Contract Attorney in Taylor

No. We represent clients throughout Wayne County, including Taylor, at the same rates as our Dearborn clients, and your matter is handled by the same attorneys.

Transactional work for Taylor businesses is governed by Michigan law, with filings made to the state where required. We structure entity formation, financing, contracts, and deal documents so they close cleanly and do not come back as lawsuits. If a deal does break down later, the dispute is litigated in the Wayne County Circuit Court.

A contract attorney drafts, reviews, and negotiates agreements before they are signed. On a review, that means reading the document the other side sent, flagging the provisions that shift risk onto you (indemnification, limitation of liability, termination, personal guarantees, non-competes), and telling you which ones to push back on. On a draft, it means writing an agreement that says what you actually agreed to and holds up if the relationship goes bad. Litigation is a different job: it is what happens when the contract did not do its work.

For any contract carrying material liability, ongoing obligations, or significant financial commitment, yes. Standard form contracts often contain provisions that quietly favor the party who drafted them. A few hours of attorney review is usually far less expensive than discovering an unfavorable clause during a dispute.

Who the parties are and whether you are signing personally or as the company. What each side has to do and by when. How and when either side can get out. What happens on a breach, including liquidated damages, attorney fee provisions, and the forum and governing law. Indemnification and insurance. Limitation of liability. Assignment, so you know whether the contract follows the business if you sell it. Anything that renews automatically. The review ends with a short list of what to ask the other side to change and what you can live with.

Transactional law is the area of legal practice focused on drafting, negotiating, and reviewing the documents that govern business deals. That includes contracts, mergers and acquisitions, business sales, financing agreements, and corporate governance documents. Transactional attorneys work to prevent disputes. Litigators work to resolve them.

In an asset sale, the buyer purchases specific assets of the business (equipment, inventory, customer lists) and typically does not assume liabilities. In a stock (or membership interest) sale, the buyer purchases the entire entity, including its liabilities, history, and contracts. Buyers usually prefer asset sales; sellers usually prefer stock sales. The choice has major tax and liability implications.

Michigan gives you six years to sue on a written contract under MCL 600.5807, but the practical answer starts earlier: read the notice and cure provisions, send written notice the way the contract requires, keep performing your own side unless the contract lets you stop, and preserve every communication. Most breaches resolve with a demand letter and a negotiated fix. When they do not, our business litigation attorneys take the case from there.