Areas of Practice:
Contracts - Contract drafting, analysis, review and advice. Every business enters into contracts with its customers, suppliers, landlords, and many, many others. Contracts memorialize the rights and obligations of the parties and should be used to minimize your risks. At Yates Marshall, we integrate your practical business needs into any Contract we draft, review or analyze for you with an eye toward minimizing your risk but also maximizing your opportunities.
Business Entity Formation – If you need advice as to whether you should form a corporation, limited liability company, or even a general partnership, we can help you consider all of the relevant factors to get to the right decision. Once decided, we can file the entity formation documents with the state, draft originating documentation for the members or shareholders including buy and sell agreements or stock restrictions, and create and maintain your corporate records for you including annual filings with the state. To help business continuity, we can also help with succession planning.
Purchasing or Selling a Business – Whether you are selling or buying all the ownership in a company as a stock transaction or LLC interest transaction or if you are buyer or selling all the assets, we can help. Let us help you manage your risk through the process.
Leases – We can draft a lease if you have rental property or review and negotiate a lease if you are renting property. Landlords need to maximize the return on their investment and mitigate their risk. Renters need to also minimize their risk and seek predictability so that they can focus on running their business.
Purchase and Sale Agreements – We can also draft a Purchase and Sale Agreement for any real property. If you have a deal worked out with the seller and both parties want to avoid paying unnecessary commissions, let us help. If you want to sell a piece of commercial real property and are contemplating a Real Estate Contract for any balance due, we can help with that too. We can even help with logistical matters thanks to our relationship with local title companies.
Deeds – We can assist with Deed preparation, provide acknowledgment services and record with the relevant county.
Personal Injury – We represent clients who are injured in car accidents caused by the negligence of others. It can become daunting to deal with multiple insurance companies while simultaneously working through injuries, attending medical appointments, and keeping up with normal life at work and home. At Yates Marshall we will relieve you from the pressure of dealing with insurance companies, guide you through the claims process, and allow you to focus on healing. When the time is right, we will pursue just and full compensation for your pain and suffering, medical expenses, and lost wages from those responsible and their insurance companies.
Misdemeanor Criminal Defense – We represent clients who have been charged with a crime. A criminal conviction can have major consequences in your life beyond potential jail and fines. You may lose your right to bear arms, have your driver’s license suspended, lose the ability to volunteer at your children’s schools, lose the ability to receive federal student aid, and other unseen consequences. At Yates Marshall we will guide you through this process, help you understand the full scope of the charges and consequences you face, and advocate for you in and out of court.
Debt Collection – Whether you are owed a delinquent debt, want to loan somebody money, or if a collections agency is going after you, we can assist. When loaning money, we can advise the best way to secure repayment of your investment. When a debt goes unpaid, we can pursue collection of the debt through negotiation, court proceedings, and garnishments. If someone is collecting a debt against you, we can help stop future garnishments, represent you in pending court, or negotiate payment plans or settlements that work for you.
Probate – Probate, the process of re-titling the assets of a decedent and paying any valid creditor claims of a decedent, is a complex process that we can simplify for you. Sometimes there is a Will to work with and other times there is not. We can help get a personal representative appointed and then help the personal representative execute the decedent’s Will or, if there is not a Will, we can help probate the estate and satisfy the requirements of Washington law.
Estate Planning – Yates Marshall can help you plan for the future whether that means simply planning for a distribution of your assets or trying to preserve assets or wealth for dependents. We may even be able to draft Wills or Trusts on a flat fee basis depending on the circumstances. Let us help articulate and preserve your intent regarding your property.
Contracts - Contract drafting, analysis, review and advice. Every business enters into contracts with its customers, suppliers, landlords, and many, many others. Contracts memorialize the rights and obligations of the parties and should be used to minimize your risks. At Yates Marshall, we integrate your practical business needs into any Contract we draft, review or analyze for you with an eye toward minimizing your risk but also maximizing your opportunities.
Business Entity Formation – If you need advice as to whether you should form a corporation, limited liability company, or even a general partnership, we can help you consider all of the relevant factors to get to the right decision. Once decided, we can file the entity formation documents with the state, draft originating documentation for the members or shareholders including buy and sell agreements or stock restrictions, and create and maintain your corporate records for you including annual filings with the state. To help business continuity, we can also help with succession planning.
Purchasing or Selling a Business – Whether you are selling or buying all the ownership in a company as a stock transaction or LLC interest transaction or if you are buyer or selling all the assets, we can help. Let us help you manage your risk through the process.
Leases – We can draft a lease if you have rental property or review and negotiate a lease if you are renting property. Landlords need to maximize the return on their investment and mitigate their risk. Renters need to also minimize their risk and seek predictability so that they can focus on running their business.
Purchase and Sale Agreements – We can also draft a Purchase and Sale Agreement for any real property. If you have a deal worked out with the seller and both parties want to avoid paying unnecessary commissions, let us help. If you want to sell a piece of commercial real property and are contemplating a Real Estate Contract for any balance due, we can help with that too. We can even help with logistical matters thanks to our relationship with local title companies.
Deeds – We can assist with Deed preparation, provide acknowledgment services and record with the relevant county.
Personal Injury – We represent clients who are injured in car accidents caused by the negligence of others. It can become daunting to deal with multiple insurance companies while simultaneously working through injuries, attending medical appointments, and keeping up with normal life at work and home. At Yates Marshall we will relieve you from the pressure of dealing with insurance companies, guide you through the claims process, and allow you to focus on healing. When the time is right, we will pursue just and full compensation for your pain and suffering, medical expenses, and lost wages from those responsible and their insurance companies.
Misdemeanor Criminal Defense – We represent clients who have been charged with a crime. A criminal conviction can have major consequences in your life beyond potential jail and fines. You may lose your right to bear arms, have your driver’s license suspended, lose the ability to volunteer at your children’s schools, lose the ability to receive federal student aid, and other unseen consequences. At Yates Marshall we will guide you through this process, help you understand the full scope of the charges and consequences you face, and advocate for you in and out of court.
Debt Collection – Whether you are owed a delinquent debt, want to loan somebody money, or if a collections agency is going after you, we can assist. When loaning money, we can advise the best way to secure repayment of your investment. When a debt goes unpaid, we can pursue collection of the debt through negotiation, court proceedings, and garnishments. If someone is collecting a debt against you, we can help stop future garnishments, represent you in pending court, or negotiate payment plans or settlements that work for you.
Probate – Probate, the process of re-titling the assets of a decedent and paying any valid creditor claims of a decedent, is a complex process that we can simplify for you. Sometimes there is a Will to work with and other times there is not. We can help get a personal representative appointed and then help the personal representative execute the decedent’s Will or, if there is not a Will, we can help probate the estate and satisfy the requirements of Washington law.
Estate Planning – Yates Marshall can help you plan for the future whether that means simply planning for a distribution of your assets or trying to preserve assets or wealth for dependents. We may even be able to draft Wills or Trusts on a flat fee basis depending on the circumstances. Let us help articulate and preserve your intent regarding your property.