If we walk away, are we, the new LLC owner, or the original lessee responsible for the remainder of the lease, or is the origina

It's unclear from your question what exactly occurred and the facts will determine the answer. If you assumed the lease in a signed writing, you...

How can I get an Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization (LLC) to be an independent business owner?

It's not clear from your question how forming an LLC will help your problem about getting paid for services rendered, but to answer your question,...

Based on what I said above, what type of attorney should I hire or who should I hire to help me?

An experienced Business Attorney will be able to help you sell your business. If you're looking for an introduction to a particular potential...

While you should take heed of the warnings against acting as an incorporator, to answer your question an incorporator signs an Incorporator's...

My LLC owns the trademarks for different brands-if the company is dissolved who owns the trademarks? I am 51% owner--

Unless the issue is addressed in your operating or LLC agreement, the trademarks likely would be sold (and the proceeds distributed among the LLC...

How do they pay us, under our business name or legal names?

You should amend the contracts to name the LLC rather than you, the individuals, as parties to the contracts. Absent that, you might assign the...

Would an Internet startup need the foreign qualification registration?

The question of what level of activity constitutes doing business in a particular State so as to require qualification is a fact question that...

Can this be structured in an LLC operating agreement? or is it better to pay royalty to the partner? how would that fit?

The LLC provides an extremely flexible platform that can allocate profits, losses, and distributions differently for different subsidiary entities....

If you buy or sell equity in a company, does the equity owner have claims to ownership of new investments?

Respectfully, the phrasing of your question has caused confusion - it's the use of the word "reinvested." If the company sold new equity to the...

Do I need an accountant or a tax attorney?

An experienced Business Attorney will help you structure the transaction and prepare the documents. A tax attorney or a sophisticated tax...