Howard Haake LLC

Dealing with companies, members, shareholders and partners, I hear a lot of accusations thrown around when a member, shareholder or partner isn’t satisfied with how their associates are running the jointly owned company. The main accusation I hear is the associate (member, shareholder or partner) has breached their fiduciary duty. So, what is a fiduciary duty, when do you owe a duty and to whom is the duty owed? While there are many different types of fiduciary duties, we wil

What does it take to form a Limited Liability Company in the State of Missouri and do you need an attorney to incorporate your business. To answer the question, no, technically you do not need to hire an attorney to form a Limited Liability Company. That being said, hiring an attorney to form your Limited Liability Company and assure you and your company are legally protected may be worth the money. You may also be surprised how little it costs to hire an attorney to incorpor

If you're in the process of incorporating your business, I'm sure you've read articles about S-Corporations. So now you're ready to incorporate and you're having trouble understanding and differentiating a Limited Liability Company, a C-Corporation and this new S-Corporation status you've read about. First and foremost, an S-Corporation is not technically a business formation you can create in the State of Missouri; or any state for that fact. What I mean by that, is you can’

After you have incorporated your business, there are documents you will need to set up in order to make sure you are in compliance with state laws. The bylaws of a corporation are one of those documents. The bylaws set up the rules of your company and are, in a sense, the Constitution of your organization. After you have filed the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State, you will hold your first shareholder’s meeting. In this meeting you will adopt the corporate

I had a client call with an issue on whether or not he had a lawsuit against another party for a breach of contract claim. When everyone else told him no, Howard Law found a way to identify a claim and get the other party to perform their end of the contract without even filing suit. A Little Background Client, let’s call him Joe, decided to sell his car to a friend but the friend didn’t have enough money to pay it upfront. Joe, being a good friend, allowed the friend to take