ATTORNEY BIOS

T. Michael Goodrich, II :  Mr. Goodrich serves as an in house attorney resource for small and middle size businesses.  In this capacity, he assists companies on a broad range of corporate issues including various contract advice (employment, IT, licensing, consulting and service agreements), estate and income tax advice, corporate record maintenance, real estate, IP protection, employment advice, securities issues, litigation and the myriad of other issues that confront these companies.  While he may not personally handle a particular situation, he utilizes a network of other attorneys to effectively and efficiently handle the problem. 

Additionally, he has assisted numerous businesses through the process of becoming a corporation, limited liability corporation (LLC) or other business entity, regardless of whether such businesses are in the start up process, going through business growth and needing a change of corporate structure, adding or buying out owners, or transitioning for a complete ownership change.  In the course of these representations or as completely separate from this process, Mr. Goodrich assists businesses and business owners in the preparation of shareholder (buy-sell) agreements and operating agreements.

Mr. Goodrich has also negotiated and closed several mergers and acquisitions as counsel for both buyers and sellers, as well as closing counsel. 

Before establishing the Goodrich Law Firm, Mike Goodrich worked as a solo attorney and small business consultant in Decatur, Georgia. In this capacity, he worked with numerous small and mid-sized companies on business plans and venture financing, in ...MORE>>