Question: Are legal Q&A blogs a Valid Source of Answers to Legal Questions?

Written by: Andrew Gale - Orange County - Small Business Attorney

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Answer: Answers to legal questions can change dramatically when a company’s legal background and the current context is fully comprehended – so you need to be careful you should not use these as a way of short-circuiting a good trusted advisor familiar with your company.

One of the reasons we built into our incorporation services a service where our clients in Orange County California can ask a business question about some legal issue without incurring additional costs from a Corporate Attorney is because of the temptation business owners sometimes have to use a legal Q&A site to save a few bucks.

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It’s unfortunate but in the past several of our clients received and acted upon misleading advice from these sources. This advice was given, we are sure in good faith, however, it was provided without a full understanding of all the facts associated with that business it ultimately ended up costing a couple of the businesses much more than if they had used a legal counselor / corporate lawyer in the first place!

Watch the video below where we discuss this issue and the dangers of short-circuiting a good trusted advisor familiar with your company.

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Points to remember – Corporate Lawyers California Opinion

Answers to legal questions can change dramatically when the companies legal background and the current context are fully comprehended. Short questions posted online rarely present enough facts to give a reliable answer or any real value at all.  This results in one of three things happening…

  1. By definition, a good Lawyer would probably not want to respond at all
  2. Alternatively, they may decide to provide only a vague answer
  3. Most likely and unfortunately they may provide an answer but it will include a giant disclaimer

None of those three options we believe are worth the time to post it!

A web-based Q&A site is not, in our opinion, a smart way for a business person to protect their business and personal assets

Find a business lawyer experienced in your type of business, one that you resonate with, and form a relationship. The quality of the advice you get is going to be directly related to the quality of information about you, your business, and your goals that the lawyer has…

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Andrew Gale – Incorporation Attorney

Attorney at Law Offices 1820 West Orangewood Avenue, Suite 104a, Orange, CA 92868 Office: +1 (714) 634-4838. I provide legal advice, counseling and related services to entrepreneurs including the formation and management of their corporations and estate plans.

My Law Office is based in Orange County California and I have practiced law for 30 years. I have given advice to more than 1000 small business owners on the best ways to set up a company, what types of business entities (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships) are best suited for them and their small business, how to legally run the business to protect their assets and how to successfully transfer the business to family or key employees through the proper use of estate planning and trusts.