Anthony Law LLC

Where the firm puts its attention

Anthony Law LLC is a law firm in Columbus, Ohio that works with entrepreneurs and businesses. The firm handles a company's formation, the contracts and employment questions that come with growth, and the eventual sale of the business. That lifecycle view shapes how the firm works, and it tells you the kind of client it expects: an owner running an ongoing company.

The listed practice areas cover general corporate law, startups and small business, business litigation, acquisitions and sales, employment and HR compliance, real estate, healthcare, estate planning, and intellectual property. In my opinion, that spread reads as a general business firm that also keeps a few deeper lanes. Most of the daily work involves contracts, employment matters, and the routine legal needs a growing company meets.

What the corporate work covers

On the transactional side, the firm forms entities and drafts the documents that hold a company together: operating agreements, service agreements, and general contracts. It registers trademarks and enforces them once they are granted. It also drafts non-competition agreements, a common request when a business hires senior staff or parts ways with them.

The firm handles mergers and acquisitions here too and can act on both the buy and sell sides of a deal. Anthony Law prepares commercial and investment lending papers as well, including loan agreements, commercial mortgages, and security agreements. Those documents matter to an owner who borrows to expand or who pledges property as collateral, and having counsel draft them keeps the terms clear before money changes hands.

Work with startups and small businesses

Two of the firm's named areas, startups and small business, point at companies in their early years. A new venture usually needs the same building blocks in the same order: an entity on file, a founders' or operating agreement, a set of customer and vendor contracts, and a plan for protecting its name. Anthony Law lists each of these, so a founder can bring the whole list to one firm.

Intellectual property fits here as well. For many small companies, the first IP step is a trademark on the business name or logo, then enforcement if someone else uses it. The firm handles both the registration and the enforcement side, which keeps a brand question with the same lawyers who drafted the contracts around it.

Litigation, property, health, and estates

The firm's real estate work runs to commercial leases and purchase and sale contracts, the documents behind moving into a building or trading commercial property. Business litigation covers the disputes a company hopes to avoid: a broken contract, a partner disagreement, or a claim from a former employee. The firm can take a matter to court when negotiations stall.

The record includes construction litigation and a Medicaid licensing matter. Construction litigation often turns on contracts, payment timing, and the order of work on a job site. A Medicaid licensing matter runs through a state agency and its rules on who may bill and how, so it calls for counsel comfortable with a regulatory file.

Healthcare work of this kind mixes licensing, billing rules, and compliance policies that a medical provider has to keep current. As a reviewer, I read these examples as signs the firm takes on matters that go past drafting.

How the team is built

Mike Anthony is the founding attorney, and his work centers on small business, real estate, and construction. He began his career helping entrepreneurs with general business and real estate questions, and he now handles both litigation and transactional files, including the risk and compliance issues that surface as a company grows. He is married and lives in Genoa Township, Ohio.

The firm names four more attorneys: Vince Zuccaro, Chisa Chervenick, Andrea Gulino, and Ben MacDowell. Ben MacDowell works in the general corporate practice. The site does not give law schools or admission dates for these attorneys, so a prospective client would confirm those details in a first call. A roster of five lawyers gives the firm enough hands to cover the corporate, litigation, and real estate work it lists.

What the everyday work involves

For a business owner, the practical value of a firm like this is one office that knows the company across its legal needs. Entity formation begins with a choice of structure, an LLC or a corporation, and the filings that follow with the Ohio Secretary of State. Operating agreements then set out how the owners share control and profit, which heads off arguments once the business grows.

Estate planning rounds out the list, and for an owner it ties back to the business. A will or trust decides what happens to a company stake, and a succession plan names who runs the firm if the founder steps away. Pairing that with the corporate work means one office holds both the company documents and the plan for passing them on.

Employment and HR compliance covers hiring paperwork, workplace policies, and the handling of departures, all points where a small mistake can turn into a claim later. When a sale finally arrives, the acquisitions and sales work brings in due diligence, a purchase agreement, and the transfer of contracts and assets to the buyer. Anthony Law lists each of these stages among its services, and its attorneys carry them out from the firm's Columbus office.