www.stulawgroup.com
Smithers + Ume-Nwagbo, LLC (“S+U”), is happy to serve as Your Trusted 360° General Counsel®. S+U provides comprehensive legal services to start-up and small to mid-size companies with a 360° approach. S+U’s practice areas include Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Employment Law, and Employee Benefits. These are the four (4) critical areas of law that regularly impact businesses. As Your Trusted 360° General Counsel ®, S+U saves its clients the expense and responsibility of staffing and supporting an in-house legal department. The attorneys at S+U have a collective thirty (30) years of legal experience, including mid-size to large law firm practice as well as extensive in-house counsel practice. Best of all, S+U offers superior legal services and experience with flexible rate structures tailored to the needs of our clients.
Firm Biography--Founded in 2012 by former “big firm” lawyers, S+U brings a combined thirty (30) years of legal experience to bear for start-up and small to mid-size companies. S+U’s attorneys practice extensively in Georgia state and federal courts, and assist clients throughout other states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico. S+U’s attorneys have practiced in the areas of Corporate Law, Commercial/Business Litigation, Employment, Employee Benefits, Torts/Product Liability, Construction Law, Collections, and Premise Liability.
Firm Philosophy--S+U believes every company has a right to access quality, experienced, and dedicated legal counsel. S+U’s clients have the special benefit of dedicated, zealous, and effective legal counsel who can understand and meet their business and legal needs without the lofty expense of maintaining and supporting an in-house legal department. With S+U as Your Trusted 360° General Counsel®, companies can save on substantial and unpredictable physical costs, as well as exorbitant personnel costs. S+U provides alternative fee structures and service combinations.
Firm Philanthropy --S+U is strongly committed to public service. Annually, the firm pledges to contribute a percentage of its profits to a number of local and national charities. S+U attorneys lend their resources, time, and talent to several organization such as Children’s Burial Assistance, Inc., Homeless Pet Foundation, Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, the Avon 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, the American Diabetes Association, the Alzheimer’s Association, the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, and the American Heart Association, as well as other charitable causes having a profound impact on deleterious societal ills, conditions and forces that are of sincere interest to S+U’s attorneys. Finally, each of S+U’s attorneys commits talent and time to a variety of mutually rewarding pro bono matters within the realm of their capabilities and expertise.
S+U provides a 360° approach to legal services for start-up, small and mid-sized companies.
Litigation
Construction
Commercial
Premise liability
Corporate
Business Formation and Corporate Governance
Construction Agreements
Contract Review, Drafting, and Negotiation
Business Combinations and Joint Ventures
Insurance Advice and Consultation
Employment and Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits
• Qualified Retirement Plans
• Health and Welfare Plans
• Fiduciary Counseling
• Executive Compensation
• Equity Compensation Plans
Employment Law
• Employment Counseling
• Reductions-in-Force and Severance Arrangements
• Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements
General Counsel Services
General advising on intersection of the law and business strategies.
Bylaws Enforcement and Analysis
Corporate Policies and Procedures
