In today’s business environment it is crucial to have an attorney that can handle your legal issues when you need it.  Eric Ballinger has eighteen years of legal and business experience to draw on to give you the timely advice you need and spent the time in the courtroom to back up that advice when your business finds itself in litigation.  Eric Ballinger handles many facets of representing a business and best insure that your enterprise is legally protected.

Corporations

Whether or not to incorporate your business is a tough question.  Eric Ballinger is familiar with the ins and outs of establishing corporate entities. Whether you need to establish a corporation, Limited Liability Company, a partnership or a sole proprietorship, Eric Ballinger can advise you on the entity that will best protect your business and its investors and help you navigate establishing and maintaining a business entity. 

Contracts

Protecting your interests in contractual negotiations is critical to insuring the health of any business.  Having the advice of a lawyer who has extensive courtroom experience with contract cases can make the difference a binding agreement and a document not worth the paper it is printed on.  Whether you need a contract drafted or evaluated, Eric Ballinger has experience in contracts involving employment, service agreements, asset purchase, commercial leases, real estate purchase, promissory notes and liens.  Eric Ballinger has the experience to know where the pitfalls are and can give an in depth analysis as to how contractual provision are going to be interpreted by the Courts in Georgia.

Buy/Sell Agreements

If you decide to buy a business or sell your existing business, you need an attorney who is experienced in navigating the complex work of buying and selling business.  Before the letter for intent is signed and before you start the due diligence you need the advice and the voice of a strong attorney that will insure that your business and interests are protected though out the entire process.  With the right advice, you can make sound business decisions before you make a deal and with a strong voice of representation, you can insure that you position is not compromised.  Eric Ballinger has worked as both attorney for the buyer and the seller in the transition of many local businesses and advocated across the table with attorneys form multi-national corporations. 

Litigation

If your business is involved in a lawsuit, you need an experienced courtroom trial lawyer in your corner.  For eighteen years, Eric Ballinger has represented businesses in Cherokee County in the Courts in Georgia.  Skilled advocacy starts before ever anybody steps foot in the courtroom.  From the beginning, pretrial preparation, investigation and discovery insures the best results in court.  Not all cases go to trial, but the best prepared cases get the best settlements.  In the event your case goes to trial, an aggressive trial lawyer is the best bet to insure the rights of your business are protected.  Since 1993,Eric Ballinger has successfully argued cases all the way to the Supreme Court of Georgia protecting the rights of his clients in court.