Attorney Ilene H. Goldman, Law Offices of Ilene H. Goldman, L. L. C.

The Law Offices of ILENE H. GOLDMAN, L. L. C. is a full service law firm catering to small to medium size businesses, primarily closely held and family owned businesses. Ms. Goldman is a 1979 graduate of Tulane University School of Business and a 1983 graduate of Tulane Law School. She is licensed in both Louisiana and Florida and has operated her own firm since 1987.

The firm is equipped with state of the art computers with computerized on-line legal research capability. The firm bills on an hourly basis for most work performed, rendering monthly detailed bills setting forth all time and expenses incurred. Fees are reasonalbe and depends upon, amongst other things, the complexity of the matter and the exigency of the circumstances. Skilled paralegals and other staff members are utilized whenever possible in order to reduce costs to clients with close review and oversight of all assignments delegated.

The firm's focus is on advising businesses in both litigation and transactional matters with an emphasis on the principle of "preventive law". The firm's principle is based on the concept that advance planning can avoid many of the pitfalls and hazards faced by a business owner and their company, whether large or small, in what has become a very litigious society.

The firm's business transactional practice includes, but is not limited to, business formation and maintenance, engagements to draft, review and periodically revise contracts and standard forms, advice regarding legal issues and options surrounding the legal structuring and financing of simple to complex business transactions, compliance with various local, state and federal laws where applicable, adherence to and compliance with corporate governance formalities, negotiation of contract terms and settlements of disputes that arise from time to time in the normal course of operating a business.

With the principal of preventive law always in the forefront intended to save money for clients in both the short and long term, Ms. Goldman works closely with clients to insure that Management understands the actions recommended or taken on behalf of their business or the advice rendered. Legal advice is given with a view to finding the best and most economical solutions that allow Management to attend to the day to day affairs of running the business with the confidence that their attorney is an ally always available for expeditious handling of matters.