Mr. Samuel Eric Bass

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Venn Law Group
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Transactions

  Represents employers ranging from 2 employees to hundreds of employees in developing, implementing comprehensive and up-to-date employment policies; Provides training to employees, management, and staff; Represents employers and employees in preparing wide ranging employment agreements, incentive plans, deferred compensation plans, retirement plans and succession plans for key employees; Represents employees and employers regarding confidentiality agreements, non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements and other restrictions on competition; Represents employees and employers regarding separation from employment issues, releases and severance agreements; Represents multiple employers regarding employee misconduct investigations and allegations; Represents multiple employers and employees regarding various claims in front of the Employment Security Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal and state Departments of Labor and other regulatory agencies; Regularly represents multiple clients in forming and structuring business organizations, including multiple owner profit/ownership negotiations, shareholders' agreements, partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, tax considerations, asset protection planning, corporate restructuring issues, succession planning, lease negotiations and compensation alternatives; Regularly represents client in acquisition (including agreement negotiation, financing and closing of transaction) and disposition of various types of businesses; Represents multiple clients in business partner disputes and business dissolutions for businesses of all sizes; Represents numerous franchisees in evaluating franchise documents, forming their franchise businesses and selling franchise locations; Regularly represents clients in wide ranging contract negotiations, including distribution agreements, licensing agreements, consulting agreements, independent contractor agreements, ASP agreements, customer agreements with standard terms and conditions and Internet site related policies.