California Franchise Attorneys
Newport Beach, California, Franchise Lawyers
We provide at an affordable cost the most experienced, trained and well-educated franchise attorney services you can find anywhere in the United States. Our legal services are always personal, full of common sense and to the point. We will tell you in advance what it will cost. No nonsense.
The law offices of Rodney R. Hatter & Associates were established in 1985 and are located in Orange County, California. We are licensed to practice law in the State of California, but our clients have headquarters on both coasts and many places in between. Our Southern California business clients come from San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Ventura counties to utilize our services because of our dedicated and singularly-focused services delivery.
Franchise Law is our specialty, and that involves assistance in many areas needed by small businesses.
- We help both Franchisors and Franchisees.
- We develop new franchise sales programs for franchisors, including Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), franchise agreements and development agreements and registering the new program.
- We help entrepreneurs buy a franchise, and we help franchisees with problems.
- We form new corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships.
- We file trademark applications.
- We draft contracts for all purposes: confidentiality (nondisclosure) agreements, employment agreements, operating agreements, lease agreements, purchase agreements, sale agreements, financing agreements, settlement agreements, technology licenses and other agreements.
- We work on private placements and securities law filings.
- We can also help you with estate planning and living trusts.
While we are not a large firm, we provide all of the legal advice and assistance you will need for your legal problem. If it involves litigation or another specialty, we know who to call because our many years of experience allow us to "associate" with the best and avoid the rest.
We charge substantially less than most other lawyers who have had similar experience and expertise. And we don’t double charge you for more than one attorney at a time. Large firms often charge hourly as much as $500 or more for the partner and over $250 for other lawyers, plus $150 for paralegals, all of which can easily be over $1,000 per hour! We see this too often done by large firms.
We are able to keep our hourly rate under $400 because the work is not delegated to other attorneys or paralegals who must be managed. Very few clients have ever complained about our billings. We appreciate that, and we believe that is because we assist our clients in improving their bottom line. Even with our legal fees factored in, our clients are profiting. This is the Rodney R. Hatter & Associates ultimate commitment.