The Watkins Firm serves as corporate general counsel for many companies here in San Diego and throughout Southern California. The work of corporate general counsel is much more than resolving business disputes and guiding executives and Board members through litigation and legal issues.
What Does an Effective San Diego Corporate General Counsel Do for your Corporation?
As your San Diego corporate general counsel your attorney from Watkins Firm has more than 40 years of experience with every aspect of business formation, corporate law, contracts and business transactions, mergers and acquisitions and employer defense.
We work to ensure corporate governance and compliance objectives are regularly and consistently established and fulfilled. We also work with San Diego employers to ensure strong policies and procedures, employee handbooks and hiring practices not only comply with the law but help to prevent the potential for future litigation.
California is a complex state to conduct business within. Your corporation must be compliant with all associated federal, state and local regulations, licensing and laws. This applies to ADA compliance, employment and wage and hour issues, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, international privacy rules and security regulations to name a few.
Corporate governance and compliance extends to the procedures to establish and operate a board of directors, annual meetings and board meetings, preparation and regular updates to corporate documents and by-laws, advice on legal issues from shareholder disputes to employment litigation as well as external business to business disputes with suppliers, business partners or customers. Compliance work also instructs and reinforces the legal and ethical behavior of all who work for your corporation.
Healthcare Corporate Governance and Compliance for Medical Practices and Healthcare Businesses
The Watkins firm has also provided sound counsel to medical practices and healthcare businesses in San Diego and throughout Southern California for more than four decades. Corporate governance and compliance is especially crucial in the healthcare environment. One of the legal duties of any medical practice or healthcare business is to develop and implement programs to ensure the healthcare entity and all associated officers, shareholders’, medical professionals and employees are in full compliance with all federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances.
The process of healthcare corporate governance can feel overwhelming. Your San Diego corporate general counsel from the Watkins Firm will help you to develop the necessary planning and strategies to ensure proper documentation and oversight is in place. We help your healthcare business to implement processes and procedures to ensure every level of the organization protects the privacy of patients while remaining in compliance with HIPPA, Stark law and Cal/OSHA.
If you have an associated Management Service Organization or MSO you will need a separate process to ensure all of the issues addressed above as well as the absolute separation of the practice of medicine from the business and support aspects of the corporate entity itself.
Managing Disputes, Litigation and Contingent Liabilities
Your San Diego corporate general counsel from the Watkins Firm will also manage any and all disputes, lawsuits, litigation and contingent liabilities. Corporate litigation exposure continues to increase in recent years. Plaintiff’s attorneys pursue a variety of issues from wage and hour and unpaid overtime allegations to ADA and FMLA compliance. The Watkins Firm defends San Diego employers, corporate officers and board members in all legal action including class action lawsuits, PAGA lawsuits and shareholder actions. We protect corporate intellectual property and defend the trademarks, copyrights and patents of our clients against infringement.
Ask about our unique approach to business disputes and lawsuits and how, as your general counsel, we work to resolve any and all disputes, lawsuits and litigation quickly and cost-effectively while protecting and accomplishing your company’s goals and objectives in the dispute.
Contact Experienced, Proven San Diego Corporate General Counsel
If you seek experienced, proven San Diego corporate general counsel for your corporation, medical practice or healthcare entity we invite you to review our Podcast Episode 10 – The Importance of a Strong Corporate Attorney as well as the recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today. Learn how the Watkins Firm can protect your corporation, provide sound and valuable business advice and protect your business from disputes, investigation by government agencies, employee filings and business litigation.
