- Theft
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and AcquisitionsBob Taylor, Contra Costa County Business and Corporate Law Attorney – Contract Law, Startups, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Sales, Intellectual Property and Trademark Services, Real Estate and Litigation, Service Mark Law
- Business DisputesJGPC Law provides business law services for all stages of your business; from business creation, through emerging growth phases, throughout established business operations and for all business exit strategies.
- Business TransactionsJGPC Lawyers have a broad range of expertise involving business contracts & business transactions. Our attorneys have experience in handling business contracts, transactions, and planning matters for businesses ranging from sole proprietorships to large international companies.
- Limited Liability CompaniesJGPC attorneys and paralegals have helped clients form hundreds of limited liability companies (LLCs) and family limited liability companies (FLLCs).
- Construction Contracts
- Trade SecretsFrom customer lists to your secret formulas, we can help you protect the secrets that give you a competitive edge even when copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name, or patent protection is unavailable. We understand the importance of trade secrets to your business and know how to protect and defend them. We’ll help you put a comprehensive trade secret protection program in place, negotiate and draft license agreements to maximize revenues from your trade secrets, enforce your trade secret rights, and defend you against theft of trade secret claims. If you have been unfairly accused of misappropriating or stealing trade secrets from a former employer, we will develop and execute a strategy to allow you to defeat any unjustified or wrongful claims.
- Intellectual PropertyBy working with you to implement comprehensive intellectual property protection programs early on and crafting appropriate agreements for use with employees, independent contractors, and third party technology developers, we help to ensure that our clients maximize the value of their IP portfolios. Clients look to us to file patent applications and register their trademarks and copyrights to protect their brands and products and for counsel on their IP licenses and other business contracts. Clients rely upon us for strategic thinking and experienced perspective during the acquisition or sale of any technology. Our goal is to maximize the value of our clients’ IP assets in the face of any third party challenge in court or for valuation purposes.
- Unfair Competition
- Employment ContractReview and analysis of target’s material contracts including major consulting or project contracts, software licenses, development and distribution agreements, real estate and personal property leases, employment agreements, nondisclosure and non solicitation agreements, loan agreements and other financial arrangements, insurance policies, general distribution arrangements, joint ventures, and option agreements
- Employment Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Construction LitigationSeveral JGPC lawyers are experienced real estate transactional attorneys with extensive experience in negotiating and drafting commercial purchase and sale agreements, options, commercial leases, financing documents, installment sales, equity sharing agreements, and construction contracts and subcontracts.
- Real Estate Transactions
- Estate PlanningLevel 2 asset protection is basic estate planning that everyone should have. These types of entities and powers include: wills, revocable living trusts, durable powers of attorney, heath care powers, and special needs trusts. JGPC Law does not provide level two services, but we’re happy to provide you with referrals to competent estate planners who specialize in this area of practice.
- Wills
- Trusts
- Power of Attorney
- Bankruptcy
- Tax LawBefore the formation of a partnership, we assist the general partner with all aspects of pre-formation planning, business plan review, tax planning, choice of entity analysis, intellectual property protection, entity formation, creation of a capital structure, equipment financing and leasing, raising capital, federal and state securities compliance, executive compensation structuring, limited partnership agreements and service and purchase contracts.