Are you searching for experienced and proven San Diego business attorneys and general counsel? San Diego LLCs, corporations and business owners need sound advice and counsel on many business issues over the course and life of their company. Where do most corporate officers, shareholders, LLC members or business owners turn to get insight into challenges and guidance for planning and executing a sound business strategy? Where do you find strong and effective San Diego business advisors?
Key Takeaways About What to Look For in San Diego Business Attorneys and General Counsel:
- Why do Olympic and professional athletes need a coach? For the same reason you need experienced and proven San Diego business attorneys and general counsel as a business owner: to get better; to get there faster; to win.
- Business attorneys and general counsel help to protect the corporate veil which separates your personal assets from the risks and debts of your company.
- You need a single advisor you can pick up the phone and call to get a straight answer, business insight, or assistance with a challenge or dispute.
The Watkins Firm has been in business, as business professionals serving the needs of San Diego’s business community for over four decades. My name is Dan Watkins, and I am not only an attorney, I am a business owner. Our attorneys are seasoned professionals with extensive experience in your industry and the challenges of establishing and growing a business just like yours.
The Value of Your Experienced General Counsel
Many small business owners and corporate officers don’t realize the genuine value of the business experience and expertise their general counsel or business attorney should bring to the table. We are not simply here to put fear into your heart, or to draft legal documents. We are your trusted business counsel. Think of your general counsel as a professional coach. Why do Olympic and professional athletes need a coach? For the same reason you need experienced and proven San Diego business attorneys and general counsel as a business owner: to get better; to get there faster; to win.
The San Diego business advisors and general counsel at the Watkins firm, have helped tens of thousands of businesses, and in most cases we have experience in companies and industries just like yours. We can tell you where the pitfalls lie. We can point out opportunities for expansion and growth. We can prevent internal and external disputes from ever arising in the first place, let alone becoming an expensive and time-consuming distraction.
You need a single advisor you can pick up the phone and call to get a straight answer, business insight, or assistance with a challenge or dispute. We help to protect the corporate veil which separates your personal assets from the risks and debts of your company. Corporate governance and compliance helps to avoid complications which can put your entity at risk.
Pro-Tip: “We have of course, very knowledgeable attorneys, but we also have a higher percentage of support staff, paralegals, administrators in house, HR people so that when our clients have a basic question about employment practices and they don’t want to spend the money to speak with an attorney, they can contact one of our administrators or one of our paralegals and ask a question, costs them a lot less money. And everybody here has been working on these cases for years and years. So the knowledge might not be at the fingertips of the employer, but we answer that same question every week for one of our clients. Our clients appreciate that they can reach out and get the right answer and insight quickly, and often they won’t even get a bill for that call!
After 38+ years of doing this and after thousands of different companies, a lawyer tends to know more about how to run a business than most people would expect. We go to college for seven years, but we learned our whole career from other people’s mistakes and other people’s successes. When they come in, they tell us the story and we ask them questions about what kind of business this is going to be – we want to know from a lawyer’s perspective. Is this a high risk business? Is this a trending business? Is this a highly regulated business, those kind of things. So we can advise. And then we ask about other things and what they’re doing and just to get a gauge on how sophisticated they are or how unsophisticated they are so we can help.
We’ve had business clients just like you and your company for almost four decades. And when our clients do well, our attorneys feel like they’re doing well outside of whether they’re getting paid a whole bunch of money or not or fees or anything. We have long term clients. And our attorneys really feel good when things turn out for them because, on the litigation side, they go through stress and we go through stress. And when we resolve a dispute and our clients are happy, we’re happy. And we’re proud to help their transactions to flow smoothly.
Our clients have owned their company for years and years and years, and they want to sell it. They believe they have a good deal on the table and we want to do everything we can to make sure that goes smoothly. And our client gets all of their benefits of the bargain, everything they wanted. We want to do our best to make sure they get that. And if it happens and they’re happy, then we are proud. We’re very proud and we’re happy for them. So this combined knowing someone for 30+ years, their highs and lows, their difficult times, their good times, you can imagine, you really feel a bond for your clients.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner
Your San Diego Business Advisors and General Counsel
Are you searching for your experienced and proven San Diego business advisors and general counsel We invite you to review our podcast, Episode 19 – Your Business Attorney is a Valuable Partner, as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.
You want and need a legal partner who you can call anytime an issue or opportunity arises. We can simply share a phone call or sit down and discuss your business. Where you are today, and where you wish to go tomorrow. What are your genuine hopes and plans for this business. What dispute or legal challenge can we help you to resolve quickly and cost-effectively? We will provide sound counsel and advice and help you take the actions necessary to build a successful and valuable asset – your company.
Meet Daniel Watkins:
Daniel W. Watkins is a true people person who sincerely listens. He cares deeply about what others are going through. Dan enjoys digging into the facts and finding creative solutions to problems. He contributes his insights candidly and constructively.
Dan’s interest in people make him deeply invested in every relationship and his exuberant personality makes him a true litigator. Dan fights for his clients with a fierce and calculated commitment.
Dan has practiced in the areas of business, medical practices and healthcare business, high tech/science, real estate and employment defense law since 1987. He is a trusted litigation strategist and true trial attorney with over 50 jury and bench trials to his credit. Dan has successfully represented both large companies and individuals and achieved substantial victories in well-publicized trials throughout California and the U.S.
He is experienced in business and corporate formation and administration, as well as all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including binding arbitration and mediation.
THE ROAD TO BECOMING A BUSINESS LAWYER AND LITIGATOR
Dan has almost 40 years of experience working with, for and against some of the largest insurance companies in the country. He has successfully tried and litigated cases in the areas of Healthcare Compliance, Commercial Litigation, Unfair Business Practices, Fraud, Breach of Contract, Battery, Premises Liability, Product Defect, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Construction Defect, as well as Unfair Competition, Defamation, and Trade Secrets.
