Practice Areas

Business Law

Services include:

- drafting and reviewing contracts and leases

- business formation and related agreements

- purchase and sale of businesses or business assets

- asset protection for business owners

- business succession planning

Small, professional and family owned businesses need objective trusted legal guidance just as much as larger businesses. All businesses lease or purchase real estate for their offices or facilities, enter into agreements or contracts with customers and suppliers, maintain insurance, and merge or sell their businesses. Small business owners also must individually navigate financial, estate planning, and liability issues, which are no less important for them as for the officers of large corporations.

Small businesses also have needs that are uniquely different from larger enterprises. Legal budgets are typically more limited and must be controlled. Any single legal issue has a much larger impact compared to larger companies. A dispute among owners is far more likely to paralyze business operations with smaller companies. Family and closely-held businesses often face succession issues, as younger generations begin to play a greater role in management and operations. Additionally, serious estate and tax issues can arise upon the death of family business owners if they have not been planned for in advance.

Allinotte Law Office helps small business owners efficiently and systematically identify and solve these issues so business owners can focus on growing and serving customers. Our relationship with business owners typically starts with a comprehensive Business Audit to determine what additional services may be needed, including establishing and maintaining a business entity, ensuring that adequate insurance is in place, and succession planning. To address these needs, we offer affordable fixed fee membership plans to businesses.

Real Estate

Services include:

- residential purchases and sales

- commercial and agricultural purchases, sales and financing

- leases

- condominiums

Buying a home (or any property) is the biggest investment most people will ever make. Even if it is not your first home, the process is stressful yet exciting. At Allinotte Law Office, we understand that the process of buying and selling a home can overload you with information yet leave you with many questions all at the same time. You need legal guidance early in the process to make sure that you are making the right decisions.

We speak with all of our real estate clients for approximately fifteen minutes in the initial phone call. Then, we provide all clients with an information package outlining the steps in buying or selling a home, including an explanation of what title insurance is and what questions you should be asking your lawyer and real estate agent. You are also invited to meet with us early in the process for a Real Estate 101 meeting where all the legal questions you have can be answered.

Estate Planning

Services include:

- estate and tax planning including dealing with challenging family situations, business interests, and assets located outside of Ontario

- creating Powers of Attorney for Property and Personal Care

- creating Family Trusts or other trusts where necessary

At Allinotte Law Office, we are committed to helping you create and maintain an estate plan that will protect and preserve your whole family wealth easily and affordably.

At Allinotte Law Office, we are committed to delivering great service in a very responsive manner, structuring our fees so there are never any surprises to you, and giving you affordable lifetime access to a personal lawyer. For clients who have lost a loved one, we can help guide you through the estate administration process so you will no longer be lost or confused at a difficult time. We offer unique and affordable membership plans to make it easy for your personal legal affairs to keep up with changes in your life and in the law. It’s like having a trusted lawyer in your family, but without any drama, dysfunction or judgment. Our clients really value knowing they have a lasting relationship with their personal lawyer, who they can turn to for objective trusted guidance before making any important family, business or financial decisions.

Our experience in the estate planning industry has allowed us to make many improvements to how “traditional” estate planning law firms operate. The chart below provides a list of just some of the many benefits associated with our service model as it compares to traditional lawyers who offer little more than a set of form documents destined to leave your family unprotected and at a loss when needed.

	Allinotte Law Office	Traditional Transactional Lawyers
All Flat Fees, Agreed Upon In Advance. No Hourly Fees Means No Surprise Legal Bills in the Mail	Yes	No
A Whole Team in Place To Provide Responsive Service And Handle all the Details of Your Planning	Yes	No
Free Reviews of all Plans We Create Every 3 Years and a System to Keep Your Plan Updated for Changes in Your Life or in the Law	Yes	No
Affordable Membership Plans that include Free Plan Updates, ongoing access to your own Personal Lawyer, discounts on additional Legal services, and many more valuable Bonuses	Yes	No
Comprehensive Family Emergency Repsonse Plans to Protect Your Minor Children by Naming Short and Long Term Guardians, Giving Them Specific Instructions and Providing You with an ID Card for Your Wallet	Yes	No
Discounts to Referred Friends and Family so Those Close to You Don’t Leave a Legal and Financial Mess Behind if Anything Ever Happens to Them	Yes	No
Priceless Conversation™ Interviews To Pass on Your Advice, Stories, and Values to Future Generations In Addition to Your Tangible Assets	Yes	No

Estate Administration

Services include:

- review of Will and assets of the deceased to determine if probate is necessary

- filing of court documents where probate required, including special requests to the court

- tax planning

- passing of accounts

- assistance to trustees and executors

Dealing with the death of a loved one can be very difficult. At Allinotte Law Office, we help guide loved ones through the processes required to administer an estate, whether it be the court process of probate or the distribution of assets.