacy & cybersecurity
Data breach response, identity theft, doxxing, privacy compliance and information-risk guidance from an attorney holding the CIPP/US and CIPM privacy certifications.
Attorney & privacy credentials
Joseph Andrew Bunting, Esq. · CIPP/US · CIPM
Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States and Certified Information Privacy Manager through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
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Legal work designed around what happens next.
The goal is not just to complete a document or respond to today's issue. It is to understand what the decision changes tomorrow, for your family, career, business or legacy.
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