Our Legal Team
	Thomas H. Ristine Director email | bio
	Phil "Skip" Kappes Director email | bio
	David Gray Director email | bio
	Tom Ruge Director email | bio
	Peter French Director email | bio
	Kathryn Kunz Director email | bio
	Christopher Poling Director email | bio
	James Zoccola Director email | bio
	David Klinestiver Director email | bio
	Barry S. Wormser Associate email | bio
	Arlene Morris Paralegal email | bio

Business & Corporate Law

Indianapolis Business Planning Lawyers

The founding partners of Lewis & Kappes, Ted Lewis and Phil Kappes, were established business attorneys in Indianapolis before the firm was formed, and their corporate law practices have been the foundation of the firm's development. Lewis & Kappes represents businesses from start-up to dissolution, performing many of the same services as in-house attorneys at large corporations. The legal services we provide to business clients include:

• Business formation: incorporation, forming a partnership, limited liability company (LLC) or other organization (For more on the legal specifics of Business organization issues, please visit our Business Organization Information Center.)
• Business planning: Preparation of by-laws, operating agreements and buy-sell agreements
• Corporate filings and records
• Annual meetings, minutes and resolutions
• Financing, securities and taxation
• Contract negotiations and corporate transactions
• Commercial leasing, lease negotiations
• Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
• Imports and exports
• Collections
• Bankruptcy and reorganization

In addition, Lewis & Kappes represents corporate clients in almost every subject area of the firm's practice, such as matters involving

• Employee relations, benefits and pensions,
• Energy procurement and utilization,
• Immigration services,
• Protection of intellectual property rights,
• Environmental compliance, other regulatory compliance,
• Zoning and land use issues, and
• Business litigation and other dispute resolution procedures.

Our clients range from small family-owned businesses to corporations with international scope, and include non-profit medical corporations and cultural institutions. If you represent a company with business interests in Indiana, contact us. Our Indianapolis Business planning lawyers provide top-quality and cost-efficient representation to any organization with a presence in or near Indianapolis, including Bloomington, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Gary, and Evansville.