Business, Estate Planning, Real Estate & Healthcare Law

LOLM provides practical legal counsel for businesses, families, property owners, and healthcare professionals. The firm handles day-to-day legal needs, significant transactions, and long-range planning across four connected practice areas. LOLM serves clients in Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida through attorneys licensed in those jurisdictions, with offices in Carrollton and Chattanooga as part of Cook Pearce Litchford Rector, PLLC.

PRACTICE AREAS

Business Law

General counsel for businesses of all types—from formation and day-to-day operations through acquisition, succession, and sale.

ENTITY FORMATION & GOVERNANCE

Entity selection and formation; operating, shareholder, and partnership agreements; ownership changes; and ongoing outside counsel.

CONTRACTS & COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

Customer, vendor, service, licensing, confidentiality, and other commercial agreements.

EMPLOYMENT & RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

Employment and independent-contractor agreements; confidentiality, noncompetition, and nonsolicitation provisions.

ACQUISITIONS, SALES & SUCCESSION

Buyer- and seller-side counsel for businesses of all types, including letters of intent, due diligence, asset and equity purchase agreements, financing, transition planning, and closing.

Healthcare Law

Business and transactional counsel for healthcare organizations, practices, clinicians, and entrepreneurs, addressing both ordinary business needs and healthcare-specific requirements.

HEALTHCARE BUSINESS COUNSEL & STRUCTURING

Entity formation, governance, ownership and compensation structures, workforce matters, operational agreements, and ongoing counsel.

DENTAL, MEDICAL & PRACTICE ACQUISITIONS

Buyer- and seller-side representation from letters of intent and due diligence through purchase agreements, transition arrangements, real estate, and closing.

MSO, MANAGEMENT & CLINICIAN ARRANGEMENTS

Management structures for med spas, wellness and aesthetic clinics, telehealth practices, and other clinician-led businesses, including management-services, medical-director, and supervising or collaborating clinician agreements where permitted.

HEALTHCARE CONTRACTS & COMPLIANCE

Employment, contractor, professional-services, vendor, lease, and business-associate agreements, with guidance on ownership, fee-splitting, privacy, licensing, supervision, and scope-of-practice issues.

Estate Planning & Probate

Planning and administration tailored to each family’s assets, business interests, long-term goals, and needs after a death.

WILLS & ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Wills, financial powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and related incapacity-planning documents.

REVOCABLE TRUSTS & FAMILY PLANNING

Revocable living trusts, pour-over wills, beneficiary planning, and coordinated asset-titling strategies.

MEDICAID, ASSET-PROTECTION & HIGH-NET-WORTH PLANNING

Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts, irrevocable trusts, long-term-care planning, legacy planning, and coordination with tax and financial advisers.

PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

Guidance for executors, administrators, trustees, beneficiaries, and families on probate filings, creditor issues, asset transfers, and distributions.

Real Estate

Counsel for individuals, businesses, investors, owners, and developers in residential and commercial property matters—from initial structuring through closing and post-closing issues.

PURCHASES, SALES & CLOSINGS

Purchase and sale agreements, due diligence, financing and closing documents, transaction coordination, and representation in residential and commercial transactions.

LEASES & PROPERTY OPERATIONS

Commercial and residential leases, amendments, renewals, assignments, and landlord, tenant, and property-management relationships.

TITLE, DEEDS & OWNERSHIP MATTERS

Title review, deeds, easements, restrictive covenants, boundary and access issues, and ownership structuring or transfers.

DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENT & FINANCING

Acquisition and ownership entities, financing documents, development-related agreements, and coordination with lenders, title professionals, and project participants.

Legal Guidance for What Comes Next

Whether you are building a business, planning for your family, completing a property transaction, or managing a healthcare organization, LOLM can help identify the legal issues, evaluate available options, and develop a clear path forward.

Common Questions

WHAT BUSINESS MATTERS DOES LOLM HANDLE?

LOLM advises businesses of all types on formation, governance, contracts, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, acquisitions, sales, succession, and day-to-day legal matters.

CAN LOLM HELP BUY OR SELL A BUSINESS?

Yes. The firm represents buyers and sellers in asset and equity transactions, from letters of intent and due diligence through purchase agreements and closing. This includes healthcare practices and businesses outside healthcare.

DOES LOLM PREPARE WILLS AND TRUSTS?

Yes. Services include wills, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, revocable trusts, Medicaid asset-protection planning, and high-net-worth planning when appropriate.

DOES LOLM HANDLE PROBATE?

Yes. The firm assists executors, administrators, trustees, beneficiaries, and families with probate and estate administration, including court filings, creditor issues, asset transfers, and distributions.

CAN LOLM HELP STRUCTURE A MED SPA OR SIMILAR CLINIC?

Yes. LOLM advises on management and MSO arrangements for med spas, wellness clinics, telehealth businesses, and other clinician-led practices. The appropriate structure depends on applicable ownership, licensing, supervision, scope-of-practice, and fee-splitting rules.

WHERE DOES LOLM PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES?

LOLM serves clients in Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida through attorneys licensed in those jurisdictions, with offices in Carrollton and Chattanooga.