Bringing 30 years experience as a lawyer -- in government, in an international law firm, in a local regional firm, and in his own law firm for over 20 years -- Tom enthusiastically assists businesses and their owners navigate the legal implications and complications of their entrepreneurship. In addition to the sophisticated legal training and experience Tom enjoyed while working in one of the world's top law firms handling large, complex business law matters for the worlds largest multinationals, Tom brings to bear his own business experience. Tom comes from an entrepreneurial family -- his parents owned a series of their own, successful businesses, and he was helping manage one of them when only 14. Tom also has his own business ownership experience to bring to the table. Tom not only understands how to guide your business through the legal storms it will encounter, as a business person he understands the practical impact on your business when owners and key employees are distracted from their business duties to address collateral legal issues. Tom Ford Business Law Office, PC is a Full-Service Law Firm, providing advice, counsel, and representation in virtually every area of business law -- including business entity selection & formation, partnership & shareholder agreements and disputes, employment issues, non-competes (Tom's have ALWAYS been upheld and enforced), sale and acquisition of businesses and commercial real estate, contract drafting, copyrights & trademarks, and business succession.