Why You Should Hire Melissa Marsh to Form and Maintain Your California LLC - As Low As $1,299*^+Costs

People hire our firm to form, organize and maintain their California limited liability company (LLC) because Melissa Marsh literally wrote the book. Ms. Marsh is the author of a comprehensive limited liability company operating agreement supplied by a major legal publisher to attorneys throughout California. Unlike most attorneys, she does not charge exorbitant fees and she is not copying someone else's form and hoping it will suffice. The fact is most attorneys are litigators (Ms. Marsh is not) and they often provide the same fill-in the blank forms provided by online incorporation service providers. If you peruse this web site you will notice that for 20+ years Ms. Marsh has been a transactional corporate business attorney. That is not to say she won't assist individuals with some administrative hearings (Labor Commissioner, Small Claims, or Arbitration), but what it does mean is that she has nothing to gain by ensuring her clients wind up in costly litigation over something that could have been prevented, or at the very least minimized.

When Ms. Marsh forms a single member California limited liability company (LLC) for $1,299^+Costs (sufficient for LLCs owned by a husband and wife or domestic partners) or a multi-member LLC for $1599^+Costs she provides a Comprehensive LLC Organization Package that contains everything the member(s) will need to operate the California limited liability company in compliance with California law.

Ms. Marsh's LLC formation package includes the following 16 services with a 7 day turnaround period:

The typical turn-a-round time with the state expedite fee is 7 days. 3 days to receive your confirmed Articles of Organization back from the California Secretary of State, and 4 days for Ms. Marsh to prepare your custom LLC Operating Agreement and other organizational documents.

Update: The California Secretary of State is now taking an average of 45 business days to return Articles of Organization, and we now strongly suggest that our clients remit payment of the state expedite fee to the California Secretary of State to reduce the turn-a-round time to 7 days.

The following services are also available at additional cost:

Table Of Contents - 15-20 Page Single Member LLC Operating Agreement
Table Of Contents - 25-65 Page Multi-Member LLC Operating Agreement

You could use an online service provider for a few hundred less and live with standard 1 page Articles of Organization, a standard Operating Agreement, and a simple banking resolution (all of which they may claim is custom simply because it includes your corporation's name, address, and member's personal information), or you could use a licensed California attorney to provide you not only with ALL of the documents you need, but also: (1) a custom prepared Articles of Organization that include indemnification provisions, restrictions on transfer, and provisions regulating the addition of new members, and (2) a custom prepared LLC Operating Agreement that provides a mechanism to reduce the likelihood of disputes and deadlocks among the members.

Why are custom Articles of Organization so important? The Articles of Organization is a public document that puts everyone on notice that the LLC has adopted indemnification provisions, transfer restrictions, and rules for the adoption of new members. When this information is placed in your Articles of Organization, and not just the Operating Agreement, everyone is put on notice that LLC has certain procedures that must be followed.

Why is a custom LLC Operating Agreement bar far the most important document? The LLC Operating Agreement sets forth the business of the LLC, the member(s) rights and duties, and the managers rights and duties, and should provide for detailed rules governing the contribution of capital or property to the LLC. Unlike corporate bylaws, the LLC Operating Agreement can be amended to suit the particular needs of its members, so it is important for the members to cover as much as possible in the Operating Agreement.

Table Of Contents - 15-20 Page Single Member LLC Operating Agreement
Table Of Contents - 25-65 Page Multi-Member LLC Operating Agreement

	Comparison Chart Although our $1,299 fee for a single member LLC does not include the $85 California Secretary of State filing fees, the fee charged to form a California LLC is substantially less than what most California attorneys charge ($2,500+), and is just around $500 more than an online service, or document preparer. Although their ads claim that forming a California limited liability company is quick and easy and can be done for about $360 plus the state fees ($85), you will notice that they leave you to file much of the paperwork yourself, they do NOT provide you with all of the documents you need, they do not provide any legal advice on how to maintain the LLC or its limited liability protection, and their turn-a-round time is significantly longer. California Incorporation Services Provided $1,299 Prepared by Ms. Marsh $359 Prepared by Famous Online Service Turn Around Time 7-10 Days 30+ Days LLC Preclearance Name Check LLC Articles of Organization Custom Attachment to your Articles of Organization Providing For Restrictions on admission of new members, transferring of membership interests, indemnification, and more. X Custom Operating Agreement Custom Organizational Resolutions X First Meeting of the Members Fill-In Blank Forms Federal Tax ID Number (EIN) Provide IRS Form 8823 or 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, if requested X Statement of Information Of Members X Commissioner's Notice of Transaction X Letter From Each Member Requesting Membership Interest X Prepared Membership Interest Certificates Ready For Signature X Prepared Membership Interest Ledger X Spousal Consent X 10+ Page Memo on State and Local Regulations X

Now isn't it better to spend a few extra dollars for some peace of mind. By using a California corporate transactional attorney to form your California LLC you can be assured that all of the necessary paperwork to form and organize your California LLC will be prepared and all of your questions will be properly answered.

Credentials
Melissa C. Marsh, J.D., is a Los Angeles California business law attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California. For the past 20+ years, Ms. Marsh has formed hundreds of California limited liability companies and corporations, advised the board of directors of a publicly held corporation, and counseled hundreds of small businesses. Her practice is 100% transactional, and she engages in absolutely no litigation. She wrote a chapter on California Limited Liability Companies and provided her Comprehensive Limited Liability Operating Agreement to one of the largest legal publishers for distribution to, and use by, California attorneys. Melissa C. Marsh received her bachelor's degree from UCLA in 1992, where she graduated with honors and her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 1996 where she graduated in the top 2% of her class, Order of the Coif.

Please call Melissa C. Marsh at 818-849-5206 or E-mail if you have questions about forming a California LLC; would like to retain our services to form and organize a new California LLC; or would like to retain us to maintain an existing California LLC you previously formed through someone else.