Lawyer For Business

Focus and practice areas

The work here centers on business clients in two states, New York and Florida. Lawyer For Business represents entrepreneurs, startups, and established companies on transactional matters. That covers business formation, business contracts, and the purchase and sale of companies. In my opinion, a firm held to the transactional side gives a client a clear read on what a first meeting will address.

Transactional work is separate from courtroom litigation. It deals with the paperwork that sets a business up and keeps it running, such as formation filings and signed contracts. The firm also handles mergers and acquisitions and employment contracts, so the same office can cover a growth stage and a hiring stage.

Business formation is often the first step for a new client. It involves choosing an entity type, filing formation papers with the state, and drafting the internal document that governs the owners. The firm lists formation among its services, which puts the firm at the start of a company's life, at the point of the first filing.

The agreements the firm drafts

A business lawyer's week runs on documents, and the firm names the specific agreements it drafts and reviews. Those include employment, partnership, operating, manufacturing, and nondisclosure agreements. The firm also drafts shareholder and asset purchase contracts.

Each of these papers does a separate job. An operating agreement sets how an LLC runs and how its members divide control and profit. A partnership agreement does similar work for a partnership and covers capital, duties, and exit. An asset purchase contract fixes which parts of a business change hands and which debts stay with the seller.

The list also reaches routine but weighty documents. A nondisclosure agreement protects information two companies share during early talks. A shareholder agreement governs how owners vote, sell stock, and settle disagreements. A client who reads this service list can match a real need to a named document before booking any time.

Franchise, trademark, and licensing work

The firm carries several services that go past everyday contracts. Franchise law is one, and it touches both sides of a franchise: the company that grants one and the buyer who signs on. Franchise deals run on disclosure documents and long agreements, so counsel who names this area can read that paperwork for a client.

Trademark registration is another listed service. Registering a mark means searching for conflicts, filing with the trademark office, and answering the questions an examiner raises. The firm also handles license applications such as New York liquor licenses, which run through a state authority and its review steps.

WMBE certification rounds out this group. That process lets women- and minority-owned businesses qualify for certain government contracting programs, and it asks for proof of ownership and control. A woman-owned firm that handles the certification works from inside the same category its clients seek.

Who leads the firm

Andrea A. Willis, Esq. is the founding partner and lead attorney, and she practises business and franchise law across both states. She is licensed in both New York and Florida. She graduated from Albany Law School of Union University in Albany, New York, and earned a J.D. with honors.

A two-state license carries weight for business owners who operate across state lines. It means one attorney can review both a New York contract and a Florida contract, so a client keeps a single point of contact. As a reviewer, I read the dual admission as a sound match for the firm's stated reach. The firm's pages do not state a founding year.

Where the firm works

The client map is wide. In New York, it runs across Buffalo, Brooklyn, Long Island, and New York City. In Florida, it covers Cocoa Beach, Melbourne, Cape Canaveral, Viera, and the greater Space Coast region.

Remote services are available, so a client outside those named cities can still hire the firm. The New York office is in Grand Island, and the Florida presence is in Cape Canaveral. Two bases, one in western New York and one on Florida's Atlantic coast, cover the geography the firm claims. Much transactional work moves by document and review, so a remote intake fits the firm's work well.

Pro bono and community work

Andrea A. Willis founded a nonprofit called Boss BeCause in 2022. The firm donates pro bono hours to that organization each year, and Willis serves as its Director. Tying the giving to a charity its own founder built keeps that work close to the people who run the firm.

Pledging pro bono hours to a named charity tells a client something about how a firm spends time away from billable work. In my opinion, a standing yearly commitment reads as more durable than a single gift. That pledge appears on the firm's own pages beside its list of services.