Business & Employment
Business and Employment Counsel for Long Island Businesses
Outside general counsel, employment compliance, contracts, and dispute resolution for companies that want a lawyer who understands how a business actually runs.
Business and employment counsel for Long Island companies
Running a business means constant judgment calls, many with legal consequences. Beau Taylor Law, PLLC provides practical, business minded counsel to small and mid sized companies, founders, and employers across Suffolk County and Long Island. The firm's role is to help you spot risk early, understand your options, and make informed decisions before a problem becomes a lawsuit.
Whether the question is a contract, a termination, a handbook, or a threatened claim, the firm emphasizes clarity, responsiveness, and solutions that support long term stability.
Outside general counsel
Most businesses on Long Island cannot justify a full time lawyer but need one more often than they think. The firm's outside general counsel arrangement gives you ongoing access to an attorney for a predictable monthly fee: contract review, employee questions, vendor issues, and the dozens of small decisions that are cheaper to get right the first time. Clients get prompt answers without the unpredictability of crisis driven hourly billing.
Employment law for employers
New York's employment laws are among the most demanding in the country, and Suffolk County employers face federal, state, and local requirements at once. The firm helps employers comply and respond:
- Employee handbooks and written policies
- Hiring, discipline, performance management, and termination guidance
- Wage and hour compliance, overtime, and pay frequency rules
- Independent contractor and exempt employee classification
- Sexual harassment prevention policies and required training
- Paid sick leave, paid family leave, and leave administration
- Severance and separation agreements
- Workplace investigations and internal complaints
- Responding to Department of Labor, EEOC, and Division of Human Rights matters
- Restrictive covenants, confidentiality, and nondisclosure agreements
Contracts and transactions
- Customer, vendor, and service agreements
- Operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and partnership agreements
- Entity formation for LLCs and corporations
- Commercial leases
- Purchase and sale of a business
- Independent contractor and consulting agreements
- Terms of service and privacy policies for websites and apps
Disputes and litigation
When a dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation, the firm represents businesses in contract disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, and employment claims in state and federal court and before administrative agencies. Because the firm also counsels businesses day to day, it brings a practical view of what a fight is worth.
Who we serve
- Small and mid sized businesses throughout Suffolk and Nassau Counties
- Founders and entrepreneurs
- Restaurants, contractors, and seasonal businesses on the East End
- Professional service firms
- Employers of any size navigating workforce issues
Request a business review
The firm offers a focused business review for New York employers who want proactive compliance rather than crisis management. The review covers your hiring documents, policies, classifications, and pay practices and ends with a written list of what to fix and in what order. Request a business review.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does outside general counsel cost?
Do I need an employee handbook in New York?
Can I classify my workers as independent contractors?
Do you represent employees as well as employers?
Put a lawyer on your team without putting one on payroll.
Schedule a free consultation or request a business review.