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Our Litigation Experience Informs Our Approach to Drafting Operating Agreements
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Operations
The operations provisions within your operating agreement with specify roles, management, prohibited acts, the scope of authority and others.
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Fiduciary Duties
In LLCs, members have the greatest flexibility to eliminate almost all fiduciary duties or specify with great detail what guidelines managers must follow.
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Capital Contributions & Distributions
These provisions specify how and when members within the organization will be entitled to payment. Is one member providing services and the other capital? How will the company accept new members?
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Member Management
These provisions cover meetings, voting authority, kicking out members (cessation), and other factors. Without well-drafted member terms, the company may have to let the court decide who can join the company.
Comprehensive Operating Agreements
Our Operating Agreements
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Our agreements average between 70-100 pages
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Industry-Specific Fiduciary Duties defined by Company Role
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Detailed Management & Control Protocols to determine authority of members, prohibited acts, elections, delegation of authority, officer rights
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Multi-tiered grievance procedures and ADR terms
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Winding up, dissolution, and retirement terms that preserve the business during the process
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Detailed capital contribution and distribution protocols based on membership class
Free Operating Agreement Templates
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Free templates average between 10-15 pages
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Vague Fiduciary Duties that create gray areas
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General Management & Control Protocols ("one size fits all")
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Vague resolution terms that don't address important aspects of resolving disputes
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Form language with 2-3 criterion for dissolution
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Winding up protocols (*missing*)
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Generalized capital contribution protocols
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