Top Business Lawyers in Bethesda | 36 available

Firm: Law Office of Justin Mcinerny

5708 Huntington Pkwy , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Foundation Title

7910 Woodmont Ave Ste 1350 , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Lerch Early & Brewer

7600 Wisconsin Ave , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Divorce & Family, General Litigation, Business

Firm: Bluestone Law Ltd

4800 Hampden Ln Ste 200 , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Lerch, Early & Brewer

3 Bethesda Metro Center , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Paul Alpuche is a business and tax attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer. He has more than 20 years of experience providing business counsel, tax planning and tax controversy guidance to businesses and individuals throughout Montgomery County and the Washington metropolitan area.. Paul works closely with the owners of start-up, growing and mature companies to develop and implement goal-oriented legal strategies. He provides counsel regarding organizational, governance and capitalization matters; drafts buy-sell, operating and joint venture agreements; and advises on succession planning and all aspects of contractual and strategic relationships. His clients include professional service organizations; real estate developers and investors; nonprofits and associations; country clubs; insurance companies; health care facilities and providers; manufacturers and retailers. Paul is known for his straightforward approach; in the words of one client, “Paul will always tell me what I need to hear.”. Paul’s clients value his broad expertise and emphasis on the tax issues associated with owning, operating and acquiring, or disposing of closely held businesses. Paul educates business owners and executives about how to choose professionals such as accountants, financial planners and insurance agents, and then works with those experts on business, planning and tax issues. As part of his tax planning practice, he regularly advises nonprofit organizations in applying for tax-exempt status, drafting and adopting conflict of interest policies and planning transactions to comply with the intermediate sanction rules.. Paul’s many successes include representing individuals and businesses with tax issues before the Internal Revenue Service and various state and local taxing authorities. As part of his tax controversy practice, he regularly counsels clients in all aspects of federal, state and local tax assessment and collection procedures. This includes representation in trust fund penalty assessments, examination and appeals, and guiding clients through the Offer in Compromise process, installment agreements, collections due process hearings, requests to abate penalties, and lien releases and discharges.. Paul received his Bachelor of Accountancy from The George Washington University School of Government & Business Administration and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from The National Law Center at The George Washington University. He also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.. Paul recently appeared in SmartCEO magazine’s “Legal Elite” as a “go-to attorney for business.”. He regularly provides pro bono services and also serves on the boards of Montgomery Hospice and Interfaith Works. He also serves as general counsel of Imagination Stage. For six years, he served as the supervising attorney of the University of Maryland School of Law Qualified Federal Low Income Taxpayer Clinic.. Paul enthusiastically supports his children’s budding athletic endeavors.

Firm: Furey Doolan and Abell LLP

7600 Wisconsin Ave Ste 600 , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

3 Bethesda Metro Center , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Raymond Sherbill, a corporate attorney who chairs Lerch, Early & Brewer’s Business & Taxation practice in Bethesda, Maryland, combines strategic thinking, attention to detail and drafting, and broad commercial experience to represent businesses and business owners knowledgeably and effectively on a continuing (and usually long-term) basis. Ray counsels businesses of all sizes in a variety of transactional, financial, employment and tax-related matters, as well as the handling and resolution of complex disputes. His clients include manufacturers, government contractors, distributors, construction firms, service providers, and a number of international businesses, as well as individual business owners and entrepreneurs.. In his transactional practice, he routinely provides representation on business formations and equity transactions, the negotiation and drafting of joint venture and teaming agreements for government contracting opportunities, the structuring and implementation of mergers and acquisitions, and the consummation of significant asset transactions for closely-held private companies. Ray also advises businesses on preferred equity, senior debt and mezzanine financing transactions, executive and employee compensation and incentive arrangements, corporate governance and succession planning.. As a negotiator and advocate, Ray frequently represents clients in business ownership and control issues and disputes, efforts to mitigate or resolve liability risks, and efforts to maximize value on key assets and opportunities. Chambers USA writes that Ray “ is praised for his ‘keen commercial awareness’ and ‘well-formulated and well-presented arguments.’” (Chambers USA 2010.) Mechanically inclined, he readily grasps technical, manufacturing and construction concepts that frequently prove essential or addressing manufacturing or construction liability issues. Ray also represents clients in government contracting matters with the procuring agencies or the Government Accountability Office, and in other matters before federal and state regulators.. Ray received his Bachelor of Arts from Boston University and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the George Washington University Law School. Prior to joining Lerch Early, he was a partner at a downtown business and government contracting law firm and a Bethesda-based business law firm. He is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.. Ray serves as a Trustee and as Vice-Chair of the National Park Trust, where he was instrumental in the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, a unit of the National Parks. He also is the Vice-Chair of Committee for Montgomery, a coalition of diverse community organization and business leaders who find consensus and advocate for the betterment of Montgomery County. Ray also is a board member and provides pro bono legal services to Combat Soldier Recovery Fund, a charity that provides direct financial support to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Hospital. In his spare time, he enjoys woodworking, biking, art and history.

Firm: Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny, Chtd.

4416 East West Highway 4th Floor , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Robert E. Ward & Associates, P.C.

4520 East West Highway. , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Estate Planning, International & Trade, Taxation - State & Federal, Business, Business

Firm: Paley Rothman

4800 Hampden Lane , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Susan Eleff | The Eleff Law Group

7315 Wisconsin Ave , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business, Real Estate, Estate Planning

Firm: Lerch, Early & Brewer

3 Bethesda Metro Center , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Corporate , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Business, Business

Theodore Goldstock is a business and litigation attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland. He counsels businesses on a broad range of corporate and commercial law matters and represents clients in business-related disputes and commercial litigation. He also advises family-owned businesses on succession planning, governance and other issues.. Understanding of Business Issues Based on Experience Running a Company. As a business attorney, Ted draws on his experience as the former COO and general counsel for his own mid-sized family business. His understanding of today’s business issues and his sensible approach to solving problems is appreciated by clients, including companies that rely on him for general counsel services, commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, business formation, succession planning, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, leasing, intellectual property licensing, and general corporate law. Practical and determined, Ted has a deep understanding of the issues facing families in business together, and an ability to customize solutions based on circumstances unique to each family and company.. Resolving Business Disputes. In the area of commercial litigation, Ted handles business disputes, including conflicts among shareholders and limited liability company members. He litigates for his clients in the courts and in administrative proceedings and appeals. In addition, he has substantial experience representing business clients in arbitration proceedings and related litigation regarding the use of arbitration to resolve disputes.. Health Care Providers. Ted often combines his business acumen and litigation experience serving health care providers such as physicians groups, hospitals, surgery centers, and continuing care communities. Ted has handled mergers between physician groups, and transactions involving the consolidation of individual practices into mega groups. He helps individual physicians in their negotiations with hospitals and physician groups, individual hospitals in business transactions, and joint ventures among groups of hospitals. Ted has represented both surgery centers and specialty groups in their dealings with surgery centers. He also has handled transactions with Accountable Care Organizations.. Nonprofit Governance. Ted also represents many nonprofit organizations in all aspects of business transactions, including mergers between nonprofits, joint ventures and corporate governance, as well as obtaining exemptions from income taxes and other state and local taxes.. Ted received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He also attended the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ted received his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.. Active in Montgomery County civic affairs, Ted serves as general counsel to the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce and as general counsel to the board of Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District, Inc. and to Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He also serves as pro bono business counsel to Imagination Stage, where he regularly negotiates agreements with artists and their agents. At Lerch Early, Ted serves on the firm's management committee and board of directors.. Ted is an avid collector of antiques and decorative art, and holds a certificate in Antique and Decorative Art Connoisseurship from The George Washington University. In addition, he is an épée fencer and an avid trap, skeet and sporting clays competitor.

Firm: Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans, P.C.

1900 M Street N.W. , Bethesda , Maryland 20815

Practice Areas: Business, Tax, Real Estate

Firm: Rosenberg & Associates

7910 Woodmont Ave, Suite 750 , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business

Tracy Leyba works to provide creative solutions and alternatives when assisting with business issues. She takes pride in supporting her clients and providing them high-quality, efficient legal services. Tracy regularly helps business owners form and organize various business entities and prepare necessary business documents, including business formation documents, operating agreements and stockholders’ agreements, various other business agreements, contracts and real estate leases.

Firm: Michael E Gross

4800 Hamden Ln , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Real Estate, Business

5425 York Ln , Bethesda , Maryland 20814

Practice Areas: Business