Rodriguez & Rodrigez Associates P. C.

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Rodriguez & Rodriguez Law Firm P.C.

Strategic Advice for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses & Entrepreneurs

Providing cost effective representation to fit the needs of small businesses, startups and individuals seeking high quality representation at competitive rates.
Rodriguez & Rodriguez Law Firm P.C. provides sophisticated legal advise and timely business counsel to small to medium-size companies, startups and individuals in the San Mateo - Alameda - San Diego - areas and beyond.
Our attorneys are graduates of the nation's top-ranked law schools and have practiced law at some of the largest firms in the country. Our goal is to provide the high quality legal advise and timely response available at "big firms" at a cost that rivals solo-attorney practices.
We pride ourselves on our responsiveness to time-sensitive issues, we will return client emails and phone calls within a few business hours or by the next day. When appropriate, to meet deadlines or for time-sensitive filings, we are available after-hours or during weekends.
The structure of our fees is flexible and includes flat-fee and hourly fee arrangements depending on the nature and extent of the project and our client's needs.

Our focused offering of legal services revolve around our core business law practice. We provide a full range of business law counseling & dispute resolution services, as well as intellectual property counseling to better serve our technology startup and foreign business clients.
Business Entity Formation

Selection of appropriate business entity (Corporation, LLC, Sole Proprietorship)
Selection of appropriate formation State (California, Delaware, Nevada etc.)
Nationwide formation of S corporations, C corporations and close corporations
Nationwide formation of LLC's
Formation of limited liability partnerships for attorneys and accountants
Formation of professional corporations for accountants, doctors, dentists, attorneys and other licensed professionals
Formation of LLC's for real estate investments
Agent for service of process services
Drafting and negotiation of buy-sell, shareholder, director and officer indemnification agreements
Drafting and negotiation of stock option plans for startup companies
Drafting and negotiation of employee confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements for startup companies

Business Transactions & Contract Law

Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts
Drafting, review and negotiation of distributor and supplier agreements
Drafting, review and negotiation of real estate leasing contracts
Drafting, review and negotiation of technology license agreements
Drafting and review of reusable contract templates
Sale of businesses including asset and stock sale transactions
Business mergers, corporate acquisitions and business combinations
Issuance, purchase and sale of corporate stock or LLC interests
Purchase, sale and lease of business assets
LLC interest holder, shareholder, corporate officer and board of director transactions
Structuring and negotiating real estate transactions

Counseling regarding securities laws and regulations for companies seeking investments
Counseling regarding securities laws and regulations for prospective investors
Selection of appropriate registration exemption for investment transactions
25102(f) & 25102(o) filings in California
Drafting and negotiation of investor loan agreements
Drafting and negotiation of convertible note and stock option agreements for investment transactions
Counseling regarding VC and angel investor funding strategies for technology startups
Structuring, negotiating and closing of financing transactions for startup clients

Trademark Registration & Counseling

Federal and state trademark registration & filing
Counseling on trademark protection strategies for new and existing businesses
Counseling on federal and state trademark registration
Trademark selection guidance
Analysis on whether a trademark is generic, descriptive, suggestive arbitrary or fanciful
Counseling on "common law" and "unfair competition" trademark protection strategies
Trademark infringement analysis
Drafting of trademark cease and desist correspondence and drafting responses to such letters
Drafting and negotiation of trademark licenses, and co-branding agreements
Local and national trademark searches

Patent strategy counseling for technology businesses and hi-tech startups
Patent infringement analysis and pre-litigation counseling
Counseling on strategic responses to "cease and desist" patent infringement letters
Drafting of cease and desist infringement correspondence
Drafting of patent-based licenses and co-development agreements

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How we Help Our Clients:
Our business law, corporate governance, business dispute resolution and intellectual property law services provide the highest quality legal counsel with fees that fit the budget of small to mid-size businesses, startups and entrepreneurs.

Business Law Practice
Business Transactions & Licensing
Business Entity Formation (Corporations, LLCs & other entities)
Small Business & Startup Financing Transactions
Technology Startup Transactions
Securities Law Compliance for Investment Transactions