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Most Texas businesses are formed as LLCs, and most LLC owners never look at their operating agreement again after signing. That's where problems start. We help business owners pick the right entity under the Texas Business Organizations Code and draft an operating agreement that actually addresses how decisions get made and how owners can exit. Whether you're forming a new company, bringing on a co-owner, or planning for what happens when you step away, we handle the legal work so you can focus on running the business.
Services
Choose the right structure (LLC, professional entity, series LLC, S-corp election, corporation) for liability, taxes, and how you want to operate. We handle the Texas Certificate of Formation, EIN, operating agreement, and the post-formation steps most online services skip.
Define how the business actually runs: capital contributions, voting rights, profit distributions, what happens when an owner wants out. A real operating agreement protects single-member LLCs from veil-piercing claims and gives multi-member LLCs a path through disagreements.
Plan for retirement, a family transition, or a future sale. Coordinated with your estate plan so the business doesn't become an unanswered question if something happens to you.
Why this matters
Texas makes it easy to form an LLC, sometimes too easy. The Secretary of State filing is the start, not the finish. Without an operating agreement and without a succession plan, the liability protection you formed the LLC for can be lost, and a partner dispute or owner exit can shut the business down. A solid legal foundation is the difference between a business that survives a hard year and one that doesn't.
Frequently asked
As early as possible. Succession planning isn't only about retirement. A sound plan also answers what happens if an owner becomes incapacitated or passes away unexpectedly, so the business doesn't stall while the family sorts it out. We coordinate the business plan with your estate plan so ownership, control, and value all transition the way you intend.
Texas doesn't require one, but you should have one anyway. A single-member operating agreement documents that the LLC is a separate entity from you, which is what keeps the liability shield intact if someone sues. It also sets out succession terms: who takes over the business if something happens to you. Without one, a creditor's lawyer can argue your LLC is just you wearing a different hat, and your family may be left guessing about the business.
The state filing creates the entity, but it doesn't give you an operating agreement, and it doesn't plan for what happens when an owner exits, retires, or dies. Those are the pieces that actually protect the liability shield and keep the business running through a transition. We look at what you already have and fill in the operating agreement and succession planning that the online formation left out.
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