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In an effort to demystify the capital raising process the SEC has unveiled several new tools for entrepreneurs to utilize when starting the process. Located at SEC.gov | Small Business Capital Raising, there are several different educational tools available to learn about the processes for companies and their founders to find the solutions that will best serve them in achieving their goals.

As many of you know, our fearless leader Sara Stock founded Stock Legal in 2014. Since then, our firm has flourished into the innovative, non-conventional law firm that it is today with continued success and growth in all our practice areas.

Businesses get bought and sold in a lot of ways, and the legal needs of the parties can vary substantially from deal to deal. Contrast, for example, the needs of a key employee purchasing the small business she has worked at for years and wants to continue managing day-to-day, with those of a private equity owned business purchasing a company in a distant city to kick off a new geographical territory.

Hello! My name is Ashton Whitehurst, and I am beyond excited to be joining the Stock Legal team as the Administrative Support Specialist!

I am so excited to officially join the Stock Legal team. I have been here for about 2 months and have learned so much in such a short time. I can't wait to see what the future holds for me here at Stock Legal.

This is the team to build out fixed fee work here at Stock Legal, along with our talented corporate lawyers who already have experience in fixed fee work for to build out corporate infrastructure for our clients. We are excited to translate that into fixed fee M&A!

Hello! My name is Cori Stewart, and I am absolutely elated to join Stock Legal! My greatest joy in my work is connecting with clients to provide creative solutions to complex problems.

This is an invitation to all of the Sellers out there, selling a business for the first time, all Buyers out there, growing by acquisition, and those non-lawyers that advise them throughout that journey.

Whew!! The Stock Legal team has been busy!! While we are well into the Q4 for 2022, we wanted to take a few minutes to recognize our amazing attorneys and CEO, Sara Stock for their recent achievements over the past few months! Cheers to a great 3rd quarter!

Hello! My name is Lindsey Fafoglia and I am proud to be writing my second bio as a member of Stock Legal!

More and more practices are being purchased by them—and today, one in five dentists under the age of 35 is now working for one—so what’s up with DSOs?

Building Stock Legal has been one of the most joyful experiences of my life, second only to my three amazing little humans. It’s challenged me in ways that I never imagined.

Hi everyone, my name is Lily Berger, I’m a sophomore at Butler University double-majoring in entrepreneurship and innovation, and finance

Hi ya’ll, my name is Grace Peterson, and I am so excited to be joining Stock Legal as a Summer Associate!

Yep. That’s me over there, trying to scratch out an introductory blog post that’s the right amount engaging, biographical, and…bloggy….

Hi from Stock Legal! I’m so excited to join such an amazing innovative law firm!

A bold, little Lorax once said, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, it’s not going to get better, it’s not”.

Andrew is an experienced M&A practitioner who is particularly well regarded for his ability to advise multi-jurisdictional clients on complex transactions.

Stock Legal adds a new Director of Operations. Meet Katie Barnes.

Stock Legal covers 8 legal documents every startup needs.

Meet our newest corporate attorney, Shelly Cronin!

Meet our newest estate planning attorney, Shannon McDonnell!

Stock Legal is full of entrepreneurial spirit and small business love.

Missouri Technology Corporation offers funding opportunities for local start-ups.

Meet the newest member of Stock Legal, our summer associate, Richard Bailey! Richard is part of the corporate team at Stock Legal.

Meet our newest attorney, Jessica Kinslow Haggard!

Stock Legal discusses documents that help ensure parents have a say in their children's health even after they turn 18.

Abby Durlester is the newest member of the Stock Legal team! Abby practices corporate and entertainment law.

A list of things to consider before heading back into the workplace from the corporate team at Stock Legal.

Quarter 2 of 2021 set a record for startups that reached a billion-dollar valuation.

The Covid-19 pandemic caused havoc for many employers. Stock Legal reviews a tax credit that might benefit employers who held onto their employees through the pandemic.

Stock Legal examines how DSOs work and how other industries can incorporate similar organizational structures.

Meet the newest member of Stock Legal, our summer associate, Lindsey Fafoglia!

Stock Legal Estate Planning Attorney, Dan Julius, discusses changes to the foundation of tax law. Specifically, Dan touches on elimination of step-up in basis at a person’s death

Meet Melody Peterson! Stock Legal's newest team mate.

IP expert, Bruce Campbell, discusses why it's so important to consider intellectual-property and trademark status when you set up an LLC.

Stock Legal wants to remove the stress of forming a LLC. Follow our step by step guide on setting up your LLC and get in touch with us today!

An overview of changes to accredited investor status and regulations A, D, and Crowdfunding by the SEC.

Meet our newest attorney, Hunter Altvater!

Stock Legal adds a new Estate Planning attorney. Meet Jaime Curry!

Happy new year! Whew... we made it. Here we are, finally in 2021. While today I don’t quite yet feel like I just finished a marathon, it does feel like finishing an especially arduous leg of a marathon. A little lighter, but with some work yet ahead.

Attorney Jodie Jordan explains what happens how a company falls out of good standing, why it matters, and how to fix it.

Attorney Sarah Davis discusses how real estate needs might change as your emerging business grows.

Protecting Your Employees

Think about getting a current valuation for your company to ascertain its potentially depressed value, and then discuss a gifting or sale strategy with an attorney and your accountant.

We know you've been inundated with messages from companies telling you about their response to COVID-19 so we’ll keep this brief.

I grew up in the Washington, DC metro area going back and forth between divorced parents living in Virginia and Maryland.

This week, we want to briefly discuss the other side of that coin—employers who set up plans for their employees to save money for those eventual “Golden Years.” (Cue the David Bowie music.)

Rarely do estate planning attorneys read national news that affects what we do. Unlike splashy headlines about Supreme Court decisions that affect civil rights or the Affordable Care Act, typically, landmark changes for estate planning come in the form of little-known Treasury Regulations or Tax Court cases.

This holiday season, the Stock Legal Team once again participated in the St. Louis 100 Neediest Cases, a foundation that has helped thousands of families for generations throughout the St. Louis region by providing holiday gifts and necessities to families in our community.

The Stock Legal family wishes you and your family a very happy holiday season! We will be back in January to continue the blog series, stay tuned in!

We found a gap in the market, and this blog focuses on the work we do at Stock Legal for Small to Midsized Businesses. Read Sara Stock in Harvard Law's, The Pacific.

I’m excited to be part of Stock Legal, LLC, where our experienced and accomplished attorneys know that understanding a client’s needs are as important as understanding the law.

Meet the newest member of Stock Legal's family, Sarah Davis! She is a very efficient and practical counselor who is eager to bring her perspective to Stock Legal’s clients.

Stock Legal's Work In The cannabis Space - My opinion on how to select a lawyer to represent you as you grow and scale a cannabis company.