Practice

Small Business Contracts

Engagement letters, NDAs, LLCs, contractor and service contracts. Guided intakes that end in a Word draft for your review, drafted from each state's official statutes, rules and forms.

  1. Engagement Letter

    The fee agreement every new matter needs: scope, fees, deposit, billing and how it ends.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  2. Contract Review

    Upload the other side's contract: an issues list by clause, with proposed language and state-law flags.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  3. Nondisclosure Agreement

    A mutual or one-way NDA for a defined business discussion.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  4. LLC Operating Agreement

    Ownership, management and member terms for an ordinary LLC.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  5. Independent Contractor Agreement

    A services agreement with a contractor, drafted around the facts that decide classification.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  6. Services Agreement

    A project or master services agreement with negotiated commercial terms.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  7. Employment Offer Letter

    An at-will offer with pay, start date, benefits, conditions and any covenant.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  8. Employment Agreement

    A full agreement for a key hire: term, pay, termination and severance, inventions, covenants, disputes.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  9. Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreement

    Restrictive covenants that fit the state's statute: wage floors, notice, garden leave, sale-of-business rules.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  10. Promissory Note

    A loan between people or businesses: amount, interest, schedule, default.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  11. Bill of Sale

    Transfer of a vehicle, equipment or other personal property, with or without warranties.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  12. Partnership Agreement

    A general or limited liability partnership: contributions, profits, management, exits.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  13. Business Demand Letter

    A measured demand tied to the contract, evidence and requested remedy.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  14. Cease-and-Desist Letter

    A demand to stop defamation, harassment, misuse of a mark or secrets, or a breach.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  15. Settlement and Release

    Settle an injury, employment or property claim and release it, with the carve-outs the law requires.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  16. Buy-Sell Agreement

    What happens to an owner's shares or units on death, disability, departure or divorce.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  17. LLC Membership Interest Assignment

    Transfer units in an LLC, with or without admitting the assignee as a member.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  18. Statement of Work

    A defined project under an existing services agreement.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  19. Contract Amendment

    Targeted changes to an existing business contract.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  20. Business Settlement Agreement

    Negotiated resolution with explicit payment, release and dismissal conditions.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

  21. LLC Written Consent

    A member or manager resolution based on the LLC's actual approval rules.

    All 13 states Lawsmith covers

Other practices